25/11/2023
Coolmore certainly flexing their muscles as they pay a record 19 million Euros for the brilliant Alpha Centauri and her half-sister Alphine Star, who is already being considered as a possible mate for Auguste Rodin when he goes to stud. Now that would be a fascinating mating - a Sea The Moon daughter by the unraced Alpha Lupi, a daughter of Rahy, from the great classic miler, Blushing Groom, whose progeny have achieved considerable success at Group One level, and are known for their stamina,
Pair that with Deep Impact, one of the greatest stallions of the modern age, who has imparted his own stamina through his multiple and numerous Gr.1 wins up to 3000 metres, with the classic briliance of Galileo, and you have a potential and powerful time bomb of a perfect pattern for racehorses!,
James Thomas reports from the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale as the Niarchos draft goes down a storm