A total of 149 yearlings have been catalogued for the Goffs UK Silver Yearling Sale at Doncaster which will be held on Thursday 31 August – the day following the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale.
The Silver Sale has made a good start to the season with its two-year-olds with two Stakes winners thus far; VIK THE BILLY and RAYDIANCE (pictured) who won Saturday’s Listed Pat Eddery Stakes at Ascot.
Other headline graduates include the reigning Cartier Champion Sprinter QUIET REFLECTION who claimed two races at Group 1 level last season; Royal Ascot’s Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup and the Gr.1 Sprint Cup. Other graduates include PLEASELETMEWIN who won the Gr.3 Horris Hill Stakes and FASHION QUEEN who took the Listed Westow Stakes.
This year will see both the Premier and Silver Sales merge into one catalogue for the first-time following feedback from the growing number of buyers who purchase yearlings at both sales over the three days. Some of the highlights in the 2017 Silver Sale catalogue include:
- 471, a Havana Gold colt out of an Invincible Spirit daughter of the Gr.2 winner MIDNIGHT LINE and from the family of Gr.1 winner TOGETHER.
- 482, a Morpheus half-brother to the Stakes placed Moonlit Garden and 484, a Morpheus half-brother to the Stakes placed Ascot Memory and from the family of the Gr.2 winner and sire GREGORIAN.
- 485, a Roderic O'Connor half-sister to the Stakes placed Sevenleft and out of a half-sister to the Gr.2 winner PROUD CITIZEN.
- 488, a Multiplex half-brother to the Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 Irish 1000 Guineas placed ARDBRAE LADY.
- 493, a Swiss Spirit colt out of a half-sister to the Gr.2 winner CAIRNS and Tanami Desert, dam of the Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 placed TAMAZIRTE.
- 529, a Farhh half-sister to the Stakes winner ROSA GRACE and Stakes placed Secret Night and out of the Stakes placed mare Night Haven.
- 531, a Zebedee half-brother to the Gr.2 winner RYEHILL DREAMER and Gr.3 placed Nodiac.
- 532, a Footstepsinthesand half-sister to the nine-time winner and Stakes placed Noble Gift.
- 552, a Bungle Inthejungle half-sister to the eight-time winner and Stakes placed Alben Star and out of a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner BIJOU D'INDE.
- 555, a Big Bad Bob half-brother to the six-time winner and Gr.3 placed Mid Mon Lady.
- 556, an Avonbridge half-brother to the Stakes winner MOONLIT SHOW and Gr.2 placed Caelis.
- 572, a Gregorian filly out of the Stakes placed mare Tia Mia and a half-sister to the Champion Scandinavian 2YO Sweet Loreen.
- 608, a Heeraat colt out of the Stakes winning Danehill mare COY.
- 609, a Mayson colt out of the Gr.3 placed Danehill Dancer mare Creative Mind, a close relation to the Gr.2 winner ADDAY.
Other sires to feature include Arcano, Bated Breath, Camacho, Cityscape, Clodovil, Dandy Man, Dragon Pulse, Dream Ahead, Epaulette, Equiano, Gale Force Ten, Garswood, Harbour Watch, Kyllachy, Lethal Force, Most Improved, Power, Requinto, Sir Percy, Sir Prancealot, Society Rock, Tagula, War Command etc.
Goffs UK Managing Director Tony Williams commented on the 2017 Goffs UK Silver Yearling Sale catalogue: “We saw greater demand for places in the Silver Sale this year but we took a more selective approach when compiling this catalogue and really focused on the individual, like we have done for many years with the Premier Sale. That has meant a slight downturn on the number catalogued last year but the end result is a catalogue of 149 athletic, precocious yearlings.
“This sale has proven its ability to produce Group 1 winners – its latest elite graduate the reigning Cartier Champion Sprinter and dual Group 1 winner Quiet Reflection. It has made a good start to the season with it’s two-year-olds, two of which have won at Stakes level, so it’s certainly a performing sale and one that is very quickly gaining traction with domestic and international buyers.”
View the Silver Sale catalogue here »