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Dooley sets foot on Goffs Rostrum


Kildare native Tadhg Dooley has joined the Goffs team as a bid setter, launching auctions this year and hoping for more auction time in 2023. take time off from work at Goffs to answer racing trackQuestion and answer.

Race track: Tell us about your background; Did you have an interest in racing/bloodshed from an early age or did it develop gradually in you?

Tadhg Dooley: I loved racing from a very young age and enjoyed racing very much. I attend elementary school in Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, and when the Punchestown festival comes around in April, I’ll be attending which day of the festival when I’m in my fifth and sixth years. When Cheltenham arrives, I’ll take the Racing Post with me to school, study the form during my lunch, and remember asking my mother to back the Royal Commander for the Gold Cup for me in 2010.

In those few years, if racing doesn’t capture your imagination, I don’t think it will. You have horses like Denman, Kauto Star, Quevega and Big Bucks, just to name a few, all running; It’s hard not to love this game.

The blood side of things grew in me as I got older and started middle school. I am fortunate to have friends who are also interested in racing and bloodshed, so it is constantly being discussed and debated.

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respondent: Initially, you join Goffs as a bid watcher; Was it your first job or did you do anything else before working for the company?

TD: I joined Goffs as a bid tracker in 2017 while studying Horse Business at Maynooth University. I started working at TRI Equestrian on Curragh when I was 16, and when I started college I started working for Ross O’Sullivan, spending the morning there before going to college.

Tadhg Dooley, Aisling Crowe, Henry Beeby and Hannah Marks join Goffs UK September sale
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Tadhg Dooley, Aisling Crowe, Henry Beeby and Hannah Marks join Goffs UK September sale

For about four months every summer during college, I’ll try to go somewhere else. I spent a summer at Derrinstown Stud, Woods Edge Ranch in Kentucky, with Madeleine Tylicki and Andrew Kinirons. All of these experiences have been extremely enjoyable and I have learned a lot from each job because they are all great people to work with.

respondent: Tell us what you have/need to prepare before launching this year’s auction?

TD: Before launching in September, I did a few charity auctions, it was a very fun and interesting activity. In the weeks leading up to the Goffs UK September Sale, I went down to the podium next week to an empty auditorium with Nick Nugent. I was given the Land Rover catalog last year, which included some reserves. I will start by learning how to introduce each horse before starting to sell.

Once Nick was satisfied, I didn’t mess things up anymore, I was given a release date and eagerly awaited the shipment that I sold. When I received my cardboard lots and catalogs, I had to sell each batch at least 10 times in my living room when no one was home.

respondent: Since then, have you had any more spins with the hammer and/or any hope for what 2023 will bring?

TD: I had another chance with the hammer at the Goffs’ annual Training and Horse Sale in October, and I definitely enjoyed it better in September when it first came out, because the nerves weren’t as bad. . I’m looking forward to another chance in the new year.

In 2023, I hope to receive my Irish auction license, which I have applied for and would love to be on the podium at Kildare Paddocks.

respondent: Describe, as best you can, a typical day when you worked for a Goffs-like research group.

TD: Every day working for Goffs is different, which is what I love about this job. Most days, you work in the office to support customers. I am a member of the blood supply team and we are responsible for cataloging sales and soliciting desired items. This entails assisting suppliers in choosing the most suitable place of sale for their horses.

When a customer creates an item, we are responsible for processing the item on our system and adding it to the Weatherbys system so that genealogy can be created. Once we get the genealogy back from Weatherbys, it will be sent to the vendor for proofreading so they can make any changes they want once it conforms to international cataloging standards. After the sale ended, we started assigning the barn and lot number before sending the catalog to the printer.

On an auction day, I was responsible for overseeing the bidders, the blood and microchip team at the back gate and spotting bids on the podium, helping the auctioneer.

respondent: Who has had the biggest influence on your career?

TD: There have been so many different people who have influenced my career so far and I am very grateful to them. My parents are the biggest influence. They are not in the industry but have always supported me in what I want to do and encouraged me to work hard.

respondent: You’ve got most of your working life ahead of you – what’s your dream job?

TD: My dream job would definitely be as a horse trainer—maybe if I win EuroMillions!

respondent: Do you have a favorite stallion or stallion, past or present?

TD: Without a doubt, my favorite horse is Presenting Percy. I’m lucky enough to be friendly with the Reynolds family and the day he won the RSA was without a doubt the best racing day I’ve ever had. It wasn’t a bad night either! I think he was very unlucky not to win the Gold Cup.

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