Bon Nuit tops Goffs session at
€230,000
Goffs’ November Sale turned its attention to breeding stock Saturday, and it
was the seven-year-old BON NUIT (Night Shift) gaining top billing when selling
for €230,000. Successful once and placed
five times at the stakes level, the Howard Spooner-owned mare was consigned as
Hip No. 1036E as part of a supplementary draft from Ballincurrig House Stud.
From the immediate family of sire Anshan (GB) (Persian Bold), she was offered in
foal to Pivotal, and it was Goffs auctioneer Clive Gardner who prevailed with a
the winning bid.
Her sire Night Shift was also responsible for Roundhill Stud’s eight-year-old
COMERAINCOMESHINE, who sold for €160,000.
She is a half-sister to the high-class miler Where or When (Danehill Dancer),
and has already produced this year’s Sandy Lane S. winner and Fred Darling S.
(Eng-G3) third Danehill Destiny (Danehill Dancer). In foal to Duke of Marmalade
(Ire), she was snapped up by Newsells Park Stud.
“She will be visiting their stallion Mount Nelson (GB) next year,” agent
Oliver St Lawrence explained. “Julian Dollar, who is here, and I loved her when
we saw her, and she’s a very attractive proposition. She’s a good-looking mare
whom Mount Nelson should put some size into, and she’s already bred a stakes
winner and has a Galileo (Ire) to run for her next year.”
Tina Rau Bloodstock earlier paid €135,000
for Castletown Stud’s 15-year-old INDIAN JEWEL (Local Suitor), in foal to One
Cool Cat. From a prolific black-type-producing German family, she is responsible
for three such performers, including the stakes winner Irulan (Monsun).
Forenaghts Stud was the name on the docket for a notable member of the Darley
draft, the four-year-old QUEEN’S HALL (Singspiel [Ire]), carrying a foal by
King’s Best. Out of the proven producer Anna Matrushka (Mill Reef), she is a
full sister to the smart Andean, and half to a host of smart performers,
including the 1996 Prix de Royallieu (Fr-G2) and Prix du Conseil de Paris
(Fr-G2) winner Annaba (In the Wings [GB]).
“I’ve bought her for Tony Smurfit,” explained Dermot Cantillon after paying
€100,000. “He owned Princesse Dansante, who
was by King’s Best and was the top-priced mare in Europe last year when she made
1.7 million guineas. This filly obviously ticked all the boxes, and she was sold
in foal to King’s Best, whom we’re fans of.”
Statistics at the session took a downturn, with the average of
€24,996 and median of
€16,500 off by 28 percent on 2008.
Selling concludes Sunday. Full results are available
at goffs.com.