Sales ring theatre doesn’t come much more dramatic than what unfolded Sept. 27 at Goffs. The Coolmore buying party faced off with the Al Shira’aa Farms team for a blue-blooded Frankel (GB) filly with a pedigree packed full of Juddmonte celebrities. Source

A tremendous selection of 50 outstanding horses and broodmares have been cataloged for the Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Sale Oct. 18 at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Source

A half brother to multiple stakes winner Kings River Knight topped the Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings and HORA Sale at $250,000. Source

State of Rest took Joseph O’Brien on an amazing journey by winning four top-level races in four different countries. The trainer now has the globetrotter’s Sea The Stars half sister to look forward to.  Source

Attention turns to Ireland this week as Goffs host the country’s most significant yearling sale, the Orby. Ireland’s reputation for producing Thoroughbreds is underpinned by a rich history, but it’s the future that buyers will be fixed on this week.  Source

The weather at Goffs might not have been much to write home about Sept. 24, as inspections ahead of the Orby Yearling Sale took place amid squally rain, but the Staffordstown draft was walking on sunshine. Source

Mr. Big, the sire of the Sept. 23 Cotillion Stakes (G1) winner Ceiling Crusher, has several yearlings in the catalog, other sires represented include Stay Thirsty, Vronsky, Hard Spun, and Practical Joke. Source

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The final session of the September Yearling Sale at Keeneland concluded Sept. 23 with a Silent Name colt realizing $185,000 from X-Men Racing/Madaket Stable/SF Racing. Grovendale consigned the dark bay as Hip 4037, which set a Session record price. Source

Grandview Equine purchased a colt by Lookin At Lucky for $120,000 to lead the Sept. 22 session at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale on the next-to-last day of the auction. Source