Tuesday 22 October 2013

Goffs Orby Sale 2013: Top 10 Lots

(1). LOT 331 Bay Colt by Montjeu x Finsceal Beo (Mr Greeley)
Price: €2,850,000
Buyer: MV Magnier
This colt is the third foal out of dual European champion filly Finsceal Beo. He is a half brother to the unraced Finsceal Fior (Galileo) & Too The Stars (Sea The Stars), who cost €800,000 at the 2011 Goffs November foal Sale. To date Too The Stars in unraced. Their dam Finsceal Beo was a multiple Gr1 winner including the Eng/Irish guineas double. Finsceal Beo is a half sister to German Gr2 winner Frozen Power.  Their yearling half brother by Acclamation sold for £180,000 at the Tattersalls  October book 1 yearling sale.

(2). LOT 354 Bay Filly by Galileo x Green Room (Theatrical)
Price: €680,000
Buyer: MV Magnier
This filly is a half sister to Gr1 Prix Jean Prat winner Lord Shanakill.  They are out of the un-raced Green Room. She herself is a half sister to Grade 1 Yellow Ribbon Handicap winner Spanish Fern. They are half sisters to the dams of Hearts Of Fire who was champion 2yo in Germany and to the dam of Grade1 Santa Anita handicap winner Heatseeker, also a leading 2yo in Europe. The 2nd dam Chain Fern is an own sister to champion 3yo Irish mare Al Bahathri, who in turn is the dam of 2000 guineas winner Haafhd.


(3). LOT 341 Bay Filly by Acclamation x Gallistic (Galileo)
Price: €580,000
Buyer: Peter & Ross Doyle
This filly is a half sister to Listed winner Guinnevre. Their dam Gallistic is a stakes winning half sister to stakes placed Jazz Police. This filly comes from the family of Derby winner Sir Percy, Group 3 winners Gracie O Malley & Mikhail Glinka and Listed winning 2yo filly Sandiva.

(4). LOT 198 Bay Filly by Ravens Pass x Albisola (Montjeu)
Price: €520,000
Buyer: Shadwell Estate Company
This filly is out of dual stakes winner Albisola. Albisola herself is a half sister to Tonara, herself the dam of Group 1 winner Most Improvement. There is certainly no shortage of SWnrs under her 3rd dam with Group winners Stagelight & Ivan Lucius to name a few.

(5). LOT 345 Bay Filly by Iffraaj x Give a Whistle (Mujahid) 
Price: €500,000
Buyer: Shadwell Estate Company
This filly is a half sister to stakes winners including Group 3 winner Pasar Silbano & Listed scorer Gerfalcon. Her other half sibling Give Way Nelson was stakes placed. Her 2yo half sister Come To Heel who is a sister to Pasar Silbano was a Listed winner and was placed in the Group 1 Cheveley Park stakes this year. Her 2nd dam Refique is a half sister to dual Group 1 winner Indian Lodge and is a half sibling to Group 2 winner Sarhoob and Listed winners Sifting Gold & Buy Or Sell.

(6). LOT 245 Bay Filly by Galileo x Bonheur (Royal Academy)
Price: E480,000
Buyer: David Redvers
This filly is a half sister to multiple Group 3 winner Caribbean Sunset who was also placed in the Grade 1 Diana Stakes, Coronation stakes and Irish 1000 Guineas. Her full sister is the Listed and Group placed filly Snow Queen. They are out of Bonheur a daughter of Grade 1 winner Queen To Conquer. Bonheur is a half sister to champion German filly Quebrada, later dam of Italian Group 3 winner Quilanga. Another of Bonheur's half sisters Quetena also produced Italian Group 1 winner Querari.

(7). LOT 101 Bay Colt by Galileo x Saoire (Pivotal)
Price E425,000
Buyer: MV Magnier
This colt is out of Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas winner and Group placed filly Saoire. His half brother Requisition was a Listed winner as a 2yo. He has a 2yo unraced full brother named Sundara. Saoire is the only high class horse to come out of her family line. She is a half sister to Listed placed Awinnersgame. The 2nd dam Polish Decent is a half sister to Group 3 winner Wistful Tune.

(8). Lot 335 Bay Filly by Fastnet Rock x Flashing Green (Green Desert)
Price: E420,000
Buyer: MV Magnier
This filly is a half sister to Listed winners Flashing Colour, Flash Dance and Tha'ir. She also has a 2yo unraced half sister called Tautou Montjeu,a daughter of ill fated champion sire Montjeu. Their dam Flashing Green is a half sister to champion 2yo Italian filly Croeso Cariad and Listed winner and multiple Group placed mare Mona Lisa. Another half sister is Listed winner Photogenic. The 3rd dam is champion broodmare Reprocolor, a dual Group 3 winner she is the dam of Group 1 winners Kayf Tara (a 3x champion older stayer in Europe), Cezanne (Champion older horse in Ireland), Colorspin winner of the Group 1 Irish Oaks and Opera House (Champion older horse in Ireland in 1992 and in Europe in 1993).

(9). LOT 176 Bay Filly by Dubawi x Watership Crystal (Sadler's Wells)
Price: E380,000
Buyer: John Ferguson 
This filly is out of a sister to Group 2 winner Dubai Success and Group 2 Derrinstown derby trial placed Tchalkovsky. Their half siblings include Crystal Music winner of the Group 1 Meon Valley stud stakes, she is the grand dam of Group 2 winner Ocovango. Another of the dams half sisters included Solar Crystal who was placed in the Group 1 French guineas

(10). LOT 378 Bay Filly by Dalakhani x Inchmahone (Galileo)
Price: E380,000
Buyer: David Wachman 
This filly is a half sister to dual Oaks placed filly Venus De Milo 2nd in both the Irish & Yorkshire Oaks. She was also a Listed winner when winning the Oaks Trial. Their dam Inchmahome is a half sister to Group winner & Group 1 placed and subsequent Group 1 sire Inchinor, as well as to the dam of Grade 1 winner Miss Keller. This is from the family of Group 3 winners Ursa Major & Hawks Eye.

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