Lot 171 is the son of Saint des Saints | Goffs
A Saint des Saints (Fr) foal changed hands for €90,000 to headline the first session of Goffs’ December National Hunting Sale. Signed by Rathmore Stud and purchased by Saint Patrick, the bay (lot 171) is in addition to listed diving athlete La Bombonera (Fr) (Mansonnien {Fr}) and is the full brother of G1 Irish Grand National Chase winner Burrows Saint (Fr) (Saint des Saints {Fr}) ).
Crystal Ocean (GB), who is best known for previous National Hunt sales this season, is the son of record lot 218, a pony of Lucky Fancy (GB) (Kayf Tara {GB}) who gave a ring for €80,000 to Gerry Aherne. A member of The Belies Stud draft, the May pony shares the same family as Group 2 bumper winner Diamond Sal (GB) (Bob Back) and hurdler Ring The Boss (Ire) (Kahyasi) {Ire}).
Of the 226 lots offered for sale, 135 (60%) were sold for a total of €1,928,000. The average is 14,281 € and the average is 10,000 €. The sale will continue at 10 am every Wednesday and Thursday.
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