Katie Walsh, consignor of Extremely Zain, the poster boy for the Classic Breeze-Up Sale, explains why she has the confidence to send more quality juveniles to GoffsThe hunt is on at Goffs for the next Extremely Zain (Hello Youmzain), unbeaten in three starts and bound for Group 1 races after being sourced at the inaugural Classic Breeze-Up Sale. It was Katie Walsh who sold Extremely Zain at the sale 12 months ago to bloodstock agent Mark McStay on behalf of owner Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum for €185,000. Trained by William Haggas, Extremely Zain holds an entry in the G1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood next month and is proving exactly the type of poster boy that Henry Beeby and the team at Goffs would only have wished for in respect to such a young sale. Walsh, who describes herself as a massive fan of the Classic Breeze-Up Sale concept, recalled, “I brought Extremely Zain to Arqana last year but I didn't actually breeze him because he had an infection in his jaw. I brought him back to the Classic Sale and, to be honest, it was absolutely brilliant to have that option. He breezed super and is a gorgeous horse. I was just lucky enough that Mark McStay was there to buy him.”Walsh added, “He obviously won his maiden at Newcastle in December before coming back in a novice this year and winning that impressively as well. He probably learned a lot from that because he was very impressive at York last time where he was taking on older horses. He couldn't have done that any easier so he looks as though he's going in the right direction and it has all worked out unbelievably well for everyone concerned. I don't know where he is going to go next but I am just delighted that William Haggas has him. He looks like an exciting horse going forward.”Extremely Zain: unbeaten in three starts and holds a Group 1 entry | Racingfotos,comMcStay is back again and flew in especially for Monday's breeze, which took place at Naas racecourse, in an effort to sniff out the next Extremely Zain from this year's catalogue. The leading agent said he was impressed with the standard of horse on offer and outlined his belief that, off the strength of year one, more and more consignors have placed confidence in Goffs by sending the sales house better stock to one of the newest breeze-up sales on the European circuit. Commenting shortly after the breeze on Monday, McStay said, “This sale comes at a good time. A bit like the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale, it affords vendors the chance to give their horses time and do the right thing by them. Last year, I got lucky in that I bought Extremely Zain, who missed Arqana because of a jaw infection but it was almost resolved by the time we got to this sale. We were able to purchase him on behalf of Sheikh Juma Dalmook, who has been a very good client of mine down through the years. But, to be honest, I was just lucky enough to be able to point the horse out to him. Sheikh Juma Dalmook makes his own mind up on these things and this was a pretty obvious horse. He's now three from three with William Haggas and looks genuinely exciting. Hopefully we will be able to repeat the trick at the sale on Saturday. There are plenty of nice horses here and there were a lot of people at the breeze.”He added, “There definitely will be another good horse to come out of the Classic Sale. That's why there were so many people at the breeze. Last year was the inaugural running and it is encouraging to see a few better pedigrees in the catalogue this year. It looks as though vendors are not afraid to wait with a horse if they need a bit of extra time and they are placing their confidence in this sale off the back of the success in year one. For vendors, it's great to have this sale as an option if they need it and last year proved that you can get paid here if you bring the right horse. For the buyers, okay, we're pestering Goffs to tweak the format because breezing on Monday and selling on Saturday is not ideal. But, at the same time, I had absolutely no hesitation about getting on the flight from Stanstead this morning and I hope to be active on Saturday.”Walsh agrees with McStay's assertion that vendors have put their confidence in Goffs after such a successful opening edition of the Classic Sale, which saw eight horses break the six-figure mark and a top price of €330,000. Walsh said, “It's absolutely brilliant to have the Goffs Classic Breeze-Up Sale, especially for horses like Extremely Zain. We know we wouldn't have done right by the horse to have breezed him at Arqana so we put our faith in Goffs and they delivered. Goffs do a fantastic job and they got a lot of buyers here last year. They would have learned a lot from last year too and the process has definitely been a bit easier this year. There was great trade at this sale last year and this horse obviously made a few quid at the sale but he's also gone on to be a very nice horse. That's great for Goffs, great for Greenhills Farm and great for the breeze-ups on the whole. To have the option of breezing horses at this time of the year is fantastic because things can happen with horses and sometimes it's just all about timing.”Once again, Walsh is putting her money where her mouth is and is supporting the sale with a Starman filly of her own [lot 9] and revealed that she is a part-owner in the Oak Tree Farm-consigned Lope De Vega colt [48]. Both horses showed up particularly well in Monday's breeze.She said, “I'm supporting the sale with two very nice horses this year. We had a Starman filly that was meant to go to Doncaster but she suffered a small setback and we just said, given the Classic Sale was so lucky for me in the past, we'd just take our time and bring her here. She's a nice, sharp filly but, lucky for her, she has a bit of size and a bit of length and scope, which is good. I was happy with the way that she breezed and obviously Starman had an unbelievable Ascot and he looks to be a sire who's really on the up and seems to be producing these sharp types of horses. Hopefully it will all come together at the weekend for her.”Walsh added, “I also have a piece of a lovely Lope De Vega colt with Norman Williamson of Oak Tree Farm. He cost a lot of money – he was bought for 150,000gns from Charlie Vigors at Book 1 at Tattersalls and he breezed really well on Monday. He's a Book 1 colt with a fantastic pedigree – Treve is in the family. So it's a gorgeous pedigree and he's a gorgeous horse so, again, it's brilliant to have this option for a horse of his calibre. We're really looking forward to him and he was busy after the breeze so hopefully it will all click into place once again and we can enjoy a similar result to last year.”On her expectations for the Classic Breeze-Up Sale, which takes place after racing at the Curragh on Saturday at roughly 6.15pm, the respected consignor concluded, “There seems to be a lot of nice horses on the ground. It's been an extremely hard year for the breeze-ups and breeze-up people in general but the trade at Tattersalls Ireland was off the charts. Tattersalls did a fantastic job in getting buyers there and so did Charlie O'Neill at Irish Thoroughbred Marketing. Goffs do a fantastic job as well. They got a big crowd here after racing for the sale 12 months ago so you couldn't say it didn't work. It absolutely did work. We all needed a horse to come out of that first sale and I was just lucky enough that the horse happened to be Extremely Zain. The standard of the breeze on Monday seemed to be quite good and there were plenty of people there for that so hopefully that translates to some good results in the ring on Saturday.”The post ‘There Definitely Will Be More Good Horses To Come Out Of The Goffs Classic Sale’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.