We’re eagerly awaiting this year’s Goresbridge ‘Go For Gold’ Select Event Horse Sale, held annually in Cork Co., Ireland and featuring a quality group of young event horses ready to take the next steps in their careers. Riders of all backgrounds shop sales like this each fall, aware that the next World Champion or Novice packer may await, at a better-than-market price in some cases.
This year, we’re excited to finally be attending the sale in person, as Tilly Berendt will be hopping over to have the full Goresbridge experience (minus, of course, the actual horse buying part — we aren’t made of money, folks. Anyone up for an EN syndicate? It could DEFINITELY be a thing..). In anticipation, I’ve collected all the need-to-know as the catalog is already available for perusal, featuring videos and x-rays (coming soon) for each horse listed.
The Go For Gold sale will take place November 14-16, 2022 at the Barnadown & Ambersprings Hotel in Wexford.
From the Go For Gold website:
The Goresbridge Go For Gold Sale of pre-selected event horses has been the success story of recent years. Now heading into its thirteenth renewal, the sale has truly achieved its aim of bringing together Ireland’s best young event horses to one venue for one sale.
Staged in November at Barnadown and the Amber Springs Hotel in Co. Wexford, the sale offers around 60 -70 proven and potential event horses from the age of three, all of whom have been carefully selected by a highly experienced panel of producers and international riders.
Many of the sport’s most recognisable names regularly attend the sale and among them is the current world number one Oliver Townend, and fellow Olympian rider Michel Jung (GER). Others include Kim Severson (USA), Astier Nicolas (FR) Joe Meyer (NZ), Kitty King (GB), Nicola Wilson (GB), Gemma Tattersall (GB), Tom McEwen (GB), Buck Davison (USA), Boyd Martin (USA), Robin Walker (USA), Sam Ecroyd (GB), Emily King (GB), Mary King (GB), Cathal Daniels (IRE), Caroline Powell (NZ), Sam Watson (IRE), Joseph Murphy (IRE), Camilla Speirs (IRE), Patricia Ryan (IRE), Austin O’Connor (IRE) and Nicholas Aldinger (GER).
This year, a total of 63 3-year-olds, 18 4-year-olds, and 9 5-year-olds will be available for sale. Even if you aren’t planning to attend the sale in person, virtual bidding and a full live stream of each horse ahead of the sale (as well as the sale itself) will be provided on the Go For Gold website.
[Click here to view the full sale catalog]
Curious about the performance of last year’s Go For Gold sale? Click here to view the results — and stay tuned for some stories (including our wishlist(s) of horses we’d most like to bring home) coming soon here on EN all about some Go For Gold graduates. In the meantime, here’s one in particular we love to share.
