05/09/2017. Goffs. Race Entries Closing – Land Rover Bumper ’18 – “Orby In Focus” Preview Series

Race Entries Closing – Land Rover Bumper ’18
 
 

Race entries for the 2018 Goffs Land Rover Bumper will close tomorrow, Wednesday 6 September at 12 noon.  Entries should be made via Horse Racing Ireland and the entry form is available online at www.hri-ras.ie.

 

The €100,000 race is held every year on the first day of the Punchestown Festival, and is exclusively open to horses that were offered for sale at the Goffs Land Rover Sale on 13 & 14 June 2017.

 

Vision Des Flos won the 2017 renewal of the Bumper (pictured), providing trainer Robert Tyner with a second consecutive win in the Land Rover.  Just two days later Vision Des Flos topped the Goffs Punchestown Sale selling for €270,000 to Tom Malone.  The winning vendor of the 2018 Land Rover Bumper will also become the outright winner of a brand new Land Rover Discovery Sport.

For information regarding entries please contact Horse Racing Ireland entries department on +353 45 455 455 or call Goffs on +353 45 886600.
 
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Video: Goffs “Orby In Focus” Preview Series
 
 

In three weeks’ time, Goffs Orby Sale will get underway with 468 catalogued yearlings set to go through the ring. As the countdown begins to the start of one of Europe’s premier yearling sales, Goffs will be releasing a series of video features, articles and weekly blogs focussing on the upcoming sale with a look behind the scenes at this very important time of year in the breeding calendar.

From freshman sires, emerging trends and Q and A’s with some familiar faces from around the sales, we will also be speaking to some of the young guns making names for themselves and discussing what it is they most enjoy about this time of year.

Henry Beeby, Group Chief Executive of Goffs commented:

 

“The Goffs Orby Sale looks set to be another vibrant renewal and we are delighted with the quality of the catalogue on offer this year following increased support from leading breeders. 2016’s sale had a particularly strong international presence and we hope to attract increased interest from around the globe.

For the vendors, buyers and the team here at Goffs, the preparation for this sale and others begins way back in February.  The work that goes into preparing these yearlings for the sale before they start pre-training is extensive, but also a fascinating process which we want to tell as many people about as possible.”

The Orby sale begins at 10am on Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 September.  It will be followed on Thursday 28 September by the one-day Sportsman’s Sale. View the catalogues for Orby here and Sportsman’s here.