R.J. Goff & Co and Doncaster Bloodstock Sales (DBS) have announced a merger forming a Bloodstock Auction House that is hoped will become Europe’s Leading Bloodstock Auctioneers.

Goffs is Ireland’s leading Bloodstock Sales Company and DBS is the second largest and fastest growing Thoroughbred Auction House in the UK. This merger follows Goffs taking a major shareholding in the leading French Sales company Arqana in 2006.

Henry Beeby, the newly appointed CEO of RJ Goff & Co commented: “Goffs and DBS have always had a lot in common and it makes perfect sense for us to join together and merge in what we all very much see as a link up by two very similar organisations. The combined entity will be run by two teams who will only compliment each other and we guarantee that the Goffs Group will offer an unrivalled service to the Bloodstock Industry. We will be the most customer focused, horse friendly Auction House and will literally have a sale every month to cater to every sector of the market at every price range.”

The combined business will offer a programme of 22 sales, in Britain and Ireland, cataloguing over 10,000 horses each year and covering every sector of the bloodstock market. It will have an expected turnover of over €200m annually.

Posted: 07|9|07 at 9:43 am. Filed under: Auction News.