GOFFS had added a further 11 horses and two stallion shares to the catalogue for the Goffs London Sale which takes place at Kensington Palace Gardens on Monday, June 16th, the eve of Royal Ascot.

Among the standout names in this latest wave of entries are the French-trained trio Rafale Design, an authoritative winner of the Group 3 Prix Hocquart at Longchamp, Monteille, a dual Group-3 winning filly, and Woodshauna, a high-class sprint prospect and winner of the Group 3 Prix Texanita.

Adding further International flavour is Namaron, one of the leading three-year-old milers in Germany. Trained by Henk Grewe, he was a decisive winner of the Group 3 Dr Busch-Memorial at Krefeld before finishing second to older horses in another Group 3 in May.

One of the strongest British-trained additions is Dante’s Lad, a progressive colt from George Boughey’s yard who impressed when staying on strongly to win at York at the end of May, and is entered in the Golden Gates Stakes at Royal Ascot.

The Sheila Lavery-trained Kortez Bay, runner-up in a listed event at Leopardstown, is a proven stakes-level performer and is entered for the Al Basti Equiworld Dubai International Stakes at the Curragh.

Montpellier is unbeaten in two starts and looks a live Jersey Stakes prospect, while Snellen, who won the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot at two, has continued to thrive with multiple wins including in Bahrain and will target the Kensington Palace Fillies Stakes on the Wednesday of the Royal meeting.

There are also stallion shares for sale in the undefeated Arc winner Ace Impact and Hello Youmzain, the dual Group 1-winning sprinter whose early runners include recent Group 2 Prix de Sandringham winner Godspeed.

Ghostwriter heads entries

The top class four-year-old Ghostwriter headed the first batch of entries for the sale.

Trained by Clive Cox for Jeff Smith, Ghostwriter went unbeaten in all three starts as a two-year-old, culminating in an impressive victory in the Group 2 Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes at Newmarket in September 2023.

At three years the son of Invincible Spirit finished third in the Juddmonte International Stakes behind City Of Troy and Calandagan. That race was rated the world’s best race of 2024 at the Longines World Racing Awards.

Ghostwriter has had two starts so far this season, finishing fourth in Group 1 company at Meydan and sixth in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh a fortnight ago. He is being aimed at the Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot and will also be offered with an entry in the Group 1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Among the standout two-year-olds catalogued so far is Power Blue, a sharp and progressive colt by Space Blues trained by Adrian Murray. An impressive winner on debut, he has since finished placed at listed and Group 3 level, most recently when runner-up behind Albert Einstein in the Marble Hill Stakes at the Curragh. Rated the third-best juvenile in training by Timeform, he heads to Royal Ascot for the Coventry Stakes.

Tropical Storm, a three-year-old colt by Eqtidaar from Andrew Balding’s yard, comes into the sale off the back of a listed win in the Westow Stakes at York. Last year he was second in the Norfolk Stakes and returns to Royal Ascot this year with entries in both the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup and Group 1 King Charles III Stakes.

Roi De France, a four-year-old colt by Sea The Stars trained by John and Thady Gosden, has been a consistent performer in stakes company and holds a Timeform rating of 114. Proven over a mile and effective on all surfaces, he is being prepared for a tilt at the Royal Hunt Cup.

Tycoon, a lightly raced three-year-old son of Kingman, is another to represent the Gosden stable. He made a winning return over 10 furlongs at Windsor this season and followed up with a placed effort in stakes company at Goodwood in May, giving him an official handicap mark of 97.

Brindavan, trained by Sean Woods, is a fast-improving three-year-old gelding who produced a stylish success at Ascot last month. With versatility across ground types, he holds an entry in the Golden Gate Stakes at Ascot.

The full catalogue, including pedigrees, race and conformation videos along with Royal Ascot targets, will be released on Monday to allow further entries arising from this weekend’s racing. Additional wildcards may be included later in the week.