The Buzz is Back And we’ve been busy
Orby Delivers… This time last year we made a promise. In return for your trust in sending many of your best yearlings to Goffs Orby, we promised to work harder than ever to deliver an international audience to Kildare Paddocks for The Irish National Yearling Sale. t h e r e s u lt … Two days of insatiable demand for the world class catalogue that you provided. Orby reclaimed its rightful place in the top tier of yearling sales with seven figure top prices, a six-figure average and a staggering 91% clearance rate. We focussed on a number of key areas to reinvigorate Orby. The priority was buyers, existing and new, and developing the unique buyer experience that sets Goffs apart.
We have made significant investment in our client relations team based here in Ireland as well as our international agents in recent times, including our appointment this time last year of Jacob West as Goffs’ US representative as the USA is a key target market for Goffs. The results were immediate as Jacob filled a Goffs-chartered flight to Ireland with unprecedented numbers of buyers from across the Atlantic buying 57
“we’ll need two planes this year!” Orby yearlings for up to €900,000, at an average of over €150,000, and in his own words “we’ll need two planes this year!”. We also welcomed Mark Richards to the Goffs team as our British agent and manon-the-ground in Newmarket where he returned to live in 2021 after many years
42% in training in England in Hong Kong. The UK remains our biggest market with 42% of 2021 Orby yearlings now in training in England. The Goffs Million gave buyers even greater reason to invest in an Orby yearling last September. Over 50% of those sold were nominated for the race which illustrates the appeal of Europe’s Richest Two Year Old race and will see €1,000,000 won by Orby buyers at The Curragh just three days before the 2022 sale. All horses at this year’s Orby offer buyers this unique chance in 2023. Another point illustrated by Orby 21 is the importance to a yearling sale of the undeniable world class quality in Ireland. This country is synonymous with the thoroughbred and as an industry we are so proud to bring international buyers to view the best yearlings Ireland has to offer in the unrivalled sales complex at Kildare Paddocks.
Together with our colleagues at ITM, we will make sure they have a supreme experience in the thoroughbred county, staying in sumptuous local hotels, surrounded by some of the most impressive stud farms on the planet and being treated as a VIP for the duration of their stay in Ireland. Nothing is too much trouble for our team so that each buyer can focus on your beautiful yearlings. We asked for your trust in 2021 and the opportunity to deliver at Orby. The results speak for themselves. This year Kildare Paddocks will be the centre of the bloodstock world for Orby 22 as we will fill the complex with unprecedented numbers to view your superb yearlings. Let’s take Orby to new heights in 2022 We can’t do it without you…
henry beeby Group Chief Executive
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Insatiable demand at all levels of the market The Irish Field
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7 FIGURE TOP LOTS
€1,500,000 €1,200,000
Four Irish yearlings sold for seven figures in Europe last year.
Two of them were at Orby
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This has been a very very important week for the industry in Ireland e ddi e o ’ l e a ry , Orby 2021
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More international buyers than ever before
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There was substantial American participation… including Ben McElroy,
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Jacob West, DJ Stables, Deuce Greathouse and Robert Masterson, Lindsay Laroche, Kenny McPeek,
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Niall Brennan, Tony Dutrow, Bill and Terry Mathis, among others TDN alex elliott
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ed sackville
kieran lalor
richard brown
hh sheikh mohammed
ben mcelroy demi o’byrne
ross doyle mv magnier justin casse
michael donohoe
john magnier
r i c h a r d rya n
georg von opel peter doyle
mick kinane a l a s ta i r donald
anthony bromley
mark johnston p j c o lv i l l e
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New Heights Five star buyer service Goffs & ITM will target international VIP buyers and fly them to Kildare Paddocks to view your yearlings
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Your Buyer Team Goffs international client relations team travel extensively to bring new and existing buyers to Goffs to deliver the best results for Orby vendors.
joey cullen
elaine lawlor
hayley o’connor
tom taaffe
mark richards UK
mark player Australasia
takaya kimura Japan
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amanda zetterholm France
filip zwicky Scandinavia
An influx of buyers from around the world fuelled strong demand at all levels of the market. The Irish Field
jacob west USA
matthias seeber Germany
A Million Reasons to Sell at Orby €1,000,000 must be won by Orby yearlings goffs million 7 furlongs, the curragh Europe’s Richest Two-Year-Old Race
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The unique Goffs Million incentive helped drive the vibrant trade at Orby 2021, with buyers nominating over half of the catalogue for this year’s race where €1,000,000 will be won three days before Orby 2022 gets underway. All yearlings offered at this year’s Orby Sale are eligible for the 2023 Goffs Million. If the winner of the 2022 or 2023 Goffs Million subsequently wins a Group 1 race as a three year old
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Plenty of the big-spending buyers expressed the hope that their particular purchase would be suitable for the €1 million event at the Curragh.
in Ireland, UK, France, USA or Australia, the winning owner will receive a €100,000 Bonus from Goffs.
Racing Post, September 2021
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Our passionate and experienced team of horsemen and women work with Ireland’s leading breeders and consignors to identify an Orby catalogue of world class potential racehorses. Call us now to discuss your 2022 yearlings.
Nominate online at Goffs.com
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Your Inspection Team
henry beeby
gerry hogan
michael hardy
neil walsh
M: +353 (0)86 835 7555 henrybeeby@goffs.ie
M: +353 (0)87 293 3683 gerryhogan@goffs.ie
M: +353 (0)86 102 4847 michaelhardy@goffs.ie
M: +353 (0)87 2667188 neilwalsh@goffs.ie
nick nugent
mary kilduff
andrew nolan
peter molony
M: +353 (0)86 243 8899 nicknugent@goffs.ie
M: +353 (0)87 7818854 marykilduff@goffs.ie
M: +353 (0)86 2416690 andrew@goffs.ie
M: +353 (0)86 823 8611 petermolony@goffs.ie
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