11/03/2021. (UAE) Dubai World Cup Behind Closed Doors // GOFFS: Walk In The Park Colt Tops Online February Sale Part 2
Dubai World Cup Behind Closed Doors
Thunder Snow winning the 2019 Dubai World Cup | racingfotos.com
With the exception of limited horse connections, racing official, accredited media and sponsors, the Dubai World Cup card at Meydan on Mar. 27 will be staged without spectators. A release from the Dubai Racing Club on Thursday also reiterated that the Dubai World Cup will take place under strict health and safety measures “including full sanitisation, thermal screening of attendees and social distancing.”
“Dubai Racing Club will host the race meeting, without spectators and tickets will not be sold,” the release continued. “All races will be contested and regulated in a standard fashion and results will be recorded in an official capacity.”
The Dubai World Cup, which celebrates its 25th renewal in 2021, was an early victim of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, with the 2020 renewal cancelled altogether six days out.
The meeting’s flagship race, the G1 Dubai World Cup, is this year again worth $12-million. The supporting features include the $5-million G1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic over 2400 metres on the turf, set to feature Saudi Cup winner Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), and the $4-million G1 Dubai Turf over 1800 metres. (fonte : TDN)
Walk In The Park Colt Tops Online February Sale Part 2
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| Part 2 of the Goffs February Sale took place as a live online sale today dedicated to Flat and National Hunt weanlings, and trade was headed by a son of Walk In The Park from Ballinaroone Stud. The brother to five winners (Lot 506 - pictured above) was purchased by Thursday Bloodstock for €35,000.
BC Bloodstock secured an Exceed And Excel sister to the Listed winner Copper Knight (Lot 374) from Wardstown Stud for €26,000, while Baroda Stud’s Zoustar filly (Lot 453 - pictured below), a sister to the highly rated Perotto and from the family of multiple black type winners including Mohaather, sold to Grizzetti Galoppo SRL for €25,000. Rathmore Stud later went to €24,000 for an Order Of St George colt out of an own-sister to the Grade 2 winning chaser and multiple Grade 1 placed Noble Prince (Lot 471), consigned by Newmarket House Stud. |
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| At the conclusion of the online February Sale Part 2, Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said:
“Selling weanlings in March without proper viewings was never going to be ideal but circumstances dictated that was the only option if we were to hold the sale.
When we were forced to further delay it by the latest Level 5 lockdown being extended we considered simply cancelling and directing the entries to the yearling sales in the autumn. However several vendors made contact to implore us to give them an outlet so we staged today as a service to those who wished to present their weanlings to the market.
The results are predictably mixed with a clearance rate that speaks volumes but there was some spirited bidding for those that stood out and we are sure that several will be shown to have been value when they are reoffered in a normal yearling sale later in the year. Once again Goffs Online proved its worth with bids from around the world.
We now turn our attention to our Timed Online Sale on 24th March after which our fervent hope is that the vaccination programmes in Ireland and the UK will allow a return to some normality as the year progresses and we look forward to welcoming horses and people back to Kildare Paddocks for the Land Rover Sale in June. Following that we are working towards a full programme of Goffs sales throughout the rest of the year on their scheduled dates and in their usual location, here in Kildare”.
| Offered |
Sold |
Turnover (€) |
Average (€) |
Median (€) |
| 84 |
35 (42%) |
360,900 |
10,311 |
8,000 |
No comparable sale in 2020 |
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