The Goffs Million is a

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open to two-year-old

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s. It is run at the

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and scheduled to take place each year in September. Originally, the Goffs Million was a race series run between 2006 and 2009. It was reintroduced in 2022 as a single race to promote the following week's sales.

History

The race is funded by Goffs, a leading Irish bloodstock auctioneer and was reserved for horses catalogued as yearlings in the previous year's Goffs Million Sale. The first running was in 2006, when the Goffs Million was a single race contested over 7 furlongs (1,408 metres). The event was split into two separate divisions in 2007. The divisions initially comprised the Goffs Fillies Million for

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, and the Goffs (C & G) Million for colts and

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s. A new format was introduced in 2009, when the divisions were the Goffs Million Sprint (over 6 furlongs), and the Goffs Million Mile (over 8 furlongs). The races were discontinued in 2010. The race was reintroduced in 2022 and was restricted to horses in the catalogue at the 2021 Goffs Orby Sale.

Records

Leading

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(2 wins): * Richard Hughes – ''Soul City (2008), Lucky General (2009)'' ---- Leading trainer (3 wins): *

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– ''Minor Vamp (2008), Soul City (2008), Lucky General (2009)''

Winners

References

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History

Records

Winners

See also

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