Post by cherokeescot on Apr 17, 2024 16:21:04 GMT -5
The last ever son of the legendary stallion GALILEO lit up the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale when selling for 1,000,000 guineas on an electric evening that saw five lots realise 500,000 guineas or more, taking the sale total to a record six. The turnover for the sale was second only to last year’s record breaking renewal.
Lot 112: Galileo (IRE) / Manderley (IRE)
Galileo Colt Sells for 1,000,000 Guineas to Godolphin
The very last unraced horse offered at public auction by the incomparable GALILEO made headlines when selling for 1,000,000 guineas to Godolphin. The sale is only the second time seven figures has been breached at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale and is the third highest price ever achieved at a European breeze up sale.
Bidding for the colt, who had done a spectacular breeze, was initially a head to head between Amo Racing’s Kia Joorabchian and KHK Racing’s manager Chris Wall before Anthony Stroud, bidding on behalf of Godolphin, joined in. Joorabchian, who was stood alongside agent Alex Elliot, was in a determined mood but didn’t counter Stroud’s bid of 1,000,000 guineas.
The colt was sold by Roderic Kavanagh's Glending Stables and it is the second consecutive year that the consignor has topped the Craven Breeze Up Sale, following the sale of VANDEEK for 625,000 guineas at last year's renewal. The sale represented a massive result for Kavanagh having purchased the son of GALILEO at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale for 125,000 guineas, the same sale at which he purchased VANDEEK the previous year.
"We all thought he is a very nice horse, and he is the last horse by Galileo to go through public auction. He breezed very well," commented Stroud. "He came from the same hotel as Vandeek. The colt deserved to do well and he did well. When two people really want a horse then it can make any price, it is great for the breeze up sale."
Of the future path for the colt, Stroud said: "Charlie Appleby and the boss make the decisions regarding the onward plans, I leave it up to them."
Lot 112: Galileo (IRE) / Manderley (IRE)
Galileo Colt Sells for 1,000,000 Guineas to Godolphin
The very last unraced horse offered at public auction by the incomparable GALILEO made headlines when selling for 1,000,000 guineas to Godolphin. The sale is only the second time seven figures has been breached at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale and is the third highest price ever achieved at a European breeze up sale.
Bidding for the colt, who had done a spectacular breeze, was initially a head to head between Amo Racing’s Kia Joorabchian and KHK Racing’s manager Chris Wall before Anthony Stroud, bidding on behalf of Godolphin, joined in. Joorabchian, who was stood alongside agent Alex Elliot, was in a determined mood but didn’t counter Stroud’s bid of 1,000,000 guineas.
The colt was sold by Roderic Kavanagh's Glending Stables and it is the second consecutive year that the consignor has topped the Craven Breeze Up Sale, following the sale of VANDEEK for 625,000 guineas at last year's renewal. The sale represented a massive result for Kavanagh having purchased the son of GALILEO at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale for 125,000 guineas, the same sale at which he purchased VANDEEK the previous year.
"We all thought he is a very nice horse, and he is the last horse by Galileo to go through public auction. He breezed very well," commented Stroud. "He came from the same hotel as Vandeek. The colt deserved to do well and he did well. When two people really want a horse then it can make any price, it is great for the breeze up sale."
Of the future path for the colt, Stroud said: "Charlie Appleby and the boss make the decisions regarding the onward plans, I leave it up to them."
