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The son of Vadamos sells for £310,000 and Military Mission is Australia bound after selling to McKeever, Waterhouse and Bott
Zinc White, a three-year-old son of Rich Hill Stud shuttler Vadamos (Monsun) was the top lot to sell at the 2021 Goffs London Sale which was conducted as a virtual auction, when bought by Dan Astbury and trainer Oliver Greenall for £310,000.
Offered as Lot 5 by Ralph Beckett’s Kimpton Downs Stables, the gelding has raced five times for two wins with his most recent victory coming at Sandown over one mile and six furlongs. Zinc White is one of five winners out of Pretty Polly Stakes (Gr 1, 1m2f) winner Chinese White (Dalakhani) with this also being the family of leading sire Invincible Spirit (Green Desert).
Zinc White holds entries for The Queen's Vase (Gr 2, 1m6f) on Wednesday and The King George V Stakes (1m4f) the following day.
McKeever Bloodstock, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott meanwhile bought Military Mission (Mastercraftsman) for £170,000. Sold by Hugo Palmer’s Kremlin Cottage, the three-year-old gelding has raced six times for one win and four placings and also holds an entry for the King George V Stakes while on Saturday he holds an entry for the Ascot Golden Gates Stakes (1m2f).
Military Mission is the only winner out of winning Tamayuz (Nayef) mare Atlantic Isle while his third dam, Someone Special (Habitat) produced the Luca Cumani-trained Group 1 winner One So Wonderful (Nashwan).
Nicolas de Watrigant’s Mandore International bought the third lot to sell on Monday, going to £200,000 to secure two-year-old colt Tipperary Sunset (Ardad). Sold as Lot 4, the colt has won both of his starts to date nad his dam is a half-sister to stakes placed mare Amazing Beauty (Galileo) who produced New Zealand Group 2 winner Mongolian Falcon (Fastnet Rock).
Sold from the yard of Sean Quinn who bought the colt for £17,000 at last year’s Goffs UK Doncaster Premier Yearling Sale, Tipperary Sunset holds entries for the Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed, 5f) on Wednesday and the Norfolk Stakes (Gr 2, 5f) on Thursday.
“The London sale has always been a sale like no other and this year circumstances forced us to make it a virtual sale like no other,” said Goffs Group chief executive Henry Beeby.
“Like every auction house we have embraced online sales, but we hope that this year’s virtual Goffs London Sale which was conducted in the form of a live broadcast from Kildare Paddocks and London broke new ground with its unique approach.
“We’ve always said that we judge this sale by different metrics and so whilst selling three of the 11 lots offered would normally be a disappointment, the London Sale offers an opportunity for owners to cash in before Ascot or run at the Royal Meeting and we wish existing and new connections every success over the next five days. That said, we sold horses to Australia, France and Britain to demonstrate the global appeal of our London Sale.
“Of course next year we hope and pray to be back in the beautiful setting of Kensington Palace Gardens sipping Chateau Léoube and rubbing shoulders with the who’s who of international thoroughbred racing.”