Aga Khan Studs sure to tempt buyers with choice-bred mares.

INTERNATIONAL money provided the backbone of last year's Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale, with representatives from many emerging racing nations digging deep to secure well-bred, top-performing producers for their broodmare ranks.

The importance of foreign buyers was illustrated by the activities of Hugo Merry, who, with the help of Goffs and Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, has forged strong links with the Indian market. Last year the agent spent EUR944,500 on 47 fillies and mares, many of whom were destined for the subcontinent.

The popularity of the consignment from the Aga Khan Studs is a standing dish at this sale - last year it supplied the top-priced horse, the Blandford Stakes heroine Four Sins, as well as four other six-figure lots.

This year the Aga Khan Studs send up a 28-strong draft. The highlights could be lot 1023, Elasouna, a Listed-placed winning sister to Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Edabiya and half-sister to top-class pair Enzeli and Ebadiyla. She has had only one foal to race and is offered in foal to Dylan Thomas. Closely related to Elasouna is Elouana (1017), out of Edabiya and by Kalanisi. She was unraced and is in foal for the first time to top French sire Muhtathir.

Also from the Aga Khan comes Arameen (1020), a dual winner at two and a Halling half-sister to Azamour and Arazan, from the family of Astarabad, and Kalarouna (1072), a Selkirk half-sister to Kalanisi along with two other black-type winners.

The draft from Hamdan Al Maktoum's Derrinstown Stud also contains plenty with eyecatching breeding credentials, including Ghazal (1014), a sister to leading US sire Elusive Quality who is in foal to Invincible Spirit, and Mazeej (947), a daughter of Lemon Drop Kid out of a Listed-winning mare who is offered in foal to Haafhd. Derrinstown also offers Najah (950), a champion three-year-old filly in Italy in 2001 out of Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Mehthaaf, who is in foal to Kheleyf, and Ashwaaq (1009), a half-sister to Bahri and Bahhare. Eight-year-old Ashwaaq is a winning daughter of Gone West and is in foal to Haafhd. One of the highlights of the Darley draft could be unraced Wanasah (922). This Rainbow Quest filly is out of the high-class Noushkey, who was second in the Oaks and went one better in the Lancashire Oaks. Noushkey is also a half-sister to top-class stayer San Sebastian and Chesa Plana, a high-class German performer who later produced Alkaased. Other Darley offerings include Zaynaat (926), a sister to Group 1 winner and Oaks-placed Zahrat Dubai, carrying to world champion Manduro, Phoenix Stakes runner-up Sharp Point (965), who has produced Needlecraft, a Group 3 winner in France and Italy and who is now in foal to Shirocco, and Queen's Hall (1027), a winning Singspiel half-sister to Group 2 scorers Pozarica and Annaba, and to the dam of German champion three-year-old filly Anna Monda. Darley also consigns Larrocha (1228), a half-sister to Ardross who possesses plenty of appeal, having finished third in the Prix Vermeille before producing Dubai Sheema Classic second Razkalla, runner up in the Group 1 Dubai Sheema Classic. Broguestown Stud offers Red Bartsia (991), a Barathea half-sister to popular stayer Persian Punch and to the dam of Aqlaam, while Osberstown Stud sends through Inforapenny (912), who was third in the 2000 Irish Oaks and who is carrying to Excellent Art. Lovealot (934) is an unraced five-year-old daughter of Falmouth Stakes runner-up Lovealoch, who produced Mick Channon's high-class two-year-old Flashy Wings. She is carrying to Iffraaj, which will be her first foal. Deerpark Stud offers Lake Ladoga (958), a daughter of the US Grade 1-placed Viz who is in foal to Sakhee's Secret. This mare is a sister to the Listed winner Secret Charm and half-sister to Relish The Thought, who was third in the Oaks behind Imagine. Ballymacoll Stud offers buyers access to one of its highest-achieving families in the shape of Sea Picture (984), a half-sister to top-class racemare and exceptional producer Hellenic, dam of Islington and Greek Dance, who is in foal to Red Clubs. A similar opportunity to get into a top Ballymacoll family comes courtesy of the next lot in the ring, Gold Bar (985), a nine-year-old daughter of Barathea and Sun Princess, whose other foals include Prince Of Dance and Princely Venture. Gold Bar is in foal to Lawman. Another illustrious family is represented by Moyglare Stud's sister to Refuse To Bend and half-sister to Media Puzzle, Ripple Of Pride (1041). She is carrying to Shamardal. Lyrical Dance (1093) also has Group 1-winning siblings: the Mattock Equine-consigned daughter of Lear Fan is a half-sister to Pennekamp and Black Minnaloushe and is the dam of the Listed-placed Jaha, and is carrying to Marju. Swirling (1153) is out of an unraced half-sister to the Group 1-winning juvenile Dilshaan. The Fossabeg Stud daughter of Galileo is in foal to Strategic Prince, while another well-connected lot is Lassie's Gold (1190), a half-sister to Lemon Drop Kid and Statue Of Liberty. She is in foal to Shirocco. Six supplementary lots from Ballincurrig House Stables would make fine additions to any broodmare band. They include Group 3 heroine Tartouche (1036C), who is in foal to red-hot young sire Oasis Dream, and Bon Nuit (1036E), a Listed winner by Night Shift who is in foal to Dylan Thomas. George Kimberley Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale When November 21-22; sessions start at 10am 2008 results From 491 offered, 311 (63 per cent) sold for a total of EUR7,694,850 (-38 per cent), average of EUR24,742 (-15 per cent) and median of EUR14,000 (-30 per cent) 2008 top price EUR620,000 paid by John McCormack for Four Sins (04 m Sinndar-Four Roses), from the Aga Khan StudsWithdrawals (to 10/09) 865, 901, 925, 967, 968, 971, 1026, 1070, 1118, 1200, 1297, 1298, 1316, 1323, 1339, 1374, 1375, 1376,

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The impeccably bred Ghazal (lot 1014), from Derrinstown Stud's draft, is offered in foal to Invincible Spirit