Sales Circuit undisclosed deal had been agreed under Tattersalls Ireland terms and the colt had become Amo Racing’s property. Elliott was also responsible for purchasing a daughter of Bated Breath who at £240,000 headed the sale’s list of fillies. She had been bought for 30,000gns by Brendan Holland of Grove Stud at Tattersalls’ October Book 2 Sale, while fellow pinhooker Johnny Collins of Brown Island Stables landed a nice touch when selling a Belardo colt for £185,000 having bought him for £40,000 at last year’s Goffs Orby Sale in Doncaster. The Belardo colt’s buyer was Curragh trainer Michael O’Callaghan, whose bold approach to buying breezers this year has included the £210,000 Twilight Son colt who jointly headed the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale. Subsequently named Twilight Jet, he has since won at Tipperary and was just two-and-a-half lengths behind winner Perfect Power in the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot. Another £185,000 sale revolved around a Dark Angel colt out of Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Jet Setting. Curiously, the same horse had failed
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›› Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing. An
Alex Elliott signed at £240,000 for this Bated Breath filly, a 30,000gns yearling pinhook
to pass £150,000 when unsold at the previous week’s Arqana May Sale in Doncaster, but a better breeze in Newmarket prompted Adam Driver to step up to the plate and the colt changed hands, leaving Star Bloodstock in the process. Helped by the top lot, Dolmen Bloodstock headed the consignors, selling four lots for £543,000, while
Blandford Bloodstock was the leading buyer, being listed as the purchasers of seven lots worth a total of £787,000. Ireland has not staged a breeze-up sale since this event was moved from Goresbridge to Fairyhouse and staged by Tattersalls’ Irish division in 2019, but in his closing statement the company’s CEO, Simon Kerins, reiterated it would be back on home soil in 2022.
Tattersalls Ireland Goresbridge Breeze-Up Sale Top lots Name/age/sex/breeding
Vendor
C Dark Angel - Venturous Spirit
Dolmen Bloodstock
Price (£)
F Bated Breath - Polar Circle
Grove Stud
C Belardo - Prudent Approach
Brown Island Stables
185,000
Michael O’Callaghan
C Dark Angel - Jet Setting
Star Bloodstock
185,000
Global Equine Consultant Services
C Point Of Entry - Cynical Storm
Church Farm & Horse Park Stud
160,000
Blandford Bloodstock
400,000* 240,000
Buyer Blandford Bloodstock Alex Elliott, agent
* later resold privately to Alex Elliott after sale fell through Figures Year
Sold
Agg (€)
Average (€)
Median (€)
Top price (€)
2021
176
6,539,427
37,156
22,989
478,238
2020
125
3,816,490
30,532
21,978
256,678
2019
179
5,010,500
27,992
18,000
175,000
Goffs UK Spring Store Sale
Record average and median prices at this two-day sale of store horses in Doncaster underlined the popularity of jump racing and the pinhooking of young jumpers. Similar strength was to be witnessed at Goffs’ Land Rover Sale as buyers tucked in to the three-year-old fledgling jumpers on offer. Some were destined for racehorse owners who would
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place them with trainers, others fell to pinhookers who were eyeing a point-topoint or bumper run before re-offering their purchases next year or in 2023. The result was an overall clearance rate at this event of 83% and an average in excess of £32,000, up 21% on the 2019 sale. The median gained 29%. Last year’s sale had to be postponed due to Covid, and took place in August when it was rolled into a three-day
auction including Derby and Land Rover Sale horses – who could not be travelled to Ireland – plus August Sale stores. That the 2021 sale could take place on schedule and at its venue of choice was a big step towards normality, although some Covid restrictions were still in place. The catalogue may also have benefited from a few Derby and Land Rover horses who were instead sent to Doncaster to sell while the