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CTS Ready To Run Sale - Friday 22 November 2019

The CTS Ready To Run history. Plenty of feelgood stories of many happy returns on investment.

Our 2017 poster boy Cirillo cost R60 000. He has earned R4 937 750 – and he is only a 4yo.

A year earlier, the hammer fell on globetrotter Yulong Prince for R550 000. He has banked R4,5 million and based at a top stable Down Under, the sky’s surely still the limit.

Cirillo – cost R60k – earned close on R5 million! (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)

169 lots representing a spectrum for every taste and pocket come under the hammer on Friday 22 November at Durbanville. See them go through their paces from 09h00.

From the nurseries of some of our leading farms, the 2019 offering includes the offspring of the country’s top active sires from 2018/19 in Silvano (2 lots) Twice Over (10), VAR (4) and Gimmethegreenlight (13), while recent log-topper, internationally proven sire Oratorio, has six catalogued.

The fun doesn’t end there – if you are feeling astutely sentimental, this sale also presents the very last opportunity to buy an offspring of the late sensational classic sire Captain Al. He has a filly and colt on the roster.

The sons and daughters of the recently deceased Dynasty are always in demand and the champion son of Fort Wood has two colts and a filly in the catalogue. Former Champion stallion Trippi, has a quartet of two-year-olds going through the ring.

Ascot’s Global View – has 5 on offer

Newer kids on the block include last season’s champion freshman Captain Of All (3), runner-up Vercingetorix (5), the red hot Querari (12), Master Of My Fate (6), Coup de Grace (6), while Flower Alley, Global View and Louis the King have 5 apiece, with What a Winter has a sextet.

There are three lots by international sires Maxios, Uncle Mo, Zoffany, all G1 winners who have already sired Gr1 winners.

There are 10 siblings to Gr1 winners, while the illustrious list of CTS R2R graduates include the likes of Gr1 winners Captain America, Red Ray, Rabada, Brave Mary, Hero’s Honour, Takingthepeace, Always In Charge, Brutal Force, Liege and French Navy.

Rewards Are Here!

There will be three bonuses of R250 000 each paid to the first three juvenile stakes winners bought at this year’s renewal.

There are 21 stakes races for 2yo’s in the 2019/20 season with the first on Sun Met day, 1 February. This gives the early maturing graduates the opportunity to earn significant stakes within a short period of time.

All graduates sold will qualify for a R1,25-million race for 3yo’s , to be staged the day after the 2020 Ready To Run Sale.

This will be the richest sales race in South Africa, aimed at, and being staged at the right time for those thoroughbreds who take a bit more time to mature.

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ASHAAWES

Son of Kingmambo from the family of Broken Vow, his best include graded winners Priceless Jewel and Reim, durable Dubai campaigner Sanshaawes, and smart performers Asstar, Way Clear, Scented Ash, Winter Watch, and Aurelia Cotta

  • Lot 50 – this filly, a half-sister to 3 winners, is out of a dual winning ½ to Fillies Guineas winner Rei Rei

CAPETOWN NOIR

Equus Champion and triple Gr1 winner whose early winners include the stakes placed Brandina and Scarborough Fair, as well as Enjoy The View, Capetown Affair, Kamadeva, Bohica and Liverpool Champ

  • Lot 10 – a half-brother to a winner, this colt’s third dam is speedy stakes winner Real Speed

CAPTAIN AL

Deceased multiple champion sire whose progeny include such champions as All Is Secret, Carry On Alice, Cloth Of Cloud, Always In Charge, Captain Of All, and Captain’s Lover, as well as the likes of Captain Lars, Undercover Agent, Hill Fifty Four, and Captain America

  • Lot 68 – this filly is out of a ¾ sister to stakes winner Like Paradise
  • Lot 123 – a ¾ brother to Gr1 placed stakes winner Captain Gambler, this colt is out of a stakes placed own sister to Winter Derby winner and Dubai scorer Liquid Mercury from a top international family

CAPTAIN OF ALL

Equus Champion son of Captain Al, he was South Africa’s Leading First Crop Sire in 2018-2019, his early winners include stakes winners Captain Anne Bonny and What You Are

  • Lot 26 – this filly is out of a Gr2 placed own sister to Umkhomazi Stakes victor Countless Times
  • Lot 86 – a ½ brother to 3 winners including Oaks Trial winner Chariot Of Gold, this colt is out of a Jallad sired stakes winning half-sister to July winner and promising sire Pomodoro and Gr2 winner Golden Chariot, second dam is Fillies Guineas winner, and Broodmare Of The Year, Golden Apple
  • Lot 91 – this colt is a half-brother to 5 winners including the dam of Gr1 winning sprinter Bold Respect

COUP DE GRACE

The only son of multiple champion sire Tapit at stud in South Africa, he is a dual graded stakes winning half-brother to US Gr1 winning two-year-old Dancing Rags. This is his first crop

  • Lot 1 – this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners including Gr3 winner Master Of Note and the stakes placed dam of Kenilworth Cup winner Smart Mart
  • Lot 52 – a ½ to the useful Flash Fire, this filly is out of a four time winning daughter of unbeaten champion 2yo Fasliyev, and granddam is a ½ to Gr1 filly Tycoon Rosita
  • Lot 59 – closely inbred to Storm Cat, this filly is out of a full-sister to champion and multiple Gr1 winner Mother Russia- whose dual Empress Club Stakes winning daughter Nother Russia is also inbred to Storm Cat!
  • Lot 69 – out of a winning granddaughter of Pivotal, this filly is from the same female line as multiple Gr1 winning globetrotting star Falbrav
  • Lot 136 – this colt is a ½ brother to 6 winners including Gr1 winning champion Link Man
  • Lot 146 – out of a 6 time winner, this colt is a ½ to 3 winners including champion Seventh Plain

DUKE OF MARMALADE

Five time Gr1 winner and Cartier Champion, whose impressive first local crop include such stakes winners as Santa Clara, Seville Orange, Temple Grafin, Nastergal, Duchess Of Bourbon and Princess Irene, the sire of more than 40 stakes winners the world over

  • Lot 5 – a ½ to winners by Oracy and Antonius Pius, this colt is out of a stakes placed daughter of champion and Gr1 Paddock Stakes winner League Title
  • Lot 14 – a ½ to 3 decent winners, this colt is out of a winning ¾ sister to Equus Champion and successful sire Elusive Fort and to the dam of Gr2 winning millionaire Elusive Silva
  • Lot 40 – this colt is out of a dual stakes winning Dynasty own sister to Horse Of The Year and multiple Gr1 winner, and sire, Irish Flame, granddam won the Winter Oaks
  • Lot 75 – a ½ brother to 3 smart winners, including Langerman runner up Frank Lloyd Wright, this colt is out of a Gr2 placed, seven time winning Dynasty ½ to 3 graded stakes winners
  • Lot 92 – this filly is a full-sister to Winter Oaks winner Duchess Of Bourbon and she is out of a dual winning half-sister to Equus Champion and short-lived sire Soft Falling Rain and to Gr2 winner Let It Rain, granddam a winning daughter of great sire and broodmare sire Giant’s Causeway

DYNASTY

Deceased Horse Of The Year, who was four times Equus Outstanding Stallion, and sire of champions Futura, Irish Flame, Legislate, Beach Beauty, Bela-Bela, Just Sensual, It’s My Turn and Lady In Black, as well as the likes of Act Of War, Jackson, and Ancestral Fore

  • Lot 51 – this colt is out of a Gr2 winning millionaire Trippi half-sister to US Gr3 winner Dynamic Host
  • Lot 94 – this filly is out of a Trippi ½ sister to Gr3 winning filly Peggy Jay and granddam is Gold Cup winner and champion Colonial Girl
  • Lot 143 – out of a dual winning daughter of Silvano, this colt’s granddam is a winning Western Winter half-sister to two multiple Gr1 winners and third dam is Gr2 winner, and Broodmare Of The Year, Jessamine, the female line of legendary champion Politician and exciting young Cape sire Lancaster Bomber

ELUSIVE FORT

Champion, and triple Gr1 winning son of Fort Wood, his best progeny include the Gr1 winners Siren’s Call and Lauderdale, and graded winners Fort Ember, Freedom Charter and Secret Potion

  • Lot 15 – a ½ brother to 3 winners, including the useful Emily Hobhouse, this colt, inbred to the great mare Elysee, is from the same family as his own sire, and his dam is bred on similar lines to multiple Gr1 winner and sire Rio De La Plata
  • Lot 18 – a full-brother to a recent winner, this colt is a half-brother to British based Gr1 Met runner up Last Winter and he is out of a Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winning daughter of Silvano
  • Lot 39 – this colt is out of a mare who won four times from 1200m to 1800m
  • Lot 47 – a half-brother to the useful Ready To Rumble, this colt is out of stakes placed, six time winning daughter of Var and granddam is a Gr3 placed winner of six
  • Lot 88 – a brother to a winner, this colt’s third dam is SA Oaks winner Logetta
  • Lot 117 – a half-brother to the very smart and speedy Sarah, this colt is out of a winning ¾ sister to Gr3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery winner Depardieu, from the family of Mother Russia and Winter Solstice
  • Lot 151 – bred on the same cross as high-class galloper Fort Ember, this filly is out of a 4 time winning daughter of Kahal and granddam was a stakes placed winner of three
  • Lot 153 – a ½ sister to a winner, this filly’s granddam is a four time winning own sister to the stakes placed dam of three stakes performers
  • Lot 157 – a brother to a winner, this colt is out of a winning half-sister to Gr1 Vodacom Durban July winner Hunting Tower, who, like Elusive Fort, was sired by Fort Wood, the family of Fappiano
  • Lot 161 – a half-sister to 6 winners, this filly is out of a full-sister to Gr3 performer Quick As Lizard and half-sister to Gr3 Prix du Cap winner Winter Burst, granddam is a Gr3 placed daughter of Danehill and Golden Slipper winner Burst
  • Lot 166 – a half-brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a stakes winner of three
  • Lot 168 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Lauderdale, this filly is a half-sister to 5 winners (one of whom won 11) and her dam is a ¾ sister to dual Gr1 winning champion Argonaut

FLOWER ALLEY

Travers Stakes winner, whose overseas runners include Kentucky Derby winning champion I’ll Have Another, his first local crop include such winners as Alibi Guy, Rille, Keep Smiling, Bayberry, Date Palm, debut winners Marygold and Prince Evlanoff, and the stakes placed Parterre

  • Lot 55 – inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this colt is out of a stakes winner of five, and he is a half-brother to eight winners including short-lived Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Noah From Goa
  • Lot 62 – a half-sister to 3 winners, one of whom won seven, this filly (inbred to, among others, Lyphard and Goofed) is out of a 3 time winning daughter of Western Winter and the Elliodor sired stakes winner Fragrant Lady
  • Lot 65 – from the female line of breed shaping sire Fappiano, this colt (a half-brother to 3 winners) is out of Gr3 winner and Gr1 Computaform Sprint runner up Mocha Java
  • Lot 102 – another closely inbred to Lyphard and Goofed, this filly is a half-sister to 2 winners including Gr3 winning two-year-old Brilliant Cut, and her dam is a sister in blood to dual Gr1 winner Lord Shirldor
  • Lot 167 – a ½ sister to 3 smart winners, this filly is out of a dual winning Western Winter ½ sister to Gr2 performer Air Combat and this is the family of champions Kochka and Jay Peg

FUTURA

Horse Of The Year, and 4 time Gr1 winning son of top local sire Dynasty, his first yearlings made up to R1 200 000 last season

  • Lot 110 – this colt is out of a 3 time winning daughter of Gr2 winner Conquistar

GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT

L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner and sire of graded winners Got The Greenlight, Gunner, Surcharge, Green Plains, Gimme Six, Barahin, Rose In Bloom, La Bella Mia, Hack Green, Green Pepper, Third Runway and Gimme One Night (son Yulong Prince, aka Surcharge, recently won a Listed race in Australia)

  • Lot 11 – a full-sister to talented feature race contender Cash Time, this filly is out of a 3 time winning daughter of successful broodmare sire Casey Tibbs and is from the family of Gr1 winner Dynamite Lady
  • Lot 25 – this colt is a full-brother to Zimbabwean Horse Of The Year Simona and half-brother to Gr2 Joburg Spring F&M Challenge runner up Mrs O, dam is a four time winning ¾ sister to Horse Of The Year Yard-Arm and own sister to Jebel Ali Sprint winner Drift Ice
  • Lot 34 – a half or full sister to 4 winners, this filly is out of a stakes winning daughter of Danehill Dancer and is from the family of Gr1 winners Lily Of The Valley and Mubtaahij
  • Lot 37 – a ½ to a winner, this filly is out a winning half-sister to 2 stakes winners including November Hcp winner Seattle Ice, family of champion filly Spook Express and successful local sire Elliodor
  • Lot 56 – this colt is an own brother to 2 winners including the stakes placed London Niece and he is very closely related to the More Than Ready sired Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winning sire Pluck
  • Lot 58 – a ½ to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Gr3 placed half-sister to Merchants winner Silicone Valley
  • Lot 77 – this colt is out of a winning ½ sister to Gr3 Yellowwood Hcp runner up Perakeen
  • Lot 100 – this filly is out of a dual winning Dynasty ½ sister to the Gr3 winning dam of Gr2 Camellia Stakes winner Schippers, granddam a stakes placed daughter of champion US sire Thunder Gulch
  • Lot 101 – this colt is a half-brother to smart performers Driving Miss Daisy and Lucky Dancer
  • Lot 105 – this filly is a half-sister to 5 winners including Gr3 Politician Stakes third Steel Rose
  • Lot 140 – bred on the same cross as the sire’s Zim star Simona, this filly’s dam is an own sister to Gr3 placed Wild Kodiak and half-sister to former East Cape star Vauclair, granddam is a Majorca Stakes winning daughter of top local broodmare sire Elliodor, family of multiple Gr1 winner Eyes Wide Open
  • Lot 154 – a ½ brother to 3 winners, this colt’s dam is a winning ½ sister to Gr1 winner Orbison
  • Lot 160 – this colt’s dam is a dual winning ¾ sister to Derby third Red Fort and half-sister to Gr2 winner Red Dor and Settlers Trophy winner Red Peril, granddam a Jallad ½ sister to Gr1 winner Double Dor

GLOBAL VIEW

A graded stakes winner at both two and three, he is a son of the world’s premier sire Galileo from the family of Storm Bird and he is bred on the same Galileo/Storm Cat cross as rising star sire Gleneagles and fellow Gr1 winners Decorated Knight, Marvellous, Churchill, and Clemmie

  • Lot 27 – out of a mare who won twice, and whose granddam won five, this colt carries no fewer than three cross of the great mare Crimson Saint close up
  • Lot 33 – closely inbred to Secretariat, this colt is out of a ½ sister to Durbanville Cup winner Thanks John, granddam is a half-sister to Horse Of The Year Roland’s Song
  • Lot 114 – a ½ brother to the stakes placed Summer Spin, this colt’s granddam is a Kris S half-sister to Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Tikkanen and to champion Turgeon
  • Lot 139 – this colt is out of a winning Captain Al ½ sister to Cape Guineas runner up Bush Pirate
  • Lot 142 – inbred to Storm Cat, this colt is out of a Gr3 placed daughter of Var, and granddam is a stakes winning own sister to the stakes placed dam of champion Yorker and R5.2 million buy Track Attack

IDEAL WORLD

The stakes winning son of Kingmambo and a champion own sister to outstanding sire Dansili has a proven track record with his offspring including the Met winners Rainbow Bridge and Smart Call, champion Hermoso Mundo, SA Derby hero Samurai Warrior and recent Gr2 winner Vistula and Algoa Cup winner Cat Daddy

  • Lot 119 – bred on the same cross as champion Smart Call, this colt is out of a daughter of top broodmare sire Horse Chestnut and stakes placed six time winner Pasadora Fizz

JACKSON

Triple Gr1 winning son of Dynasty from the family of Smart Strike, his first crop yielded smart performers Can You Feel It, Action Jackson, Dynamite Jack and Mr Crumford, while his second crop has already produced exciting filly Pretty Young Thing

  • Lot 107 – a three-parts brother to the talented Majestic Mozart, and ½ brother to 2 other winners, this colt is out of a winning Theatrical half-brother to 3 overseas stakes horses, the family of dual Dubai World Cup winner Thunder Snow, champions Balanchines and It’s In The Air, and 2019 Irish Derby winner Sovereign (like the colt on offer, sired by a Sadler’s Wells line horse)
  • Lot 163 – this colt is a ½ brother to 2 winners including Gr1 Premier’s Champions Challenge winner Coral Fever, and his dam is a dual winning ½ to 3 graded winners including Gr1 winning sire Ravishing and Gr2 winner Dynastic Power (sired by Jackson’s own sire Dynasty)

JAY PEG

The grandson of A P Indy won both the Gr1 Dubai Duty Free and Gr1 Singapore Airlines International Cup, his best progeny include such graded stakes winners as Exit Here, Silicone Valley, Olympic Owen, Hot Affair, Flash Drive, Woljayrine, and Peggy Jay

  • Lot 20 – bred on the same cross as Gr3 winner Exit Here, this colt is out of a full-brother to Gr1 Empress Club Stakes winner Stratos, the dam of SW Orpheus
  • Lot 24 – this colt is out of a half-sister to Gr1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship dead-heater Geepee S
  • Lot 152 – closely inbred to Elliodor, this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners, and his dam is a full-sister to Gr3 winner Kokkewiet and the stakes placed dam of East Cape Nursery winner Seattle Storm

JUDPOT

A half-brother to Kingmambo, and a former Equus Outstanding Stallion, his best progeny include Gr1 winners Along Came Polly, Coral Fever, Forest Indigo and Juxtapose

  • Lot 29 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Forest Indigo, this colt is a half-brother to five winners including Gr3 Cape Classic winner Eighth Wonder
  • Lot 72 – this filly is out of a stakes placed own sister to graded stakes winners Nordic Breeze and Rushing Wind, and half-sister to the dam of Castle Tankard winner Yer-Maan
  • Lot 120 – this colt is out of a half-sister to the Gr2 winning dam of dual Equus Champion and five time Gr1 winner Carry On Alice, the family of champions Kildonan and Magnificent Seven
  • Lot 126 – from the famed Party Time family, this filly is out of a winning half-sister to the 3 time winning dam of Gr1 placed filly Visuality
  • Lot 132 – out of a winning daughter of Silvano, this colt traces back directly in female line to one of the greatest mares in the stud book –Gr1 winner Fall Aspen, the latter is dam of champion sire Fort Wood and 3 other Gr1 winners and ancestress of the likes of Dubai Millennium, Mondialiste, Elnadim, Intello, Europa Point and Ribchester

KINGBARNS

Sadly short lived Gr1 Racing Post Trophy winning son of Galileo whose small first crop was headed by Gr1 winning champion Gabor and smart sorts King Of Gems and Casino Queen

  • Lot 28 – a ½ sister to 2 winners, including the stakes placed Life Is Good, this filly is out of a stakes placed half-sister to Gr1 winner Deo Juvente and stakes winner Mina Salaam, granddam is a Gr1 winning champion half-sister to Gr1 winners African Lion and Zebra Crossing

LEGISLATE

The son of Dynasty, and from the family of champion Gabor, was Horse Of The Year, multiple Equus Champion and a record breaking four time Gr1 winner

  • Lot 112 – this colt is a half-brother to 4 winners, by four different sires, including Gr3 placed Copybook and smart Mauritian galloper Istiqraar, his dam won 3 up to 2000m

LINNGARI

Dual Gr1 winning son of top class stallion Indian Ridge, his progeny include multiple group winner Garlingari and stakes winners Hastquina, Comical, Ta-Maluca and Mr Pommeroy

  • Lot 17 – a full-sister to 2 multiple winners, one of whom won seven, this filly is out of a Cape Verdi winning own sister to top-class filly Cover Look (dam of British Gr3 winner Shipmaster), granddam is dual Gr1 winner Fanciful
  • Lot 124 – a ½ brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a US dual winning own sister to SA/US Gr1 winner Crimson Palace and the dam of Gr3 winner Changingoftheguard and stakes winner Gilded Moon
  • Lot 134 – a half-sister to 5 winners, this filly is out of a winning Fort Wood half-sisters to 2 black type horses as well as the dam of Gr2 winner Wonderwall and recent winner Westlife, family of Arc winner Suave Dancer and outstanding broodmare sires Habitat and Northfields

LOUIS THE KING

Grandson of Storm Cat won South Africa’s Triple Crown at 3, and the Gr1 Summer Cup at 4

  • Lot 35 – this filly is out of a winning Fort Wood daughter of the stakes placed Hancock News
  • Lot 38 – this filly is out of a winning own sister to stakes winning racemare Peep Show
  • Lot 54 – this colt’s dam is a Trippi daughter of Mitra-a stakes winning Jallad half-sister to champion, and stakes producer Val De Ra, and 3 other stakes winners (Val De Ra, like the colt on offer, was sired by a Storm Cat line stallion)
  • Lot 127 – this colt is a half-brother to Devon Air Stakes winner, and Golden Slipper second, What You Are, and his six time winning dam is a half-sister to Gr3 placed mare No Longer A Dream
  • Lot 159 – this colt is out of a four time winning half-sister to Gr1 winning sprinter Disappear

MARCHFIELD

Dual Canadian champion his best includes Gr2 winner Field Of Courage and Winter Derby second Spring Man

  • Lot 48 – a brother to the useful Parade March, this colt is out of a dual winning Kabool mare and granddam is a two time winning half-sister to Diana Stakes winner Hard Scene

MASTER OF MY FATE

Dual Gr2 winning son of two champions, he made a great start to his stud career with his first two crops producing the likes of Guineas winning millionaire Twist Of Fate, Kenyan champion Silverstone Air, Derby Trial hero Gift For The Gap, and SA Fillies Nursery winner Basadi Faith

  • Lot 12 – a ½ sister to 4 winners, including the stakes placed Platinum Cat, this filly (closely inbred to Elliodor) is out of a half-sister to a stakes winner, and granddam is a stakes winning ¾ sister to Model Man
  • Lot 42 – this filly is out of a ¾ sister to Australian Gr2 winner Pampelonne and ½ sister to Aus Gr3 winner Rockshaft, family of Gr1 winning filly Danglissa (sired, like the filly’s dam, by a son of Danehill)
  • Lot 57 – a ½ sister to useful winners Borya and Russian Beat, this filly hails from the family of Zimbabwean Horse Of The Year Goldie
  • Lot 106 – out of a Ladies Mile winner, this colt (inbred to Elliodor) is a half-brother to six winners including Fillies Mile runner up Uptothemoon and Ruffian Stakes third Size Does Count
  • Lot 125 – out of a mare who won 3 over 1400m, this filly (inbred closely to Lypard) has a winning daughter of Montjeu as a granddam, and fourth dam is US Gr1 winning millionaire Sangue
  • Lot 133 – this colt is out of an eight time winning daughter of Spectrum –the damsire of Gr1 winners Dutch Art, Sand And Sea, Winchester, Moonlight Cloud, Land Of Plenty, Sangster, Ethiopia, Cedarberg and Prince Kaapstad

MAXIOS

A dual Gr1 winning son of multiple champion sire Monsun, and half-brother to Arc hero Bago, he is from the family of Danehill and Northern Dancer, and his best includes German Oaks winner Diamanta

  • Lot 73 – this colt is out of a stakes placed daughter of champion German sire Areion and German stakes winner Nianga, the family of group winners Nouvelle Noblesse, Noble Moon and Now We Can

NOBLE TUNE

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf runner up, and half-brother to champion and promising sire Honor Code, his progeny include Michaelmas Hcp runner up Paths Of Victory and the likes of White Lightning, Awesomely Tuned, Frozen Tune, Noble Rhythm, Abelie and Noble Joshua

  • Lot 149 – this colt, a ½ brother to 2 winners, is out of a winning Jet Master daughter of Fillies Guineas second Asmara, and his dam is a sister in blood to the dam of Gr3 winner Chestnut’s Rocket

ORATORIO

Triple Gr1 winning son of Danehill from the family of Alydar, he is the sire of more than 50 stakes winners, including 8 Gr1 winners, and his offspring have earned over $65 000 000

  • Lot 7 – a ¾ brother to the useful Snapscan, this colt is a half-brother to seven winners including short-lived champion, and Gr1 Vodacom Durban July winner Big City Life, and Gr3 winner Cash Register
  • Lot 71 – a brother to a dual winner, this colt is a half-brother to the stakes placed Viking Trail and to 12 time winner Nordic Warrior, his dam is a seven time winning daughter of champion sire/broodmare sire Fort Wood
  • Lot 99 – this filly is a ½ sister to 5 winners including Gr3 winning millionaire Masai Warrior
  • Lot 121 – an own sister to the useful Sacred Flame, this filly is a half-sister to 3 other good winners notably Gr1 Gold Medallion hero Guiness (who, like the filly on sale, was sired by a Danehill line stallion)
  • Lot 137 – out of a four time winning daughter of Western Winter and Gr1 winner As Ever, this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners including the durable Emily Jay, family of outstanding producer Loyal Linda
  • Lot 158 – with a cross of siblings Katonka and Roundup Rose in her pedigree, and out of a ¾ sister to stakes winner Sir Duke, this filly is out of a dual winning Trippi half-sister to Equus Champion Jeppe’s Reef and dual Algoa Cup winner Disco Al, granddam is an Oaks winning daughter of champion sire Badger Land

PATHFORK

The Irish champion, and half-brother to Preakness Stakes winner War Of Will, is a prolific sire of winners, with his best including the likes of Mighty High, Red Chesnut Road, Marchingontogether, My Friend Lee, Madame Speaker and Miss Honey

  • Lot 108 – this colt is out of a stakes placed daughter of speedy stakes winner The Eden Project-whose sire West Man is damsire of Pathfork’s Gr3 winner My Friend Lee
  • Lot 113 – inbred to Sadler’s Wells, as are Red Chesnut Road, Marchingontogether and Miss Honey,this colt is out of a dual winning daughter of outstanding local sire Dynasty

PHILANTHROPIST

Former Leading All Weather Sire in North America, and sire of champions Pender Harbour and Phil’s Dream, as well as the likes of Singapore Sling, She’s A Giver, Raven Girl and Sail

  • Lot 31 – bred on the same cross as Singapore Sling, this colt is out of a winning Western Winter half-sister to SA/US Gr1 winner Crimson Palace and to the dam of Gr3 winner Changingoftheguard
  • Lot 46 – a ½ brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of stakes placed daughter of outstanding broodmare sire Royal Academy, and his dam is closely related to Brazilian champion Desejado Thunder (sired by a son of Royal Academy)
  • Lot 60 – inbred to Grey Flight, this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners
  • Lot 64 – bred on the same cross as Gr3 winner She’s A Giver, this filly is out of a Var ½ sister to Gr2 winner Reflective Image, granddam was a Gr3 placed winner of four
  • Lot 66 – a full-brother to a winner, this colt is a half-brother to the very promising Casino Queen
  • Lot 74 – out of a Sadler’s Wells daughter of a French stakes winner, this colt is from the family of top class sire Inchinor and such Gr1 winners as Harbour Law and Poet’s Word
  • Lot 93 – inbred to Grey Flight, this colt, a half-brother to a multiple winner, is out of a five time winning half-sister to stakes winner and Gr1 Summer Cup third Rudi Rocks, granddam a Gr3 winner of five

POMODORO

July winning son of seven times champion sire Jet Master and Broodmare Of The Year Golden Apple, he was Leading First Crop Sire of 2017-2018, and his first crops have yielded such as Return Flight, Cirillo, Putontheredlight, Royal Italian, Cedar Man and Golden Belle

  • Lot 144 – this filly is out of a Trippi daughter of a stakes placed winner of seven

POTALA PALACE

The Gr1 winning half-brother to current high class filly Front And Centre has made a very bright start with his first two smallish crops including the likes of Palace Chapel, Russian Prince, Palace Of Dreams, Senatla, Snow Palace and Singforafa

  • Lot 111 – closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells (like Enable), this colt is out of a winning daughter of Gr2 winner Firestar
  • Lot 141 – this colt is a half or full brother to 6 winners including dual Aquanaut Handicap winner Cool Chardonnay and the stakes placed Shiraz Cabernet, shares his broodmare sire with Oh Susanna

QUERARI

A Gr1 winning son of Oasis Dream, and champion sire of 2Yos in South Africa last season, his current 3yos include the likes of Cockney Pride, Mill Queen and Liberty Hall

  • Lot 3 – a ½ to a dual winner, this filly is out of a half-sister to Gr3 Cape Summer Stayers winner Master Of Note and the stakes placed dam of Kenilworth Cup winner Smart Mart
  • Lot 16 – a ½ brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a ¾ brother to Track And Ball Derby winner Mr Winsome, and his dam is a Silvano daughter of Gr2 winner Tarn Fairy
  • Lot 32 – this colt is a ½ brother to 6 winners including Gr3 winner Crowd Pleaser
  • Lot 36 – out of a winning own sister to Equus Champion Hot Ticket, this filly is bred on the same cross as stakes winners Wonderwall, Cosmic Light, Dagmar and Luna Wish
  • Lot 41 – this colt is out of a full-sister to triple Gr3 winner Depardieu
  • Lot 49 – an own sister to useful Fleeced, this filly is out of a half-sister to Gr2 winner Fabian and to Darley Arabian winner, and Dubai winner,Star Empire, the same female line as Melody Belle and Wylie Hall
  • Lot 79 – a full-sister to recent winner Presumptuous, this filly is out of a 3 time winning Silvano half-sister to Gr3 placed 5 time winner Petty Officer, the family of Victory Moon, William Longsword, Imperious Sue and Real Princess
  • Lot 96 – this filly is out of a dual winning daughter of Windrush and is from the family of multiple Gr1 winning Equus Champion Mother Russia (by Windrush), immediate family of smart filly Sarah
  • Lot 129 – this colt is out of a 5 time winning Var daughter of the Gr2 placed stakes winner Miss Unimac
  • Lot 145 – a ½ to 2 winners, this colt is out of a winning Western Winter half-sister to Gr1 winners Al Nitak and The Sheik, and granddam is Gr2 winner, and Broodmare Of The Year, Jessamine
  • Lot 162 – this filly is a ½ sister to 2 winners as well as the stakes placed Chasing Green
  • Lot 169 – this filly, a half-sister to 5 winners, is out of a dual winning mare whose dam is herself a winning half-sister to 3 Gr1 winners, including the dam of Gr1 winner Deo Juvente

SEVENTH ROCK

A Gr1 winning son of two champions, his progeny include the Gr1 winners Seventh Plain and Guiness and useful Gr1 contender Rock The Globe

  • Lot 2 – out of a daughter of champion Twice Over, this colt’s granddam (by National Emblem-also broodmare sire of Seventh Plain) is a half-sister to dual Gr1 winner, and Gr1 producer, Shadow Dancing, and Gr1 Cape Guineas winner and multiple champion sire Captain Al

SILVANO

Champion Sire in South Africa four times, and sire of more than 20 Gr1 winners, including four Vodacom Durban July winners, and red hot young sire Vercingetorix

  • Lot 90 – bred on the same cross as champion Aslan, this filly is a half-sister to two winners including dual Gr1 winner, and Equus Champion, French Navy and the stakes placed Resolution, this filly is very closely related to the Silvano sired Gr2 winner Miyabi Gold and the latter’s stakes winning sister Konkola
  • Lot 122 – descended directly in female line from tap root mare Gondolette, this colt is out of a Peintre Celebre half-sister to 2 French group winners, as well as the dam of Gr1 winning sires Most Improved and Ectot

SOFT FALLING RAIN

Short-lived Equus Champion and a graded/group winner in three different countries, his first crop includes Gr2 winner Montreal Mist and Joburg Spring F&M Challenge second Gin Fizz

  • Lot 61 – this filly is out of a four time winning daughter of Captain Al, and her granddam is a winning half-sister to high-class sprinter Knife Edge
  • Lot 85 – this colt is out of a dual winning ½ sister to Gr3 Cape Classic winner Eighth Wonder

TIME THIEF

Caulfield Guineas runner up, and son of multiple champion sire Redoute’s Choice, he is the of outstanding Australian racemare In Her Time, while his first SA crop include the likes of Yessiricanboogie, Sir Caleb and Macthief

  • Lot 9 – this colt is out of a half-sister to Gr3 winner Current Event, the stakes placed Techno Captain, and the dams of stakes performers Neartic Dancer and Flichity By Farr
  • Lot 13 – closely inbred to Danehill, this colt, a half-brother to a useful winner, is out of a winning daughter of Danehill Dancer, and hails from the family of US champion Blame as well as such breed shaping sires as Sadler’s Wells and Nureyev
  • Lot 30 – this colt is out of a half-sister to champion Consensual (herself dam of champion Just Sensual), Gr2 winner Dance Along, and the dam of Gr1 winner Give Me Five
  • Lot 67– a ¾ brother to the useful Sir Caleb, this colt is out of a daughter of stakes winner Servilia
  • Lot 103 – closely inbred to Golden Slipper winner Canny Lad, this filly is out of a dual winning daughter of outstanding broodmare sire Canny Lad who is a ¾ sister to Aus Gr1 winner Dodge
    Lot 165 – this colt is out of a winning half-sister to Southeaster Sprint winner Dressed In Cotton

TRIPPI

A Gr1 winning champion sire, and emerging broodmare sire, his best include the Gr1 winners Inara, R Heat Lightning,Lobo’s Legend, Real Princess, Deo Juvente, Afrikaburn and For The Lads

  • Lot 19 – inbred closely to Forty Niner, this filly is a ½ sister to 4 winners including the stakes placed Nima, and her dam is a winning own sister to Equus Champion, and sire, Kildonan
  • Lot 81 – a half-brother to 3 winners, including talented French group performer Hug And A Kiss, this colt is out of a Giant’s Causeway daughter of US Gr1 winner Marylebone (the latter was sired by Unbridled’s Song – whose star son Liam’s Map is out of a Trippi mare)\
  • Lot 95 – this colt is out of a dual stakes winning daughter of champion broodmare sire Jet Master
  • Lot 97– this filly is out of a ¾ sister to speedy stakes performer Forecast

TWICE OVER

European champion and four time Gr1 winner whose stellar first crop produced Horse Of The Year and dual Vodacom Durban July winner Do It Again and the likes of Sand And Sea, Doublemint and Run Red

  • Lot 22 – closely inbred to Roberto, this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners and is out of a winning daughter of multiple champion sire Captain Al
  • Lot 45 – a ½ to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Silvano half-sister to Drill Hall Stakes second Real Red
  • Lot 70 – a ½ brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a winning Hennessy half-sister to the stakes placed Locomotion and fourth dam is US champion Mom’s Command
  • Lot 82 – this filly is out of a winning daughter of Gold Bracelet winner Dance Along
  • Lot 83 – an own brother to Lacerta (Twice Over’s first ever winner), this colt is out of a Captain Al half-sister to high-class Gr1 performer Lubricator
  • Lot 115 – this colt, whose dam is bred on similar lines to champion and successful sire National Emblem, is a half-brother to a winner, and his dam won twice over 1000m
  • Lot 118 – intriguingly inbred to Kerala, this colt is out of Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes winner Syrian Sonja
  • Lot 128 – this colt is a half-brother to 5 winners including Michaelmas Handicap hero Alghadeer
  • Lot 131 – a half-brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a mare who won four times up to 2000 metres
  • Lot 148 – out of a ¾ sister to Derby Trial winner Soul Master, this filly is a half-sister to 2 winners and to the stakes placed Sapphire Rock, dam is a dual winning daughter of Jet Master and Gr1 winner Saintly Lady (dam also closely related to the dam of R2.8 million plus earner Safe Harbour)

UNCLE MO

US champion and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner, he was Leading First Crop Sire and Leading Sire of 2Yos in USA in 2015, already sire of Kentucky Derby winning champion Nyquist and fellow Gr1 winners Bast, Dream Tree, Mo Town, Outwork, Unbridled Mo and Gomo

  • Lot 116 – bred on the same cross as US Gr2 winner Moon Colony, this colt is a half-brother to 2 winners notably US millionaire and Gr1 Hollywood Gold Cup winner Rail Trip

VAR

Perennially among the leading sires in the country, his progeny include dual Horse Of The Year Variety Club, Equus Champions Val De Ra and Via Africa, and fellow Gr1 winners Sommerlied, Eden Roc, Villandry, August Rush, Normanz, and Contador

  • Lot 44 – a ½ or full brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of Laisserfaire Stakes winner Joshua’s Mistress
  • Lot 78 – this colt is out of the stakes winning Peep Show, who won five times up to 1600m
  • Lot 84 – out of a dual stakes winning daughter of Captain Al, this filly is bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Eden Roc, Ghaalla and William The Silent
  • Lot 89 – inbred to Storm Cat, this filly, a half-sister to a winner, is a sister in blood to dual Horse Of The Year, and Gr1 Champions Mile winner, Variety Club

VERCINGETORIX

Equus Champion and one of the country’s rising sire stars, his first crop yielded the likes of graded stakes winning millionaire African Warrior and fellow stakes winners Hooves Of Troy and Viking Moon

  • Lot 23 – a ½ brother to 3 winners, including stakes placed Captain’s Causeway, this colt is out of a dual winning daughter of Giant’s Causeway and he hails from the family of such international stars as Invincible Spirit, Kodiac, Pride Of Dubai, Uni and current two-year-old sensation Pinatubo
  • Lot 43 – a ½ to a winner by The Assayer, this colt is out of a daughter of champion broodmare sire Jet Master, and his granddam is a dual winning half-sister to New Zealand champion, and multiple Gr1 winning sire, King’s Chapel
  • Lot 98 – a half-brother to Gr3 performer, and near millionaire, Seventh Sea, this colt is out of a stakes winning half-sister to the stakes winning dam of the Hong Kong based Gr1 SA Classic winner Lobo’s Legend
  • Lot 147 – this colt is out of a dual winning own sister to Aus Gr2 winner, and Golden Slipper second, Von Costa De Hero, granddam a Gr1 winner who won nine times up to 1200 metres
  • Lot 156 – a ½ sister to 6 winners, this filly is out of a winning Badger Land daughter of Gr2 winner Forest Fantasy –d am of, among others, speedy Gr3 winner Even The Wind

VISIONAIRE

A Gr1 winner, and Leading First and Second Crop Sire in South Africa of his era, his progeny dominated the recent Ready To Run Cup, finishing first, second and third

  • Lot 21 – this colt is out of a stakes placed sister to the dam of Equus Champion and Gr1 winner Lady In Black and three-parts sister to Singapore champion Lizarre
  • Lot 130 – a ½ sister to a winner, this filly (closely inbred to Deputy Minister and Gone West) is out of a 4 time winning daughter of Prix du Cap second Vermilion –an own sister to Gr1 winners Nania and Red Ray
  • Lot 150 – out of the Gr3 winning Badger Land mare Bardot, this colt is a half-brother to eight winners including Gr1 Woolavington 2000 winner Viva Maria, Gr2 winner Bichette, the Gr1 placed Warrior’s Rest, record breaker Blizzard Belle, promising filly Sidonie, and Darley Arabian winner Pilou

WHAT A WINTER

Triple Equus Champion, and Leading First Crop Sire in SA of his year, his progeny include Gr1 winner Clouds Unfold and fellow graded stakes winners Armando, Dutch Philip, Snow Report, and Magical Wonderland

  • Lot 53 – this filly is a half-sister to talented Gr1 contender Elevated and own sister to the very smart filly Celestial Storm, dam a stakes placed winner of six races up to 1200 metres
  • Lot 63 – this filly is out of a four time winning ½ sister to the stakes placed Vivalda
  • Lot 109 – this filly, an own sister to recent winner Mr Cobbs, is out of a winning half-sister to 3 stakes horses, including Merchants winner Splash Gold, as well as to the dual winning dam of Cape Nursery winner Flash Drive
  • Lot 135 – closely inbred to Gone West, this colt is a half-brother to four winners including Kenilworth Cup/Glenlair Trophy winner Paddy O’Reilly, he is descended in female line from great tap root mare
  • Lot 138 – this colt, whose damsire Qui Danzig sired What A Winter’s talented half-brother What A Question, is a half-brother to 6 winners including Gr2 Drill Hall Stakes winner Perovskia
  • Lot 155 – another out of a mare by Qui Danzig, this colt is a half-brother to 7 winners including Equus Champion and multiple Gr1 winner Via Africa and the speedy, stakes placed Elusivenchantment

WHERE’S THAT TIGER

Deceased son of Storm Cat whose best local runners include the likes of Gr3 winner Tiger’s Touch, Gr1 performer Samurai Blade, stakes winner See You Tyger, short-lived stakes winner Tiger Quest and Gr3 winner Supertube

  • Lot 8 – this colt is out of a five time winning daughter of successful broodmare sire Daylami
  • Lot 76 – this filly is out of a dual winning half-sister to the dam of high-class sprinter Pinnacle Peak

WILLOW MAGIC

One of more than 40 Gr1 winners sired by the outstanding sire Dubawi, he was a versatile performer whose wins included triumphs in both the Gr1 SA Nursery and Gr2 Dingaans

  • Lot 4 – this colt,a ½ to 3 winners, is out of a winning Western Winter daughter of champion Donatella
  • Lot 80 – a ½ to 2 winners, this filly is out of a winning ½ sister to the talented, but short-lived,Jack Horner, granddam was a stakes placed winner of three

WYLIE HALL

Dual Gr1 winning son of multiple champion Australian sire Redoute’s Choice, and half-brother to Gr1 winning sprinter Absolute Champion, his promising first crop includes exported Gr3 winner Twilight Moon

  • Lot 87 – this colt is out of a winning Fort Wood half-sister to 2 stakes horses, including Gr1 Premier’s Champion Stakes runner up Kilcoy Castle, granddam a stakes winning daughter of Western Winter
  • Lot 164 – this colt is out of a dual winning Encosta De Lago half-sister to 3 international stakes winners including Gr1 Futurity Stakes winner Aqua D’Amore (who was sired by Redoute’s Choice’s own sire Danehill), family of Gr1 winning sprinter Kingsgate Native and classic winner Las Meninas

ZOFFANY

Gr1 winner, and second to Frankel at Royal Ascot, his 30 black type performers include Gr1 winners Ventura Storm and Albigna, as well as group winners Fleeting, Coral Beach, Main Edition, Knife Edge, Foundation, and locally, his representatives include Gr2 winner Zodiac Ruler

  • Lot 104 – closely inbred to Danehill, this colt is out of a Galileo own sister to dual Gr3 winner (My) Quest For Peace

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