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SALES CIRCUIT By CARL EVANS and EMMA BERRY
Store-sale figures hold up well as more horses are catalogued Strong trade in 2014 has led to increased confidence for vendors at DBS and Goffs
Doncaster Spring Sale
SARAH FARNSWORTH/DBS
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BS had to juggle its traditional end-ofthe-jumps season event to cope with increased numbers of horses-intraining and stores. Devoting one and a half sessions to each category, the company auctioned 298 intraining horses (+23) and 238 stores (+35), and while the bigger catalogue helped turnover rise by 8% it was satisfying for DBS and its vendors that the average and median rose too, achieving gains of 5% and 9% respectively. The clearance rate took a slight knock, however, falling back to 80%. A winner at this year’s Cheltenham Festival was always likely to be at or near the head of the market, and Pertemps Network Final victor Call The Cops called the shots in the ring before leaving with a £220,000 valuation. Trainer Nicky Henderson had also saddled the six-year-old to finish a head second in a 21runner Grade 3 hurdle at Aintree in April, yet could only look on as agent Aiden Murphy secured the prize for an undisclosed client. Call The Cops’ owners, Matt and Lauren Morgan, are becoming more involved in Flat racing, hence their decision to sell, and it was a consolidation exercise by another of Henderson’s owners, Richard Kelvin-Hughes,
Nicky Henderson with DBS top lot and Cheltenham Festival winner Call The Cops
Doncaster Spring Sale Top lots Name/Breeding
Vendor
Call The Cops (Presenting – Ballygill Heights)
Seven Barrows
Price (£) 220,000
Buyer Aiden Murphy
Krugermac (Kalansini – Vindonissa)
Shane Nolan Racing
185,000
Gary Moore
Out Sam (Multiplex – Tintera)
Seven Barrows
145,000
Highflyer Bloodstock
Pain Au Chocolat (Enrique – Clair Chene)
Million In Mind
135,000
Dan Skelton
Mere Anarchy (Yeats – Maracana)
C Washbourn
125,000
Alex Elliott
Ballycross (King’s Theatre – Ninna Nanna)
Loughanmore Farms
120,000
Nigel Twiston-Davies
F Slickly – Dona Bella (Highest Honor)
Goldford Stud
80,000
G Stowaway – Trail Storm (Supreme Leader)
Mocklershill Stables
78,000
Gordon Elliott
Mendip Express (King’s Theatre – Mulberry)
Harry Fry Racing
75,000
Philip Hobbs
Clondaw Knight (Heron Island – Sarah Supreme)
Arlary House Stables
75,000
Mr & Mrs Ray Green
Peter & Ross Doyle
SARAH FARNSWORTH
Five-year tale
Aiden Murphy signed for Call The Cops at £220,000 for an undisclosed client
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Year
Sold
Agg (£)
Avg (£)
Mdn (£)
2015
413
7,628,550
17,865
12,000
Top Price (£) 220,000
2014
417
7,086,800
16,994
11,000
140,000
2013
340
4,977,200
14,638
9,000
105,000
2012
382
5,144,850
13,468
8,000
140,000
2011
416
5,747,800
13,816
8,500
150,000
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