Remember the name, Almazann.
He became the latest exciting recruit for the Willie Mullins team on Monday when selling for €360,000 to agent Harold Kirk.
A three-year-old colt by Zarak, Almazann was trained by Dermot Weld for the Aga Khan Studs this year, racing six times and finishing second on four occasions before winning a 12-furlong Curragh maiden last month. He is officially rated 87 on the flat.
Harold Kirk said: "We have been very, very lucky with Zarak. He is one of my favourite sires; he's a Group 1 sire on the flat and a Grade 1 sire over jumps. He ticks every box.
"This is a gorgeous horse. He's 16.2hh, which I love. He'll be a top-class hurdle horse and a top-class staying flat horse.
"He's bigger than a typical Zarak, which is in his favour. He is only three and he will develop to be a very good four-year-old. He just ticks every box because he could be a Royal Ascot horse and a jumping horse.
"He was always going to be popular. He would have sold very well in Newmarket or Arqana, and he was a standout here. Physically he will improve and his form is huge for stamina. We have never had a Zarak that couldn't jump. I expected him to make what he did. He will go into the mix now and we will find an owner."
The sale saw 77 of the 94 horses offered sell for an average price of €28,371 - up 69% on last year. The median price of €15,000 was also 50% better than in 2025.
Goffs CEO Henry Beeby said: "I’m going to sound like the proverbial broken record, but we said it last year, and the year before and the year before that and probably the year before that as well: Send us the horses and we will deliver.
"Just look at our top lot from the Aga Khan Studs draft which is a new record for the sale and, yet again, graphically illustrates that the Goffs Autumn HIT Sale can and will return the highest prices for the category.
"The €360,000 price tag for Almazann would have sat comfortably in the top echelons of Irish horses sold in England last week and we can say again that it continues to bemuse and frustrate us to see so many form horses travelling across the Irish Sea last week when we have such an international buying bench in Kildare Paddocks this week.
"As the only sale for the category in Ireland, we prove our point year after year, with so many connections delighted with the prices for the entries they entrust to us, and I keep highlighting the same issue.
"It’s a simple fact that it costs less to travel to Kildare Paddocks than to Suffolk, while the entry fee and commission are lower at Goffs, so it just doesn’t make sense not to sell Horses In Training here. All we can do is to keep saying it and keep making the case with hard facts in the hope that more Irish horses will support the sale and make proper use of the unique Goffs service.
"The international nature of the buyers’ profile and the opportunities they present is clearly demonstrated by the buyers list with horses heading to Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Saudi Arabia and the UK. Those buyers flock to Goffs each year following a concerted campaign from the Goffs Purchaser Attraction Team and Irish Thoroughbred Marketing so ensuring a lively atmosphere in the ring as they interact with us and compete with each other. We appreciate their business and wish them well with their Goffs horses in training.
"The new Point To Point section made a promising start with a top price of €110,000 and demonstrated that the concept works and has a future. It will be a fixture of this sale going forward
Today’s small catalogue has delivered huge gains in each area to underline the strength of the sale with new records for average and median, both of which compare favourably with the alternative."
The Goffs Autumn Sale continued on Monday afternoon with the first session of yearlings. Both Tuesday and Wednesday are dedicated to yearlings too.