Goffs has decided to postpone the sale scheduled for Sept. 14 during the Irish Champions Festival at Leopardstown due to a lack of suitable stabling at the racecourse. The company will now prioritize next month's Goffs British Champions Day Sale for any recruits.
Goffs group chief executive Henry Beeby said Sept. 5: "It became apparent this morning that we would be unable to use the racecourse stables to house the sale horses as we have done in the past, despite working proactively with Leopardstown and the IHRB.
"This is largely due to the expected increase in runners given the expanded race card and the number of very welcome overseas runners. Naturally we are disappointed, however, as the only option would be to build temporary stables for the sale, we feel this is not appropriate for the quality of horses we intended to offer.
"We will instead redirect those horses suitable to the Goffs British Champions Day Sale at Ascot Oct. 19. We hope to revisit the Champions Sale concept in 2025 with the benefit of this year's experience and with more time to plan for all eventualities."
The inaugural Goffs British Champions Day Sale at Ascot in 2023 saw high-class sprinter Rogue Lightning sell for £1,000,000 to Richard Brown on behalf of Wathnan Racing and the sale will return to the Ascot parade ring again before racing.
