Goffs Million Sale The 2008 Goffs Million Sale catalogue is now available online at www.goffs.com. A proven source of Classic success, this year's catalogue feature 657 top class yearlings who are exclusively eligible for the richest two year old races in Europe, the Goffs Millions, with an unrivalled prize fund of ?3,200,000. The three day Million Sale will commence on Monday 29th September, the day after the Parknasilla Hotel Goffs Millions are run at the Curragh, and will be followed by the one day Sportsman's Yearling Sale. Classic & Group 1 Success? The launch of the catalogue follows a truly spectacular 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 a stunning victory in the Group 1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood, just beating Goffs Fillies Million and Group 1 Coronation Stakes winner Lush Lashes. The strongest Goffs Million catalogue to date 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). An impressive list of the world's leading sires are strongly 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. Only at Goffs Million Sale can you buy prospects for Europe's Richest Juvenile Races worth a total of ?3.2 million. The winners of these races to date clearly illustrate the high quality of horses catalogued year on year in this sale with no better example than Royal Ascot Group 1 Coronation Stakes and Goffs Fillies Million winner Lush Lashes. 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).
