€575,000 Kodiac Colt Tops Goffs Day Two

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday September 28

Top lot at the Goff’s Orby Yearling Sale on the second and final day was a colt by Kodiac that fetched €575,000.

Consigned by Alice Fitzgerald, the colt from Fikrah was knocked down to Peter and Ross Doyle and is a sibling to four winners including Group placed Hey Jonesy and this season’s smart 2YO Magical Sunset.

Kodiac colt from Fikrah, click to see his page.

“We thought he was an absolute standout among the horses here over the two days,” said Ross Doyle, who also purchased his full sister Magical Sunset.

“The full-sister is obviously talented, we bought her here last year, and he comes from a wonderful home. We went to see him two or three times and he didn’t turn a hair. Every time we went down there there was a queue to see him and he did the exact same thing each time.

“He’s a very natural horse and he’s by a sire we’ve been lucky with. He’s been bought for Magne and Bente Jordanger of Stall Perlen, who’ve been very good long term clients. He’ll go to Richard Hannon and hopefully he’ll be a good horse.”

The second highest priced yearling was a €500,000 colt from the first crop of Ten Sovereigns, the first son of No Nay Never to retire to stud.

Ten Sovereigns colt from Indigo Butterfly, click to see his page.

Consigned by Pier House Stud, the colt from Indigo Butterfly was bought by West BS Agt for R & L Low and is from the family of Group I winner Dream Castle.

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Ten Sovereigns shuttled to Valachi Downs in New Zealand for a season in 2020, so will have yearlings at Karaka in 2023.

Zoustar made his mark with a €300,000 filly consigned by Loughmore Stables from Shamardal mare Babylonian that was bought by Newtown Anner Stud.

Zoustar filly from Babyllonian, click to see her page.

The filly is a half-sister to stakes-winner Wren’s Breath and Group II placed Santry.

The sale continued on the positive trend of other yearling sales around the world this year. It concluded with aggregate across the two days rising by 24 per cent to €50,374,500, while the average was up by 11 per cent at €121,384.

The median was also up by 16 per cent to a record €87,000, while the clearance stood at a very healthy 89 per cent.

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