A YEAR and a half ago, at the Goffs Arkle Sale, the ring filled for Lot 76, the only offering in the catalogue from Sally Aston’s Goldford Stud. Described by auctioneer Andrew Nolan as “a queen”, the then three-year-old daughter of No Risk At All (My Risk) sold to Sonny Carey for €105,000. Carey was actually positioned directly behind Aston who was on the rails in the bidders’ area.

Standing with his wife, Goffs bloodstock team member Mary Kilduff, Carey told the members of the press afterwards: “The plan is to get her home, break her and tip away with her, and see how she goes. She is a beautiful filly, the full package. Hopefully she’s lucky now. She is for a client but will come back to us. Hopefully she is a long-term broodmare. She was the one we wanted, and I’m delighted to get her.”