The catalogue for the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale at Doncaster (19 and 20 April) which has celebrated successive Classic seasons on the track is now online and will be sent out this week.
The Doncaster Breeze-Up enjoyed a very successful 2015 following three consecutive years of sustained growth culminating in a record set of figures which saw nine horses sell for over £100,000. Those results were also matched on the track as the sale enjoyed another Classic season with Hero Look winning the Italian Guineas while other 2015 international performers included Sir Maximilian who won the Group 3 Meydan Stakes in Dubai and My Dream Boat who was successful at Group and Listed level in France.
Closer to home, the Doncaster Breeze-Up produced more top two-year-olds in Quiet Reflection (pictured) who won three of her four starts including the Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes along with Now Or Never who was Group 2 placed and is Guineas bound this season. The sale also saw the tough competitor Pearl Secret race away with the Group 2 Temple Stakes.
This year’s catalogue of 168 two-year-olds features many of Europe’s leading sires and some of the highlights include:
- Lot 6, a Bated Breath half-brother to the Gr.3 placed Moheet and out of a half-sister to Gr.1 winner MISS KELLER.
- 20, a Sir Prancealot half-sister to the Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 placed MONSIEUR CHEVALIER.
- Two colts by Lonhro; 25, a half-brother to Gr.3 winner EXFACTOR and out of the Stakes winning mare BRIGHT MAGIC and
- 28, a half-brother to the Gr.2 winner MARY'S FOLLIES.
- 31, a Dark Angel filly out of the Gr.3 winner CHINA STORM and 68, a Dark Angel filly out of the Group placed mare Kay Es Jay.
- 32, a colt by Kodiac out of the Stakes winning and Group placed mare COOL COUSIN.
- 35, a Canford Cliffs half-brother to the Stakes winner SOLID APPROACH and Stakes placed Dangle and Bahati.
- 44, a Gio Ponti half-brother to the Gr.1 winning sprinter BENBAUN.
- 62, a Dutch Art half-sister to the Stakes winner and Group placed CHOOSE ME.
- 75, a colt by Born To Sea out of the Stakes winning mare LADY OF KILDARE and 76, a Paco Boy half-brother to the Stakes winner CHOOKIE ROYALE.
- 79, an Oasis Dream half-brother to the dual Gr.1 winner and sire AUSSIE RULES and out of the Gr.2 winning and Gr.1 placed mare LAST SECOND.
- 82, a colt by Lawman out of a half-sister to the Champion 2YO and Gr.1 winner MAYBE.
- 91, a Holy Roman Emperor three-part brother to the dual Gr.2 winner and Gr.1 placed BANIMPIRE.
- 108, a Pivotal half-brother to the Stakes winner CORNWALLVILLE and out of the Stakes winning mare MORINQUA.
- Two colts by Invincible Spirit; 123 who is out of a young Pivotal mare and from the performing Black Type Family of BAUER, DIAMILINA, DIAMOND GREEN etc. and 126 who is out of the Stakes winning mare PUTYBALL, a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner BALL DANCING.
- 152, a Power half-brother to the Stakes winner SUMMER STAR and out of an own-sister to dual Gr.1 winner ACT ONE.
- 156, a Makfi own-sister to the Gr.3 placed Return of The Mak and out of the Stakes placed mare Tell The Wind.
- 160, a Kodiac half-brother to the Stakes winner MALIKAYAH and 165, a Rock of Gibraltar half-brother to the Stakes winner ZENELLA.
Other sires with two-year-olds in the sale include Acclamation, Bated Breath, Casamento, Choisir, Dandy Man, Delegator, Dragon Pulse, Dream Ahead, Elusive Quality, Excelebration, Fast Company, Foxwedge, Harbour Watch, Helmet, Iffraaj, Kyllachy, Lope de Vega, Mayson, Showcasing, Zebedee etc.
Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby commented: “As Europe’s first the Doncaster Breeze-Up has a rich history in the sales ring and on the racetrack and never more so than in 2015 where records were broken and further Classic success was recorded. Those results were backed up by more talented two-year-olds in the UK and Ireland with the likes of Quiet Reflection and Now Or Never leading the charge.
The 2016 renewal features some very attractive sires and pedigrees and I would like to thank our vendors for supporting us with another quality line up of horses. We will be taking this catalogue around the world in the next few weeks as we spread the message of consistent quality and value with the aim of growing this sale’s international buying bench and we hope to bring a number of new faces to Doncaster in mid-April.”
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