Preview: Goffs February Sale
Goffs has released a quality catalogue for the three day February Sale that takes place from 6th to 8th February. There are 627 entries to date.
The sale opens on Tuesday 6th February starting at 11am with two-year-olds, older horses, horses in training and a half day of weanlings. This is followed on Wednesday at 10am with weanlings and a third and final day dedicated to breeding stock and fillies out of training starting also at 10am.
There are 338 weanlings on offer with pedigrees that will appeal to buyers of both codes. Flat sires represented include Acclamation, Australia, Battle of Marengo, Dark Angel, Epaulette, Gutaifan, Holy Roman Emperor, Kodiac, Lope de Vega, Muhaarar, New Approach, No Nay Never, and Sea The Stars while among the National Hunt sires featured are Fame And Glory, Kingston Hill, Tagula, Walk In The Park, and Yeats.
The breeding stock section includes mares in foal to Acclamation, Battle of Marengo, Excelebration, Footstepsinthesand, Make Believe, Night of Thunder, Power and Tamayuz, and the catalogue features drafts from The Aga Khan Studs, Ballincurrig House Stud, Ballylinch Stud, Baroda & Colbinstown Stud, Moyglare Stud Farm, The Castlebridge Consignment, and many others of note.
By Apurva Chavan, Racing Writer, apurva.chavan@secretariatsworld.com