The 2008 Goffs Million & Sportsman’s Sale catalogues are now available online. This year’s Million catalogue feature 657 yearlings that are exclusively eligible for the richest two year old races in Europe, the Goffs Millions, with a prize fund of €3,200,000.

The three-day Million Sale will commence on Monday 29th September, the day after the Goffs Millions are run at the Curragh, and will be followed by the one day Sportsman’s Yearling Sale.

The launch of the catalogue follows a solid season for Million graduates. New Approach delivered on the promise shown as World Champion Two Year Old with victory in the Group 1 Vodafone Derby, while Halfway To Heaven followed in Million filly Finsceal Beo’s footsteps by landing the Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas. She followed this with victory in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood, just beating Goffs Fillies Million and Group 1 Coronation Stakes winner Lush Lashes.

Million graduate Daytona scored a Grade 1 double in the US, the sixth graded win of his career, while 2006 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner and Goffs yearling graduate Red Rocks landed the Group 1 Man O’War Stakes at Belmont. Group winners Major Cadeaux, Caribbean Sunset, Regime, Marjalina, and Royal And Regal are also graduates of Goffs Million Sale. The 2007 Million sale has so far produced over 30 individual two year old winners.

The catalogue includes a half brother to the Group 1 Irish Derby winner and Goffs graduate Frozen Fire (Lot 571) as well as a half sister to Group 1 Golden Jubilee Stakes and Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes winner Kingsgate Native (Lot 92). A half sister to Group 1 Falmouth Stakes winner Nahoodh (Lot 53) should also attract plenty of interest.

Staffordstown Stud provided the highlight of the 2007 Million Sale with the €2.4m record breaking filly and is sure to feature amongst the top lots again this year with their Selkirk half brother to last year’s sale topper out of Albanova (Lot 370).

Amongst the many other notable lots are Moyglare Stud’s Pivotal colt out of Group 1 Matriarch Stakes winner Dress To Thrill (Lot 533); a daughter of Galileo out of Group 1 Prix de Diane winner Caerlina (Lot 443), a Shamardal half brother to Group 1 Irish Derby winner Desert King (Lot 202), and a Danehill Dancer half brother to American Grade 1 winner Luas Line (Lot 279).

Some of the world’s leading sires are represented including yearlings by Dalakhani, Danehill Dancer, Dansili, Elusive Quality, Galileo, Giant’s Causeway, Green Desert, Invincible Spirit, Montjeu, Nayef, Oasis Dream, Pivotal, Rahy, Rock of Gibraltar and Sadler’s Wells, as well as up and coming and emerging sires such as Acclamation, Azamour, Dubawi, Footstepsinthesand, Motivator, Oratorio and Whipper.

Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes and inaugural Million winner Miss Beatrix has a full brother catalogued this year (Lot 58), while Goffs Colts Million winner Luck Money who was also Group 2 placed and last week won his first race for Champion American trainer Todd Pletcher at Saratoga also has a full brother in the sale (Lot 536).

Goffs Sportsman’s Sale catalogue is also now available online and features quality yearlings by such sires as Acclamation, Azamour, Bahamian Bounty,Bertolini, Clodovil, Dansili, Exceed And Excel, Footstepsinthesand, Indian Ridge, Invincible Spirit, One Cool Cat, Oratorio, Rock of Gibraltar, Royal Applause, Shamardal and Whipper.

Fleeting Spirit, winner of the Group 2 Temple Stakes this season and the Group 2 Flying Childers and Group 3 Molecomb Stakes as a two year old, cost just €35,000 at the Sportsman’s sale and exemplifies the quality and value on offer at this sale. As does Knavesmire who cost just €10,000 last year and went on to win the Listed Hilary Needler Trophy in May.

Commenting on the quality of the Million & Sportsman’s catalogue, Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said, “2008 has been a dream year for Goffs graduates. Goffs have sold the winners of 8 Group 1 races, including Derbys on both sides of the Irish Sea, as well as the Irish 1000 Guineas and a host of Group 1 victories at Royal Ascot, Goodwood, York and in the US whilst the Goffs Group sold more Royal Ascot winners than any other sales company.

“We are confident that this year’s Million and Sportsman’s catalogues are as good, if not better, than ever as our vendors have provided us with a truly excellent bunch of future champions. This is the first year I have been involved in inspecting Million yearlings and I have been delighted with the quality. I am convinced that potential purchasers will be impressed.

“The Goffs dream is unique. Only at our Million Sale can you win Europe’s Richest Races for Two Year Olds, the two Goffs Million races, which offer an unrivalled €1 million to each winner. The only way to win this jackpot is to buy from this catalogue – and you may well end up with a Classic or Group 1 winner into the bargain!”
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