Key Irish Sales relocate to the UK for 2020
Goffs Sportsman and Orby Sales:
Ireland’s flagship yearling sale, the Goffs Orby Sale will be held at the Goffs UK Sales Complex in Doncaster this year on the slightly later dates of Thursday 1 and Friday 2 October. The Sportsman’s Sale, which normally follows on from Orby will be held a week earlier on Thursday 24 and Friday 25 September, again in Doncaster.
The move follows feedback from a multitude of vendors and purchasers, and reacts to concerns that overseas purchasers, in particular those from the UK, will be unable to attend a yearling sale in Ireland whilst the Irish Government’s 14 day self-isolation requirement remains in place.
The Orby Sale date has been moved to the end of the week in question to allow buyers who wish to take in the Books 1 and 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale to self-isolate for two weeks before travelling to Doncaster whilst the Sportsman’s Sale will be given a standalone date which will provide those yearlings the greatest exposure to potential purchasers.
The remaining Goffs sales programme for 2020 will stay in Ireland and any yearling vendor not wishing to sell in the UK will be accommodated in the Goffs Autumn Sale on 2 to 4 November.
The situation will be monitored and reassessed on an ongoing basis and as matters evolve. All protocols and options will be reviewed in the coming weeks and updated as necessary to react to the ever changing environment around Covid-19. Whatever happens Goffs have contingencies and are prepared to adapt and react quickly, as has been the case with the Breeze-Up and Store sales in recent months, and will communicate regularly with vendors and potential purchasers in an effort to keep everyone fully updated.
Goffs Orby Sale catalogue is available here
Goff Sportsman Sale catalogue is available here
Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale
The Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale is to be relocated from the Tattersalls Ireland base in Fairyhouse to the Tattersalls UK based headquarters in Newmarket. The 630 lot sale will take place as scheduled on Monday 21st - Wednesday 23rd September.
The sale has been relocated to Newmarket owing to the prevailing COVID-19 related restrictions currently in place in Ireland, most notably those which require visitors to Ireland from the UK and most of mainland Europe to quarantine for 14 days.
Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale catalogue is available here.
Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale Part II catalogue is available here.