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The sale is 24-25 November. Details on the 41-horse Niarchos dispersal:

https://www.goffs.com/documents/niarchos-draft.pdf

Alpha Centauri (IFT Sea The Stars) is lot 1263 and Alpine Star (IFT Frankel) is lot 1240.

The catalogue is available here:

https://www.goffs.com/sale/IRE/november ... -sale-2023

“As well as the Niarchos draft, Goffs November catalogue also features world class consignments from Godolphin (54), HH Aga Khan Studs (18), Ballylinch Stud (16), Irish National Stud (11), Moyglare Stud (8) and so many more top breeders, while a draft of 61 from The Castlebridge Consignment (61) includes well-bred German mares from the dispersal of the renowned Gestut Hony-Hof.

“Among the high-class fillies off the track to be offered are last Friday’s brilliant Group 2 Challenge Stakes winner Matilda Picotte (Lot 1258) as well as the multiple Group race winner Insinuendo (Lot 1252). Group 1 producers meanwhile are headed by Manister House Stud’s Laurelita (Lot 1246) who is the dam of this season’s dual US Grade 1 winner Fev Rover.

‘Twenty-five daughters of Galileo are catalogued while Dansili, Dubawi, Frankel, Invincible Spirit, Montjeu, Oasis Dream, Pivotal, and Sea The Stars are also among the leading broodmare sires represented. An equally impressive covering sire profile includes Blackbeard, Blue Point, Camelot, Dark Angel, Frankel, Havana Grey, Invincible Spirit, Kingman, Lope De Vega, Mehmas, New Bay, Night Of Thunder, No Nay Never, Pinatubo, Sea The Stars, Siyouni, St. Mark’s Basilica and Wootton Bassett.”

(https://www.goffs.com/news/IRE/niarchos ... catalogue0

Japan is gonna go wild

Do not call it a dispersal. Did you hear Nick Luck's podcast interview with Alan Cooper? He emphasized "restructuring" no fewer than 10 times in 5 minutes

mariasmon wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 4:44 pm Do not call it a dispersal. Did you hear Nick Luck's podcast interview with Alan Cooper? He emphasized "restructuring" no fewer than 10 times in 5 minutes

It was so bizarre and actually made it even more concerning tbh. Nick tried to prod him into explaining why the restructuring and Cooper just swerved the question and said restructuring another dozen times

anyone have footage of this? haha

Here in an article about the Hony-Hof dispersal. and my favorite line “She was the height of the average coffee table."

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/c ... -at-goffs/

Mylute wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:29 pm anyone have footage of this? haha

https://inthemoneypodcast.com/nick-luck ... he-trends/

It's just a podcast. I think Cooper's part is about 10-12 minutes in. He's an awkward fellow, to be sure.

I vote Kurenai uses her omnipotent powers to change "dispersal" to "restructuring" in the thread title

Good article on the families being offered in the *~*restructuring*~*

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/n ... JP_oErcq5U

The sale is live:

https://www.goffs.com/sale/IRE/november ... -sale-2023

€6M for Alpine Star.

From MV Magnier. He also bought Albigna from the Niarchos draft for 2.7m.

If i was a gambling gal, I’d say he’s going to go to great lengths to take Alpha Centauri home too.

She’s two lots out

That Which Is Not just sold for 3.3m to MV Magnier

Magnier has already spent €13M on just three of the Niarchos draft mares.

The big girl is up.

Little bit of a spooky disclaimer about her eye getting scratched yesterday. Surely that can't be a dealbreaker for a mare like this.

MV Magnier. 6 million

19,000,000 euros in the last two hours. On 4 mares. What a world!

RIP to the connections who flew across the globe to bid.

Coolmore plan to send Alpine Star to Auguste Rodin when he retires to stud.

Oh, and Maria Niarchos is godmother to MV Magnier's brother. Cozy.

https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/s ... Jd1M1z7Ls/