Chineur filly brings top price at Goffs’ opening Book Two
session
Prices at Goffs’ November Foal sale improved with each day at last season’s
fixture, and that trend was mirrored this time around as Book Two of this year’s
catalog opened at the Kill venue on Tuesday.
The only lot to break the six-figure barrier was Ringfort Stud’s Hip No. 793,
a bay filly from the first crop of the fast Chineur (Fasliyev). She was secured
by Tally-Ho Stud, which stands Chineur, for a sheet-topping €100,000. Her page
received a major update when half-brother Redolent (Redback) finished second in
the Autumn S. (Eng-G3) at Ascot last month, and it was boosted even further when
that juvenile returned to run third in the Criterium International (Fr-G1) at
Saint-Cloud on November 1.
Leading the way until the last hour of the session was Steeple View Stud’s
Hip 736, who was knocked down to Gay O’Callaghan’s Yeomanstown Stud for €97,000.
The February-foaled filly, by this term’s leading first-crop sire Acclamation,
is out of a winning sister to Deutsches Derby (Ger-G1) third-placer Acamani.
“As a very good-looking filly by the sire of Dark Angel, who we are standing
next year, we were keen to get her and she was the standout foal today,” said
Yeomanstown’s David O’Callaghan. “She’s out of a winning two-year-old from a
good German family and will have a Spinning World two-year-old with Eddie Lynam
to run for her next year.”
Renowned pinhooking operation Camas Park Stud secured the third
highest-priced lot of the day, another offering by Acclamation, when landing
Carrigbeg Stud’s Hip 666 for €90,000. Out of a winning half-sister to
stakes-placed Thea River (Barathea), she will return to the ring as a yearling.
“She’s just a very nice and very good mover by a sire that did well with his
first runners this year,” commented Tim Hyde Jr. “She’ll be coming back for
re-sale, and has an own-sister with Richard Hannon to run for her next year.”
The clearance rate improved on the two days of Book One, but still fell short
of last year’s 84 percent for the corresponding session. With 25 fewer lots than
last year finding a new home, the session aggregate took a hit of just over 22
percent.
Full results may be viewed at www.goffs.com.