Al Dasim a money-spinner

Six smart performers who were sold at Goffs UK before starring on the racecourse

Al Dasim: clocked five back-to-back wins, including a Meydan hat-trick

Group wins in France and Germany contributing to a career haul of nearly £180,000

– not a bad return for a £19,000 yearling two years ago.

One of four individual Group winners – among nine black-type winners – for Coolmore’s second-season sire and Phoenix Stakes winner Sioux Nation, the three-yearold has already achieved plenty in 18 months of racing.

A three-time winner at two last season, Brave Emperor graduated from a Class 4 nursery at Wolverhampton in November to his first stakes success at Cagnes-sur-Mer in February and then on to victory in the Group 3 Dr Busch-Memorial at Krefeld in April. He was third at the same level at Bro Park and just this month won the Prix Daphnis at Deauville, also Group 3.

Brave Emperor is a fine advert for breeders Caroline Hanly and Sean Ronan, as well as his dam, the maiden Holy Roman Emperor mare Roman Gal, a close relation to the black type-placed Madernia (by Holy Roman Emperor) and the Listed-winning Salouen (Canford Cliffs), a close second

Goffs Uk Premier Yearling Sale Doncaster

vvWhen Tuesday and Wednesday, August 29-30 vvWhere Goffs UK sales complex, Sandall Beat Road, Doncaster vv2022 results From 406 offered, 363 sold (89%) for turnover of £15,987,500 (+17% on 2021), an average of £44,043 (+7%) and median of £35,000 (+9%) vvRecord price £440,000, paid by MV Magnier for Admiral Nelson, a Kingman colt out of Shamandar, from Hillwood Stud in 2019 to Cracksman in the 2018 Coronation Cup.

Equality

5yo b g Equiano - Penny Drops (Invincible Spirit)

Equiano’s most prolific son

The Tin Man reeled off three Group 1 successes and while such a feat may be a bridge too far for Equality, Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds’ gelding is enjoying the best season of his career, with a near six-length score in a Windsor Class 2 handicap in June preceding a ready win in the Group 3 Coral Charge last month.

The five-year-old has proved good value for his £50,000 price tag at the 2019 Premier Yearling Sale, when he sold to Kern/Lillingston Association from Highclere Stud.

The Charlie Hills-trained runner has won five times and placed on a further six occasions for prize-money of just over £135,000, while connections are obviously confident in his ability to progress further with entries in the Nunthorpe and Flying Five Stakes.

He was unplaced behind Highfield Princess at Goodwood this month, but can do better as the track doesn’t seem to play to his strengths.

He is the second foal out of the Invincible Spirit mare Penny Drops, a winner over six furlongs on the all-weather for William Haggas and breeders the Middlebrooks, while she was also Listed-placed on five occasions.

Equality is one of four individual winners for the 12-year-old from five runners, the others including Badri, by Dark Angel and winner of a valuable handicap at Epsom on Derby day.

Fev Rover

5yo b m Gutaifan - Laurelita (High Chaparral)

Fev Rover’s consistency and durability was rewarded with a first victory at the top level when annexing the Beverly D Stakes at Colonial Downs on Saturday – in doing so she became the first Group/Grade 1 winner for her sire, the Haras des Faunes-based Gutaifan.

Five-year-old Fev Rover was bred by Manister House Stud and sold to Howson and Houldsworth Bloodstock for just £20,000 at the Premier Yearling Sale in 2019.

She proved a star two-yearold for the Richard Fahey stable, winning the Listed Star Stakes and Group 3 Prix du Calvados, and trained on to finish third in the 1,000 Guineas and second in the Boomerang Mile at three.

After being runner-up in a Grade 2 at Woodbine for Mark Casse, she made 695,000gns to Tracy Farmer at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, and continued in the care of Casse. She has subsequently added three more Graded wins to her name, most notably last weekend, when she stormed three and a half lengths clear of her Beverly D rivals, taking her prize-money haul to not far off $1 million.

Jasour

2yo g c Havana Grey - Twilight

Thyme (Bahamian Bounty)

A first Group 2 winner for the red-hot Havana Grey, Jasour took the market by surprise when storming to a two-length win at 16-1 in Newmarket’s July Stakes. Unlucky not to win on his debut at Salisbury when beaten a neck as he lost a shoe, he then got the job done by half a length at Nottingham the following month.

Bred by Wardley Bloodstock out of the unraced Twilight Thyme – a Bahamian Bounty half-sister to top-class sprinter and Cheveley Park Stud sire

Twilight Son – Jasour made £85,000 to Clive Cox at Doncaster 12 months ago.

Hailing from a top-notch sprint family, one that received another boost with recent July Cup second Run To Freedom –a Muhaarar half–brother to Twilight Thyme and Twilight Son – another Group score or two for Jasour would not go amiss for his future stallion prospects.

The juvenile looks a typically speedy and tough son of Havana Grey and it will be fascinating to see how far he can go.

Mammas Girl

3yo ch f Havana Grey - Mamma

Morton (Elnadim)

Another on the roll of honour of Whitsbury Manor’s Havana Grey, such is the secondseason sire’s outstanding run of form, and this Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale graduate also deserves a mention for her victory in the Group 3 Nell Gwyn Stakes this year.

Bred by Robert Cornelius out of the placed Elnadim mare Mamma Morton, a daughter of French 1,000 Guineas third Gharam, Mammas Girl is a half-sister to Rose Bowl winner and Richmond and Mill Reef Stakes second Master Of War.

She was a good buy at just £35,000 by Peter and Ross Doyle from WH Bloodstock.

She ran once at two, when landing a Newmarket novice, and her turn of foot in the Nell Gwyn was impressive.

She was given a chance at Group 1 level in the 1,000 Guineas and Coronation Stakes, and then was nearest at the finish when sixth, dropped back to six furlongs, in the Group 3 Summer Stakes at York last month.

That felt like something of a confidence booster, one which could set her up for a more productive second half of 2023.

KITTY TRICE