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Malone goes to £62,000 for ‘proper horse’ Platinumcard

Report Goffs UK December Horses in Training Sale

By Kitty Trice

THE much-anticipated dispersal of Richard Gilbert’s Straightline Bloodstock at the Goffs UK December Horses in Training Sale saw Tom Malone pull out all the aces when going to £62,000 for the multiple winning Flat performer Platinumcard.

The son of Golden Lariat struck in four races for Keith Dalgleish this summer but it was a half-length defeat to the exciting Bay Bridge in a York handicap on his penultimate start which was a plus for Malone alongside the agent’s familiarity with the family through the horse’s brother Goldencard.

Malone, who picked up the Jamie Railton-consigned sixyear-old for €23,000 at the 2018 Tattersalls Ireland May Sale, said: “I’ve loved him since he was a three-year-old, when I bought him as a store because of his brother.”

Having started in bumpers for Dalgleish, where his best effort was a second on debut at Hexham last October, attentions turned to a Flat campaign this term where his wins were supplemented by two placings in Class 2 handicaps, including a second to subsequent Listed scorer Bay Bridge on his penultimate start, and a fourth in the Doonside Cup Stakes.

Malone added: “I bought him for Richard and he ended up calling him Platinumcard. He said he wouldn’t get beaten in a bumper but he did, he wasn’t staying which is what you need in bumpers. He then had three runs over hurdles learning his craft before Keith Dalgleish ran him on the Flat.

“He’s a proper horse now, he’s rated 99 on the Flat, and he could have 35-40lb up his sleeve over jumps. That’s the plan anyway.”

Middleham Park swoops for Sunshine

Ain’t No Sunshine was another pre-sale standout and the unraced brother to Royal Bond Novice Hurdle winner Airlie Beach duly sold well to Middleham Park Racing’s Tim Palin for £35,000.

Another offered from Straightline Bloodstock, the son of Shantou made €75,000 as a store and can also count the Grade 2-placed hurdler Screaming Rose among his winning siblings. Further back in the page is last season’s Mares’ Hurdle heroine Black Tears.

On what he liked about the athletic gelding, Palin said: “He’s got an impeccable pedigree and if he’s half as good as his sister then we could be in business.

“He’ll go back to Keith [Dalgleish], he’s a nice horse but one who has taken a bit of time. Whether he’ll make up into a Saturday horse I don’t know but we’re very excited to have him.”

Astbury at the double

Dan Astbury went to £27,000 to secure Kilbarry Leader, a daughter of Leading Light who was a four-length winner at Dromahane last October and a £75,000 purchase by Kevin Ross from last year’s Goffs UK November P2P Sale.

The five-year-old has an eyecatching page too, being out of the Listed-placed hurdler Eternal Lady, a daughter of Supreme Leader who hails from the family of Bobby jo Chase score rA fist full of dollars.

Astbury said of his purchase, who will be heading to Oliver Greenall: “She was a £75,000 mare a year ago and she’s had a genuine reason for not running since.

“We’ve got some good contacts and they recommended her, while her form from the point has worked out very well with the second winning on the track.”

Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said: “Undoubtedly the feature of today’s sale was the Straightline Bloodstock dispersal and we’d like to extend our thanks to Richard Gilbert for entrusting his dispersal to us. These drafts offer genuine opportunities for others to benefit from the change of circumstances with the previous owner and there were a good number of buyers who attended in the hope of securing horses from the draft.

“Today’s sale caps off a big week for us following a very successful December P2P Sale at Yorton yesterday and also completes an outstanding 2021 Goffs UK sale calendar which included some record-breaking sales across both codes.”

Overall, 58 lots from 67 offered sold for a clearance rate of 85 per cent and turnover of £581,100. The average was £10,019, while the median was £5,500.

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