There were many memorable renovations of the Goffs Uk Doncaster Breeze Up Sale, but there has never been anything like that.
The Mahmas Colt from Katie Walshs Greenhills Farm was a lot of positive whisper after a turbocharged training on April 23. Even the most confident prediction would have tried to predict this seven -digit result.
A Helter-Skelter-Drei-Wege-Bidding fight broke out for aspiring power Wathnan Racing on April 24th between Richard Brown, the chief talent scout of Blandford Bloodstock. Alex Elliott, an crucial gear in the AMO racing machine; And Anthony Stroud, a long -time member of Godolphin's buying team.
Sometimes it seemed as if the rivals had cried enough and others than felt like the argument could take all night. In the end, as it was the case so often, it was the Godolphin man who won. A subtle nod of the head from his ring office signaled a whitening bid of 1 million GBP ($ 1,330,000, 1 GBP = $ 1.33).
The price was a Doncaster record from Clear Water. The recording was heard before the session on Thursday Regent's walkTom Malone and Paul Nicholls cost £ 660,000 last July. But this sum was not only once improved once, but on Thursday, with another Mahmas Colt used to go £ 720,000 at £ 720,000.
“It is incredible,” said Walsh after thanking the successful buyer. “I am cheerful about my customers, he belongs to a massive syndicate; there are people from Scandinavia, Ukraine, France. They gave him 140,000 € as foals, and it was not as a yearling, so they asked me if I was pretty much lively with a fantastic time, with a nice time, how to be glowing.
The Colt was bred in Ireland by John and Barry Grogan by Milestream Stud from Quick response a daughter of Shame Anyone who trained John to win two races. She also took third place A'ali In the 2020 Sapphire Stakes (G2). The side also has depth because the dam is half a siblings for the triple listed winner Katla and you have a half sister Wootton Bassett .
The appearance of the Colt in Doncaster was the third time that he reached the public market. For the first time, he won 140,000 euros as a foal when he was signed by Anna Sundstrom and Filip Zwicky on the foal sale of 2023 Goffs November before he was sold at the same price at the same price at last year's Arqana August Yearling.
Stroud thought about becoming the first person who landed a seven-digit command in the Doncaster ring by saying: “When the horse is there, the people will be there. He has made a very good breeze and is of a very good recipient. I thought he would sell well, but at the top it is always arduous to train. Go to Charlie AppleBy.”
Recording procedure
The top property was one of four records in Doncaster, with sales together with the average and medium prices reaching a up-to-date high. The total turnover reached 11,798,000 GBP ($ 15,691,340), which rose by 12% compared to the previous year. The average price rose by 35% to 84,270 GBP (112,079 US dollars), while the median rose four points to 37,500 GBP ($ 49,875). The clearance rate was very fit 83%when 140 land sold by 168 were offered.
The record prices were on Thursday morning like London Busse at Goffs, since the previous high mark on the Doncaster Breeze Up Sale was not only smashed once, but also twice. In front of the seven-digit Mahmas Colt another stallion foal from the father from the Tally Ho-Hengst. On this occasion it was Stroud who put a bid of £ 720,000 in the name of Godolphin.
The Mahmas Colt was regarded as Lot 42 in the ring of the Goffs Uk Doncaster Breeze Up Sale
“It is lively, it is not true,” said Stroud. “Newmarket follows last week. The better earn the money and it is encouraging that we have so many people who want a really good horse to run.”
Stroud expanded his purchase of £ 720,000 and had a good tradition of producing Breeze-Up horses. He did a good breeze, passed all veterinary examinations and looked exactly as what he wanted-a real 2-year-old. We have a few Mahmas years of age for Godolphine, including the half-power, a few Mahmas years of age for Godolphine, including the half-brothes, the same power.
Fittingly, the early record holder came from the Tally Ho-Stud, whose Tony O'Callaghan was one of the sacrifices in 1977 in the very first Doncaster Breeze-Up sale.
Although the family behind Tally-Ho tends to speak their horses in their name, Roger O'Callaghan described his father as a “pioneer” of the Breeze-Up business and reflected the record-up busting result: “We want to be the best and we want to be the best, but they are just as good as the next horse.”
The Colt was bred in Great Britain by Cheveley Park from Boost, a winner of Pivotal and 2010 Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) heroine Hurray. This makes the boy half a siblings for the listed award winners and the group 3 places Acclamation filly To utilize . The stallion foal was offered in Book 2 of last year in October last October in October October sales, where it was not sold at 95,000 Guineas.
The record mirror mirrors result in the results of the Tattersall CRAVEN Breeze Up Sale last week, in which successive meetings recorded up-to-date high notes, in particular the 1.75 million Guinea Havana Gray Bought by amo racing.
Mahmas, who set a up-to-date record for 2-year winners in a single season last year, is at Tally-Ho at a fee of € 70,000. His current youth harvest was designed in 2022 during the season. Its fee had doubled from € 25,000 to € 50,000.
Closing comments
At the end of trade on Thursday, Goffs commented UK Tim Kent: “Today we are a day that we will remember for a terrible time, and is a real milestone in the development of the company, while it is particularly fitting that Harry (Beby) son Henry, the CEO of the Goffs Group, was on the rostrum for this historical event.
“But today (Thursday) we can be proud of so much more than the top price. We have a record sales for this sale, a record average and a record median, while four horses exceeded the previous top price of £ 500,000 for 300,000 GBP or more.
