Goffs offer online alternative to Autumn Yearling Sale vendors

With the Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale set to be rescheduled to January following the latest Covid-19 restrictions announced in Ireland, the company has decided to introduce an earlier online auction on November 17 and 18.

Goffs was responding to feedback from vendors that the 2021 dates were not the preferred option for many of the yearlings catalogued.

Horse Racing Ireland and the British Horseracing Authority have confirmed to them that lots sold or bought in 'under the hammer' in this way will be qualified for auction races in Ireland and the UK, a key component of selling for many of the yearlings due to be offered in this sale.

Vendors must confirm whether they wish to participate in the online sale and submit any specific questions, while further details will be released next week.

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Goffs group chief executive Henry Beeby said: "The ever-evolving 2020 landscape prompted us to review the options for our Autumn Yearling vendors again after a number of vendors voiced concerns about the rescheduled January 2021 dates.

"Online bloodstock sales are still in their infancy worldwide, but we have been hugely encouraged by the online participation at all Goffs sales this year, starting with the breeze-up and right throughout the yearling sales, so we believe this is the best available option at the current time in Ireland.

"While we cannot guarantee how buyers will respond to an online inspection platform for yearlings, we will market this online offering with renewed determination and hope that this low cost platform will be seen as an attempt by Goffs to offer a viable marketplace when so many factors are conspiring against us."

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