New Goffs Breeze-Up Sale at Naas Racecourse for 2025

Horses will breeze at Naas Racecourse for the Goffs Breeze-Up 2025. Photo credit: Racing Post

The early June dates will also allow additional time for sales preparation while it falls early enough in the Flat calendar to ensure strong demand for quality, ready to run two-year-olds.

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby

Goffs will expand their European Breeze Up offer next year with the staging of a new 2YO Breeze Up Sale in Ireland on 3 – 4 June 2025.

The breeze will take place on Tuesday 3 June at Naas Racecourse with the sale at Goffs on Wednesday 4 June.  A practice breeze will be held on the Bank Holiday Monday 2 June.

Announcing the new Breeze Up Sale, Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby commented:

“We are thrilled that Naas Racecourse has agreed to host the trackwork to enable this exciting new Breeze Up Sale in Ireland.  Naas is Goffs’ local track and one of the most progressive in the country as seen by the major investment in the track and racecourse amenities in recent years.  We look forward to collaborating with the Naas team to deliver a successful Breeze Up where horses and clients will benefit from the world class facilities at both Naas and Kildare Paddocks.

“Vendors have petitioned Goffs to stage an Irish Breeze Up for some time, and the timing of this new sale, coming slightly later in the season, has been widely welcomed in our discussions with vendors particularly in light of the changing season and climate, so we will be well placed to provide the optimum ground conditions which are so vital for this category.  The early June dates will also allow additional time for sales preparation while it falls early enough in the Flat calendar to ensure strong demand for quality, ready to run two-year-olds.

“Further details and initiatives will be announced later this month as we focus on our Doncaster Breeze Up Sale, Europe’s oldest Breeze Up and the leading source of Royal Ascot success”.

Dermot Cantillon, Chairman of Naas Racecourse, added:

“The Naas Racecourse philosophy is to facilitate the racing and the bloodstock industry when and where we can. This relationship with Goffs to support the breeze up sector is another manifestation of this ongoing commitment.”

Goffs will combine with Naas Racecourse and Irish Thoroughbred Marketing to deliver a vibrant addition to the European Breeze-Up calendar utilising a combination of the strong customer focussed teams to ensure vendors and purchasers are best served in all aspects of the market.

Further information will be available at the appropriate time.