Coventry Stakes Contender Givemethebeatboys Tops London Sale At £1.1 Million
Givemethebeatboys (Lot 8) will run in the colours of Bronsan Racing in tomorrow’s Coventry Stakes having changed hands for £1,100,000 at today’s Goffs London Sale. Frankie Dettori will partner the unbeaten son of Bungle Inthejungle, who was sold this evening by Con and Theresa Marnane’s Bansha House Stables in whose colours he won the Group 3 Marble Hill Stakes at The Curragh last month trained by Jessica Harrington.
No Nay Mets (Lot 11) was the next highest priced lot of the evening as the recent two-year-old black type Gulfstream Park winner sold to Liam Culman of Tuckernuck Stables for £800,000. The team of Gai Waterhouse, Adrian Bott and Johnny McKeever, regularly among the leading buyers at the London Sale, secured two contenders for the Royal Meeting in Cuban Dawn, a son of Teofilo from Glebe House Stables, who goes for the Golden Gates Stakes on Saturday and sold for £300,000, while they also purchased two-time winner New Endeavour (Lot 15), consigned by Varian Stables and with an entry on Thursday at Ascot, for £260,000.
Nusret (Lot 12), who is entered in the Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes on Friday and has a guaranteed entry in the £500,000 Ebor Handicap at York having won the Curragh trial two weeks ago, was offered by Carriganog Stables and sold to Jayne McGivern of Dash Grange Stud for £300,000.
Another to prove hugely popular was the Tim Donworth trained Ocean Vision (Lot 25), a recent Listed winner at Longchamp with a Jersey Stakes entry, who sold for £250,000 to Kentucky Derby-winning owner Ramiro Restrepo’s Marquee Bloodstock.
Reflecting on a spectacular evening at Kensington Palace Gardens, Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said:
“We are delighted with today’s London Sale, which saw strong demand from an international audience capped by a dream result for the connections of Givemethebeatboys. We are delighted for the Marnane family and wish new owners Bronsan Racing the very best of luck in the Coventry Stakes tomorrow. The chance to offer the dream of a Royal Ascot runner is very special, and everyone at Goffs will be shouting as loud as anybody for Givemethebeatboys, or indeed any of the other Ascot runners from today’s sale, over the next few days.
For Goffs to be here in the grounds of Kensington Palace welcoming so many friends and colleagues from international racing is something we are very proud of. It’s what we’re all ababout – the business of buying and selling top class horses but making it as enjoyable a process as possible. Of course we cannot deliver an event of this level without the incredible support of our partners and I wish to thank our title sponsor Privat 3 Money who have helped bring the sale to a new level, along with Ascot, Chateau Leoube, Ampito and IYC who have been tremendous supporters of the London Sale for many years now, while we were delighted to welcome two new partners this year in Aston Martin and Hofmeister.
What a way to kick start the week. We now look forward to the tremendous racing to come and wish everyone the best of luck at Royal Ascot".
Goffs London Sale 2023:
Offered: 21
Sold: 11 (52%)
Aggregate: £3,770,000 (-15%)
Average: £342,727 (-8%)
Median: £250,000 (-16%)
Top Lot: £1,100,000