Following successive record Sales and a huge start to the 2017 season with two Group 1 winning 3YOs, BARNEY ROY and HARRY ANGEL, this year Goffs UK will offer the strongest ever Premier Yearling Sale catalogue at Doncaster on 29 & 30 August.
The Premier Yearling Sale has shown significant progression in recent years with the last two sales producing record figures following marked increases in the quality of yearlings entered by consignors. That increase in quality has made an immediate impact on the track with 2015’s record sale producing Royal Ascot’s Gr.1 St James’ Palace Stakes winning 3YO BARNEY ROY (pictured above) and the Gr.1 Darley July Cup winning 3YO HARRY ANGEL.
Horses from last year’s record sale have also made an excellent impression with over 70 2YO winners already, more than any other European yearling sale. Headline graduates from the 2016 sale include RAJASINGHE and DIFFERENT LEAGUE who completed a Royal Ascot 2YO Group double for the sale in June when winning the Gr.2 Coventry Stakes and Gr.3 Albany Stakes respectively.
This year will offer a catalogue of unprecedented quality with yearlings that would justify a position in Europe’s finest yearling sales. A total of 470 yearlings will be offered from Europe’s leading breeders and consignors and by many of Europe’s best sires. Some of the many highlights in this year’s catalogue include:
- Lot 3, an Oasis Dream half-brother to the Gr.2 placed 2YO Lehaim and from the family of sires TALE OF THE CAT and PULPIT.
- 4, a colt by No Nay Never out of the Stakes winning mare ELAFLAAK, a half-sister to Group winners MICROMANAGE and INDESCRIBABLE.
- 10, an Oasis Dream colt out of the Exceed And Excel mare Eminently, a daughter of the Gr.2 winner IMPERIAL BAILIWICK and a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner REVERENCE.
- 67, a Siyouni colt out of Haydn's Lass, a daughter of the Stakes winner STRING COURTET and a half-sister to the Gr.2 winner MEEZNAH.
- 85, a Zoffany colt out of the Gr.1 winning mare IGREJA.
- 90, a Le Havre colt out of the Stakes placed mare Irish Cliff, a half-sister to the multiple Group winning mare SANDIVA.
- 95, a Kodiac half-sister to Darkanna who placed second on Sunday’s Gr.3 Prix de Cabourg. She is out of the Stakes placed mare Jadanna.
- 101, a Dark Angel colt out of the Gr.2 winning mare JEWEL IN THE SAND and a half-brother to the Stakes placed Wall of Fire.
- 120, a Frankel filly out of the three times Gr.3 winning mare LADIES ARE FOREVER.
- 128, a Kodiac half-brother to the Stakes winning and Group placed TIGRILLA and from the family of sire REFUSE TO BEND.
- 132, a Lope de Vega filly out of a Kyllachy half-sister to the Gr.1 winner and sire DUTCH ART.
- 152, an Iffraaj half-sister to the Gr.2 Vintage Stakes winning 2YO winner CHANDLERY.
- 154 and 160, colts by Kodiac out of the Stakes winning mares MAURI MOON and MELODIQUE.
- 191, a Kodiac filly out of a Sadler’s Wells half-sister to the Champion mare and multiple Gr.1 winner GOLDIKOVA and Gr.1 winner GALIKOVA.
- 250, an Invincible Spirit half-sister to the Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 Irish 2000 Guineas placed sire GALE FORCE TEN.
- 302, a Swiss Spirit filly out of the Gr.2 winning mare SPOTLIGHT.
- 304, a Kodiac half-brother to the Gr.2 Mill Reef Stakes winner TOOCOOLFORSCHOOL.
- 355, a Mukhadram half-sister to this season’s Gr.2 Railway Stakes winning 2YO BECKFORD.
- 385, an Australian bred Starspangledbanner filly bred to Northern Hemisphere time. Out of a half-sister to the Gr.2 winner HASSELHOOF and Stakes winner VERCORS.
- 402, a Showcasing colt out of a half-sister to the multiple Gr.1 winner GORDON LORD BYRON.
- 406, a Charm Spirit half-sister to the Gr.3 winner ROBIN HOODS BAY and from the family of the Gr.1 winner POSTPONED.
- 450, a Showcasing half-brother to the Gr.3 winner PASTORAL PLAYER and Stakes winner CHIL THE KITE.
- 452, an Exceed And Excel filly out of the Gr.3 winning mare CORAL MIST, a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner TOYLSOME.
- 461, an Excelebration half-brother to the Stakes winner TASHWEEQ.
Other sires to feature include Acclamation, Bated Breath, Camacho, Cape Cross, Dandy Man, Dawn Approach, Dutch Art, Havana Gold, Helmet, Holy Roman Emperor, Kendargent, Mastercraftsman, Morpheus, Olympic Glory, Pivotal, Slade Power, Teofilo, Toronado, War Command etc.
Goffs UK Managing Director Tony Williams commented on the 2017 Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale catalogue: “The stature of the Doncaster Premier Sale has grown significantly in recent years and the 2017 catalogue is without doubt another big leap forward. We have worked hard with consignors over the last few years to develop the quality of yearlings offered and we are delighted and most thankful to those who have entered some outstanding yearlings.
“The results achieved on the track this season, headed by Group 1 winning 3YOs Barney Roy and Harry Angel, are a big boost to this sale’s rapidly growing international reputation and are evidence of its ability to produce some of the best horses in Europe. We are very much looking forward to welcoming existing and new clients from around the world to Doncaster on 29 and 30 August.”
View the Premier Sale catalogue here »