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“Goliath’s stunning victory in the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes was one of the performances of the season and the world is his oyster in terms of what comes next."

From - Goffs.com 

Goffs is delighted to announce that the dam of Goliath, Europe’s highest rated older horse and the spectacular winner of the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes in July at Ascot, will be offered at Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale which takes place from 22 – 23 November 2024.

A Listed winning daughter of Shamardal and sister to a German Group 2 winner, Gouache is in foal to six-time Group 1 winner Baaeed, Europe’s highest rated horse since Frankel. She will be offered for sale at Goffs by Millennium Stud.

Trained in Chantilly by Francis-Henri Graffard, Goliath travelled strongly through Ascot’s mid-season showpiece before powering clear from a world class field that included Group 1 winners such as Auguste Rodin, Luxembourg, Bluestocking and Rebel’s Romance. The four-year-old Alderflug gelding won in the colours of owner Philip Baron Von Ullman and was bred at his family’s famous Gestüt Schlenderhan.

John Stewart of Resolute Racing recently purchased a majority share in Goliath as part of his expanding European racing interests, with the Group 1 QIPCO Champion Stakes at Ascot in Goliath’s sights, while the Breeders Cup and Japan Cup are also under consideration.

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby commented:

“Goliath’s stunning victory in the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes was one of the performances of the season and the world is his oyster in terms of what comes next. It is an honour for Goffs to be chosen to sell Goliath’s dam Gouache and we are very grateful to her owners for this vote of confidence in our service which follows a record sale in 2023 when we sold the two highest priced mares anywhere in the world.

The record prices achieved with the Niarchos Draft at Goffs November Sale proved yet again that Goffs is the measure of any auction house when we have entries of quality, and that we deliver the buyers and achieve maximum results. Goffs November Sale has seen a hugely vibrant trade in recent years, and we look forward to welcoming the world to Kildare Paddocks again in 2024 for a catalogue full of outstanding bloodlines and top-class producers such as Gouache”.