sands of mali x catadalya

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The 2026 Breeze Up Sales have been much weaker than recent years and that was definitely the case at this sale as their was tremendous value on offer. This filly was high up on Nick's shopping list and we were keen to secure her.


This filly stands around 15'3 and was well recommended by the consignor to Nick who has been monitoring the horses the vendor has produced over the last five years. In 2025 over half of the horses he sold ended up rated above 80 with several reaching levels in the 90s.  She produced a very good breeze recording splits of 10.94 (39th of 206) and 10.22 (27th of 206) with a gallop out of 4.07 (45th of 206) and recording the 27th fastest breeze on the day.


This was a lovely consistent breeze in the top 15% of the horses who galloped. Nick has never seen Shanaville Stables record a time higher than this percentile which suggests this filly is well above average to come from a consignor whose horses step forward on the racetrack from their breezes.


Shanaville Stables breezed three horses on the day with the other two recording times of 26.15 and 26.5 which were significantly slower than our filly who recorded a time of 25.23.


She was well bought at £27,000 and the vendor was hoping for alot more than that when he arrived at the sale. Sands of Mali has done very well at stud, and is standing in 2026 for 22,500 Euros such is the regard he is held in amongst breeders.


This Goffs Sale has been kind to us over the years with the likes of Marshman, Cool Molly and Glamis Road all coming from the sale in recent years.


She joins Brian Ellison who trained Mossvale Diva for us from the breeze ups in 2025 and Brian has high hopes for Temple of Athena in 2025 who is currently rated 89 having been bought for just 13,000 Euros as a yearling.