Numbers Game

Everyone loves numbers.

Here are the ones that matter.

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40

The 2016 National Sale is the 40th to be staged at the Germiston complex of the TBA.

Graduates have won over 400 Gr1 races. Here are some names that will ring a bell. Argonaut. Bold Tropic. Captain Al. Dynasty. Elusive Fort. Free My Heart. Goldmark. Harry’s Charm. Ingleside. James Jaguar. Kildonan. London News. Martial Eagle. National Emblem. On Her Toes. Pomodoro. Record Edge. Senor Santa. Taban. Unaware. Vercingetorix. Winter Solstice. Young Rake. Zebra Crossing.

And, yes, Gr1 Q and Gr1 X are still missing. Some help is at hand: Q is lot 89 Queen Of Alamo & lot 276 Quinlan. Perhaps for the 50 still unnamed yearlings X marks the spot…

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7,500,000

Seven-and-a-half-million. That’s the number of Rand available per year as added stakes for black-type 2yo and 3yo races.

All horses bought and signed up at Bloodstock South Africa sales can qualify. There are no less than 75 opportunities each season to earn added stakes, from Gr1 right down to Listed races. This year’s National Sale buy-in is R5k.

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28

The highest number of yearlings at the sale by an established stallion.

That is Avontuur’s sire Var, this season’s leading sire of 2yo’s. Second with 27 yearlings is Sail From Seattle, the former Ascot stallion (he’s dead) who got a Gr1 Cape Guineas winner in his first crop.

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25

The highest number of yearlings at the sale by a first-season stallion.

That is Scott Bros’ new sire Crusade, who received massive support from KZN breeders. Second with 18 yearlings is Avontuur’s sire Oratorio, who is new to South Africa, but already produced Gr1 winners world-wide from previous liaisons.

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150,000

The highest advertised fee at conception in 2013 of National Sale yearlings by a South African based sire.

That honour is shared by former champion sire Silvano and successor-in-waiting Dynasty. Silvano’s fee increased to R200k in 2015, while Dynasty’s rose to R250k. The duo have 37 yearlings on offer at Nationals.

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4,458,944

The highest advertised fee at conception in 2013 of National Sale yearlings by a foreign based sire.

US$300k, or almost 4.5 million at last count for our embattled Rand, is the advertised fee for US champion sire Tapit. As always in the limelight in USA, the Gainesway-based Tapit in 2016 has leading 3yo Moyhamen, and also is the sire of UAE Derby winner Lani – both are Kentucky Derby candidates.

Tapit has one on offer – a yearling colt from a daughter of champion filly Ipi Tombe, consigned by Drakenstein.

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5,000

The lowest advertised fee at conception in 2013 of National Sale yearlings by a South African based sire.

That stallion is former champion 2yo Kildonan, who has two colts on the sale. #14 is out of Bold Wonder, a Gr3 placed 7-time winning mare by Blackfriars (son of Danehill) from Bush Hill Stud. #79 is out of stakes winning Var-mare Esteral, from the family of UK sire Connaught, consigned by Clifton Stud.

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166

The number of yearlings sired by the top-dozen stallions on the current sire-list.

The top-dozen are from the Sporting Post table of Leading Sires by Stakes as at 17 April, in this order, with their number of yearlings on offer.

9 Trippi
23 Silvano
17 Captain Al
21 Kahal
14 Dynasty
3 Western Winter
8 Jay Peg
– Jet Master
28 Var
10 Ideal World
24 Judpot
9 Mogok

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170

The number of yearlings sired by 7 stallions with 20 or more yearlings on offer.

That’s 37% of the total 453 yearlings on offer.

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315

The number of yearlings sired by 18 stallions with 10 or more yearlings on offer.

That’s 70% of the total 453 yearlings on offer.

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53

Countdown At Nationals

Sires represented at the sale, with their number of yearling by sex, and their advertised fee at time of conception in 2013, and current fee as advertised in 2015.

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44

The total number of vendors of yearlings at the sale.

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30

The highest number of yearlings catalogued from a single vendor.

There are three vendors each with thirty yearlings catalogued – Klipdrif Stud, Moutonshoek and Varsfontein Stud. Hot on their heels with 29 is Mauritzfontein Stud, then come Ascot Stud (26) and Scott Bros (22). Between them, that’s a good third of the whole catalogue.

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127

The difference in age in days between the oldest and the youngest yearling at the sale.

The oldest is #86 Grande Maestro, a colt by Oratorio out of multiple Gr1 runner-up Felix The Cat (who had the misfortune to be born in the same year as Princess Victoria). Born on 26 July, the colt is from the first local crop of his sire, and is the first foal of his dam who is half sister to MLJet. He’s consigned by Bush Hill Stud.

Four months younger is #373, a half brother to three winners out of Tara’s Tinker, who is half sister to Gr1 winner Act Of War and full sister to Gr3 Subastador. The yearling colt, born 1 December, is from the first local crop of AP Indy stallion Marchfield, and can be found in the Moutonshoek draft.

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27

Of April. The opening day of the National Sale.

National Yearling Sale

28, 28, 30 April 2016 at TBA Sales Complex, Germiston

View the catalogue online www.tba.co.za

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Click here to see the digital sale supplement

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Not For Sissies

There’s a seasoned owner and breeder who is deeply into pedigree analysis. Every year, when the new stallions going to stud are announced, he delves into their genetic make-up. If he likes what he sees he’ll buy shares (if these are available). If he really likes it, he’ll make sure that he backs up his judgement by getting a suitable mare or two. Our man has had glorious successes that paid off big time – such as investing in a Silvano share, and Jet Master’s first crop of yearlings. He’s also had spectacular failures – their names best forgotten. For some others, the jury is still out. Never say die!

Three years ago his excitement knew no bounds with the arrival at stud of Crusade, whose pedigree supposedly has what it takes. The first hour of truth is nigh. Crusade has a large number of yearlings at Nationals, and buyers will no doubt give a no-nonsense evaluation of what they see in terms of potential. Thankfully, our man still has at least another year or so before he knows for sure.

Buyers have the unenviable task this year of prospecting about a hundred yearlings sired by ‘new stallions’, making up more than 20% of the whole catalogue for Nationals this year. Included in that number are yearlings by the likes of Oratorio and Marchfield, who aren’t strictly new, as they’ve had runners in other countries already. But even that is no guarantee that things will follow previously established patterns in a different environment.

Remember the relative, but baffling failure in Australia of one of the world’s best, Galileo.

New stallions certainly are not for sissies.

Sarah Whitelaw delves into the backgrounds of this year’s new releases.

AWAIT THE DAWN

An outstanding racehorse, Await The Dawn was a triple Gr1 race winner who won his pattern races by a gross margin of over 16 lengths. By triple champion sire Giant’s Causeway (sire of successful sires Shamardal, Footstepsinthesand and First Samurai), Await The Dawn is from the family of Derby winner Commander In Chief and champions and top class sires Rainbow Quest and Warning. He has 10 yearlings on sale:

Lot 16 – this filly, whose dam is by champion sprinter Royal Applause, is out of a half sister to a stakes placed filly and is from the family of outstanding international females Al Thakhira, Shamal Wind and Gr1 CCA Oaks winner Marshua

Lot 85 – this well bred filly is out of a winning Kahal half sister to Gr2 Ipi Tombe Challenge winner First Again, and from the same family as Met winner Ding Dong, among others. Bred on similar lines to dual classic winner and outstanding sire Shamardal

Lot 100 – a half sister to 4 winners, including Gr1 filly Lisa Anne, this filly is out of a mare by leading broodmare sire Complete Warrior (whose daughters are responsible for Captain Al, Shadow Dancing, Spiced Gold etc) from the family of Gr1 winner African Appeal

Lot 113 – bred on the hugely successful Giant’s Causeway/Kingmambo cross, this filly (a half sister to 2 winners), is out of a half sister to the stakes performer and producer Poppy and from the family of outstanding international miler Imbongi and champions Imperious Sue and Victory Moon

Lot 137 –a half sister to three winners, this well related filly is out of a Gr3 winning speedster, whose full brother is Gr3 winner The Waltz, and whose half sister is the high class Gr2 filly Dot Dot Dash. The family of Met winner Bunter Barlow and champion sprinter Mythical Flight, as well as exciting recent Listed Storm Bird Stakes winner Flying Myth.

Lot 140 – a half brother to 3 winners, including a Gr3 performer, this colt is out of a winning daughter of champion sire and broodmare Fort Wood, and this colt’s dam is a three parts sister to Fillies Guineas winner Dog Rose and Gr2 winner Kestrel

Lot 155 – inbred to Epsom Derby winner and classic influence Roberto (as is Giant’s Causeway’s Gr1 winning son Brody’s Cause), this filly is out of Syringa Handicap winner Ithala –a half sister to a Gr3 winning 2yo. This a top international family, responsible for local Gr1 winner Desert Links, French Oaks heroine Dunette and the latter’s Gr1 winning sire son French Glory.

Lot 254 – another inbred to the mighty Roberto (the only horse ever to defeat Brigadier Gerard), this colt is out of a full sister to Gr3 winner Aquitaine and a three parts sister to Gr1 Horse Chestnut Stakes winner Captain America, with the latter having earned just under R3 000 000 in stakes (at the time of writing)

Lot 337 – this colt is a half brother to 8 winners, including ill-fated Gr1 performer Lostintranslation and the very promising filly Supercilious. His dam, by multiple champion broodmare sire Northern Guest, is an own sister to Gr1J&B Met winner Angus

Lot 441 – a half sister to three winners, this filly is out of a Western Winter half sister to 2 stakes winning females, and from the family of ill-fated US Gr1 winner Citronnade

BYWORD

An outstanding racehorse and champion in France, Byword scored his signature win in the Gr1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot (a race won previously by the likes of Azamour, Dubai Millennium, Ouija Board and Bosra Sham) over a field which included seven Gr1 winners. A half brother to multiple Gr1 winning filly Proviso and from the family of breed shaping sire Court Martial, Byword’s first crop have already proved popular with his first crop having fetched up to R2 million. He has 13 on offer:

Lot 3 – out of a winning sister to a classic winner, this filly is from one of the greatest families in the stud book. Third dam was a top class racemare, and this is the family of superstar sires Danehill, Machiavellian, Halo and Northern Dancer, as well as champion fillies Coup de Genie and Denebola

Lot 4 – inbred to both the great sire Nureyev (like the dam of champion Golden Horn and Gr1 winners Krypton Factor and Zabeelionaire) and the great Blushing Groom, this colt is out of a winning daughter of the Gr1 placed Firstnightbliss and from the family of graded winning siblings Sevillano and Herod The Great

Lot 22 –a half sister to four winners, this filly is out of a four time stakes winning granddaughter of Danzig and from the family of the outstanding Gr1 Australian Guineas winner Light Fantastic –a great grandson of Danzig

Lot 154 – a half brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a Rich Man’s Gold half sister to 2 stakes winners, including 2yo star Berlusconi and from the family of champion Shesgoing Tobefun

Lot 159 – a half brother to five winners, this well related colt is out of a half brother to two Gr1 winners. Damsire Royal Academy is an outstanding broodmare sire, with his daughters having produced the likes of champion sire Fastnet Rock and classic winners Finsceal Beo, Frozen Power and Rule Of Law

Lot 190 – this filly is out of a stakes placed winning daughter of leading sire Dynasty and is from the family of ill-fated Gr1 Cape Derby hero Corning Touch and top class 2yo filly State Factor

Lot 198 – a half sister to five winners including Gr3 winner Sky Rise, this filly (whose dam is by sensational broodmare sire Elliodor) is from the family of legendary champion and successful sire and broodmare sire Horse Chestnut. Interestingly enough, this is also the same family as Byword

Lot 277 – out of a daughter of leading sire Kahal, this colt’s dam is a half sister to three stakes winners including 12 time Gr3 winner Sternwheeler

Lot 324 – a half brother to 7 winners (and also inbred to the great sire and broodmare sire Nureyev), this colt’s half sister is none other than Easy Game, an emphatic winner of the Listed Bauhinia Handicap and third in the Gr3 Sycamore Sprint. This is a great Australian family responsible for two Golden Slipper winners, including this season’s brilliant 2yo Capitalist

Lot 325 – intriguingly inbred to one of France’s greatest champions Peintre Celebre, this colt is out of former East Cape champion Short List and from the family of French Gr2 winner Gunboat Diplomacy

Lot 331 – out of a mare with a 100% strike rate to date, this filly is out of a three time winning daughter of Kahal and from the same family as Golden Slipper winner Golden Silvino

Lot 335 – inbred to the great miler and sire Habitat, this colt is out of a winning three parts sister to Gr2 winning speedster Sleek Braashee, and second dam is Gr1 Garden Province winner Sleek Wine

Lot 341 – out of a Gr3 winning 2yo by top sire Var, this colt hails from one of the best families in the stud book, with his relatives including Gr1 winning miler and red hot young sire Poet’s Voice, Gr1 winners Dance To Bristol and George Vancouver, Horse Of The Year Charismatic and dual US champion sire Exclusive Native

CRUSADE

This brilliant 2yo hails from the Gone West male line which has met with such success in South Africa, through the likes of Count Dubois and triple champion sire Western Winter. Crusade, bred on a similar cross to leading US sire Speightstown, won the prestigious Gr1 Middle Park Stakes at two –as did such top class stallions as Diesis, Sharpen Up, Dark Angel, and Oasis Dream, with the latter recently represented by his 100th stakes winner. The handsome Crusade has 25 first crop yearlings on offer:

Lot 26 – by a top class 2yo out of a very smart 2yo, this colt is out of a four time winning Gr3 juvenile and from the same family as Epsom Derby runner up Cavo Doro. He descends in female line from none other than the mighty racemare and producer Pretty Polly, whose numerous high class descendants include Brigadier Gerard, Fantastic Light, Great Nephew, and Swain

Lot 51 – a half brother to 2 winners, one of whom won nine, this colt is from the family of US graded winners Sing Sing and John Casey. The same family as Epsom Derby winner and top sire Sir Ivor

Lot 95 – out of a half sister to Gr1 filly Kiss Me Kate (dam of talented current runner Thrust), this filly is from a top class family with her relatives including champions Jay Peg and Kochka, as well as high class females Cat And The Moon and Dash For Gretna

Lot 98 – out of a four time winning daughter of seven time champion sire Jet Master, this filly is from the family of champion filly Chilukki and US Gr1 winner Seaneen and traces back to tap root mare Conjure

Lot 127 – a half sister to four winners, this filly is out of a full sister to the top class filly Cover Look, who is also dam of English Gr3 winner Shipmaster. Second dam is none other than multiple Gr1 winner Fanciful. Bred on similar terms to the Gone West line stakes winners Her Way and Winter Fever

Lot 173 – out of a three parts sister to a stakes winner, this colt is from the family of top class Gr1 winning siblings Stellite and Zirconeum

Lot 191 – a half sister to 3 winners, this well bred filly is out of a Gr1 daughter of leading broodmare sire Sportsworld and this is the family of 2yo Gr1 winning filly Geepee S. Remarkably, this filly’s first three dams are all black type performers, with her third dam having won the Gr1 Paddock Stakes

Lot 194 – a half brother to 4 winners including Gr3 winning 2yo The Plunderer, this colt is out of a half brother to Gr1 winning speedster Vega and hails from the wonderfully prolific Lily family, with his relatives including Gr1 winners Bold Thatch, Fort Defiance, Ravishing and Villandry to name but a few

Lot 210 – a half brother to four winners, this colt is out of six time stakes winner Midnight Ale, whose half brother is a Gr2 winner of seven and this is the same family as Epsom Derby winner and champion sire Never Say Die

Lot 237 –this filly is out of a full sister to Gr3 winner Sharp Mistress and her second dam is a stakes winning half sister to champion Lady Windermere –who like the filly on sale is by a Gone West line sire

Lot 243 – a half brother to 6 winners, this well bred colt is out of Gr1 Fillies Guineas winner Pacific Blue, whose full sister is the dam of Gr3 winner, and conqueror of Beach Beauty, Super Elegant

Lot 245 – out of a classic placed mare, this filly’s dam is a half sister to Gr2 winning speedster Mike’s Choice and Gr1 filly Maelstrom, with the latter (like this filly) sired by a Gone West line sire. Third dam is top class filly Chinatown

Lot 249 – a half brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a Gr3 winning daughter of champion sire and broodmare sire Al Mufti and hails from the same family as top class runners Ahmatir and Resfa

Lot 287 – a half brother to useful seven time winner Lady Of Kildare, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Gr2 Park Hill runner up Lille Hammer, and hails from a wonderfully prolific German family which produced Epsom Derby winner Slip Anchor and Breeders’ Cup Mile hero Steinlen among others

Lot 293 – a half sister to the talented stakes performer Dante’s Legacy, this blue blooded filly is out of a Model Man half sister to Gr1 winning sprinter O Caesour and from the family of champion females Enchantress, Harry’s Charm, and Laverna

Lot 298 – a half brother to 3 winners, including a Gr3 performer, this colt (inbred to the great mare Crimson Saint) is out of a mare by world leading broodmare sire Royal Academy and from the same family as champion Our Maizcay

Lot 300 – out of a half sister to the dam of Gr3 winning 2yo Captain Chaos, this colt is from an outstanding family which includes such high class Gone West descendants as Brutal Force, Nania, Red Ray and multiple Gr1 winner Set Afire

Lot 307 – inbred to champion sire Storm Cat, this colt is a half brother to a useful winner and out of Fillies Guineas runner up Sahara

Lot 315 – this well bred filly is out of Fillies Guineas placed Secret Babe, whose second dam, in turn, is the Gr3 winner Kefaah’s Secret

Lot 377 – bred to be a quick 2yo, this filly is by a Gr1 winning 2yo out of a Gr2 winning juvenile, whose dam, by champion sire Southern Halo, was a stakes winner at two

Lot 380 – out of a Gr3 daughter of leading sire Kahal, this filly’s dam is a full sister to a talented stakes winner and is from the same family as Gr1 King’s Stand Stakes winner Flirting Around, the sire of champion Wolf Power

Lot 392 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a six time winning half sister to 2yo stakes winner Triton and is from the wonderful Lily family responsible for such top class speedsters as Amazon Fighter, Bold Thatch, Vega and Villandry among others

Lot 434 – a half brother to 2 winners, one of whom has won six, this colt is out of mare by Arc winner and successful broodmare sire Carnegie and hails from the family of Gr1 Golden Slipper winner Belle Du Jour and current high class Aussie galloper Gold Symphony

Lot 442 – a half sister to very talented 3yo A Time To Dream, winner of the recent Listed Breeders Guineas, this filly is out of a mare by champion sire and top class broodmare sire Giant’s Causeway – making this filly inbred to legendary champion sire Storm Cat (recent US graded winner Converge is also inbred to that mighty sire). The family of Oaks winning filly Richfield Lady among others

Lot 443 – this well bred colt is out of Gr3 winner Aquataine, a three parts sister to Gr1 winner Captain America. His second dam is a stakes placed daughter of champion broodmare sire Fort Wood, and this colt is from the wonderful Queen Of Light family, responsible for champions and classic winners the world over

EIGHTHFOLD PATH

A talented Gr3 winner at two, Eightfold Path is one of the best bred sires currently at stud in South Africa. He is a son of Horse Of The Year and triple champion sire Giant’s Causeway, sire of leading European sire Shamardal, and out of once beaten dual French classic winner Divine Proportions –a three parts sister to Gr1 winner and Gr1 sire Whipper. This is also the same family as European champions and top class sires Shirley Heights and Pentire. Eightfold Path has eight first crop yearlings on offer:

Lot 62 – out of a mare whose half siblings include high class Gr winners Cateclipse and Greene Street, this colt is from a top class Australasian family, whose members include noted Grwinners Girl Gone Rockin’, Sorrento and Stargazer

Lot 83 – this filly is out of a full sister to Gr1 sprinter Extinct and a half sister to ill-fated Equus Champion and Gr1 winner Wild One. Like the latter, she is by a Storm Cat line horse. Also the family of star sprinter First Swallow

Lot 248 – like Giant’s Causeway stars Footstepsinthesand and Take Charge Brandi, this filly is inbred to top miler and champion sire Blushing Groom. Her dam, by leading sire Jallad, is a full sister to Gr1 winning sprinter Scarena

Lot 259 – bred on the highly successful (Carriage Trail, Take Charge Brandi) Giant’s Causeway/Seeking The Gold cross, this filly is out of a three time winning daughter of the classic placed mare Pinturina and from the family of Argentine classic winner Rondo

Lot 280 – a half brother to 2 winners, including a five time winner, this colt is out of a Jet Master half sister to Gr3 winner Star Watch and to the dam of Gr3 winning 2yo Madrisa. The family of Oaks winner Steamy Window

Lot 283 – this well bred filly is very closely related to her Gr2 winning half brother Harry Lime, with both being sired by Storm Cat line stallions. Inbred to Blushing Groom, this filly’s second dam is Gr1 performer Rattlebag – by leading sire and top class broodmare sire Jallad

Lot 428 – out of a winning daughter of Jet Master and Fillies Guineas runner up Asmara, this filly is from the great Sun Lass family and her relatives include champion Yataghan and top sprinter Gallantry

Lot 437 – a half brother to 2 winners, including a stakes performer, this colt is out of a daughter of former champion and multiple Gr1 winner Kundalini and hails from the family of European classic winners Kooyonga and Roland Gardens

IRISH FLAME

One of three sons of the mighty Dynasty named Horse Of The Year, Irish Flame was a superb racehorse whose wins included four stakes races, including the Gr1 Daily News 2000 (formerly won by Dynasty himself) and Gr1 SA Derby. He also ran second in the Gr1 Vodacom Durban July, where his beaten foes included triple Horse Of The Year Pocket Power. A champion male line descendant of the mighty Sadler’s Wells, Irish Flame has 3 first crop yearlings on offer:

Lot 25 – this well bred filly is out of a full sister to the dam of Dynasty’s great champion Beach Beauty, making the filly on offer a three parts sister to that five time Gr1 winner, who earned over R5 million in stakes

Lot 284 – another well related filly, she is out of a Tiger Ridge half sister to two stakes winners sired by Fort Wood (the grandsire of Irish Flame). This filly is also very closely related to Fort Wood’s greatest son, and Triple Crown winner, Horse Chestnut as well as former champion filly Monyela

Lot 289 – this well related colt, whose damsire West Man is from the same family as Irish Flame’s sire Dynasty, is out of a four time winning daughter of Gr2 winner Vino Rosa. The latter’s sire Al Mufti has built up a strong relationship with Fort Wood and his sons and daughters. Another from the mighty Drohsky family

MARCHFIELD

A son of dual US champion sire A P Indy (whose top sire sons include Bernardini, Malibu Moon, Pulpit and Judpot), dual Canadian champion and millionaire Marchfield made a pleasing start to his stud career with his first runners including the classic placed Field Of Courage and stakes performers Bear At Last and Miss Sea. From the family of top sires Boldnesian, Cryptoclearance, Home Guard and Harlan’s Holiday, Marchfield has five members of his first SA crop on offer here:

Lot 9 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a half sister to former Gr1 Champions Cup winner Orbison, and his second dam is an own sister to SA Oaks winner Fast Break. Inbred to the mighty matriarch Natalma

Lot 136 – a half sister to 4 winners, including the very smart Gr2 filly Frosted Honey, this filly is out of a stakes placed three parts sister to French Gr2 winner Gunboat Diplomacy, and her second dam is a top class Gr2 winner in France

Lot 177 – like recent Gr1 winner Brody’s Cause, this filly is inbred to the great sire Roberto. She is out of a top class 2yo stakes winner and traces back directly to Roberto’s champion 2yo Sookera, whose numerous high class Gr1 winning descendants include Banks Hill, Intercontinental, Heat Haze, Cacique, Champs Elysees and So Factual. Also the family of Horse Of The Year Giant’s Causeway (an brother to this filly’s damsire) and 2000 Guineas hero Gleneagles

Lot 295 – out of a stakes placed daughter of champion and top sire Dynasty, this filly’s third dam is none other than champion and Gr1 winner League Title

Lot 373 – a half brother to 3 winners, this colt’s dam is an own sister to Gr3 winning 2yo Subastador and a half sister to Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Act Of War. Second dam, Si Senorita, is a former Broodmare Of The Year

ORATORIO

Danehill’s triple Gr1 winning son and multiple champion has more than lived up to his illustrious pedigree (he is from the same family as champion sires Alydar and Plum Bold) at stud. Twice a champion sire in Italy, Oratorio (whose runners have earned over $49 million) is the sire of 45 stakes winners to date –with his tally of 7 Gr1 winners including such champions as Banchee, Beethoven, Cherry Collect and Horse Of The Year Military Attack. He has 18 of his first South African crop on sale:

Lot 1 – out of a half sister to globetrotting stakes winner Mr Brock (and intriguingly inbred to the siblings Katonka and Roundup Rose), this filly’s second dam is a stakes winning daughter of champion sire and top broodmare sire Badger Land, and this is the family of champion Horse Chestnut and top fillies Monyela and Sport’s Chestnut –among others

Lot 8 – this colt, bred on similar lines to dual classic winner Desert King, is out of a five time winning half sister to triple Gr1 winner Inara, and the dam of triple Gr1 Canadian International winner Joshua Tree, now standing at stud in France. A truly great family, whose members include such international Gr1 winners as Magic Of Life, Miss Oceana, Kitwood, 2000 Guineas winner Dawn Approach and 2016 classic hope Herald The Dawn

Lot 70 – this filly is out of a four time winning sister (by champion sire and broodmare sire Al Mufti) to a Gr3 performer, and a half sister to the dams of Gr1 winning sprinter Noble Heir and Gr3 winner Honour And Glory. Another from the all conquering Drohsky family

Lot 77 – intriguingly inbred to Natalma (through Danehill and Mogok), this filly is out of a winning half sister to Gr2 Colorado King Stakes winner E-Jet, and is from the famed E family –which produced such outstanding fillies as Ecurie, Epoque, Empress Club and Escoleta Fitz

Lot 86 – this beautifully bred colt is out of a Gr1 winning half sister to Gr1 performer ML Jet as well as the sales topping Never Settle. His second dam is a 2yo stakes placed half sister to US graded winning millionaire Battle Of Hastings and this is the family of Irish Derby winner and champion sire Law Society

Lot 162 – this well bred filly is out of a Gr1 performer by champion sire Jet Master, who is a full sister to Gr3 winning 2yo Jet Set Go. Second dam is the brilliant and tough racemare Azabu Park, a ten time stakes winner

Lot 234 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is bred on the same Oratorio/Red Ransom cross as Gr1 winner Temida. His second dam is none other than champion and Gr1 Cape Derby winner Dog Wood, whose sire Fort Wood’s sire Sadler’s Wells has done so well both with Oratorio and the latter’s sire Danehill

Lot 272 – this classically bred colt is out of an Oaks winning half sister to 2 other Oaks winning fillies. His second dam, by champion sire and outstanding broodmare sire Foveros, was South Africa’s Broodmare Of The Year in 2014

Lot 275 – this well bred colt is out of Gr3 Magnolia Handicap winner Purple Lake, whose half sister produced ill-fated Gr3 Kenilworth’s Fillies Nursery winner Flower’s Angel. The family of Oaks winner Liberty Silk

Lot 309 – this well bred colt is out of a top class Gr2 winning daughter of a Gr1 winning sprinter and a stakes winning mare, who won eight times. The family of Queen’s Plate winner Sword Dancer

Lot 314 – a half brother to 3 winners, including a stakes placed 2yo, this colt is out of a daughter of leading US sire and broodmare sire Quiet American (damsire of Bernardini and Saint Liam) and Gr2 winning 2yo Ocean Ridge, whose stakes winning dam is a daughter of champion sprinter Thatching

Lot 319 – a half brother to useful five time winner Discourse, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Strike Smartly and Equus champion Monyela –whose three parts brother is none other than Horse Of The Year and Triple Crown winner Horse Chestnut. Inbred to the hugely successful sire siblings His Majesty and Graustark

Lot 351 – bred to be anything, this filly is a half sister to 4 winners including Derby winner Silvano’s Jet. Her stakes winning Jet Master dam is a three parts sister to Gr1 Empress Club Stakes winner Little Miss Magic, and this is also the family of top class fillies Dance Of Diamonds, Red Disa, State Treasure, Stolen Gem and champion Tara’s Touch

Lot 354 – bred on the hugely successful Danehill/Sadler’s Wells cross (and on similar terms to Oratorio’s Gr1 winning son Beethoven), this colt is out of a stakes winning daughter of champion sire and broodmare sire Fort Wood and top class stakes winner Stormy Appeal

Lot 397 – this colt is from a red-hot family, with his Western Winter sired winning dam being a half sister to stakes winner Limerick (dam of recent Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Noah From Goa), as well Rose Of Tralee (dam of Dubai Gr2 winner Forries Waltz). The family of top flight international winners Gladness and Fawkner among others

TWICE OVER

A multiple European Champion, Twice Over was a truly outstanding racehorse. His 13 victories, which netted connections over £2.2 million, included four Gr1 races –the Champion Stakes twice, Eclipse Stakes and Juddmonte International. Twice Over, also ran third to the mighty Zenyatta in the Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Classic, received a Timeform rating of 128 –and won or placed in no fewer than 20 pattern races. From a red hot family, which includes the highly rated runners Antonoe and Time Test, Twice Over’s first yearlings have already proved popular, having fetched up to R1 000 000. He has 13 yearlings on sale:

Lot 34 – like Gr1 winner Brody’s Cause, this filly is inbred to Derby winner and top sire Roberto. She is out of a winning Captain Al half sister to Gr3 winner Bit On The Side. She is also inbred to the great sire Blushing Groom

Lot 42 – a half brother to 2 winners, including a stakes placed winner and a winner in Hong Kong, this colt is out of a winning half sister to a Gr3 winner, and his second dam, by great sire and broodmare sire Fort Wood, won the Fillies Guineas. Interestingly, this colt’s dam is very closely inbred to the great matron Fall Aspen –with her sire being a grandson of Fall Aspen and her damsire a son of the same mare.

Lot 75 – this well related filly is a product of two horses who between them won six Gr1 races. A half sister to 4 winners, one of whom is stakes placed, this blue blooded filly is out of former Equus Champion Escoleta Fitz and is from the famed E family responsible for the likes of Elusive Fort and Empress Club, as well as European champion and highly touted young sire Rio De La Plata

Lot 123 – a half sister to 2 winners, and from the family of impressive debut winner B Twenty One, this filly is out of a stakes placed half sister to Gr2 winner Park Lane, and her second dam is top class 2yo and Gr2 winner Hancock Park

Lot 199 – a half brother to 3 winners, including a stakes performer, this colt is out of a half sister to four black type performers –including world class champion sprinter J J The Jet Plane. The latter won six Gr1 races and earned over R22 million during a globetrotting career

Lot 220 – a half sister to 5 winners, including a stakes placed filly, this filly is out of Equus Champion and dual classic winner Monyela –a three parts sister to the legendary racehorse and successful sire Horse Chestnut. The family of very promising filly Off The Mark

Lot 241 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a winning daughter of champion sire Danehill Dancer and Gr1 performer Strelitiza. The latter is a full sister to Gr1 winner Fort Defiance, and this is the family of top performers Bold Thatch, Dynastic Power, Ravishing and Villandry

Lot 274 – another inbred to the breed shaping sire Roberto, this filly is a half sister to the promising Bunker Bill. She is out of a winning half sister to current useful filly Pacifica, and her third dam is a Gr1 winner and dam of the luckless but very talented local Gr1 performer Pablo Zeta

Lot 291 – this well bred colt, who is a direct descendant of The Flying Filly Mumtaz Mahal, is from one of the Aga Khan’s greatest families. Out of a mare by Horse Of The Year and proven Gr1 broodmare sire Rock Of Gibraltar, his dam is very closely related to Danehill’s classic winning son, Aussie Rules. This is also the family of champions Igugu and Zarkava, as well as champions Alborada and Albanova, among many others

Lot 336 – inbred to Mr Prospector, this filly, a half sister to 2 winners, is out of a half sister to the very talented Gr1 performer and millionaire Tales Of Bravery (like the filly on offer by a Mr Prospector line horse). The family of recent Listed Drum Star Handicap hero Romany Prince and his US Gr1 winning half sister Gypsy’s Warning and Oaks winning siblings Noble Destiny and Royal Prophecy

Lot 367 – a half brother to Listed Sophomore Sprint winner and high class Hong Kong winner Strongman as well as the promising 3yo Vilikazi, this colt is out of top class Gr3 winner Sweet Virginia and this is the family of Gr1 winners Mill Hill and Smart As Paint, as well as champion Dancewiththedevil (like the colt a descendant of Mr Prospector)

Lot 414 – a half brother to a 3 time winner, this colt is out of a half sister to Gr1 winners Golden Peak and Record Edge, as well as to the dam of champion Warning Zone. The latter, sadly now deceased, is dam of Australian Gr3 winner and Gr1 performer Pittsburgh Flyer and this is the mighty Drohsky family

Lot 429 – inbred to Triple Crown winner and outstanding sire Nijinsky II, this filly (a half sister to a winner), is out of a five time winning half sister to Gr2 winner Blake. This is the family of champion sprinter Laisserfaire, recent Aus Gr3 winner Almighty Girl, Gr1 winner Lone Rock, champion sire Centaine and Melbourne Cup winner Rainbird

WHAT A WINTER

A likely heir apparent to his great sire, multiple Equus Champion What A Winter was an exceptional racehorse who won 15 times and amassed over R3 000 000. His tally included four Grade One wins, and What A Winter remains one of the finest sprinters to have graced the South African turf in many a year. By a triple champion sire, What A Winter (whose damsire Ahonoora is also broodmare sire of top class sires Cape Cross and New Approach) hails from the family of Hyperion, Mossborough, Pharamond II, Sickle and Sir Tristram. He has 9 yearlings on sale:

Lot 38 – out of a Gr3 placed half sister to Gr2 winner Chant De Nuit (dam of the very promising African Ruler), this colt is from the family of champion Ethereal and her Gr1 winning own brother Amberpondo, as well as former champion sprinter Flobayou and champion filly Renounce

Lot 45 – this well bred colt is out of a winning half sister to champion 2yo and Gr1 Consensual (dam of promising 2yo Just Sensual) and Gr2 winner Dance Along as well as to the dam of Gr1 winning 2yo Give Me Five. This colt’s dam is bred on the highly successful Blushing Groom/Nijinsky II cross which has resulted in numerous stars including champions Spook Express and Sky Beauty

Lot 103 – a half brother to Gr3 Tony Ruffel Stakes winner Fantastic Mr Fox (like the colt on sale, by a Mr P line horse), this colt is bred on the same Western Winter/Fort Wood cross as Gr1 winning champion and young sire Capetown Noir. His dam won three and his second dam is a stakes winner.

Lot 153 – this colt, whose pedigree also has similarities to former Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate hero Capetown Noir, is out of a winning daughter of Fort Wood’s champion and multiple Gr1 winning daughter Dog Wood

Lot 212 – this blue blooded filly is out of a stakes winning daughter of world leading sire Medaglia D’Oro (damsire of Gr1 winners Rock Fall and Rachel’s Valentina) and champion Circle Of Life, with the latter also dam of this season’s Gr2 winner and Gr1 Summer Cup runner up Deo Juvente, and this is the family of champion fillies Taima Bluff and Tecla Bluff

Lot 222 –a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of an own sister to Gr2 winner Vino Rosa, and his second dam is a half sister to Gr1 winner and sire Majestic Crown and this is the family of one of South Africa’s top sprinters, multiple champion Senor Santa

Lot 260 – this well related filly is out of a four time winning half sister to Gr1 Champions Cup hero African Appeal and stakes winner Mary Lou

Lot 322 – from one of the finest families in the stud book, this blue blooded filly is a half sister to 4 winners, including Gr3 performer S’il Vous Plait. From the family of 2015 Gr2 winning miler Kodi Bear and his close relative and triple Gr1 winner Esoterique, this filly’s first two dams are by the outstanding sires and broodmare sires Darshaan and Green Desert respectively

Lot 323 – like 322, this colt is a descendant of 1000 Guineas winner Picture Play. This is the great Queen Of Light family, responsible in South Africa for Gr1 winner Captain America, while great classic winners Desert Prince Fairy Footsteps, Light Cavalry

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Pick of the Bunch – Taking A Leaf from Breeder’s Handbook

Back in 2013, when the current yearlings were conceived, Breeder’s Handbook gave selections of suitable lines for the new stallions. What follows is a selection of 2016 National Sale yearlings by first-crop sires, where the mating has elements noted as ‘Pick of the Bunch’ suitable lines in Breeder’s Handbook of 2013. The comments with each yearling are brief – a full Pick Of The Bunch list for each stallion can be found at https://www.sportingpost.co.za/sire/

Await The Dawn

#254 colt out of Al Mufti mare who is full sister to Gr3 Aquitaine and 3-part sister to Gr1 Captain America (by Captain Al). Piemonte Stud

#441 filly out of Western Winter mare, the second dam by Elliodor. Summerhill

Byword

#159 colt out of Brazilian mare by Royal Academy (Nijinsky). Middlefield Stud

#198 filly whose second dam is half sister to Horse Chestnut – poetry indeed. Middlefield Stud

#324 colt out of mare by Desert King, whose dam is by Nureyev. Middlefield Stud

#325 colt out of Fort Wood mare, whose dam is by Byword’s sire Peintre Celebre, giving a 2×3 to the latter. Middlefield Stud

#331 filly whose 3rd dam is by Golden Thatch. Middlefield Stud

#335 colt out of mare by King Of Kings (Sadler’s Wells), the latter’s pedigree very close kin to Byword’s sire Peintre Celebre. Middlefield Stud

Crusade

#95 filly, dam by Jet Master. Piemonte Stud

#98 filly, dam by Jet Master, second dam by Hawaii. Scott Bros

#300 colt, dam by Manshood. Hadlow Stud

Eightfold Path

#280 colt, second dam by Model Man. Scott Bros

#437 colt, dam by Orpen (damsire is Devil’s Bag, full brother to dam of Rahy). Scott Bros

Irish Flame

#289 colt, second dam by Foveros. Clifton Stud

Marchfield

#9 colt, dam by Damascus Gate. Moutonshoek

#177 filly, dam kinbred 3×3 to daughters of Roberto. Moutonshoek

Oratorio

#1 filly out of mare by Tiger Ridge and inbred 3×4 to Buckpasser, second dam by Badger Land. Middlefield Stud

#8 colt out of mare by Caesour. Drakenstein Stud

#70 filly out of mare by Al Mufti. Wicklow Stud

#275 colt; grandam by Northern Guest, 4th dam by Herculaneum. Boland Stud

#309 colt out of mare by Wolfhound, 4th dam by Preamble. Drakenstein Stud

#351 filly; grandam by Free State (dam by Alycidon). Klipdrif Stud

Twice Over

#34 filly out of mare by Captain Al; second dam by Jallad. Klipdrif Stud

#42 colt out of mare in bred 3×3 to Fall Aspen; second dam by Fort Wood and inbred to Lalun. Klipdrif Stud

#220 filly out of mare by Fort Wood; second dam by Plugged Nickle. Mauritzfontein

#241 colt; grandam by Fort Wood. Cheveley Stud

#367 colt out of mare by Casey Tibbs. Drakenstein Stud

#414 colt out of mare by Wolfhound. Middlefield Stud

What A Winter

#38 colt, dam by Kabool; second dam by Elliodor. Drakenstein Stud

#45 colt; dam by Spectrum, second dam by Dancing Champ (double Pharamond); next dam combines Contraband, Abadan, Sun Compass). Varsfontein

#103 colt, dam by Fort Wood, second dam by Russian Fox, third dam by Lords. Narrow Creek Stud

#153 colt; second dam is Fort Wood x Elliodor x Roland Gardens. Mauritzfontein

#222 colt, dam by Al Mufti; second dam by Selenio (Aloe, Sickle). Varsfontein

#260 filly, dam by Right Approach; 3rd dam by Sweet Song. Narrow Creek Stud

#323 colt, dam by Parade Leader; female line traces to Picture Light (Court Martial x Borealis x Donatello); Picture Light is very close kin to What a Winter’s 5th dam Haytime. Good stuff. Boland Stud

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Trooping The Colour

Explore the ranks of the established stallions

ANTONIUS PIUS

By the great sire and sire of sires Danzig (also sire of Danehill, Green Desert and War Front) former Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Mile runner up Antonius Pius is a former leading first crop sire of South Africa, whose progeny include recent repeat Listed Aquanaut Handicap hero Cool Chardonnay, as well as graded winners Antonius Du Bois, Belong To Me and My Sanctuary. He has 4 lots on sale:

Lot 65 – inbred to the great sire Danzig, this colt is a half brother to four winners and out of a mare by champion sprinter Anabaa (also broodmare sire of Treve). This is the family of champion half brothers Dalakhani and Daylami, who between them won 12 Gr1 races, as well as Gr1 winners Dalkala and Dolyniya.

Lot 66 – a half brother to four winners including a stakes placed 2yo, this colt is out of a half sister to Gr1 sprinter Waves Of Argosy, as well as to Quick Succession- dam of Gr1 winner Heir Apparent and second dam of Gr1 winner Athina

Lot 68 – this well related filly is out of a four time winning half sister to the dams of Gr1 winner For The Lads and July winning champion Heavy Metal, and her other notable relatives include multiple Gr1 winner Drum Star and the latter’s Gr1 winning half brother Planetary Music

Lot 176 – a three parts sister to 2 winners, including the very useful Thrust, this filly is out of Gr1 Allan Robertson runner up Kiss For Kate and from the family of champions Jay Peg and Kochka, among others

 

BLACK MINNALOUSHE

A classic winning son of the great Storm Cat, Black Minnaloushe is a well established Gr1 sire both in South Africa and overseas. The sire of former Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner Dancing In Silks has a plethora of Gr1 winners in this country to his credit notably Triple Crown winner Louis The King, 2yo champ Kochka and Oaks winner Ash Cloud. He has four yearlings on offer:

Lot 20 – this colt is out of a half sister to two stakes performers, with his dam being a daughter of top class broodmare sire Daylami (responsible for Gr1 winners Arcano, Dubday and Pierro) and Gr1 SA Fillies Guineas runner up Darby Game. The latter is by Elliodor –damsire of Black Minnaloushe sired champ Kochka.

Lot 105 – a half brother to five winners, this colt’s siblings include Gr3 Diana Stakes and recent Lady’s Pendant winner Double Whammy. This is a top class family whose members include speed balls Something Else and Sunera.

Lot 116 – a half sister to five winners, this filly (whose dam is by broodmare sire great Northern Guest) is out of a half sister to Gr1 winner Gilded Minaret and this is the family of former SA champion filly Dollar Fortune

Lot 409 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a three parts sister to champion Special Parade and from the family of Argentine champion Solyluz

BOLD SILVANO

A former Equus Champion and July winner, Bold Silvano (also winner of the Maktoum Challenge in Dubai) has made a hugely promising start to his stud career. Currently one of the leading first crop sires inSouth Africa, two of the Silvano sire’s first four runners have won on debut and Bold Silvano looks a young sire with a bright future. The champ has nine on offer:

Lot 56 –out of a half sister to a Gr3 winner by Al Mufti (damsire of Bold Silvano), this colt’s second dam is uber speedy Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes winner Tuscan Elegance, with this well bred colt hailing from the immediate family of top sprinters and successful sire siblings Golden Thatch and Thatching, as well as Waterville Lake, sire of legendary SA champion Flobayou. This is also the family of current high class 3yo filly Noor

Lot 119 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a winning Goldkeeper half sister to Gr3 winner Aquataine (by Al Mufti) and Gr1 winner Captain America (by Al Mufti’s son Captain Al). This is the mighty Queen Of Light family which has produced classic winning champions the world over

Lot 145 – out of a stakes placed daughter of triple champion sire Western Winter, this filly is from the famed Lily family with her relatives including such as Fillies Guineas winner Rememberance and Gr1 winners Bold Thatch, Fort Defiance and Villandry

Lot 150 – this filly is out of a four time winning half sister to Gr2 winning 2yo Irish Ranger with her other notable relatives including Gr1 winner and sire Brer Rabbit and Epsom Oaks winner Blue Wind

Lot 223 – a half sister to a winner, this filly’s dam is a four time winning half sister to a stakes performer and is from the family of star fillies Studio Fifty Four, Spiced Gold and the great Majorca

Lot 244 – this well bred filly is a three parts sibling to the talented Silvano sired siblings St Tropez (Gr3 East Cape Derby), Tan Can (2nd Cape Derby) and Sunbed and hails from the family of champion fillies Ethereal Lady and Renounce

Lot 299 – a half brother to 4 winners including a stakes horse, this colt (like graded winners Flash Drive and Hot Affair) is inbred to champion sire and broodmare sire Al Mufti. Out of a half sister to a stakes winner, he is from the family of Met winners Alastor and Wild West

Lot 327 – out of former Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas runner up Silky Dancer, this filly is a half sister to five winners including a stakes placed filly. From the family of outstanding Australian filly Show Ego

Lot 416 – out of a winning daughter of champion sire Western Winter and Gr1 winning 2yo Silver Arc, this filly is from the family of R8 million earner Illuminator –who, like Bold Silvano, is out of an Al Mufti mare

BRAVE TIN SOLDIER

A Grade 3 winner by the mighty sire, and sire of sires, Storm Cat, Brave Tin Soldier is out of a full sister to Kentucky Derby winner and successful sire Fusaichi Pegasus. Also hailing from the family of 2015 Gr1 winner Street Fancy (entered for this year’s Kentucky Oaks), Brave Tin Soldier is a proven Gr1 sire, with his stock including the brilliant Gr1 Premiers Champion Stakes winner Rabada. He has 2 lots on sale:

Lot 204 – bred on a similar cross to Triple Crown winner Louis The King and triple Gr1 winner High Yield, this filly is out of six time stakes winner Mary Lou –a half sister to Gr1 Champions Cup hero African Appeal

Lot 350 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a National Emblem half sister to a black type performers as well as the dams of 2 stakes winners. This is a superb female line, which includes the likes of Breeders’ Cup winning champion Meadow Star

CAPTAIN AL

South Africa’s reigning champion sire and seven times champion sire of 2yos, Captain Al has once again enjoyed a tremendous season thus far. His stakes winners in 2015-2016 (at the time of writing) include the graded stakes winners Captain America, Carry On Alice, Eighth Wonder and Princess Royal. One of South Africa’s top sires and an exciting broodmare sire, Captain Al’s 60 plus stakes winners include over 30 individual Gr1 horses, including champions All Is Secret and Captain Of All, and his numerous exciting 2yo prospects include Cloth Of Cloud and The Secret Is Out. He has 17 lots on sale:

Lot 28 – out of a Gr3 placed daughter of Horse Chestnut (damsire of recent Met winner Smart Call), this colt is a half brother to the useful winner Pirangi and from the family of US Gr1 winners Contredance and Skimming, as well as 1000 Guineas winner Wince

Lot 36 – bred on the same Captain Al/Fort Wood cross as Gr1 winner and R2 million plus earner Captain America, this colt is out of the top class stakes winner Cinnamon Sugar

Lot 63 – a half brother to a pair of useful winners, this colt is from one of the best female lines in the South African stud book, with his relatives including ill-fated Gr1 Cape Guineas star Face North and former Gr1 J&B Met winner Polo Classic

Lot 92 – a half brother to four winners, this colt’s dam is a four time winning Gr1 performer of champion sire and top class broodmare sire Jallad. This is the same family as brilliant graded winner Sevillano and his Gr2 winning half brother Herod The Great, and further back this is the family of US Champion 2YO Lord Avie

Lot 115 – this well bred filly is a three parts sister to Captain Al’s Gr2 winning daughter Fragrant Al, as well as the top class Captain Al sired stakes winning sprinter Barbosa, and this is the family of champion 2yo filly Historic Lady

Lot 128 – a half brother to a four time winner overseas, this colt is out of a half sister to a US stakes winner and from the family of Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner and top class sire and broodmare sire Success Express, and the latter’s Gr1 winning half brother Greenwood Lake

Lot 156 – this well bred filly is a half sister to 8 winners, including exported Gr2 Selangor Cup winner Mercury Chief. Out of a mare by champion broodmare sire Northern Guest, this filly is from the family of Gr1 winning fillies Bilateral, Little Miss Magic and champion Tara’s Touch, as well as top class Captain Al filly Red Disa

Lot 185 – a half brother to 5 winners, this colt is out of a Model Man three parts sister to Gr2 winning sprinter Casino Queen, sadly now deceased, and this is also the family of Gr2 winner Jungle Earl

Lot 197 – this filly is bred to be a top class 2yo. By a seven times champion sire of 2yos, she is out of Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winner Madrisa, who herself is out of a classy 2yo performer by National Assembly

Lot 201 – a half sister to 4 winners, including the dam of a stakes performer, this classically bred filly (whose damsire Anabaa is an exceptional broodmare sire) is out of a full sister to classic and Gr1 winners Anacheeva and Headturner and half sister to Gr1 winning 2yo O’Marilyn

Lot 217 – a classically bred colt, he is out of a full sister to a champion in Argentina, and hails from the same family as Derby winner Blue Peter and champion sire Full Sail, among others

Lot 256 – a half sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a three parts sister to stakes winning 2yo Kokkewiet, and from the same family as East Cape champion 2yo Seattle Storm, among others

Lot 257 – bred to be anything, this filly is a full sister to Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winner Wheredowego, and her Fort Wood sired dam is an own sister to ill-fated Gr1 performer Service Ace and a half sister to Gr1 Cape Guineas hero Flight Alert. Bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Captain America and Gr2 winner Fragrant Al

Lot 264 – this blue blooded filly could be one of the picks of the sale. A full sister to Gr2 Horses For Causes Sceptre Stakes winner Princess Royal, she is also a three parts sister to multiple Equus Champion Princess Victoria (a former graduate of this sale) and this is also the family of former champion sire Jallad

Lot 347 – another blue blooded filly, this is a full sister to Gr2 performer and multiple stakes winner Victorian Secret. Her dam, Gr3 winning 2yo Spring Lilac, is out of outstanding broodmare Mystic Spring, dam of champion Rabiya, hugely promising Gr1 filly Bela-Bela and second dam of Captain Al’s champion daughter All Is Secret and his very exciting 2yo The Secret Is Out

Lot 419 – a full brother to talented stakes winner Albert Mooney, this colt is out of a stakes placed half sister to top class 2yo and sire Bush Conqueror. His damsire Qui Danzig is a top class broodmare sire, with his daughters having produced the likes of Buy And Sell, Via Africa, Pierre Jourdan and exciting 3yo Champagne Haze

Lot 446 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 Paddock Stakes winner Emerald Cove, this filly is out of Oaks winning Arcola. Second dam, former Broodmare Of The Year Star Of Arcole, is an astonishing producer, and is one of a few mares with three classic winners to her credit

DYNASTY

A former National Sale buy himself and former Horse Of The Year, Dynasty is one of the best stallions ever bred in South Africa. The sire of this season’s Gr1 Investec Cape Derby winner It’s My Turn is already responsible for three sons named Horse Of The Year- Futura, Irish Flame and Legislate, with Dynasty’s other top class performers including Cape Guineas star Act Of War and charismatic champion Beach Beauty. One of South Africa’s top sires, whose progeny star in the ring and on the track, Dynasty has 14 lots on offer:

Lot 33 – this filly promises to be one of the stars of the show. She is a full sister to Horse Of The Year and multiple champion Legislate, who is set to retire to Drakenstein Stud at the end of the season. Bred on the powerful Sadler’s Wells/Danehill cross, this filly is out of a four time winning half sister to top sprinter Black Skimmer and is from the same family as Gr1 winning 2yo filly Roxanne

Lot 96 – another blue blooded yearling, this colt is out of Gr1 Summer Cup winner and R2.2 million earner Flirtation –herself a daughter of champion sire Silvano.

Lot 130 – this colt is out of a winning Jet Master half sister to Gr3 Matchem winner Joshua’s Dream, and his second dam is by Jallad. The latter is also damsire of Dynasty stars It’s My Turn and Run For It. This is the family of Gr1 winning siblings Captain’s Lover and Ebony Flyer

Lot 144 – another blue blooded filly, she is out of former champion and Gr1 Met winner Imperious Sue (by Northern Guest). This filly is a half sister to the Navarone sired Gr1 winner Imperious Star, Listed winner Blue Heather (dam of recent Cape feature race winner Big Cat) and the dam of high class stakes winner Sunset Tripp

Lot 228 – bred on the potent Dynasty/Jallad cross (ie It’s My Turn, Run For It), this blue blooded filly is out of a half sister to Gr2 winner and exciting sire prospect Master Of My Fate and stakes winner Justthewayyouare (by Dynasty’s sire Fort Wood). Her second dam is champion and multiple Gr1 winner Promisefrommyheart, an Elliodor half sister to Gr1 winner Covenant

Lot 229 – out of a Gr3 placed Jet Master half sister to Gr1 winning 2yo Talahatchie, this filly’s dam is a three parts sister to Singapore champion Lizarre, and the filly on offer is very closely related to the Dynasty sired Gr3 winner Solid Speed

Lot 235 – a full brother to promising winner Shogun and half brother to stakes placed Nova Zembla, this colt is out of Elliodor’s Gr1 daughter Oceana –a half sister to four stakes winners, including Equus Champion Argonaut and Gr1 SA Fillies Guineas winner Finest View

Lot 247 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a three time winning half sister to Gr2 winner Roman Charger, with second dam being a Gr2 winning half sister to champion and multiple Gr1 winner Vesta

Lot 304 – out of a classic winning mare, whose sire is a full brother to Kingmambo, this filly traces back in female line to 1000 Guineas winner Glad Rags II –ancestor of such international stars Colonial Affair, Declaration Of War and Union Rags

Lot 305 – a colt with a stallion’s pedigree, this is a half brother to Gr1 Summer Cup hero Master Sabina and is out of SA Oaks winner Sabina Park. Third dam is none other than Gr1 Fillies Guineas winner Kendal Green and it is safe to say this colt is bred for the classics

Lot 352 – a half brother to 2 winners, this well bred colt is out of Gr2 winning 2yo State Factor (by leading damsire National Assembly) and is from the family of Cape Derby hero Corning Touch

Lot 389 – a half brother to a lightly raced winner, this colt is out of Gr2 winner Townsend, a Captain Al half sister to Gr1 winner Regal Ransom. Bred on the powerful Fort Wood/Al Mufti cross responsible for such as Gr1 SA Guineas winner Heir Apparent

Lot 406 – out of a four time winning daughter of successful damsire Centenary (broodmare sire of Gr1 winners Captain’s Gal and Bravura), this colt is from the family of eight time Gr3 winner El Paso

Lot 445 – this colt is a three parts brother to Gr2 filly Al Kindi and is out of a stakes placed Al Mufti half sister to Gr3 winner Honour And Glory. From the great Drohsky family, this colt’s other notable relatives include flying filly Noble Heir, whose wins included the Gr1 Computaform Sprint

ELUSIVE FORT

Like outstanding sire Dynasty, Elusive Fort is a champion son of former champion sire Fort Wood. The triple Gr1 winner has made a superb start to his stud career, with each of his first two crops having unveiled a Gr1 winner. His first crop produced the brilliant Siren’s Call, unlucky not to win the Triple Tiara, while his second crop produced Gr1 Thekwini Stakes winner Lauderdale. Elusive Fort’s current 2yos include impressive recent debut winner Safe Harbour. He has two lots on offer here:

Lot 269 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is a three parts brother to Dynasty’s talented daughter Indaba. This is a top class family, whose members include former Gr2 Selangor Cup winner De Kock –another very closely related to the colt on offer

FORT WOOD

Fort Wood is one of the most influential sires ever to stand at stud in South Africa. A champion sire and champion broodmare sire, Fort Wood’s 15 Gr1 winners include 3 sons named Horse Of The Year. Broodmare sire of this year’s Cape Guineas winner Noah From Goa as well as Breeders’ Cup winner and exciting sire Pluck, Fort Wood is also an excellent sire of sires with his sons including leading sire Dynasty and the very successful pair of Elusive Fort and Horse Chestnut. The legend has 10 lots:

Lot 60 – a half sister to a winner, this filly is out of a classic placed mare, who hails from the family of numerous stakes horses and whose third dam won the now Gr1 Del Mar Oaks

Lot 148 – bred on a similar cross to European classic winners Masked Marvel and Treasure Beach (by sons of Sadler’s Wells out of daughters of Mark Of Esteem), this filly (an own sister to a winner), is out of a winning half sister to Gr1 winner La Defense, with this filly’s second, third and fourth dams all having produced at least one Gr1 winner

Lot 170 – a half sister to a winner, this filly is out of a half sister to the Breeders’ Cup bound Gr1 J&M winner Smart Call and from the family of July winning champion and red hot sire Greys Inn, as well as outstanding speedster and top class sire Zeditave and multiple Gr1 winning filly Melito

Lot 174 – out of a stakes placed daughter of champion sire Western Winter, this filly, a three parts sister to Horse Of The Year Celtic Grove and Gr1 2yo Hold The Fort, is out of a half sister to Gr2 winning 2yo Gay Regina –dam of millionaire and Gr1 performer Bulsara

Lot 186 – a three parts brother to 3 stakes horses, including Dingaans runner up Tigray, this colt is out of a winning daughter of champion sire Silvano and his third dam is top class Gr1 performer Old Rituals, a daughter of champion sprinter and top class sire Harry Hotspur

Lot 187 – bred in the purple, this colt is a product of two champions, with his dam being former champion 2yo filly and Gr1 winner Laverna –herself a daughter of champion Enchantress. Remarkably, this colt’s first three dams are all Grade One winners!

Lot 270 – this colt is out of a winning Silvano half sister to classy Gr3 2yo Anthracite, and this is the top class family of ill-fated champion Historic Lady, top speedsters Barbosa and Fine Feather and the top class Fort Wood broodmare Kindling

Lot 371 – out of a mare who won three times and from the family of Gr1 Hopeful Stakes and top class US sire Salt Lake, this colt’s dam is by outstanding US sire Dixieland Band, broodmare sire of the Kentucky Derby winners Monarchos and Street Sense –among many others

Lot 376 – a brother to four winners and closely related to Gr3 performer Flame Tree, this colt is from the family of SA Oaks winner Serena, her US Gr1 winning son Broadway Flyer, and Horse Of The Classic Flag, among many others

Lot 379 – this is a filly with plenty of paddock value already! She is a full sister to Gr1 SA Fillies Classic winner Athina, who earned over R1.5 million, and a three parts sister to Gr1 SA Guineas winner Heir Apparent and his Gr3 winning sister Quickwood

GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT

A brilliant stakes winner at two, and Gr1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner (over superstar Variety Club) at three, Gimmethegreenlight is a son of outstanding sire More Than Ready, whose 150 plus stakes winners includes Golden Slipper and leading sire Sebring and Breeders’ Cup winner and promising sire Pluck. Gimmethegreenlight himself has made a pleasing start to his stud career, with his first few 2yo runners including the smart winner Skip The Red. He has 22 yearlings on sale:

Lot 32 – a half sister to five winners, including 2 stakes performers, this filly is out of Caughtintheslips, winner of the now Gr1 SA Fillies Classic. Caughtintheslips, by top broodmare sire Caesour, is an own sister to the dam of talented but ill-fated Gr1 performer Mister Cricket

Lot 40 – from an outstanding US female line, this colt is a half brother to 5 winners including two stakes winners (one of whom is the record breaking In Like Flynn). His third dam is US champion and Gr1 Kentucky Oaks winner Heavenly Cause, whose stakes winning son Two Punch is the sire of champion sprinter and successful sire Smoke Glacken

Lot 48 – out of a three parts sister to a Royal Ascot Gr3 winner, this colt is from a top class overseas family with his relatives including Gr1 winner and successful sire Count Dubois and the latter’s Irish classic winning half brother Irish Haven, as well as the champion siblings Kris and Diesis

Lot 93 – out of a full sister to Gr1 Empress Club Stakes winner Stratos, this filly, whose first three dams are by Jet Master, Golden Thatch and Elliodor respectively, is from the family of July winning champion Space Walk

Lot 175 – a half sister to 2 smart winners, this filly is from a red-hot family. She is out of a Western Winter own sister to 2 stakes winners, and a half sister to brilliant recent Gr2 Gauteng Guineas hero Abashiri. Her dam is also a three parts sister to five time Gr1 winner and Horse Of The Year Yard-Arm

Lot 188 – this colt is out of a daughter of emerging broodmare sire Count Dubois and Gr3 sprinter Lady Acton, whose full sister is none other than former Gr1 Gold Medallion and champion 2yo filly Historic Lady

Lot 231 – a half sister to 3 winners, including stakes placed 2yo Navistar, this filly is out of a daughter of champion sire and broodmare sire Al Mufti and the very fast stakes winner Ngakuta. The top class family of champion sprinters En Avant and Taban, among others

Lot 239 – out of a three time winning daughter of ill-fated sire success Tiger Ridge, this filly is from an outstanding female line, with her relatives including Horse Of The Year Able Friend, SA Gr1 winner Global News, and Australian Gr1 winning 2yos Reward For Effort and Overreach

Lot 240 – this is a filly with paddock value, with her dam being the Gr1 winning 2yo and classic winner On Her Toes (by leading sire and broodmare sire Badger Land) and her third dam, Pretty Falcon, being a former Broodmare Of The Year

Lot 242 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is from a top class Mauritzfontein family, with his dam being a Western Winter half sister to Gr1 performer Noblewood, with other notable performers from this family include top class Gr2 winner Syon, talented but ill-fated Premier’s Trophy hero Hundred Acre Wood and top class stayer Golden Oriole

Lot 292 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a Caesour sister to a stakes horse, and his dam is out of Gr1 Fillies Guineas winner State Treasure, whose numerous high class descendants include Gr1 winners Bilateral and Little Miss Magic and East Cape champion Blaze Of Fire

Lot 333 – this well bred colt is out of a three time winning three parts sister to Gr1 winner Love Is In The Air as well as the high class stakes winners Careful Landing, Jet Jamboree and Princess Ofthe Sky

Lot 345 – a half brother to 3 winners, including the stakes winning Princess Ofthe Sky, this colt is out of a Gr1 placed daughter of former SA Oaks winner Rootin’ Tootin and from the same family as high class Gr1 performers Love Is In The Air and Silver Flyer

Lot 359 – a half sister to a winner, this filly’s dam is a half sister to millionaire Omaha Beach and the Gr1 filly Next Spring. Third dam, Summer Classic, is the dam of none other than Gr1 July winner and Horse Of The Year Classic Flag

Lot 360 – a half sister to 7 winners, including 2 Gr1 performers, this filly’s half brother topped the 2014 2yo Sale when fetching R2.6 million. Her stakes placed dam, by top class broodmare sire Spectrum, is a half sister to a US graded winning millionaire and this is the same family as Irish Derby winner and successful sire Law Society

Lot 370 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt’s Oaks placed dam is a half sister to a 2yo stakes winner and hails from the family of champion sprinter Mythical Flight and his Gr3 winning half sister Mana Mou, with the latter now making waves through the deeds of her brilliant 2yo stakes winner Flying Myth

Lot 398 – this regally bred colt (a half brother to 2 smart winners including brilliant recent Egoli Mile winner Val Et Al) is out of a Gr1 placed daughter of Var and Gr1 Majorca Stakes winner Sarabande. The latter is also dam of July placed Gr2 winner Chesalon and stakes winner La Volta –a full sister to Valeta, dam of the colt on sale

Lot 400 – another superbly bred colt, he is out of a stakes winning daughter of Western Winter and outstanding broodmare Nacarat. This makes her an own sister to Gr1 performers Nania, Brutal Force and Red Ray, as well as the very exciting current 2yo Bishop’s Bounty, and she is also closely related to the outstanding multiple Gr1 winner Set Afire and former top class 2yo Kingvoldt

Lot 402 – out of a five time winning Var half sister to a stakes performer, this filly’s second dam is the talented Bellotto stakes winner Miss Unimac. All three of this filly’s first three dams could run, with her third dam being Australian Gr2 winner Lotkas Star

Lot 404 – a half sister to five winners, this filly’s second dam is a stakes winning daughter of Danehill (with who More Than Ready has done very well). Her second dam, granddam of European Gr1 winners Ectot and Most Improved), is also dam of French Gr3 winner Albisola, and this is the same female line as champion sprinter What A Winter and legendary sires Hyperion and Sir Tristram

Lot 405 – a half sister to 2 decent winners, this filly’s Gr3 placed dam Vermilion is an own sister to Gr1 Thekwini Stakes winner Nania, top sprinters Brutal Force and Red Ray, as well as this season’s hugely promising 2yo Bishop’s Bounty

Lot 439 – this filly is out of a winning half sister to Gr1 Empress Club Stakes winner Fair Maiden and her Gr2 winning own brother Braggadaccio, and she is from the great Olivia family with her relatives including the Gr1 winning siblings Alpha Omega and Final Claim

GITANO HERNANDO

From the same male line as Silvano and his promising sire son Bold Silvano, Gitano Hernando was an exceptional grobetrotting star, who banked over $2 000 000 during his travels. The handsome chestnut scored his signature wins in the Gr1 Singapore Airlines International Cup and Gr1 Goodwood Stakes, where he accounted for some outstanding opponents. Gitano, a half brother to the smart performer Battersea, has made a pleasing start to his stud career, with a number of promising 2yo performers to his credit, and he has five yearlings on sale:

Lot 167 – a half brother to 3 winners, including a stakes performer, this colt is out of a full sister to top class sprinter and Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Hcp winner Safe Structure, and his dam is also closely related to the National Assembly sired champion Historic Lady

Lot 330 – a half brother to four winners, including the very useful Silver Salver, this colt is out of a three parts sister to Gr2 Fillies Championship winner Philippa Johnson (dam of ill-fated Gr2 winner Chekilli), and his second dam is former champion 2yo Scented Royal (by champion broodmare sire Royal Prerogative out of Gr1 winner Diorissimo)

Lot 334 – from one of the best families in the stud book, this filly is out of a three time winning half sister to two stakes performers (one of whom produced high class stakes winner Easy Lover). Second dam is a Gr3 winner, and this filly is a direct descendant of US champion filly Revidere. The family of numerous high class performers include Gr1 winners and successful sires Boldnesian, Cryptoclearance and Harlan’s Holiday, as well as Canadian champion Marchfield

GO DEPUTY

A Grade One winning millionaire son of Deputy Minister from the family of influential US sires Fappiano and his son Quiet American, Go Deputy has enjoyed considerable success in South Africa from small crops to race. His first crop produced high class stakes winners Adobe Pink, Changingoftheguard and Pessoa, while Go Deputy’s current 3yos include brilliant Gr1 SA Classic and Gr2 Gauteng Guineas hero Abashiri, and the stakes winning Gr3 Prix Du Cap runner up Flying Ice. He has 2 lots on sale here:

Lot 106 – this royally bred colt, a half brother to four winners including a stakes winner of six, is out of a four time winning half sister to UAE Guineas placed and Broodmare Of The Year Akinfeet (dam of multiple Gr1 winning champion and sire Capetown Noir). This colt’s second dam is former Cape Fillies Guineas winner Dance Every Dance, and this colt’s first three dams are by Western Winter, Northern Guest and Jungle Cove respectively

Lot 178 – this chestnut colt is out of a winning own sister to ill-fated Gr2 winning 2yo Buran and Gr1 performer Ice Belle. A close relative of the talented Gogetthesheriff, this colt’s second dam is Gr2 (now Gr1) Majorca Stakes winner Trojan Belle and his third dam is Gr1 winner Helenita – dam of Cape Guineas winner Little Ballerina

GOLDEN SWORD

By six times Gr1 winner and sadly now deceased top sire High Chaparral (whose champion son So You Think has made a sensational start to his stud career), the record breaking Golden Sword was a top class racehorse who won the Gr3 Chester Vase and finished second to multiple Gr1 winner Fame And Glory in the Irish Derby. Very closely related to Gr1 winners Alexandrova and Magical Romance, Golden Sword is from the same family as former SA Champion Sire Royal Prerogative. He has one on offer:

Lot 135 – this blue blooded filly, whose dam is a Silvano half sister to champion 2yo Asylum Seeker, is very closely related to the great Horse Chestnut, who like the filly on offer is by a Sadler’s Wells line sire, and who, like the filly on offer, traces back to Nalatale

GREAT BRITAIN

Winner of the now Gr1 Al Quoz Sprint, the royally bred Great Britain, by Green Desert out of champion Park Appeal, is a full brother to champion sire and Gr1 winning miler Cape Cross. The latter’s legacy includes the great Epsom classic winners Golden Horn, Ouija Board and sire sensation Sea The Stars among others. From limited opportunities, Great Britain is beginning to show his worth, with his first crop including Gr1 performer Mystical Twilight and his second the useful 2yo winner Great Waves. He has 2 yearlings on sale:

Lot 311 –this filly is a half sister to four winners, including Gr1 winning 2yo and Fillies Guineas winner On Her Toes. From a top class family, her second dam, Broodmare of The Year Pretty Falcon, is dam of Gr1 winners Follow The Falcon and Savannah Queen

 

HIGH CHAPARRAL

The six time winner and dual Derby winning son of the great Sadler’s Wells though now deceased, continues to make his mark on the stud book. A world class sire, High Chaparral’s top progeny include 10 time Gr1 winner and hot young sire So You Think, dual European Gr1 winning miler Toronado, six time Gr1 winner Dundeel, Breeders Cup winner Wrote and numerous other Gr1 winners. He is also becoming a top class broodmare sire, with his daughters having already produced the top flight winners The Wow Signal and Suavito. He has one yearling on sale:

Lot 385 – out of a mare by triple champion sire Giant’s Causeway, this filly’s dam is a half sister to Hong Kong Gr1 winner Sweet Orange, and this is the family of European champion filly Crimplene among others

 

HORSE CHESTNUT

The former Triple Crown and J&B Met winner has established himself both as a successful sire and top class broodmare sire. Not only is the son of Fort Wood sire of such Gr1 winners as Lucifer’s Stone and Chestnuts N Pearls, but Horse Chestnut is also broodmare sire of recent Gr1 Canadian International winner Cannock Chase, as well as 2016 J&B Met winner Smart Call. The legend has 7 yearlings for sale here:

Lot 19 – from one of the best families in the Australian stud book, this filly is out of a three time winning half sister to the Fort Wood sired Gr2 winner Cask. There are group winners aplenty under third dam Christmas Spirit, including multiple Gr1 winner Bentley Biscuit, and this is the famed Denise’s Joy family, responsible for champion sire Thorn Park, very promising young sire Stryker, and former SA sprinter star Joie de Grise, among many others

Lot 97 – a three parts brother to a winner, this colt’s dam is a half sister to the lightning fast Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery winner Fun Fly and her Gr1 full sister Angel Flight and this is the same family as none other than dual Horse Of The Year and Hong Kong Gr1 winner Variety Club

Lot 165 – a half brother to a useful winner, this colt is out of a Johannesburg half sister to Gr2 winning juvenile Tempted, and his second dam is a stakes winning daughter of champion sire and broodmare sire Southern Halo

Lot 181 – a half sister to a very useful 2yo filly, this filly is out of a half sister to Gr2 Fillies Guineas winner Rei Rei (who like the filly on sale is by a Sadler’s Wells line sire). A direct descendant of South Africa’s most influential broodmare –Drohsky

Lot 332 – a half brother to 5 winners, which include 2 stakes performers, this colt (bred on the potent Sadler’s Wells/Habitat cross) is out of a top class stakes winner, who won five including the Ladies Mile

Lot 338 – out of a three time winning half sister to the smart stakes winner Battlestar Express, this filly is from the family of Cape Guineas winner and champion sire Captain Al, and is very closely related to the latter’s Gr1 winning Fort Wood sired half sister Shadow Dancing

Lot 424 – a filly with tons of paddock value, she is an own sister to Gr3 winner Chestnut’s Rocket and she is also a direct descendant of the outstanding broodmare Sun Lass

IDEAL WORLD

The stakes winning Ideal World is one of the best bred sires currently standing at stud in South Africa. A son of the late, great Kingmambo and a half brother to a French Gr1 winner, Ideal World is out of a champion own sister to champion sire Dansili. Ideal World is more than living up to expectations at stud, with his first crop having produced the Breeders’ Cup bound Gr1 J&B Met winner Smart Call and his second crop yielding Gr1 filly Persian Rug and the talented Free State. This exciting prospect has nine yearlings on sale:

Lot 74 – this filly, whose dam, by world leading broodmare sire Spectrum, won three, received a major boost to her pedigree when close relative Heaps Of Fun won the Gr2 Gauteng Fillies Guineas. Other notable performers on this page includes champions In The Fast Lane and Trademark, as well as US Gr3 winning filly Consumer Credit

Lot 78 – a half sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of a daughter of two champions (Fantastic Light and Esperada) and is from the famed E family, which is responsible for such outstanding fillies as Ecurie, Escoleta Fitz and former Horse Of The Year Empress Club

Lot 122 – out of a Gr3 winning daughter of seven time champion sire Jet Master, this colt’s second dam is an eight time winning daughter of successful broodmare sire Rambo Dancer (damsire of Gr1 winners Love Struck and Seal)

Lot 183 – this regally bred colt is out of an eight time stakes winning daughter of Var, and a full sister to Gr1 performer Valeta (dam of promising Egoli Mile winner Val Et Al) and July placed Chesalon. His second dam is none other than Gr1 Majorca Stakes winner Sarabande –a daughter of champion sprinter Goldmark

Lot 253 – a filly with plenty of paddock value, this filly is a half sister to 5 winners, including Equus Champion and Gr1 Vodacom Durban July winner Heavy Metal, and this is the top family of such stand out fillies as Gr1 winning 2yo For The Lads, Skin Tight and Tight Drums

Lot 302 – inbred to Danzig (as are over 30 Gr1 winners worldwide), this colt is out of Gr3 Magnolia Handicap winner Run Angel Run and he hails from the same family as ill-fated champion Aquanaut and the latter’s classic winning half brother Agitator. The mighty Drohsky female line responsible for such stars as Bold Speed, Ocean City, Sea Cottage, Senor Santa, Warning Zone and recent Aus Gr3 winner Pittsburgh Flyer

Lot 318 – out of a winning daughter of champion sire Jallad and stakes winning 2yo Miss Mischief, this filly is from the family of ill-fated US Gr1 winner Citronnade –who, like this filly on offer, is by a son of the mighty Kingmambo

Lot 320 – out of a Western Winter half sister to 3 stakes winners, including champion Monyela, as well as the dam of this season’s Cape Classic winner Eighth Wonder, this filly is from the family of the legendary Horse Chestnut –who is broodmare sire of Ideal World’s great daughter Smart Call

Lot 386 – this well related filly, a full sister to 2 winners, is an own sister to the stakes winner Peep Show, and hails from the family of Gr1 winners Colonial Girl, English Garden and Lord Shirldor, as well as promising 3yo filly and recent feature race winner Peggy Jay

JAY PEG

A globetrotting champion and Gr1 winner in three different countries, Jay Peg is enjoying a purple patch of success with his 3yos this season. The A P Indy grandson, whose previous best include top 2yo filly Hot Affair and Nursery winner Flash Drive, has some top class sophomores representing him this year including R2.78 million earner Victorious Jay, Listed KZN Guineas Trial hero Exit Here, Gr1 filly She’s A Dragon and Gr3 Jacaranda Handicap winner Peggy Jay, among others. The champ has 8 on offer:

Lot 41 – this well bred filly is out of a five time winning own sister to ill-fated flying machine Diana’s Choice, Gr2 performer Straw Market and this season’s high class stakes 3yo Fly Like The Wind. A superb international family whose members include Arc winner Gold River, champion Royal Rebel and triple Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Goldikova

Lot 69 – a half brother to 3 winners, including Gr3 Godolphin Barb runner up Fly At Em, this colt is out of a half sister to the Bold Ruler lined sired Gr1 winner Fiery Fred. This colt traces back directly to arguably the most important broodmare of the 20th century – La Troienne

Lot 134 – inbred to Al Mufti (like Jay Peg’s graded winners Flash Drive and Hot Affair), this filly, a half sister to 2 winners, is out of a full sister to Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery winner Hidden Beauty and from the same family as that’s filly’s sire, and champion, Victory Moon

Lot 227 – a half sister to 7 winners, including recent Gr3 Byerley Turk winner Mambo Mime, this filly is out of a daughter of top sire and broodmare sire Miswaki (damsire of Galileo, Hernando and Sea The Stars) and champion Susurration. Bred on the famed A P Indy/Mr Prospector cross, this filly is intensely inbred to one of history’s greatest broodmare sires –Buckpasser

Lot 343 – another colt inbred to Buckpasser, he is out of a winning half sister to Gr3 winning 2yo Cree Lodge and the latter’s high class own brother Orchard House, and his third dam is a half sister to 2 Gr1 winners, including champion Hidden Fortune

Lot 346 – out of a smart racemare, who was runner up in the Gr3 Final Fling Stakes, this filly is a direct descendant of SA Oaks winner Serena –dam of Gr1 Sword Dancer Handicap winner and sire Broadway Flyer, and this is also the family of champion filly Lady Windermere and the top class fillies Royal Aproval and Royal Fantasy

Lot 430 – this well bred colt is out of a three time winning daughter of champion sire Jet Master and Gr2 winner Cholula – with the latter being a full sister to Gr1 Classic winner Topa Inca and a three parts sister to Gr2 hero Royal Line

Lot 431 – this colt is out of a Jet Master half sister to a stakes performer, and is from the family of high class performers Hard Ball and Marlin Bay

JUDPOT

An A P Indy half brother to Kingmambo, Judpot is living up to his illustrious bloodlines at stud. South Africa’s Equus Outstanding Stallion with one crop to race, Judpot’s first crop included Gr1 winners Along Came Polly (an Equus Champion) and Forest Indigo, while his next crop produced Gr2 Supreme Cup hero Deputy Jud, as well as the top class fillies Double Whammy and Little Genie. Judpot’s current 3yos include impressive Gr1 SA Fillies Classic winner Juxtapose and he is firmly established as a top class sire.The son of A P Indy also has some very promising 3yos to his name this year, including Juxtapose and Rocketball. Judpot has 22 yearlings on sale:

Lot 31 – this classically bred filly (inbred to the great sire Nureyev) is out of a Caesour half sister to Oaks winner Carolina Cherry (dam of champion and Triple Tiara winner Cherry On The Top and Gr3 winner Cherry On The Cake). The family of top fillies Royal Aproval and Royal Fantasy, who are daughters of Al Mufti –a very close relative of Judpot’s own sire A P Indy

Lot 59 – a half sister to four winners, this filly is out of a Gr2 winning half sister to Gr1 winning 2yo champion Consensual (whose 2yo daughter Just Sensual ran second on debut recently) Another half sister to this filly’s dam is the dam of Gr1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship winner Give Me Five

Lot 73 – a full brother to a smart stakes performer, this colt’s siblings also include Gr3 juvenile Jack Hobbs and another three time winner. His Rich Man’s Gold sired dam is a half sister to SA Fillies Classic winner (now Gr1) winner Caughtintheslips and this colt is also a three parts brother to ill-fated Gr1 SA Classic runner up Mister Cricket

Lot 90 – a half sister to 3 winners (one of whom has won six), this filly (bred on the same cross as champion Along Came Polly) is out of a three time winning daughter of Model Man and Gr3 winner Foverflo –a half sister to Horse Of The Year and multiple champion sprinter Flobayou

Lot 125 – a half brother to four winners, including a stakes placed 2yo, this colt is out of a winning daughter of champion sire Western Winter and Gr3 winning speedball Happy Harriet, with the latter being a daughter of top speed influence National Assembly and flying machine Happy Heiress. The family of Gr1 winning 2yo Happy Valentine (subsequently a winner in France) and globetrotting champion Starcraft

Lot 131 – this well bred colt is a half brother to recent Swallow Stakes winner Mambonick, and out of a Var half sister to 3 black type performers. This is a top class family whose members include Irish 2000 Guineas winner and promising sire Roderic O’Connor, dual Gold Cup hero Gildoran, champion Durtal and Arc winners Carnegie and Detroit. Also the family of recent Gr1 NZ Derby third and hugely promising 3yo Raghu

Lot 171 – a half brother to a recent winner, this blue blooded colt is out of a Fort Wood stakes winning half sister to Gr2 winner and exciting sire Master Of My Fate. Bred on the same cross as Gr1 winning 2yo Forest Indigo, this colt’s second dam is champion and multiple Gr1 winner Promisefrommyheart, and this is the mighty Soho Secret family

Lot 179 – out of a five time stakes winner by top broodmare sire Model Man, this colt is from the same family as 16 time Gr2 winner Bound By Honour and Gr1 Computaform Sprint heroine Noble Heir and he traces back directly to arguably South Africa’s foremost blue hen mare Drohsky

Lot 205 – this blue blooded colt is out of a four time winning Jet Master half sister to 2 stakes performers, and his second dam, by champion sire and top broodmare sire Jallad, is a Gr3 winning daughter of Oaks winner Taineberry. This is the family of Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Solo Traveller and current exciting 3yo Flying Ice, with the latter being aimed at some of the bigger KZN races this season

Lot 218 – out of a Silvano mare, this filly’s dam is a full sister to Gr2 winner speedster Mochachino and a half sister to Gr1 Computaform Sprint runner up Mocha Java. This filly, whose relatives also include Gr1 July winner Hunting Tower, is from a truly great family with her relatives including hugely influential US sires Fappiano and Quiet American, as well as red hot SA sire Go Deputy

Lot 316 – another bred like Gr1 winning 2yo Forest Indigo, this colt (a half brother to a winner) is out of a winning own sister to Gr1 filly Secret Heart (dam of Breeders’ Cup winner and exciting young sire Pluck) and a half sister to champion Promisefrommyheart (dam of another exciting young sire in Master Of My Fate) and Gr1 winner Covenant

Lot 321 – a half brother to a recent 2yo winner, this colt is out of a three time winning daughter of top class broodmare sire Rich Man’s Gold and Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas runner up Silky Dancer

Lot 339 – a half sister to a three time winner, this filly is out of a six time winning daughter of champion sire Jet Master. With her second dam being a daughter of champion sire and broodmare sire Al Mufti, this filly is inbred to breedshaping matron Lassie Dear

Lot 348 – a half sister to the very talented 3yo Bull Valley, impressive winner of the Gr3 Man OWar Sprint, this filly is out of a Gr3 daughter of Saumarez (damsire of Epsom Derby winner Authorized). Her relatives include star filly Control Freak as well as former Horse Of The Year Model Man – the damsire of Judpot’s champion daughter Along Came Polly

Lot 355 – a half brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a Model Man half sister to Gr1 winner Thundering Star and top class filly Olympic Storm. His second dam is a stakes winning full sister to Gr1 Daily News hero Flying Duel and his third dam, an own sister to champion and July winner Dancing Duel, is the mighty champion Olympic Duel – who won no fewer than seven Gr1 races

Lot 366 – a brother to 3 winners (and own brother to a five time winner), this colt is out of a full sister to SA Oaks winner and Gr1 producer Cyber Cento and Gr3 winner Oratory. From the family of top international performer The Wonder, this colt is bred on the same AP Indy/Alydar cross as US Gr1 winners A P Valentine and Secret Status

Lot 382 – this beautifully bred filly is out of a Trippi half sister to multiple Gr1 winner Thunder Dance, with her second dam being a Fort Wood Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winning half sister to none other than Gr1 Cape Guineas winner and champion sire Captain Al. Third dam is Broodmare Of The Year Off To War

Lot 415 – a half brother to multiple stakes winner and R600 000 plus earner Paddy O’Reilly, this well related colt is out of a winning half sister to a 12 time stakes winner and is from the family of European stars Ali-Royal, Croco Rouge, Sleepytime and Taipan. Also the family of champions Aptitude and Slew O’Gold –who, like the colt on sale, are male line descendants of Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew

Lot 424 – a half brother to seven winners, including Gr1 placed Gr3 Cape Classic hero Chave De Oura, this colt is out of former Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint winner Wonderful World, a daughter of the top class broodmare sire Complete Warrior (damsire of among others champion sire Captain Al)

Lot 433 – a full sister to a useful winner, this filly (inbred to Nureyev) is out of an own sister to Golden Slipper and US Gr3 winner Alexandra Rose, and a half sister to stakes winner Alexandra Palace and Gr1 classic performer Pavlovich. This filly is also a three parts sister to Jupot’s Gr1 Golden Horseshoe winning son Forest Indigo

Lot 440 – this beautifully bred filly is not only by Judpot –but she is from his immediate family as well. This tremendous family is not only responsible for Breeders’ Cup champion and super producer Miesque (dam of Judpot) but also fellow Breeders’ Cup Mile winners Karakontie and Six Perfections, as well as champion 2yo Rumplestiltskin and her Gr1 winning daughter Tapestry and former Gr1 Thekwini Stakes winner Amanee. This remarkable family gained another significant boost when Real Steel won the Gr1 Dubai Turf this year

JUST AS WELL

This well bred horse is a Gr1 winning son of Horse Of The Year and dual champion sire A P Indy, whose top class sire sons include Bernardini, Malibu Moon, Pulpit and local success story Judpot. Just As Well, whose dam is a Gr1 winning daughter of Nureyev (damsire of also of Kingmambo and Zabeel), is a half brother to champion 2yo filly Rainbow View. He has made a pleasing start to his stud career with Just As Well’s smart first crop yielding the Gr1 contenders Just As I Said and Well In Flight. His second crop includes impressive recent winner Chili Con Carne. Just As Well has 2 lots on sale:

Lot 6 – this colt, whose dam won three, is out of an own sister to the brilliant graded winning filly Lazer Star and his second dam, by the once defeated Sri Pekan, was a top class filly who finished second in the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas

Lot 261 – this well bred colt, bred on the famed A P Indy/Mr Prospector cross, is out of a ten time stakes winning mare, whose by perennial leading sire Kahal. The family of Gr1 winners Gluwein and Zeeno, as well as current star Ice Machine

KAHAL

The National Sale will give buyers one of the last chances to acquire yearlings by the late Kahal. A perennial leading sire, whose fillies and colts both shone, the son of Machiavellian’s legacy includes 19 Gr1 horses, highlighted by such top flight performers as Bold Ellinore, Chocolicious, Desert Links, Love Struck, Noble Heir and Spiced Gold- among others. To date, Kahal’s offspring (who won at the highest level from 1000-3200m) have amassed over R93 million- and counting! The former KZN stalwart has 21 lots on sale:

Lot 18 – this well bred colt (closely inbred to Danzig) is out of a four time winning half sister to Gr1 Gold Challenge winner and R1.4 million earner National Spirit. This is a top class family, whose members include former Horse Of The Year Classic Flag

Lot 23 – a half sister to six winners, one of whom won seven, this filly is out of a daughter of the great champion Vesta, whose eight career wins included three at Gr1 level. The family of classy stakes winning fillies Roman Fantasy (dam of Gr2 winner Roman Charger) and Rush For John

Lot 35 – a half brother to 3 winners, including the very highly rated, and Gr3 Man OWar Sprint runner up,African Ruler, this colt is out of Caesour’s top class Gr2 winning daughter Chant De Nuit and is bred on the same Kahal/Caesour cross as Gr2 Drill Hall Stakes winner Tales Of Bravery

Lot 67 – this well bred filly is out of a Fort Wood three parts sister to Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Indiscreet Fantasy, and her dam is also a half sister to three other stakes horses including top sprinter Malinga

Lot 81 – a half sister to three winners, this filly’s siblings include none other than Gr2 Umkhomazi Stakes winner Colour Of Courage and she traces back directly in female line to Gr2 Coronation Stakes winner St Lucia. The family of Arc de Triomphe winner and top notch broodmare sire Saumarez as well as top class filly Lush Lashes

Lot 99 – another inbred to Danzig, this colt is out of a three time winning three parts sister to top class stakes winner and broodmare of the year Trade Enquiry, whose progeny include the Gr1 winners Bedloe’s Island, Buy And Sell and Count The Money. The colt’s second dam is a daughter of top class broodmare sire Secret Prospector –damsire of champions Elusive Fort and Variety Club

Lot 109 – a half sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of a Gr2 placed daughter of triple US champion sire Giant’s Causeway (also damsire of Equus champ Soft Falling Rain). Interestingly, Giant’s Causeway’s top sire son Shamardal is out of a mare by Machiavellian –the sire of Kahal. The family of US Gr1 winner and sire of Lava Man, Slew City Slew

Lot 110 – out of a winning Goldkeeper half sister to Gr1 2yo Six Blue Notes, this colt is from the same family as champions Jay Peg and Kochka, as well as top sprinter National Title, Gr1 performer Lucky Find and recent Gr3 Final Fling Stakes winner Cat And The Moon

Lot 120 – this beautifully bred filly is out of a Fort Wood half sister to champion 2yo filly Asylum Seeker and three other stakes horses, as well as the dam of Dubai based Gr3 winner Whistle Stop. Her dam is also very closely related to Fort Wood’s greatest son Horse Chestnut

Lot 124 – this blue blooded colt is out of dual Gr1 winner Happy Archer, a daughter of world leading sire Dubawi who earned over R1.3 million in stakes, Happy Archer herself is a half sister to a Gr3 placed stakes winner in Australia and her dam is an own sister to a Gr2 winner who finished third in the Gr1 Oaks

Lot 164 – this filly is out of a Jet Master winning half sister to a stakes winner, with her second dam being a daughter of Model Man (damsire of Kahal’s July runner up Smanjemanje). Her third dam is a Gr1 winning daughter of Dancing Champ and this is the family of Equus Champion 2yo Colt Argonaut

Lot 168 – a half sister to 4 winners, and bred on the same cross as Kahal’s stakes winners Classic Illusion, Majestic Sun and Sun City, this filly’s dam is a full sister to Gr1 J&B Met winner Zebra Crossing, and a half sister to Gr1 winner African Lion and champion Circle Of Life (dam of current Gr1 performer Deo Juvente)

Lot 252 – this colt is a three parts brother to Kahal’s Gr2 Emerald Cup winner The Mousketeer, who banked over R1.2 million, his winning dam also being a half sister to the stakes winning 2yo Lt Jerry Mouse. The family of numerous Gr1 winners, including legendary SA champion Politician and English classic winner Ragusa

Lot 263 – a half brother to 5 winners, this colt (also bred on the Kahal/Jallad cross) has an interesting pedigree, with his family being that of his outstanding damsire Jallad, as well as champion filly Princess Victoria and her talented Gr2 winning half sister Princess Royal

Lot 265 – a half brother to four winners, including the stakes winner King Neptune, this colt is out of a half sister to the Gr1 winners Stellite and Zirconeum, with his second dam being a daughter of top sire Kenmare and high class Australian filly Paklani

Lot 266 – a half sister to a smart three time winner (and bred on the potent Kahal/Jallad cross), this filly is out of a Gr3 placed (at 2) half sister to Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Pointing North and from the family of millionaire and top sprinter Blue Tiger, Gr1 Computaform Sprint hero Rodoille and record breaking Gr1 Queen’s Plate winner Wainui

Lot 308 – out of a classic placed mare who won seven, this filly’s dam is a half sister to 3 stakes horses, including former Gr1 Summer Cup runner up Shogunnar and high class Gr1 filly Admiral’s Eye. This is the family of Arc winner and outstanding sire Vaguely Noble, Gr1 winninng 2yos Arabian Beat and Casamento, as well as record breaking, R6 000 000 buy Silver Coin

Lot 310 – out of a Gr3 placed half sister to a stakes performer, this filly (whose first three dams are all black type performers) is from the same family as Horse Of The Year Legislate, top sprinter Black Skimmer and Gr1 winning filly Roxanne

Lot 363 – out of a half sister to a stakes performer, this filly is out of a daughter of champion sire Jet Master and Gr3 winner Honour And Glory. She is also very closely related to Kahal’s Gr1 winning daughter Noble Heir

Lot 413 – this colt is out of a daughter of Jet Master and a stakes placed Foveros mare and from the family of champions Imperious Sue and Victory Moon, as well as the high class performers Imbongi, Royal Air Force and Imperious Star

Lot 426 – this colt (also bred like millionaire Tales Of Bravery) is out of a stakes placed Caesour half sister to 2 stakes horses, and from the same family as champions Enchantress, Harry’s Charm, Laverna and National Currency

KILDONAN

An unbeaten champion at two, and record breaking Gr1 winner at three, Kildonan hails from the powerful Forty Niner male line –also responsible for leading sires Distorted Humor and Trippi, among others. From limited opportunities, this handsome champion has sired a number of high class performers including champion filly Rosier and high class stakes performer Night In Tahiti. He has 2 lots on offer:

Lot 14 – this colt is out of a seven time winning stakes placed granddaughter of the great Danehill. Out of a mare who is intensely inbred to the great Danzig, this colt’s third dam is a graded stakes winner in North America.

Lot 79 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a stakes winning daughter of top sprinter and leading sire Var, and this is the same family as last season’s Gr1 Irish Derby winner Jack Hobbs, who stays in training in 2016

 

LOPE DE VEGA

A dual classic winner and successful in both the French 2000 Guineas and Derby, Lope De Vega is one of Europe’s most exciting young sires. His first crop yielded champions Belardo and Hero Look, with subsequent crops producing the high class performer Blue De Vega, and he is also responsible for hugely promising Aus 2yo French Fern. Lope De Vega’s daughter Very Special won both this year’s Gr2 Cape Verdi and Gr2 Balanchine Stakes in Dubai. He has one lot on offer:

Lot 15 – like recent US graded winner Converge, this colt is inbred to the legendary sire Storm Cat. He is out of a out a half sister to 3 US stakes winners, including Gr2 winner Satans Quick Chick. He is from the family of major international performers Colonial Affair, Declaration Of War, Glad Rags II and Union Rags, as well as former SA Oaks winner Idle Fancy

MAIN AIM

Like leading young sires Querari and Showcasing, Main Aim is a son of champion sprinter Oasis Dream, who recently celebrated his 100th stakes winner. Main Aim was a top class performer and dual Gr3 winner who also finished second in Britain’s sprint premiership –the Gr1 July Cup. Bred on the same Danzig/Sharpen Up cross as leading sire Danehill Dancer, Main Aim is from the same female line as breed shaping sires Mr Prospector, Seattle Slew and Tourbillon. He has 3 on offer:

Lot 160 – a half sister to a winner, this well related filly is out of a Dynasty half sister to Fillies Guineas winner Sally Bowles, herself dam of US Gr3 winner Consumer Credit. This is the wonderful Party Time family which has produced such top class fillies as First Arrival, Lambarina and Equus Champion In The Fast Lane, as well as this season’s Gr2 Fillies Guineas winner Heaps Of Fun

Lot 219 – a half sister to a five time winner, this filly is out of a Fort Wood own sister to dual Gr1 winner Forest Path and Gr2 winner Reef Road and hails from the family of champion and July winner Spanish Galliard

Lot 225 – inbred to the mighty Danzig, this colt is out of a winning own sister to the talented stakes winner Formation and this is the family of champions Kochka and Jay Peg, as well as talented Danzig line sprinter National Title

MAMBO IN SEATTLE

A stakes winner and runner up (by a short head) in the Gr1 Travers Stakes, Mambo In Seattle is one of the best bred sires at stud in South Africa. The son of leading sire Kingmambo is out of a full sister to Horse Of The Year and dual US champion sire A P Indy and is also a three parts brother to US champ and leading sire Lemon Drop Kid. He has made a promising start at stud, with his first crop producing multiple Gr1 winner Same Jurisdiction and Gr3 winner Fortune Fella and his second the stakes winning Mambonick. He has 14 lots on sale:

Lot 11 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a stakes placed own sister to Gr1 filly My Squeeza, the latter being the dam of millionaire and Gr1 filly Trophy Wife, who was sired by Mambo’s very close relative Tiger Ridge

Lot 13 – a half sister to a very smart filly in the making, this filly is out of a winning half sister to July winning Equus Champion Bold Silvano, who currently ranks as one of South Africa’s leading first crop sires. Her second dam is by Mambo’s close relative Al Mufti –which makes this filly inbred to the great mare Lassie Dear

Lot 114 – out of a stakes placed daughter of successful broodmare sire Goldkeeper, this filly is from an outstanding family, with her relatives including SA Gr1 winners Arabian Lass and Arabian Beat, R6 000 000 colt Silver Coin, Gr1 winning 2yo Casamento and the legendary Vaguely Noble

Lot 118 – this well bred colt, bred on the famed Kingmambo/Sadler’s Wells cross –responsible for this year’s Met winner, is a half brother to current Gr3 winning 3yo Eighth Wonder and 2 other winners and is out of a full sister to champion Monyela and a three parts sister to champion Horse Chestnut

Lot 202 – a half brother to four winners, this colt is out of a stakes placed full sister to Gr3 winners Azauga and Golden Corn, and is from the same family as European champion, and multiple Gr1 winner Ramonti

Lot 236 – a half sister to 2 winners, this filly’s dam, by champion sire and broodmare sire Fort Wood, is a full sister to Gr3 winner Overbearing and a half sister to Gr1 winners Alpha Omega and Final Claim, another bred on the potent Kingmambo/Sadler’s Wells cross

Lot 251 – this well bred colt is a half brother to 4 winners including Gr2 Merchants hero Triptique and is from the family of Gr1 winners Counter Action, Divine Fashion and Perfect Order among others

Lot 262 – this well bred filly, intensely inbred to Weekend Surprise as is champion Stevie Wonderboy and current high class 3yo Lewis Bay, is out a stakes placed winner who is from the same family as Horse Of The Year and successful sire Model Man, among others

Lot 306 – a half sister to five winners, this filly is out of a four time own sister to 2yo stakes winner, and from the family of champion Royal Chalice and such Gr1 winners as Honour The Guest, Nania, and Set Afire, as well as the very promising 2yo Bishop’s Bounty

Lot 374 – this filly, also bred on Kingmambo/Sadler’s Wells cross, is out of a Gr1 placed stakes winning half sister to Gr3 Algoa Cup runner up Orchestrated, and her second dam is a Gr3 winning half sister to Gr3 winner I Do. Nice inbred to the great mare My Charmer

Lot 383 – a half brother to a very useful filly, this colt is out of a Silvano half sister to Gr2 Charity Mile winner Alderry and former Dubai star Royal Vintage, and his first three dams are by Silvano, Fort Wood and Royal Prerogative respectively

Lot 394 – inbred to the mighty sires Mr Prospector and Nureyev, this filly is out of a daughter of Gr1 Garden Province Stakes winner Final Claim –a half sister to Gr1 winner Alpha Omega

Lot 396 – this colt is a half brother to 4 winners including Listed Michael Roberts Handicap winner Alghadeer

Lot 435 – like current Kentucky Derby favourite Mohaymen, this filly is inbred to the great Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew. A half sister to 2 winners, he is out of a Pulpit half sister to US Gr1 winning sprinter Snow Ridge and this is also the family of recent US Gr1 winners Embellish The Lace and Materiality

MANDURO

Described by French trainer Andre Fabre as the best he has trained, Manduro was a superb racehorse, whose 10 wins included three Gr1 wins, and who thumped the mighty Dylan Thomas when he won the Gr1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes. The son of champion sire Monsun is now also enjoying success at stud –his stakes winners last year included the impressive French Group 1 winners Ultra (a classic hope in 2016) and Vazirabad, among others.

Lot 417 – this filly, a half sister to 8 winners –one of whom won 8, is out of a Gone West half sister to a US Gr2 winner and is from the family of flying French Group 1 winner Silver Fling, with her fourth dam being former US champion 2yo Queen Empress –and this is also the family of former Breeders’ Cup winner Jewel Princess

MIESQUE’S APPROVAL

A US Champion and Breeders’ Cup Mile winner, Miesque’s Approval is a consistent sire of winners and high class stakes performers. The sire of such graded winners as J’s Outsider, Judicial and the subsequently exported Eton Square, Miesque’s Approval (whose progeny excel on both turf and polytrack) recently made headlines when his promising son Humidor set a new track record over 1200m at Scottsville.

Lot 288 – this well related filly is a half sister to six time winner and Gr3 placed filly African Dream and is out of a four time winning half sister to Gr2 Emerald Cup winner Meadow Magic. This is the family of former Horse Of The Year and exciting young sire Irish Flame, among others

MOGOK

One of the best bred sires at stud, Mogok, whose half brother is the breed shaping legend Machiavellian, is a consistent sire of high class performers of both sexes. The son of Storm Cat’s lengthy list of high class performers US Gr1 winner Gypsy’s Warning, champion and young sire The Apache, Gr1 winner Orbison, and the tragically ill-fated champion Wild One. Mogok also has a really smart looking 2yo to his credit this season in debut winner Over Sure. He has nine yearlings on offer:

Lot 10 – is a colt bound to prove popular, being a full brother to Gr1 Champions Cup winner Orbison. His dam, by the great sire and broodmare sire Foveros, is an own sister to an SA Oaks winner and this is also the family of graded stakes winners Fairyinthewoods, Mount Hood and Tarn Fairy, among others

Lot 208 – this choicely bred filly is out of a winning own sister to Gr1 winning miler and miler National Spirit. Her dam is also bred on very similar lines to July winner and former Horse Of The Year Classic Flag, among others

Lot 221 – this filly is a full sister to top class overseas performers sired by Mogok, in Meteor Mike and Armstrong’s Girl respectively and she hails from the immediate family of November Handicap winner Jungle Sands, among others

Lot 268 – this is a half brother to six winners, three of whom are stakes performers, including high class stakes winner Formation. His dam, by Gr1 broodmare sire Centenary, won five and this is the family of champions Jay Peg and Kochka, with the latter, like the colt on sale, being sired by a son of Storm Cat

Lot 278 – this filly, whose dam is by top class broodmare sire Qui Danzig, is out of a four time winning half sister to stakes winning sprinter Miller Time. The family of top class filly Lemon and Lime.

Lot 329 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a half sister to a Gr1 winner in Argentina. Inbred to the great sire and broodmare sire Halo, his dam (by champion sire and broodmare sire Southern Halo) is from the family of Kentucky Oaks winner Lemons Forever as well as recent US Gr1 winner Unbridled Forever

Lot 369 – a full brother to a Gr3 placed winner of seven, this colt is out of a winning daughter of champion sire and broodmare sire Al Mufti, and he hails from the family of July winner Devon Air, Gr1 performer She’s On Fire and Gr1 winning speedster August Rush (with the latter, like the colt on sale, a male line descendant of Storm Cat)

Lot 375 – a half brother to the very talented Gr2 Senor Santa Handicap winner Talktothestars, this colt (also a sibling to 3 other winners) is from an outstanding Argentinian family, with his numerous high class relatives including champion Team

Lot 420 – a full sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of the Fillies Guineas placed mare Winter Ade, a daughter of champion sire Western Winter and the stakes winning 2yo Light Fandango. This is also the family of the top class Gr1 filly Jet Aglow among others

MUHTAFAL

Muhtafal was a top class sire, who did extremely well despite being represented by relatively small numbers. Damsire of brilliant recent debut winner Call Me Winter, Muhtafal’s numerous top class performers included Equus Champion Let’s Rock ‘N’ Roll, Gr1 winners Disappear and Outcome, as well as the high class graded winners First Again, Fair Brutus, Side By Side, Tuscan Elegance, and Veiled Essence. He has 1 lot on sale:

Lot 209 – out of a Gr3 placed winner of four, this colt’s dam (by a Danzig horse) is very closely related to high class Danzig line graded winners Hard Rock and Gr1 winner Potent Power, with the latter having subsequently won 3 times in Hong Kong

NOORDHOEK FLYER

Himself a former National Sales graduate, Noordhoek Flyer is a dual Guineas winning son of one of the world’s leading sires –Pivotal (also sire of French sire sensation Siyouni). From an outstanding family, whose members include the likes of Mukhdram, Just The Judge and late, great sire Volksraad, Noordhoek Flyer is a consistent fixture among the sires of winners, with his progeny including this season’s very exciting 2yo filly Felicity Flyer. He has 2 lots on sale:

Lot 27 – a half brother to five winners, this colt is bred on similar lines to Pivotal’s Gr1 Dubai World Cup winner African Story (who is from the same family as Noordhoek Flyer). His dam, by triple champion sire Western Winter, is a full sister to multiple Gr1 winner Set Afire and a half sister to Gr1 Summer Cup winner Rudra. She is also a three parts sister to the talented siblings Nania, Red Ray, Brutal Force and current 2yo hope Bishop’s Bounty

Lot 151 – an own sister to a winner, this filly is out of a winning half sister to none other than champion and former July winner Eyeofthetiger, as well as Gr2 winning 2yo Best Chris. Her second dam was a top class Gr1 winner in Brazil

PATHFORK

An unbeaten champion at two, Pathfork, like leading sires Sir Ivor, Roberto, El Prado, and Dubawi, won the National Stakes. He is a son of champion US sire Distorted Humor, whose sons have won all three legs of the US Triple Crown. Pathfork, who hails from the same family as champion sires Northern Guest, Redoute’s Choice and Try My Best, has made a flying start to his stud career with his first winners including such smart sorts as Corker, Red Chesnut Road and South Side. The former champ has nine yearlings on sale:

Lot 24 – inbred to Danzig, this colt is out of a five time winning half sister (by National Assembly) to 3 stakes performers and hails from the family of champion Whopper Victory

Lot 61 – a half brother to 2 useful winners, including stakes performer Wolf On The Fold, this colt is out of a Mr Greeley half sister to a 17 time stakes winner in the US and from the family of US Gr1 winner Star Standard. His damsire Mr Greeley is a top class broodmare sire, whose daughters have produced over 30 stakes winners –including current hot Dubai 3yo Market Rally

Lot 76 – inbred to the mighty Sadler’s Wells, as are such Gr1 winners as Parish Hall and Kamsin, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Fort Wood and top class 2yo stakes winner Easyjadeasy, and his dam is a three parts sister to Equus Champion and promising sire Elusive Fort. From the famed “E” Family

Lot 89 – a half sister to 3 winners including a high class stakes performer, this filly is out of a winning half sister to Gr1 winner Fair Maiden, and the stakes winner Braggadaccio and Azeroth. Her second dam was a high class racemare and this is the same family as Gr1 winning siblings Alpha Omega and Final Claim

Lot 132 – another inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this well related filly is out of five time stakes winning daughter of champion sire Fort Wood and the high class stakes winner Riversonderend, and this is a high class US family responsible for graded winners Changing World and Grab The Green. Changing World, winner of the Gr3 Violet Handicap, is a daughter of Spinning World –who himself is closely related to Pathfork

Lot 133 – yet another inbred to breed-shaping sire Sadler’s Wells, this filly is a half sister to 3 winners, including high class stakes winning filly Silver Holly. Her dam, a half sister to 3 stakes performers including highly rated Captured Wind, is out of a stakes winning daughter of Horse Of The Year Enchanted Garden

Lot 169 – a half brother to 3 winners, including stakes placed 2yo Jungle Jim, this colt (inbred to Danzig –like more than 30 Gr1 winners) is out of a half sister to stakes winning sprinter Prince Elliodor

Lot 344 – a half sister to 4 winners, this filly (inbred to Danzig) is out of a stakes winning daughter of emerging broodmare sire National Emblem (damsire of Legal Eagle, Seventh Plain) and Gr2 winning sprinter True Tempo

PHILANTHROPIST

A high class racehorse, and son of the great sire Kris S, Philanthropist is one of three graded stakes winners for his dam, who is a full sister to Gr1 winner Educated Risk and a half sister to Racing Hall Of Member and champion Inside Information. Philanthropist, whose relatives also include leading sires National Assembly, Sovereign Dancer and What A Pleasure, has more than lived up to his bloodlines at stud. Champion Sire on Synthetics in the USA in 2014, Philanthropist’s first small crop produced two champions in Pender Harbour and Phil’s Dream. The chestnut made an excellent start to his SA stud career with his first runners including sparkling debut winner Good To Give. He has 16 yearlings on sale:

Lot 37 – a colt with a superb pedigree, he is a half brother to 3 stakes horses, including Gr2 Victory Moon Stakes winner and Gr1 Summer Cup runner up Deo Juvente. His dam is a Gr1 winning champion half sister to Gr1 winners African Lion and Zebra Crossing, and third dam is none other than July winning champion Tecla Bluff

Lot 55 – inbred to the great Mr Prospector, this filly is a half sister to 3 winners, including the stakes winning filly Strong Scent, and her dam is a half sister to another black type winner. Second dam is a stakes winning daughter of Fort Wood-damsire of such stars as Noah From Goa, Capetown Noir, Pluck and Cherry On The Top

Lot 91 – this blue blooded colt is a half brother to no fewer than five stakes horses, including the Equus Champions Let’s Rock ‘N’ Roll and In The Fast Lane, as well as current high class Gr2 winner Light The Lights. Out of a stakes winning daughter of champion sire and broodmare sire Northern Guest, this colt is from the immediate family of recent Fillies Guineas winner Heaps Of Fun

Lot 182 – a half sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a full sister to Gr1 J&B Met winner La Fabulous and is from the same family as top class 2yo graded winners Rip Curl and Hot Affair, and East Cape Champion La Rebel. Also the family of Royal Ascot heroine Michita and US Gr1 winner Nastique

Lot 195 – out of a half sister to a stakes winner and dam of a graded winning young sire, this filly’s third dam is the great champion Fanfreluche, ancestress of such outstanding performers as Bint Allayl, Holy Roman Emperor and champion sires Encosta De Lago and Flying Spur, also the family of top class sire Night Shift

Lot 211 – a close relative of Gr3 performer Silver Apples, and half brother to the dam of Triple Crown winner and new sire Louis The King, this colt is out of Gr3 winner Milden Magic, and is a direct descendant of one of the greatest racemares and tap root mares in history – Pretty Polly

Lot 216 – a half brother to 3 winners (and inbred to Mr Prospector), this colt is out of a winning half sister to 3 stakes horses, and his second dam is a speedy stakes winning daughter of top sprinter and successful sire Harry Hotspur

Lot 233 – this blue blooded colt is out of a Gr3 winning daughter of champion sire Western Winter and stakes winner Supreme Duel –a half sister to Gr1 winner Flying Duel and Gr1 producer Lightning Duel. His third dam, and full sister to July winner Dancing Duel, is multiple SA champion Olympic Duel, a daughter of Dancing Champ and Broodmare Of The Year Mashka

Lot 312 – a half brother to recent debut winner Red Chesnut Road, this colt is out of a Fort Wood half sister to 2 stakes horses, including a Gr1 2yo. His second dam won the Gr1 Empress Club Stakes

Lot 340 – this chestnut colt is out of a winning own sister to Gr3 Final Fling Stakes winner Bit On The Side, and hails from the family of Gr2 winning sprinter Lady Celeste

Lot 384 – out of a winning half sister to 3 stakes winners, including champion Monyela, this colt is from the family of one of South Africa’s greatest ever champions – Horse Chestnut, and his third dam, London Wall, was Broodmare Of The Year

Lot 390 – a half brother to 3 winners, 2 of whom are stakes performers, this colt is out of a five time winning daughter of leading broodmare sire Model Man and stakes placed 2yo Stepping Stone. The family of graded winners Fire Tread and Empress Crown

Lot 391 – a half brother to a very useful multiple winner, he is out of a stakes winning half sister to Oaks winner Sweetie Pie. His second dam was an exceptionally promising race filly, who won 2 of her only 3 starts, and who is a half sister to Gr3 Acacia Handicap winner Milk And Honey and exported Derby runner up Happy Valley. Family of US champion and multiple Gr1 winner Riboletta

Lot 403 – inbred to the great mare Grey Flight (dam of 9 stakes winners), this filly is out of a 2yo stakes winning half sister to Gr1 Classic winner Divine Jury and top sprinter, and young sire Divine Jet. This filly is also closely related to Gr3 winning 2yo and Gr1 runner up Redcarpet Captain –who, like the filly on sale, is by a Roberto line sire

Lot 412 – a half sister to an impressive debut 2yo winner this season, this well bred filly is out of Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery winner Waywest Goddess –and this is the same family as US Gr1 winning filly I Believe In You and Horse Of The Year and triple champion US sire Giant’s Causeway

Lot 425 – a half sister to 2 multiple winners, this filly is out of a winning full sister to Gr1 performer Noblewood, and her dam is also closely related to top class Gr2 winners Hundred Acre Wood and Syon

QUERARI

One of 100 stakes winners sired by champion sprinter Oasis Dream, the former champion and Gr1 winner Querari has made an exceptional start to his stud career. Querari’s first crop includes Gr2 winner Cosmic Light, Gr1 Thekwini Stakes runner up Melliflora and stakes performers Champery and Dynamic Speed. Querari’s second crop is also looking promising –it includes the stakes filly Fresh, promising Caballo Blanco and the impressive debut winners Cuveo and Touching. He has six lots on offer:

Lot 84 – a full sister to promising 2yo winner Cuveo and a half sister to the stakes placed Baloo Baleerie, this filly is out of a half sister to Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship runner up Fairy Queen and from the same family as high class siblings Hawthorn and Forest Ivory

Lot 112 – a half brother to 2 winners, including stakes performer Astral Athina (dam of the very promising Canigao), this colt is out of a five time winning Western Winter half sister to a stakes performer and the dam of stakes winners Cymbeline and Juan Two Three. Bred on similar lines to champion National Bay

Lot 158 – bred on the same cross as Gr2 winner Cosmic Light, this filly is out of a Silvano half sister to a Guineas winner, and her second dam, by world leading broodmare sire Green Dancer (damsire of Quest For Fame, Halling, Black Minnaloushe) was a stakes winner of seven. The family of 2000 Guineas winner Nonoalco and leading sire Malibu Moon

Lot 267 – a half sister to 6 winners, including Gr2 winner Polar Moon, this filly is out of a three parts sister to Gr1 Thekwini Stakes winner Roxanne (dam of stakes winner Sting Operation) and this is the family of Horse Of The Year and July winner Legislate

Lot 279 – a half sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of a Jallad half sister to a US stakes winner and this world class family is responsible for champion and top class sire Run The Gauntlet, Queensland Oaks winner Allow and Gr1 winning siblings Fragrant Mix and Alpine Rose

Lot 436 – inbred to the great, unbeaten Danzig, this colt (a half brother to 2 winners) is out of a smart 2yo stakes performer, with his third dam being a half sister to former champion and multiple Gr1 winner Star Effort

REBEL KING

A superb sprinter and Equus Champion, Rebel King eight wins included the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship and Gr2 The Nursery.   One of 3 champion sprinters for sire National Emblem, Rebel King is from a top family whose members include Gr1 stars Golden Taipan and Lyrical Linda. At stud, Rebel King has made a name for himself as a sire of quick and precocious stock, with his top performers including the graded winners Prince Of Thieves and Royal Dreamer, and East Cape Champion La Rebel.

Lot 313 – a half sister to five winners, including stakes winning 2yo Asian Emperor, this filly’s second dam is a half sister to Broodmare Of The Year On The Roof, whose offspring include triple Gr1 winner and Gr1 sire Badger’s Drift. From the family of French 2000 Guineas winner and legendary sire Blushing Groom and Gr1 winners Air De Rien and Where Or When

SAIL FROM SEATTLE

A top class stakes winner, by sire of sires Gone West, Sail From Seattle was a three parts brother to hugely influential US champion sire Smart Strike. The blue blooded sire has more than lived up to his bloodlines at stud, with his first crop including subsequently exported Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Elusive Gold, Gr2 winning millionaire Tommy Gun, and recent Gr1 Cape Flying Championship winner Gulf Storm. He also has some very promising 2yos to his credit this season –including high class stakes performer Pacific Spirit and Gr3 filly Seattle Singer. Sail From Seattle has 27 yearlings on sale:

Lot 12 – this blue blooded filly is bred to be good –she is a half sister to 5 winners, including 13 time stakes winning flyer Yoshie and ill-fated stakes filly Fairy Gold. Her dam is a stakes winning daughter of champion sire Jallad and top class Gr2 winning 2yo Tarn Fairy

Lot 29 – bred on the increasingly successful Gone West/Sadler’s Wells cross, this colt is out of a stakes placed (at 2) daughter of champion sire and broodmare sire Fort Wood. His dam, a three parts sister to Horse Of The Year Legislate, is out of a Gr3 placed sprinter

Lot 43 – a half sister to 4 winners including Gr3 Jacaranda Handicap winner Peggy Jay, this filly is out of a Gr1 winnning Equus Champion (whose sire is from the same family as Gone West sired Gr1 winner Marsh Side). The family of top performers Lord Shirldor and Dog Rose

Lot 49 – this blue blooded colt (bred on the same cross as Guineas winner Elusive Gold) is a half brother to 6 winners including multiple Gr1 winner Copper Parade (winner of the recent East Cape Sprint Cup) and the promising Fort Meyers. From one of the best families in the stud book, this colt is from the family responsible for numerous champions including Aptitude, Slew O’Gold, Shuvee and Spain

Lot 50 – a half sister to a winner, this filly is out of a winning half sister to Gr1 Derby winning sire Ravishing, Gr2 Winter Derby hero Dynastic Power and million Red Badge, and hails from the wonderfully successful Lily family

Lot 64 – this filly is from one of the best families in the stud book, with her numerous top class relatives including 3 Breeders’ Cup Mile winners. Out of a mare by champion sire and Gr1 broodmare sire Dansili, her second dam is a three parts sister to triple Gr1 winner and world leading sire Kingmambo and her third dam is a stakes winning own sister to legendary champion Miesque, whose numerous high class descendants include Breeders Cup Mile hero and Gainesway sire Karakontie and Yorkshire Oaks winner Tapestry

Lot 72 – inbred to the great Mr Prospector, this filly is out of Gr3 Yellowwood Handicap winner Enchanted Kingdom – a daughter of top KZN sire Kahal. This is the family of Gr1 winning filly Soft Landing

Lot 102 – a half brother to a winner, this colt has a lovely pedigree. Inbred both to Mr Prospector and the great matron No Class, his dam (by Sail From Seattle’s ¾ parts brother Strike Smartly) is a half sister to Equus Champion and Triple Tiara winner Cherry On The Top and a full sister to Gr3 winner Cherry On The Cake. Second dam is an Oaks winning daughter of the great sire Fort Wood

Lot 107 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Elusive Gold, this colt is out of an Al Mufti half sister to a stakes winner by Martinelli, and his second dam is an own sister to Gr1 winning sprinter Shoe Express. The family of SA legend Politician and English classic winner and Derby sire Ragusa

Lot 111 – another bred on the successful Gone West/Sadler’s Wells cross, this colt is out of a half sister to Gr1 Paddock Stakes winner Emblem Of Liberty, and this is the family of international Gr1 winners Approach The Bench and Argument

Lot 146 – out of a mare by National Emblem (damsire of Legal Eagle and Seventh Plain), this colt is out of a daughter of Gr3 performer Fairy Mist – a half sister to champion Evening Mist. His third dam is former SA Oaks winner Sea Mist and this is the great Drohsky family

Lot 161 – a half sister to the very promising (and at the time of writing) and unbeaten filly Emmypot, this filly is out of a half sister to 2 stakes performers, including 13 time stakes winner Yoshie, and her second and third dams are both stakes winners

Lot 200 – out of a Pulpit half sister to a stakes performer, this well bred colt (inbred to Triple Crown winners Seattle Slew and Secretariat) is out of a daughter of an own sister to a stakes winner and is from the same family as US Champion and multiple Gr1 winner Riboletta as well as local graded winners Milk And Honey and Sweetie Pie

Lot 271 – a full brother to a stakes placed 2yo, this colt is out of a four time stakes winner, and is from the family of Gr1 Computaform Sprint winner Welcome Guest and stakes winning filly Opera Cloak

Lot 276 – another bred like Cape Guineas hero Elusive Gold, this classically bred colt, whose second dam was second in the Oaks, is out of a half sister to Gr3 winner Success Counts –who, like this colt on sale, is by a Gone West line sire –making this yearling a close relative of the former Gr3 Starling Stakes winner

Lot 296 – this regally bred filly has plenty of paddock value –being an own sister to Gr1 Cape Flying Championship hero and millionaire Gulf Storm and recent Gr3 Protea Stakes runner up Seattle Singer. His dam is a four time winning three parts sister to champion 2yo Rock Opera (dam of British Gr2 winner Heavy Metal) and exported SA Nursery winner Hit Song

Lot 342 – a half brother to 2 winners, including stakes winner Star Jet, this colt (whose dam is bred on the hugely successful Mutakddim/Southern Halo cross) is out of a half sister to the dam of a Gr1 performer in Argentina. Like stars Constitution, Frosted and Mohaymen, he is inbred to Triple Crown winner and champion sire Seattle Slew

Lot 349 – a half sister to 3 winners, including a stakes winner in Italy, this beautifully bred filly is out of a Sadler’s Wells own sister to a 2000 Guineas placed horse, and second dam is Gr1 Prix de la Foret winner Field Of Hope, a daughter of champion miler and leading sire and broodmare sire Selkirk

Lot 358 – this well bred colt, also inbred to Mr Prospector and No Class, is out of a winning daughter of Sail From Seattle’s ¾ parts brother Strike Smartly. This is the family of Gr1 winners Cherry On The Top, Royal Fantasy and former Horse Of The Year Classic Flag, as well as Strike Smartly’s Gr3 winning daughter Cherry On The Cake

Lot 364 – a half sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of an Al Mufti half sister to 4 stakes horses, including Gr1 sprinter Mocha Java and Gr2 winner Mochachino. Her third dam is a three parts sister to July winner Hunting Tower

Lot 393 – a half sister to a useful winner, this filly is out of an eight time stakes winner by champion sire Silvano and hails from the family of ill-fated Gr1 winning filly Yquem, as well as Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint heroine Captain’s Gal

Lot 399 – this blue blooded filly is out of a winning Fort Wood half sister to exported Gr2 Selangor Cup winner Mercury Chief. Her first two dams are by champion broodmare sires Fort Wood and Northern Guest respectively and this is the family of top fillies Little Miss Magic, Red Disa, State Treasure and champion Tara’s Touch among others

Lot 407 – a half sister to 2 winners, including Gr1 runner up Balance Sheet, this filly (bred like Elusive Gold) is out of an Al Mufti daughter of Victress Stakes winner Abby’s Girl. From the family of champion filly Donatella and this season’s star 3yo Negroamaro

Lot 432 – this well bred filly, whose dam is a half sister to a stakes winning sprinter, is out of a three parts sister to Gr1 Cape Guineas winner and champion sire Captain Al. Her third dam is Broodmare Of The Year Off To War, dam of Captain Al and his Gr1 winning half sister and Gr1 producer Shadow Dancing

Lot 444 – a full sister to a stakes placed 2yo, this filly is out of an Al Mufti half sister to Equus Champion Saddlewood, and hails from the same family as Gr1 winners Bold Thatch, Ravishing and Villandry –among others

Lot 447 – an own sister to a high class 2yo stakes performer, this filly is out of a three time winning Al Mufti half sister to a stakes winner at two. This is the family of Gr1 SA Nursery winner Manipur and multiple Gr1 winner and Equus Champion Yorker

Lot 453 – a half sister to Gr2 filly Silver Class, this filly is out of a three parts sister to a Gr3 filly. Her second dam is a full sister to Gr1 winner Lady Brompton (dam of Kings Gambit) and this is the famed Soho Secret family responsible for outstanding fillies Covenant and Promisefrommyheart as well as Horse Of The Year London News and Breeders’ Cup hero and promising young sire Pluck

SEVENTH ROCK

A grade one winner at two, the beautifully bred Seventh Rock is a son of two champions in Rock Of Gibraltar and Ruby Clipper. From the same family as champion Harry’s Son, Seventh Rock is more than living up to his pedigree at stud. His first crop produced the brilliant Gr1 winning 2yo Guiness as well as Gr3 Algoa Cup star Stonehenge, while his second crop is responsible for Equus Champion 2yo Colt Seventh Plain, and the high class Gr3 performer The Stone Thrower. He has 2 lots on sale:

Lot 71 – a half sister to Gr2 filly Sea Shadow, this filly is out of a half sister to smart performers Arctic Captain and Bad Boy Buddy Boy. With her second dam a half sister to Derby winner and July runner up Superwood, this filly hails from the Soho Secret family, which has produced such star fillies as Covenant, Lady Brompton and Promisefrommyheart

Lot 139 – this well bred colt is out of an own sister to exported Gr1 Gold Medallion hero Zeeno. His third dam is lightning fast filly Melting (the first horse ever to beat local legend Empress Club) and this is the family of Gr1 winning filly Gluwein and current high class graded winners Ice Machine and Paterfamilias

SILVANO

One of South Africa’s elite sires, former champion sire Silvano is responsible for the most expensive yearling sold at public auction – with his son Silver Coin fetching R6 000 000 earlier this year. An outstanding racehorse and sire, Silvano’s current star performers include Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Silver Mountain and high class performers Ice Machine, Inaninstant and Janoobi. His previous Gr1 stars include Heavy Metal, Happy Valentine, Vercingetorix and Bold Silvano, with the latter quickly stamping himself as one of SA’s most exciting young sires. Silvano has 22 yearlings on offer:

Lot 30 – bred on the potent Silvano/Al Mufti cross, this filly is a half sister to 3 winners, including stakes placed 2yo Fun To Fly. She is from the family of talented fillies Keen Observer and Our Girl, as well as Gr1 stars Face North, Quarrytown and Met hero Polo Classic

Lot 58 – bred on the same cross as Derby hero Silvano’s Jet, this filly is out of a stakes placed daughter of champion sire Jet Master. Her second dam was a Gr3 winning 2yo, and this is the famous Lily family responsible for the likes of Ravishing and Villandry

Lot 80 – a half sister to 6 winners, this filly is out of a half sister to the dam of talented winners Eventual Angel, Extradite and Exit Here, and this is the famed E family responsible for champions Elusive Fort, Ecurie, Empress Club and Escoleta Fitz, as well as former European star Rio De La Plata

Lot 82 – a half sister to 3 winners, including very talented 3yo Noor –third in the Gr3 Acacia Hcp, this filly is out of a Gr3 winning daughter of champion sire Jet Master and is from the family of flying filly Tuscan Elegance and top sprinters and sires Golden Thatch and Thatching. Her first 2 dams are by Jet Master and Elliodor –whose daughters have produced Silvano stars, SIlvano’s Jet and Aslan respectively

Lot 108 – a full brother to Dubai based Gr3 Graham Beck Stakes winner Whistle Stop, this colt is out of a half sister to champion 2yo filly Asylum Seeker and two other black type performers. The family of champions Monyela and Horse Chestnut, as well as Cape Fillies Guineas winner Sport’s Chestnut –dam of recent Gr3 Acacia Handicap winner Off The Mark

Lot 141 – one of the best bred colts on sale, he is out of former Horse Of The Year Ilha Da Vitoria and a half brother to Oaks winner Ilha Bela and stakes winner Ilha Grande. The same Silvano/Candy Stripes cross as July runner up Punta Arenas, and bred on similar lines to Silvano stars Heavy Metal, Martial Eagle and Tellina. Ilha Da Vitoria is also very closely related to Candy Stripes’ US Gr1 winner Different

Lot 166 – this colt is out of a full sister to Equus Champion 2YO Ice Cube and Gr1 performer Jagged Ice, as well as to the dam of recent stakes winner Arezzo. This is also the family of champions Grand Emporium and Whistling Dixie as well as Gr1 winning 2yo Ndabeni

Lot 172 – a half brother to 2 winners, including smart performer Bulleting Home, this colt is out of a half sister to none other than Gr1 performer and triple SA champion sire Western Winter. Also the family of ill-fated Canadian champion Archers Bay and group winner Riddlesdown

Lot 184 – a half brother to 2 winners, including Gr1 placed Brooks-Club, this colt is out of a four time winning own sister to Gr1 performer Noblewood. His dam is also closely related to Fort Wood graded winners Hundred Acre Wood, Golden Oriole and Syon

Lot 226 – a half brother to unbeaten 2yo Miranda Frost, this colt is out of an own sister to durable globetrotter Mr Brock, a stakes winner in two different countries, this colt’s second dam is a five timestakes winning daughter of champion sire and top broodmare sire Badger Land. From the family of this season’s high class 3yo Eighth Wonder, champion Horse Chestnut and recent Gr3 Acacia Hcp winner Off The Mark, whose dam won the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas

Lot 232 – this filly is out of a winning half sister to the Silvano sired July winner Power King, making her a three parts sister to that former star, and this is also the family of Gr1 winners Exhilaration, Malteme and Wendywood

Lot 255 – out of a winning Fort Wood half sister to the very game and talented Jabulani Jive, this filly’s second dam is a stakes placed daughter of National Assembly- the damsire of Silvano’s Gr1 winners Happy Valentine and Vercingetorix

Lot 297 – another classically bred filly, this is a half sister to 2yo stakes winner Winter Fantasy. Her dam is Gr1 Thekwini Stakes winner Royal Fantasy, a full sister to ill-fated Oaks winning champion Royal Aproval. Bred on the same cross as top class stakes winners Bold Silvano, Gallica Rose and Kings Gambit

Lot 317 – out of a stakes winning daughter of champion sire Captain Al (damsire of 2yo sensation Flying Myth), this colt’s dam is a half sister to Golden Slipper winner Princess Sassi and this is the family of champion sprinter Mythical Flight and his Gr3 winning half sister (by Captain Al) –the dam of Storm Bird Stakes winner Flying Myth. Bred on the potent Silvano/Al Mufti cross

Lot 361 – a half brother to a winner (and bred on similar lines to Bold Silvano and Kings Gambit), this colt is out of a winning half sister to top class graded winners Starlit and Sweet Theresa

Lot 401 – a sister to 3 winners, including very promising 2yo Ribovar, this filly is out of an Al Mufti daughter of Gr2 winner Vino Rosa and is very closely related to the talented Silvano filly Vino Veritas, who has earned over R500 000 in stakes. From the great Drohsky family

Lot 423 – out of an 11 time winning daughter of Triple Crown winner Horse Chestnut (dam sire of Met winner Smart Call), this filly’s second dam is a nine time stakes winner in North America.

Lot 449 – a half sister to a winner, this beautifully bred filly is out of a Gr3 three parts sister to multiple champion Princess Victoria and Gr1 placed Gr2 Sceptre Stakes winner Princess Royal and is from the family of champion sire and outstanding broodmare sire Jallad

TAPIT

Winner of the Gr1 Wood Memorial, Tapit is North America’s premier sire, having smashed records when leading the sires list in 2014 and 2015 respectively. His growing list of Gr1 winners include the Breeders’ Cup winning champions Hansen, Untapable, Stardom Bound, Tapizar and Tapitsfly, as well as Gr1 winners Frosted, Ring Weekend, Tell A Kelly, and Constitution. Tapit, whose progeny regularly dominates the sales rings in North America, is also the sire of this season’s leading Kentucky Derby hopes Mohaymen, Cupid and UAE Derby hero Lani. He has 1 lot on offer:

Lot 258 –this blue blooded colt is out of a daughter of world leading sire and broodmare sire Pivotal (damsire of Gr1 winners Main Sequence, Mayson and Winsili) and former SA champion Ipi Tombe. The latter was a globetrotting great, whose wins include the Vodacom Durban July and graded stakes races in both Dubai and the USA.

TIGER RIDGE

This son of Storm Cat boasts one of the finest pedigrees in the stud book – being a half brother to US classic winners and top class sires A P Indy and Summer Squall. A former leading first crop sire in South Africa, Tiger Ridge has more than made his mark at stud, with Triple Tiara champion Cherry On The Top, Cape Guineas hero Noah From Goa, Fillies Guineas winner Maybe Yes, and Gr1 Summer Cup winner Wagner, among others. He has 10 lots on sale:

Lot 52 – this beautifully bred colt is a brother to five winners and an own brother to Gr1 Summer Cup winner and millionaire Wagner. Bred on a similar cross to Triple Crown winner Louis The King, this colt’s second dam was a Gr2 winner in Chile

Lot 54 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is from a red hot family with his relatives including July winning champion and red hot sire Greys Inn and 2016 Gr1 J&B Met/Paddock Stakes winner Smart Call, with the latter destined to contest the 2016 Breeders’ Cup. Other Gr1 winners in this female line include Melito (due to visit Galileo) and top class sire Zeditave. His dam is a full sister to Good Judgement –dam of Smart Call

Lot 57 – a sister to 6 winners, including stakes winner Kindle and Gr1 performer Anti-Freeze, this filly is out of former SA Oaks winner Cyber Cento –an own sister to Gr3 Oratory and from the family of international Gr1 winner The Wonder

Lot 152 – this royally bred filly is out of a winning Western Winter half sister to dual Guineas winner and sire Noordhoek Flyer. From an outstanding international family, her relatives include Dubai World Cup winner African Story, Irish Guineas winner Just The Judge, champion Mastery, Gr1 winning sprinter Cherokee Rose and leading sire Volksraad

Lot 189 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winners Cherry On The Top and Noah From Goa, this filly is out of a half sister to Gr1 performer and sire War Lord as well as to the dam of champion filly Dancewiththedevil. The family of star fillies Bushra, Mill Hill and Smart As Paint

Lot 193 – another bred on the potent Tiger Ridge/Fort Wood cross, this filly is out of a stakes winning Fort Wood mare who is a three parts sister to champions Horse Chestnut and Monyela. From the family of Gr1 winning fillies Asylum Seeker and Sport’s Chestnut, as well as the latter’s very promising daughter Off The Mark

Lot 203 – a half brother to Gr2 winning 2yo and champion Rosier, this colt is out of a winning daughter of top broodmare sire French Deputy (damsire of Gr1 winners Visionaire, Shonan Pandora, Danza, etc). He is from a superb family which include US Gr1 winners Behrens and Commentator

Lot 282 – a full brother to a four time winner and half to a stakes performer, this colt is out of champion and dual Gr1 winner Rat Burana. The latter is a full sister to Brazilian champion

Lot 294 – a half sister to 3 winners, including the talented Finchatton, this filly (bred like Gr1 winners Cherry On The Top, Noah From Goa), is out of a three parts sister to Horse Of The Year and leading sire Dynasty and traces back directly to the great mare Source Sucree

Lot 450 – this well bred colt is out of a winning half sister to Gr1 J&B Met winner Martial Eagle and from the same family as ill-fated Gr1 winner Divine Jury, young sire Divine Jet and current high class graded winner Redcarpet Captain

TOREADOR

A Gr1 son of Danehill, also sire of champion sires Dansili, Danehill Dancer, Exceed And Excel, Fastnet Rock and Redoute’s Choice. Toreador, himself a half brother to an Irish classic winner, is a proven Gr1 sire, whose progeny include Equus Champion 2yo Link Man, Oaks runner up Las Ramblas, star fillies Jackodore and Lazer Star, as well as current high class 3yos Bull Valley, Rikitikitana, and Prospect Strike. He has seven lots on sale:

Lot 39 – this blue blooded colt is a half brother to former Horse Of The Year, dual Gr1 winner, and sire Irish Flame, as well as the latter’s stakes winning own sister Irish Myth. His dam is a stakes winning daughter of Horse Of The Year Flaming Rock, and this is the family of high class graded winners Meadow Magic and Vertical Takeoff

Lot 207 – a half sister to 6 winners, including a Gr2 2yo, this filly is from an outstanding international family, with her relatives including classic winners Blue Bunting and Kinglet, French Gr1 winner Miss Satamixa, Gr2 Dante Stakes winner Bonfire and Gr1 filly Karen’s Caper. The latter, like the filly on offer, is by a Danzig line sire

Lot 368 – a half brother to the promising stakes 2yo O Tamara, this colt is out of a three time winning daughter of international broodmare sire success Spectrum and his second dam is a stakes placed daughter of Caesour and an SA Oaks winner

Lot 395 – this filly is out of a half sister to Gr1 November Handicap winner Soft Landing, as well as the dam of Gr3 winning filly Enchanted Kingdom. The same family as stakes winning fillies Animated and Margot

Lot 411 – this well bred colt is out of a half sister to Gr1 winning sprinter Harry’s Echo, as well as dual Broodmare Of The Year Stormsvlei, whose offspring Pocket Power and River Jetez won the prestigious Gr1 J&B Met on four occasions! His second dam is Gr1 Garden Province winner Distant Echoes

Lot 438 – this filly is a three parts sister to none other than Gr2 Charity Mile winner and R1.6 million plus earner Bezanova, with both the filly on sale and Bezanova being by Danzig line sires. Her dam is a three time winning half sister to a Gr3 winning 2yo filly and this is the family of top class fillies Grecian Gale and Wendywood as well as former Gr1 July hero Power King

TRAFFIC GUARD

Runner-up to champion and now successful sire New Approach in the Gr1 Irish Champion Stakes, Traffic Guard is a stakes winning son of world leading sire More Than Ready, whose 150 plus stakes winners including leading sire Sebring and the very promising sire Pluck. Traffic Guard, who is from the same male line as champion sires Saint Ballado and Sunday Silence, made the perfect start to his stud career when his very first runner, Sovereign Magic, proved a winner. He has 2 lots on offer:

Lot 147 – this well related filly is out of an own sister to Gr3 winner and R2 million earner No Worries, who has placed in no fewer than five Gr1 races. Her second dam, by successful broodmare sire Rambo Dancer, is a stakes winner of 11 races

Lot 418 – a half sister to a useful winner, this filly (inbred to the great sire Halo) is out of a four time stakes winning daughter of Jet Master. The filly’s dam is a half sister to a 2yo stakes winner and this is the family of top US filly, the ill-fated Gr1 winner Citronnade

TRIPPI

One of South Africa’s top sires, Trippi is enjoying another tremendous season, with his notable winners include Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes winner Inara, Gr1 Summer Cup runner up Deo Juvente, Listed Storm Bird Stakes hero Flying Myth and Million Dollar race winner Illuminator. Trippi, whose offspring include over 60 stakes winners, is the sire of runners who have earned over $50 000 000, and is also damsire of US Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt hero Liam’s Mile. The son of End Sweep has nine yearlings on sale:

Lot 94 – this colt is out of a stakes placed half sister, by Jet Master, to Gr1 winning 2yo Talahatchie and Trippi’s stakes winning daughter Jane S Piddy – making this colt a brother in blood to that stakes winning 2yo. This colt’s stakes placed dam is also a three parts sister to Singapore champion and local Gr1 performer Lizarre

Lot 129 – this well bred colt is out of Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner Hawker Hunter, a daughter of seven times champion sire Jet Master. This colt, whose dam is intensely inbred to the great mare Bramalea, sports stakes winners as his dam and granddam respectively

Lot 142 –this regally bred filly is out of a stakes winning, and Oaks placed, daughter of former Horse The Year Ilha Da Vitoria, whose other progeny include SA Oaks winner Ilha Bela. The latter is a three parts sister to US Gr1 winner Different

Lot 196 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Fort Wood own sister to Gr2 Drill Hall Stakes winner Syon, with his dam also being closely related to high class performers Hundred Acre Wood, Noble Wood and Golden Oriole

Lot 224 – this blue blooded colt is a full brother to triple Gr1 winner Inara, winner of this season’s Gr1 Majorca Stakes, as well as to recent Listed Breeders Guineas second Inanna. His half siblings include top class overseas stakes winners Madeira Mist (dam of triple Gr1 Canadian International winner Joshua Tree) and Misty Heights. The family of 2000 Guineas winner Dawn Approach and his Gr2 winning own brother Herald The Dawn –a Gr1 prospect for 2016

Lot 286 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of Gr2 Fillies Guineas winner Rememberance –a daughter of champion sire and broodmare sire Fort Wood. This is the Lily family responsible for Gr1 winners Bold Thatch, Ravishing, and Villandry, as well as the Fort Wood sired stars Fort Defiance and Saddlewood

Lot 301 – this blue blooded colt, whose dam is closely inbred to the legendary sire Sadler’s Wells, is out of a Sadler’s Wells daughter of Gr1 winning 2yo Necklace (by outstanding broodmare sire Darshaan). Bred on the potent Sadler’s Wells/Darshaan cross (see High Chaparral, Milan, Islington etc), this colt’s dam is a three parts sister to champions Opera House and Kayf Tara. One for the note book!

Lot 387 – a half sister to 3 winners, including a Gr3 2yo, this filly (bred on the same cross as Illuminator) is out of an Al Mufti half sister to a stakes performer and her dam is a full sister to the dam of Gr1 sprinter Lightning Lecture. This is the family of Gr1 winners Colonial Girl and Lord Shirldor, as well as promising 3yo Peggy Jay

Lot 427 – this beautifully bred filly is an own sister to ill-fated Gr1 SA Nursery runner up Ziparana and a half sister to Gr3 UAE 2000 Guineas second Zanzamar. From the same family as French Guineas hero and successful sire Zeddaan, this filly is inbred to champion 2yo and leading sire Never Bend

VAR

One of South Africa’s elite sires, with his progeny excelling both on the track and in the sales ring, Var is a proven Gr1 sire with his top offspring including dual Horse Of The Year and Hong Kong Gr1 winner Variety Club and champions Val De Ra and Via Africa. Currently South Africa’s leading sire of 2yos, Var has an exceptional crop of 2yos representing him this season, with his top performers including the likes of Exquisite Touch, Le Harve, Rivarine, Diamond In The Sky and Var Ahead. He has 28 lots on offer:

Lot 7 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Contador, this colt is out of Fort Wood’s Oaks winning daughter Bedloe’s Island – a half sister to Gr1 winners Buy And Sell and Count The Money. His second dam, former Broodmare Of The Year Trade Enquiry, is by Qui Danzig –damsire of Var’s champion daughter Via Africa and this colt is bred to be very smart

Lot 21 – a full sister to smart Gr2 performer Vous Et Var, this filly is out of a three time winning half sister, by Candy Stripes, to 3 stakes horses in Argentina. This is a top class family, whose members include outstanding Gr1 winners Taisez Vous and Bint Pasha

Lot 53 –this regally bred colt is out of former Gr1 Majorca winner Covenant, a Western Winter half sister to Equus Champion Promisefrommyheart (dam of Gr2 winner and popular young sire Master Of My Fate) and Gr1 filly Secret Heart (dam of 2 US graded winners including Breeders’ Cup Turf hero and promising young sire Pluck). The family of champions London News and Kings Gambit among others

Lot 87 – another blue blood, this filly is out of former Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Field Flower –a Silvano half sister to classic winner Royal Land. The family of classic winning Touching Wood and US Horse Of The Year and 8 time champion sire Bold Ruler

Lot 88 –this well bred colt is out of a stakes placed own sister to multiple Gr1 winner and R2 million plus earner Copper Parade, a good recent winner of the Listed East Cape Sprint Cup. His second dam is also responsible for 2 other stakes horses, as well as the very promising Fort Meyers

Lot 104 – a sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a half sister to game front runner Patchouli Dancer, whose 5 wins included the Gr1 The Classic

Lot 117 – this colt is out of a stakes placed daughter of 2 champions –Smarty Jones and Circle Of Life. The latter has been in the news this season thanks to her Gr2 winning and Gr1 Summer Cup runner up son Deo Juvente. Also the family of Met winner Zebra Crossing and champion Tecla Bluff, as well as high class 3yo Hard Day’s Night

Lot 126 – this well bred filly, who is inbred to the great matriarch Crimson Saint, is out of a Royal Academy half sister to stakes winner Feel My Love. The family of 2000 Guineas winner Mystiko and Royal Academy’s great broodmare daughter Mystic Spring –dam of champion Rabiya and second dam of champion All Is Secret

Lot 138 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winning 2yo Villandry, this colt is a half brother to 3 winners, including Gr1 Champions Cup winner, and conqueror of the great Pocket Power, Ivory Trail. This is the same family responsible for champions Close Hatches, Designs On Rome, El Gran Senor, Grey Swallow, Redoute’s Choice, Rags To Riches and the very promising SA sire Pathfork

Lot 143 – a half sister to 3 winners (one of whom having won 5), this filly is out of a UAE Oaks winner (by champion sire Western Winter) whose own sister was a Gr1 performer at two. From the marvellous Party Time family, this filly’s relatives include recent Fillies Guineas winner Heaps Of Fun (bred on very similar lines to his filly’s dam) and champions In The Fast Lane and Trademark

Lot 157 – this well bred colt is a half brother to 5 winner, including a stakes winner and a Gr3 sprinter. His half sister, who cost R3.2 million, topped this sale in 2011, and his Gr3 winning dam is a daughter of Oaks winner Taineberry. From the family of current high class 3yo Flying Ice, this colt is bred on the same Var/Jallad cross as Gr1 filly Schiffer

Lot 163 – this well related filly is out of a three time winning own sister to Gr1 2yo Sports Coach. Her dam is a half sister to recent Gr3 Acacia Handicap winner Off The Mark, as well as the dam of high class 3yo Le Clos, and second dam, by top broodmare sire Sportsworld, won the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas

Lot 192 – a half brother to 4 winners, including Gr3 Nursery hero Avon Wood, this colt is out of a stakes placed daughter of July winner and successful broodmare sire, and his second dam is a stakes winning half sister to ill-fated July winner Right Prerogativem. This is the family of yet another July winner in Big Charles

Lot 206 – a half brother to a winner, this colt (bred like stakes winners Le Var and Winter Passion), is out of a four time winning Western Winter half sister to triple Horse Of The Year Pocket Power and his Gr1 J&B Met winning own sister River Jetez. The latter is the dam of Var’s very promising 2yo Rivarine

Lot 213 – a half brother to four winners including Listed East Cape Fillies Nursery winner The Merry Widow, this colt is out of an own sister to Gr1 Premier’s Champion Stakes winner Talahatchie and a half sister to stakes winning 2yo Jane S Piddy. This is the family of Singapore champion Lizarre, recent Gr3 winner Solid Speed and star sprinters Dance With Al and Duzzon

Lot 214 – an own brother to the more than useful Mutzi, this colt is out of a half sister to a Gr3 performer in Argentina. From a prolific black type family, his relatives include champion Curioso Slam, and Gr1 winner Kascura

Lot 215 – a half brother to 3 winners, one of whom won 6, this colt (bred on the same cross as champion Via Africa) is out of a six stakes winning half sister to the classic placed and stakes winner White Mischief and from the family of ill-fated US Gr1 winner Citronnade

Lot 230 – one of the best bred colts on sale, he is a half brother to nine winners, including six stakes horses. His siblings include ill-fated champion and multiple Gr1 winner Rabiya, current Gr1 filly Bela-Bela, top sprinter Secret Of Victoria (dam of champion All Is Secret and hugely promising The Secret Is Out) and Gr2 winning juvenile Spring Lilac (dam of Gr2 sprinter Victorian Secret). This blue blooded colt is inbred to the great mare Crimson Saint –dam of Royal Academy and second dam of Storm Cat

Lot 238 – a half sister to 3 winners, this well bred filly is out of a Model Man half sister to 3 stakes winners including Gr1 winner Flying Duel and stakes producers Lightning Duel (dam of Gr1 winner Thundering Star) and Supreme Duel. Her second dam, and own sister to July winner Dancing Duel, is mighty champion Olympic Duel, a triple ARCSA champion, and third dam, Mashka, is a former Broodmare Of The Year

Lot 250 – this magnificently bred colt, a half brother to Gr3 winner One Fine Day and Singapore winner Fifth Dan, is out of an own sister to multiple Gr1 winner and ill-fated sire Campanologist. His second dam, by Sadler’s Wells, is a half sister to champion Singspiel and top class sires Rahy and Rakeen, while third dam is great US and Canadian champion Glorious Song –a full sister to champion 2yo Devil’s Bag and former US champion sire Saint Ballado

Lot 290 – a half brother to 3 winners, including Gr3 winning 2yo Punk Rocker and current Gr1 3yo Taffety Tart, this colt is out of a Candy Stripes (damsire also of Candy Ride) half to a Gr1 performer and his dam is also very closely related to Blushing Groom’s top sprinter and sire son Mt Livermore

Lot 328 – bred on the same cross as champion Val De Ra as well as current sensation Exquisite Touch, this filly is a half sister to 2 winners, including Gr3 winner and former 2yo star Brilliant Cut, and this is the family of top performers Colonial Girl (dam of promising 3yo Peggy Jay), Dog Rose and Lord Shirldor

Lot 357 – this colt received a handsome boost to her pedigree when his half sister, South Side, made a stunning, winning debut at Kenilworth recently. He is out of a winning Jallad half sister to a Gr3 winner, and is from the same branch of the Drohsky family responsible for champion Senor Santa, Gr1 winners Majestic Crown and Flight Alert, and Gr3 winning 2yo Wheredowego

Lot 362 – this filly is out of a half sister to Gr1 performed stakes winner and former sire Meet At Malamala. Her second dam, by top class sire and broodmare sire Kenmare, is a half sister to an Australasian Oaks winner and this is the family of 23 time Gr1 winner Torbek

Lot 365 – a half brother to Gr1 SA Fillies Classic winner Juxtapose, this colt (inbred to Storm Cat) is out of high class Windrush mare Sunsational, whose wins included the Gr3 Prix Du Cap and Gr3 Final Fling Stakes. The family of Var’s top class Gr2 Senor Santa winning son Dollar Dazzler

Lot 410 – out of a six time winning granddaughter of Sadler’s Wells, this filly’s third dam won both the Gr3 Matchem and Gr3 Sceptre Stakes and this is the family of Gr1 winners Exhilaration, Malteme and Wendywood, as well as former July hero Power King

Lot 422 – this blue blooded filly is out of a Gr3 Fillies Mile runner up, whose full sister is Gr1 winner Little Miss Magic, and this is the great Miss Lindeman family responsible for such high class fillies as Bilateral, State Treasure, Stolen Gem and champion Tara’s Touch

Lot 452 – this well bred colt is a half brother to a Gr2 winner in Argentina and an own brother to Gr3 Godolphin Barb winner Twitter. Inbred to champion 2yo and huge sire influence Storm Bird, this colt’s dam is a half sister to US Gr1 winning sprinter Avanzado

VISIONAIRE

Last season’s leading first crop sire in South Africa, former Gr1 King’s Bishop Stakes winner Visionaire (a grandson of Gone West) has made a promising start to his stud career. Visionaire’s first crop includes Gr3 Strelitizia Stakes winner Royal Pleasure, Gr2 Fillies Guineas heroine Heaps Of Fun and such promising sorts as Lala, Supercilious, Mr Wise Guy and Vilikazi. Had a major update to his pedigree when half sister Tara’s Tango won the Gr1 Santa Margarita Stakes. He has 4 lots on sale:

Lot 46 – inbred to the outstanding sire, and sire of sires, Gone West, this filly is out of speedy stakes winner Comtesse Dubois –a three parts sister to Gr2 winning millionaire and promising young sire Biarritz as well as Gr3 Champagne Stakes winner Countess Corlia –both of whom are being sired by Count Dubois

Lot 285 – a half brother to 7 winners, including Gr1 performer Patriotic Rebel, this well bred colt is out of a daughter of leading broodmare sire Qui Danzig and Gr1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship winner Rebellious

Lot 448 – inbred to Mr Prospector, this colt is out of Gr2 Fillies Nursery third Ashjaan and from the family of international Gr1 winners Miss Satamixa and Blue Bunting

Lot 451 – this well bred colt is out of a Gr3 winning half sister to exported Cape Guineas winner Elusive Gold, who, like the colt on sale, was by a Gone West line horse. The family of champions Dog Wood and Enchanted Garden

WESTERN WINTER

Triple champion sire Western Winter was a truly exceptional sire whose 19 individual Gr1 winners include champion sons Winter Solstice and Yard-Arm –both Horse Of The Year. Western Winter, also an emerging sire of sires and broodmare sire, looks to have an exceptional crop of 2yos this year, with his juveniles including the likes of Bishop’s Bounty, Miranda Frost and Attenborough. This sale is one of the last chances to buy the stock of a great truly great sire, who has 3 lots on offer:

Lot 47 – this filly (bred on the same cross as Gr1 performer Kingvoldt) is out of a winning half sister to Gr1 performer Kilcoy Castle and highly regarded Berlinetta. She has a very interesting pedigree, being intensely inbred to her own sire, Western Winter, with the latter sire of this filly’s stakes winning second dam. Her third dam, by champion sprinter Harry Hotspur, is Gr2 Fillies Guineas winner She’s A Treat

Lot 101 – a half sister to 2 winners, this filly is a three parts sister to the high class performers Polar Bound, Bound To Travel and Path To Travel, and her dam is also a half sister to former champion Long Dollar

Lot 356 – a half brother to 2 winners, including highly rated Gr2 performer Abercrombie, this colt is out of Gr1 Empress Club Stakes winner Stratos –a daughter of seven times champion sire Jet Master. The reverse Jet Master/ Western Winter cross produced Equus Champion and J&B Met winner Past Master

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