104 Entries Remain As The Shelbourne Hotel Goffs Million Gathers Pace A total of 104 entries remain in contention for The Shelbourne Hotel Goffs Million following the second forfeit stage. Taking place on Tuesday September 19th at the Curragh, the race is the richest juvenile competition in European racing with a first prize of ?1,000,000. The entries include 47 fillies that are also eligible for the Shelbourne Hotel Goffs Fillies Five Hundred on the same day, worth ?500,000 to the winner. There are 22 winners among the entries, including David Wachman's colt He's A Decoy, winner of the Listed Kerry Spring Water Rochestown Stakes at Cork in June. Over 50 trainers are represented, with impressive maiden winners coming from Brian Meehan, Mark Johnston, Hughie Morrison and Richard Hannon. The line up of fillies include Dermot Weld's recent Gowran Park winner Braydeen, the Jim Bolger trained Finsceal Beo, and the Kevin Prendergast trained winner Miss Beatrix - also placed in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh recently. The Real Thing is a strong prospect from the Con Collins stable while Barry Hills has a serious contender in the winning filly Silk Blossom, who was also runner up in the Group 3 Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot. Four Sins, an impressive winner of her maiden for John Oxx at the Curragh last week, is also in the running. The Shelbourne Hotel Goffs Million is the feature race on Ryder Cup Race Day at the Curragh, and is exclusively for graduates of last year's Goffs Million Sale. Together with the fillies race there is a total prize fund of ?2.4 million on offer. With 32 of the entries costing ?50,000 or less as yearlings, and a large number of syndicates amongst the owners, the sale represents a realistic chance of winning a million. Exactly one week after the inaugural Shelbourne Hotel Goffs Million, there will be an opportunity to buy the winners of not one but two such races. Goffs has raised the bar once more by increasing the total prize money for graduates of this year's sale to ?3.2 million. There will be two races in 2007 ? one for colts only and another exclusively for fillies, each worth ?1 million to the winner. Following unprecedented sales at Goffs last September, this new dimension to the Million Sale is sure to further energise the bloodstock industry and build on the momentum achieved in 2005. The Goffs Million Sale takes place from the 26th -28th September and the catalogue of 663 yearlings is available now from Goffs and on the Goffs website www.goffs.com. As well as offering great depth and choice, somewhere in this catalogue are a colt and a filly who will each win ?1,000,000 in 2007.
