GOFFS UK STAGES FIRST GOODWOOD BLOODSTOCK SALE

‘Boutique sales’ of racehorses are the thing, it seems nowadays and Goffs UK, which has regular sales at its Doncaster Racecourse venue, held the inaugural Goodwood Sale after racing on the second day of the Qatar Goodwood Festival. The company also stages a similar sale at Aintree during the Grand National meeting, while its sister company, Goffs, stages the London Sale at St James’s Palace on the eve of Royal Ascot.

The new sale has been very well received, with the venue, the Qatar Goodwood Festival, being the central fact in that. There is also the timing of the Australian Autumn Carnival and the new licenses in Hong Kong. It therefore fills a unique spot. It is an opportunity for international buyers, especially for the horses-in-training section. For the breeding prospects, the dates are not as important, but it stills leaves the opportunity for fillies or mares that are not in foal to be covered to southern hemisphere time in Europe and then shipped out.