Your Royal Ascot Ticket – Doncaster Breeze Up Sale Catalogue Now Online
Your Royal Ascot Ticket – Doncaster Breeze Up Sale Catalogue Now Online An outstanding collection of 177 two-year-olds have been catalogued for the 2021 Goffs UK Breeze Up Sale at Doncaster – a sale which has produced five Royal Ascot winners since 2016. The Doncaster Breeze Up Sale is Europe’s leading sale for Royal winners and they include the Gr.1 Prince of Wales’ Stakes winner MY DREAM BOAT, Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup champion QUIET REFLECTION, Listed Windsor Castle Stakes winner ARDAD and the dual Gr.2 Norfolk Stakes victors in PRINCE OF LIR and A’ALI.
The sale had a strong 2020 season on the track and produced six individual Stakes winners – four at Group level. These include the 2YO STEEL BULL who won the Gr.3 Molecomb Stakes at the Qatar Goodwood Festival, smart sprinter A’ALI who claimed the Gr.2 Sapphire Stakes and Gr.3 Coral Charge, BODHICITTA who won the Gr.2 Yellow Ribbon Handicap at Del Mar and UMM KULTHUM who was victorious in the Gr.3 Firth of Clyde Stakes.
STEEL BULL Photo: Mark Cranham
The 2020 catalogue shapes as one that is well placed to continue the sale’s fine record on the track and features a strong line-up of 2YOs by proven sires.
Some of the highlights include:
• Lot 7, a Night of Thunder colt out of the Listed placed mare Anosti.
• 25, a Caravaggio half-brother to the Gr.1 winner CHACHAMAIDEE.
• 35, a Kodiac colt out of the Listed and Gr.1 placed Copperbeach.
• 42, a Carpe Diem half-brother to the Gr.2 winners INSIDE STRAIGHT and DANCE DAILY.
• 47, a More Than Ready colt out of a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner GIFT BOX and Gr.2 winner SPECIAL FORCES and an own sister to the dual Gr.2 winner STONETASTIC.
• 76, a Kingman half-brother to the Listed winner CLOUD SURFING and out of a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner TOGETHER.
• 96, a New Bay half-brother to the Gr.1 winner WIZZ KID.
• 111, a Ribchester half-sister to the Listed winners MARQUIX and SCEPTRE ROUGE.
• 114, a No Nay Never half-sister to the Listed winner BURKE’S ROCK.
• 120, an Exaggerator colt out of the Gr.3 winning Kitten’s Joy mare NOBLE BEAUTY.
• 131, an Exceed And Excel colt out of a Pivotal daughter of the Gr.1 winner CONFIDENTIAL LADY.
• 158, a Jimmy Creed own brother to the Gr.2 winner KANTHAKA.
• 166, a Dark Angel half-brother to the Listed winner TARANA, dam of the Champion filly and triple Gr.1 winner TARNAWA.
• 172, a Blame colt out of a half-sister to the Gr.1 winner DANCE TO BRISTOL.
Other sires to feature include Acclamation, Australia, Bated Breath, Belardo, Cable Bay, Churchill, Dandy Man, El Kabeir, Footstepsinthesand, Holy Roman Emperor, Iffraaj, Mehmas, Postponed, Prince Of Lir, Profitable, Showcasing, Starspangledbanner, Time Test, Ulysses, Zoffany etc.
Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent commented:
“We are incredibly proud of the track record of this sale and the list of top-class graduates continues to grow each year, a fact that buyers are firmly aware of when buying their Breezers. This sale is now the undisputed number one source of Royal Ascot winners with five Goffs Breeze Up graduates winning since 2016 and two of those at Group 1 level.
"The sale will again be held just eight weeks prior to the Royal meeting and the same window has been successful for buyers in recent years with A’Ali (G2 Norfolk Stakes), Prince Of Lir (G2 Norfolk Stakes) and Ardad (Listed Windsor Castle Stakes) all sold at Doncaster just eight weeks prior to the Royal meeting.
This is a proven formula and, as ever, we are indebted to our loyal vendors who have again offered some outstanding horses who are guaranteed to continue to showcase this sale on the very biggest stage.
"Once again, all horses have been entered in the Swedish Derby and Oaks Series and we look forward to welcoming new buyers from this region whilst we will also be working in conjunction with GBRI to sell the Royal Ascot dream to all buyers, both domestic and international. The Doncaster Breeze Up Sale has a proven track record for Royal Ascot success and we are excited to offer buyers a genuine chance of getting in to the Royal winners enclosure later this year.”
The Goffs UK Breeze Up Sale will be held over three days with the breeze held at Doncaster Racecourse on Tuesday 20 April from 12 noon. Following feedback after last year’s sale, there will be an inspection day on Wednesday 21 April with the sale starting at 10.00am on Thursday 22 April.