The Goffs November Foal Sale properly ushers in the start of breeding stock sale season and, with graduates starring on the track this term, it is an event that will likely have long-lasting impact.
Star performers sourced from the sale in recent years include Alcohol Free , who cost Littleton Stud €40,000 (US$43,647, €1=US$1.09) in 2018 and, four group 1 wins later, was resold for 5,400,000gns (US$6,921,180, 1gn=US$1.28), and Romantic Proposal , a €25,000 purchase in 2016 and subsequently winner of the Flying Five Stakes (G1).
Arrest , a 2020 graduate, has done his bit with wins in the Chester Vase (G3) and Geoffrey Freer Stakes to go alongside his St Leger (G1) runner-up spot and 2022 Criterium de Saint-Cloud (G1) second.
The Juddmonte colt made €440,000 from Swordlestown Little, while other high-performing graduates this year include Azure Blue , Indian Run , and Power Under Me .
A certain Ghaiyyath —world champion for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby in 2020 and now an exciting first-crop yearling sire— sold to John Ferguson for €1,100,000 at the 2015 event, and his brother (lot 767), who sells very near the end of Day 3 on Wednesday, looks certain to play a leading role.
First-crop sires represented include Classic and/or group 1 winners Lucky Vega , Palace Pier , St Mark’s Basilica , Space Blues , Starman , and Supremacy .
The four-day sale begins on Monday at 10 a.m. local time.
