Goffs Breeze-Up Topper Dies in Freak Accident
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The Harry Angel colt consigned as Lot 191 in the ring at the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale
The session-topping Harry Angel colt (Lot 191) who commanded a record price of £500,000 at the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale April 25 has died as the result of a transportation accident.
Consigned by Tally-Ho Stud, he sold to trainer Michael O'Callaghan, who outbid the likes of Amo Racing's Kia Joorabchian, surpassing the previous record price of £450,000 given for Al Raya in 2019.
The 2-year-old, who had breezed at Doncaster racecourse Monday, was out of Go Angellica, a listed stakes-winning sibling to American stakes winner Bredenbury and My Lucky Liz, the dam of O'Callaghan's dual group winner Twilight Jet .
He was pinhooked by Tally-Ho Stud for €38,000 at the 2021 Goffs November Foal Sale. The April 25 high bid of £500,000 is equal to $628,725 as of April 29.
O'Callaghan said at the time of his purchase: "He's the best horse here, and by a long way. We've been extremely lucky with the vendor and he's from the same family as Twilight Jet, who's been a very good horse for us. If there's one from the sale I didn't want to leave without, it was him. We had to pay more than we thought we'd have to but when you think one is the real deal you have to pull it out. He needs to win a Group 1 now!"
He was reported to have died instantly in a freak accident on his way to O'Callaghan's base in County Kildare.