It’s not new – the Cape Yearling Sale is one of South Africa’s best value for money auctions, and is a regular and consistent nursery of top-class athletes – many of whom are bought for bargain basement prices.
Seen in 2018…. (Pic – Candiese Marnewick)
So whether you’re in search of a Met or July winner, or looking to find a rewarding pinhooking opportunity, here’s a real chance at both – and more at one of the most convivial venues to spend a Sunday in the countryside, while dreaming a dream…
An industry veteran told the Sporting Post after last year’s sale that ‘if trainers of all shapes and sizes couldn’t find a horse of all shapes and sizes at this sale, then they are never going to find a horse!’
That’s fighting straight talk from a champion breeder who has been round the ring a few times – but it succinctly sums up the spectrum of what’s on offer.
Seen in 2018…. (Pic – Candiese Marnewick)
Top names like legendary champion Pocket Power, Hammie’s Hooker, Mother Russia, O Caesour, Sarabande, Silver Arc, Sparkling Gem, Royal Bencher and Villandry will be familiar to all readers, while last month’s Wolf Power 1600 winner Doosra and the likes of Final Judgement, Green Pepper, Hack Green, Princess Peach and international traveller Surcharge, will conjure up aspirations of hope and excitement.
A host of our top producing breeders are represented with class stallions such as Duke Of Marmalade, Elusive Fort, Gimmethegreenlight, Judpot, Soft Falling Rain, Twice Over, Vercingetorix and What A Winter all represented at the one day sale.
Have you seen our Buyer’s Guide?
Exciting sires with first South African crop yearlings on offer include Act Of War, Coup De Grace, Flying The Flag, Futura, Global View, Legislate and SA Triple Crown star Louis The King.
Bloodstock SA have thrown in an increased Juvenile Winner Incentive Bonus – read more about it here
See you at 12h00 on Sunday 17 March, at the Mistico Equestrian Centre, Paarl
ACT OF WAR
A son of Dynasty and Broodmare Of The Year Si Senorita, he won 8 with his six graded victories including the Gr1 Cape Guineas and Gr2 Selangor Cup
- Lot 33 – this filly, inbred to legendary stallion Sadler’s Wells, is out of a winning daughter of Trippi and a stakes winning daughter of Galileo, family of Gr3 winning racemare Harlem Shake
- Lot 34 – this filly is out of Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner Checcetti and is from the same family as Irish Derby winner Meadow Court
Lot 140 – a ½ sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of a mare who won four over 1000m - Lot 145 – this colt, out of the multiple stakes placed Seven Grand, is from the same female line as successful stallions Placerville, Boundary and Rich Man’s Gold
- Lot 151 – this filly is out of a Silvano half-sister to high class fillies Red Disa and Tick Tock (dam of SA Nursery winner William The Silent), dam is a ¾ sister to Derby winner Silvano’s Jet
- Lot 173 – closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this colt is out of a mare who won three from the family of Gr1 winners Menifee, Desert Wine, US Navy Flag, Misty For Me, Les Arcs and Ballydoyle
ALADO
Regally bred son of Danzig and Alborada, his best includes Selangor Cup winner Rocket Countdown and the useful performers Pale Lilac, Flying Winger, Half Moon Hotel and Northern Conquest
- Lot 20 – this colt’s dam is a Dynasty sired ½ sister to high class performers Snowdon and Sealed With A Kiss, and second dam is a seven time winning own sister to Gr1 winning 2yo Trust Antonia
- Lot 45 – this colt is out of Dynasty sired four time winner and Gr3 Final Fling third Dynasty’s Pride
- Lot 116 – this colt is a full-brother to useful winners Adorada and Domina and he is out of a winning daughter of Western Winter who is a ¾ sister to stakes winners Exelero and Master Mascus
- Lot 126 – this colt is out of Gr3 Diana Stakes winner Promises To Keep – a ½ sister to Selangor Cup third Speed Rocket, the family of multiple stakes winner Knockout
ASHAAWES
Son of Kingmambo from the family of Broken Vow, his top runners included the graded stakes winners Priceless Jewel and Reim, gallant Dubai campaigner
Sanshaawes, useful fillies Aurelia Cotta and Winter Watch, and stakes winners Way Clear and Scented Ash
- Lot 18 – this colt is out of a 3 time winning daughter of Var from the family of Harry Hotspur
BOLD SILVANO
An Equus Champion and Vodacom Durban July winner whose progeny include the Gr1 winning sprinter Bold Respect, Zim Guineas winner Flasher On The Run and Dubai based galloper Bold Rex
- Lot 29 – this filly is out of a stakes placed own sister to Gr1 Computaform Sprint winner Noble Heir (dam of Australian Gr3 winning filly Crown Witness)
BYWORD
Top class performer whose wins included the Gr1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes, his
runners include Gr3 Flamboyant Stakes winner Camphoratus and the useful performers No More Words, Crown And Country, and Shifting Shadows
- Lot 3 – this filly, whose dam is a daughter of outstanding sire Danehill Dancer, is from the immediate family of unbeaten Yorkshire Oaks winner Catchascatchcan (dam of Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Mile second and sire Antonius Pius) and recent Gr1 Bidvest Majorca Stakes winner Clouds Unfold
- Lot 9 – this filly is out of a four time winning daughter of Arc winning champion Dalakhani
CAPTAIN OF ALL
An Equus Champion, and triple Gr1 winner, he is a son of deceased champion sire Captain Al and his first winners include What You Are and Guantanamo Bay
- Lot 5 – this colt is out of a full sister to a multiple winner from the family of Gr3 winner Conman
- Lot 74 – from the great Party Time family, this filly is out of a mare who won five up to 1200m
- Lot 76 – bred on a similar cross to champion Carry On Alice, this filly is out of a winning daughter of Western Winter from the family of Gr1 winners Coral Fever, Ravishing, Fort Defiance and Vega
- Lot 84 – this filly, whose dam is a half-sister to a Gr3 performer in the USA, is from one of the best families in the stud book with her relatives including the classic winning fillies Russian Rhythm, Shadayid and Alydaress and outstanding sires Cape Cross and Iffraaj (and recent Gr3 Gotham Stakes winner Haikal)
- Lot 98 – this colt, a half-brother to 4 winners, is out of a winning Nureyev daughter of a Gr2 winner, with the mare being bred on very similar lines to Nureyev’s outstanding son Zilzal
- Lot 104 – out of a stakes placed daughter of Var, this filly is from the family of Epsom classic winners Lammtarra, Pour Moi and Snow Bride as well as the outstanding mare Korveya
- Lot 161 – out of a winner, this colt’s second dam is a winning own sister to champion sprinter and Horse Of The Year National Colour (dam of Gr1 winning siblings Mustaaqeem and Rafeef)
- Lot 162 – a ½ to four smart winners, and ¾ sister to the stakes placed Span Die Seile, this filly is out of the Jet Master sired Syringa Handicap winner Start Me Up
- Lot 171 – this filly, a half-sister to 4 winners, is out of a winning Fort Wood half-sister to stakes winner Orange Alert and ¾ sister to top class filly Cover Look, bred on a similar cross to Gr1 winners Captain America and William Longsword
- Lot 172 – this filly is out of a winning half-sister to stakes winning filly Pure Power (who, like Captain Of All himself was sired by Captain Al), the family of multiple champion sprinter Flobayou
- Lot 180 – this colt is out of a half-sister to the Captain Al sired Gr1 Paddock Stakes winner Emerald Cove
COUP DE GRACE
Multiple graded stakes winning son of multiple champion US sire Tapit and half-brother to Gr1 winning 2yo Dancing Rags, his 2nd dam is Breeders’ Cup winning champion Jewel Princess
- Lot 48 – a ½ to a winner, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Somerset Plate winner Electro Step
- Lot 78 – this colt is a half-brother to the very promising 3yo Senatla
- Lot 80 – this filly (closely inbred to Lassie Dear and Crimson Saint) is out of a Captain Al daughter of Gr3 sprinter Sydney’s Joy – herself a half-sister to Australian Gr1 winner and successful sire Charge Forward
- Lot 105 – a ½ sister to 3 winners, this filly is from the immediate family of top Australian filly English and her second dam is a half-sister to champion and top class sire Grand Lodge
- Lot 131 – this filly, a half-sister to 4 winners, is out of a winning Jet Master ½ to stakes placed Rebel Chief and to the dam of short-lived sprint star and millionaire Trip Tease
- Lot 157 – this colt is out of a winning Street Cry half-sister to multiple winners in Australia
- Lot 182 – this filly is out of an Oaks Trial winning daughter of outstanding broodmare sire Spectrum from the family of star US fillies In The Gold and Judy The Beauty
DUKE OF MARMALADE
Cartier Champion and sire of Gr1 winners Big Orange, Simple Verse, Star Of Seville, Nutan, and Sound Of Freedom, his first SA crop has yielded the likes of Temple Grafin, Santa Clara, Seville Orange and Princess Irene
- Lot 89 – bred on the same cross as Cape champion Temple Grafin, this colt is out of a 4 time winning half-sister to stakes winner Admiral’s Daughter and second dam is a 3 time winning 1/2 sister to international Gr1 winning sisters Irridescence and Perfect Promise
ELUSIVE FORT
The triple Gr1 winnng Equus Champion has already left behind a host of high class performers including the likes of Siren’s Call, Lauderdale, Fort Ember, Safe Harbour, Elusive Heart and Secret Potion, as well as recent smart 3yo Elusive Trader
- Lot 8 – a 1/2 brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a 1/2 to Gr2 filly Nimley and is from the family of multiple Gr1 winner Eyes Wide Open (also sired by a son of Fort Wood)
- Lot 26 – bred on the same cross as millionaire Fort Ember, this filly is out of a 4 time winning daughter of Kahal from the family of champion filly Hammer Belle
- Lot 54 – a 1/2 brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a 1/2 sister to stakes winner Cape Royal
- Lot 56 – this colt is out of a 1/2 sister to Somerset 1200 runner up Silk Road and traces back directly to Change Water -whose brillliant daughter Fall Aspen is dam of champion sire Fort Wood -the sire of Elusive Fort himself!
- Lot 66 – bred on the same cross as SA Oaks winner Secret Potion, this filly is out of stakes winner Grandalea and is very closely related to Broodmare Of The Year Akinfeet (by Fort Wood) whose progeny include Equus Champion and promising young sire Capetown Noir
- Lot 85 – an own brother to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a 1/2 to Gr2 winner Park Lane
- Lot 122 – this colt is out of a winning 1/2 to ill-fated Gr1 SA Classic runner up Mister Cricket
- Lot 149 – out of a winning daughter of Silvano, this colt’s second dam is a 3 time winning own sister to Gr1 winner Pacific Blue
- Lot 168 – a 1/2 brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a winning daughter of multiple champion Australian sire Redoute’s Choice and is from the famed Denise’s Joy family -responsible for such Gr1 winners as More Joyous, Sunday Joy, Tuesday Joy, Fenway,Thorn Park and Joie De Grise
- Lot 179 – out of a half-sister to stakes performer Speed Merchant, this filly is out of a Trippi daughter of speedy stakes winner The Eden Project, family of Gr1 winner Proud Pilgrim
FENCING MASTER
Gr1 son of Gr1 winners Oratorio and Moonlight Dance, his best offspring include Zimbabwe Derby winner Solinski and the useful Mount Keith
- Lot 24 – this colt is out of mare who won five up to 1600m
- Lot 150 – this filly, a 1/2 to a winner, is out of a Jet Master daughter of Oaks/Fillies Guineas winner Joshua’s Princess from the family of Cape Derby winner Grande Jete
- Lot 175 – a 1/2 sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a half-sister to stakes performer Sunley Peace
- Lot 184 – closely inbred to Danehill, this colt is out of a winning daughter of the Fort Wood sired stakes winner Holly Oak -an own sister to the dam of champion Mokaro
FLOWER ALLEY
Winner of the Gr1 Travers Stakes, his progeny include Kentucky Derby winning champion I’ll Have Another and other Gr1 winners Lilacs And Lace, Lukes Alley and Bullards Alley
- Lot 19 – a half-brother to a winner, this colt is out of a 1/2 to Gr2 winner and Gr2 producer Philippa Johnson, and he hails from the family of Guineas/Zabeel Mile winner Janoobi
- Lot 21 – closely inbred to Lyphard, this colt is a half-brother to 4 winners and his dam is an own sister to Matchem second Fortunates and half to the stakes winning dam of top class galloper Twist Of Fate, the family of July winning champion Heavy Metal
- Lot 25 – closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this filly is out of winning Fort Wood mare who is very closely related to champion and outstanding sire Dynasty
- Lot 82 – a 1/2 to a useful winner, this colt is out of a 5 time winning daughter of Gr3 winner Kefaah’s Secret (whose sire is from the same family as Flower Alley)
- Lot 99 – this filly is a 1/2 to 2 winners notably Gr2 winner Rosier and she is from the family of multiple Gr1 winner Commentator (like Flower Alley a son of Distorted Humor)
- Lot 106 – a 1/2 to 3 winners, this filly (also inbred to Lyphard) is out of a 3 time winning Western Winter mare whose Elliodor sired dam was a stakes winner of seven
- Lot 121 – closely inbred to champion Forty Niner, this filly is from the family of champion Whopper Victory
- Lot 138 – out of a 3 time winning Al Mufti mare, this filly is from the family of standout fillies In The Fast Lane, Sally Bowles, Consumer Credit and Lambarina
FLYING THE FLAG
An impeccably bred Gr3 winning son of the world’s greatest sire Galileo, he is a full- brother to Gr1 winners Magical and Rhododendron, and his dam, by outstanding sire and broodmare sire Pivotal, won three Gr1 races including the Irish 1000 Guineas
- Lot 90 – a ½ sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a winning Silvano half-sister to four black type performers and her third dam is high class Gr1 performer Old Rituals
- Lot 143 – a half-brother to 2 winners, this colt (bred on a similar cross to such Gr1 winners as Minding and The Gurkha, is out of a winning Danehill Dancer daughter of a Cape Fillies Guineas winner
- Lot 164 – this filly’s granddam is a winning ½ sister to top class fillies Little Ballerina and Trojan Belle
FUTURA
A son of outstanding sire Dynasty, the former Horse Of The Year and multiple Equus Champion won four Gr1 races namely the L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate, J&B Met and two runnings of the Champions Cup
- Lot 10 – this filly is out of a winning daughter of champion sire Trippi, first 4 dams all won
GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT
Former Leading First Crop Sire whose progeny include the Gr1 winners Gunner and Surcharge and top class graded stakes winners National Park, Barahin, Gimme Six, Green Plains, Green Pepper, Hack Green, and Gimme One Night
- Lot 30 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Gunner, this filly is out of a Gr3 placed Captain Al mare who is a ¾ sister to multiple Gr1 winner Captain America
- Lot 51 – this filly, out of a stakes placed daughter of National Assembly, is from the family of champions Bush Telegraph and top class filly Have A Ball
GLOBAL VIEW
Gr2 winning son of Galileo from the family of top class sires Storm Bird and Green Tune, his first yearlings have already sold up to R1 300 000
- Lot 63 – out of a dual winning mare, this colt’s dam is a dual winning granddaughter of Royal Academy and second dam, who won five, is by Goldkeeper, which gives this colt three lines of the great mare Crimson Saint
- Lot 70 – a colt, closely inbred to Secretariat, is out of a ½ sister to stakes winner Thanks John
- Lot 81 – this filly is out of a winning ½ sister to Gr3 winning racemare I’m Like Hello and second dam is a half-sister to short lived champion filly Jumpup And Kissme
- Lot 160 – 1/2 to a winner, this filly (closely inbred to Storm Cat) is out of a winning daughter of SA Oaks Trial winner Sporting Model
GREYS INN
July winning champion whose relatives include the likes of Zeditave and Smart Call, his best is dual Horse Of The Year and multiple champion Legal Eagle and fellow Gr1 winners King Of Pain and Royal Bencher
- Lot 136 – a sister to a winner, this filly is out of a ½ sister to Ladies Mile winner Even Money and second dam is a half-sister to Queen’s Plate winning filly Wainui, family of Sand And Sea
- Lot 181 – a ½ to 2 winners including a stakes performer, this filly is out of a Goldkeeper to 2yo stakes winner Triumphant Surge from the immediate family of champion sprinter Mythical Flight
INDIGO MAGIC
The classically bred son of Gone West has left his mark through his graded stakes winners Go Indigo and Shades Of Indigo, and fellow black type winners Darling Moon and Moonlight Gambler
- Lot 69 – a ½ to 3 winners, this filly is out of a half-sister to Italian Gr1 winner Posidonas and to the dam (and granddam of recent group winner Larchmont Lady) of Italian classic winner Spirit Of Desert
- Lot 91 – out of a stakes placed winner of four, this filly is a ¾ sister to
Indigo Magic’s top class sprinter Shades Of Indigo – whose half-brothers include the stakes winners Silver Mist and Crown Of Gold
JACKSON
Dynasty’s triple Gr1 winner, closely related to Smart Strike and Sail From Seattle, his early runners include the smart sorts Can You Feel It, Mr Crumford, Water Spirit and Heaven’s Embrace
- Lot 32 – closely inbred to the great mare No Class, this colt is out of a five time winning half-sister to 2 stakes winners, one of whom being sired by
Jackson’s grandsire Fort Wood - Lot 59 – this filly is out of a Var half-sister to stakes placed filly Flying Silver
- Lot 60 – a half-brother to five winners, this colt is out of a Western Winter daughter of stakes winner Saintly Soul (whose dam is Gr1 winner Saintly Lady), family of recently retired Gr1 performer Safe Harbour (like the colt on offer sired by a Fort Wood line stallion)
- Lot 108 – this filly is out of a 3 time winning half-sister to Politician Stakes winner Blaze Of Noon –who was sired by Jackson’s own sire Dynasty
- Lot 124 – a ½ to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a half-sister to two stakes performers, and, descended from the great mare Queen Of Light, is from the immediate family of French star and multiple Gr1 winner Esoterique
- Lot 170 – a ½ sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a Tale Of The Cat half-sister to Australian five time Gr1 winner Boban and second dam won the Australian Oaks
JAY PEG
Grandson of A P Indy and Gr1 winner in three different countries, he is a proven sire whose progeny include graded stakes winners Silicone Valley, Exit Here, Peggy Jay, Olympic Owen, Flash Drive, Hot Affair and Woljayrine
- Lot 37 – this filly, whose dam won over 1200m, has a half-sister to 2 stakes winners as a granddam
- Lot 57 – bred on the same cross as Gr3 winner Exit Here and inbred to Elliodor like Merchants winner Silicone Valley, this colt’s dam is an own sister to Gr1 winner Stratos and is from the family of champion Space Walk
- Lot 65 – bred like graded winners Flash Drive and Hot Affair, this colt, closely inbred to Seattle Slew, is out of a full-sister to 2YO stakes winner Leeward, family of top sprinter Shea Shea, the colt on offer is a half-brother to impressive recent debut winner Yessiricanboogie
- Lot 129 – this filly is out of a 4 time winning ½ sister to Gr3 filly Swift Sarah
- Lot 144 – a ½ to 2 winners, this colt is out of a stakes placed daughter of Dynasty
- Lot 153 – this colt is out of a daughter of Western Winter and Gr1 winner Soft Landing
JUDPOT
From the immediate family of recent Gr1 winners Alpha Centauri and Study Of Man, his best include the Gr1 winners Along Came Polly, Coral Fever, Forest Indigo and Juxtapose, and he is also responsible for recent Gr3 winner Down To Zero
- Lot 163 – this filly is a sister in blood to Gr1 SA Fillies Classic/Gr2 SA Oaks winner Juxtapose
LEGISLATE
Horse Of The Year and multiple Equus Champion, the son of outstanding sire Dynasty won four Gr1 races and broke the track record over 1600m at Kenilworth, this is his first crop
- Lot 42 – this colt, whose damsire West Man is from the same family as Dynasty himself, is out of a four time winning ½ sister to two smart black performers, the family of SA Oaks winner Haute Cuisine
- Lot 95 – this colt, closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, is out of a Trippi own sister to an Oaks third place getter and ¾ sister to Listed Perfect Promise Sprint winner Lesedi La Rona, second dam is a Sadler’s Wells half-sister to French Oaks winner Bright Sky
- Lot 112 – this colt is out of a five time winning own sister to Gr1 SA Fillies Sprint second Maelstrom and ½ sister to Merchants hero Mike’s Choice and Gr3 performer Paint The Town
- Lot 174 – this filly, out of a winning daughter of very smart filly La Brea Pits, is descended directly in female line from the great mare Stolen Hour, whose numerous top class descendants include the likes of El Gran Senor, Redoute’s Choice, Peeping Fawn, Jazil, Romanised and Spinning World
- Lot 176 – this filly is out of a ½ sister to Gr2 performer Sky Marshal and is bred on very similar lines to the Dynasty sired high class performer Noble Secret
LOUIS THE KING
A grandson of Storm Cat, he won both the Triple Crown and Summer Cup and, like numerous outstanding sires, is a direct female line descendant of the great Pretty Polly
- Lot 117 – this filly is out of a four time winning daughter of Silvano from the family of champion filly Rock Star
- Lot 137 – this filly, whose dam is a half-sister to Gr3 performer Alexander, is from the same family as champion filly, and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner, Caledonia Road among others
- Lot 183 – a ½ brother to a recent 2yo winner, this colt is out of a six time winning half-sister to Gr3 performer No Longer A Dream from the family of Met winner Polo Classic
MAMBO IN SEATTLE
The ¾ brother to Lemon Drop Kid has proved a successful sire in his own right, with his best runners including dual Gr1 winner Same Jurisdiction, Golden Slipper winner Desert Rhythm, recent Oaks Trial winner Bize and Daily News 2000 runner up Majestic Mambo
- Lot 6 – bred on the same cross as graded winners Desert Rhythm and Fortune Fella, this filly (inbred to Nureyev and Lassie Dear) is out of a winning daughter of Al Mufti from the family of champion miler Joe Owen
- Lot 41 – out a mare whose six wins included two stakes races, this filly is a half-sister to 3 winners including the stakes placed Banjo Buzz, her dam is a sister in blood to stakes producer Counterpoise
- Lot 64 – this filly is out of a ¾ sister to speedy stakes winner Kissable
- Lot 77 – a ½ to four winners, this filly is out of a UAE Oaks winning daughter of champion sire and broodmare sire Western Winter, from the great Party Time family
- Lot 97 – a ½ sister to 2 useful winners, this filly is out of a winning ½ to stakes winning sprinter Monterey Star – and Mambo’s close relative Tiger Ridge threw the stakes winner of ten, Follow The Piper, from this family
- Lot 109 – out of a 3 time winning daughter (bred on the same cross as champion Big City Life) of increasingly successful broodmare sire Casey Tibbs, this colt’s second dam is a ½ sister to Gr1 winning two-year-old Exhilaration
- Lot 134 – this colt, a ½ to four winners, is out of a 3 time winning Hennessy ½ to Australian Gr1 performer Rose Of Dane and to the stakes placed dam of Gr2 Gold Bracelet winner Razzle Dazzle Rose
- Lot 142 – this filly, whose four time winning dam is a sister to Hibiscus Stakes winner Summer Season, is from the family of Gr1 winners Royal Chalice, Red Ray, Set Afire, Nania and Rudra – to name but a few
- Lot 166 – closely inbred to US Broodmare Of The Year Weekend Surprise, this colt is out of Surfer Girl –a stakes placed winner of five, and his 1st 3 dams are all black type performers
- Lot 186 – this colt is out of a Trippi ½ sister to Gr3 winning 2yo Wheredowego
MARCHFIELD
Dual Canadian champion by A P Indy from the family of Classic Empire, Boldnesian, Ride The Rails and Harlan’s Holiday, his best includes Gr2 winner Field Of Courage and useful SA gallopers Gun Hill, Spring Man and Spring Poetry
- Lot 12 – a ½ brother to a winner, this colt (closely inbred to Lassie Dear) is out of an Al Mufti half-sister to the very useful Meissa
- Lot 35 – this colt, inbred to the great Seattle Slew, is out of a Fort Wood sired stakes winner who won six up to 1600m
- Lot 75 – this filly is out of a Jet Master ½ sister to Castle Tankard winner Code Rock
- Lot 96 – this colt is out of a four time winning Jet Master ½ sister to 3 black type performers including the Gr3 placed dam of Gr1 performer Misty Birnam (since a winner in Britain)
- Lot 111 – closely inbred to Roberto, this colt is out of a winning half-sister to the stakes placed dam of Gr2 performer Cagiva
- Lot 133 – this colt’s dam is a daughter of champion sire Trippi and UAE Oaks winner Imperial Ice
- Lot 139 – a ½ sister to six winners, this filly is out of Fillies Championship runner up Rose Gypsy a daughter of successful sire and broodmare sire Rory’s Jester
- Lot 185 – this filly, out of a winning daughter of Danehill Dancer, is from the family of star performers Holy Roman Emperor, Flying Spur, Erupt, Encosta De Lago, Fanfreluche and Aube Indienne
MASTER OF MY FATE
Jet Master’s dual Gr2 winner has made a bright start with his early crops having yielded multiple graded stakes winner Twisted Fate, Derby Trial winner Gift For The Gap, Kenyan star Silverstone Air and promising 2yo Basadi Faith – winner of the recent Ruffian Stakes
- Lot 55 – bred on the same cross as Basadi Faith, this filly is out of a winning daughter of Captain Al and speedy multiple graded stakes winner Nothing But Silk
- Lot 87 – this filly is a half-sister to 3 winners including the very useful pair of Hard To Play and The Highway Man, her dam is a 3 time winning daughter of Gr3 winner Kefaah’s Secret
- Lot 100 – this filly, whose dam is a winning daughter of stakes performer Breezing On, is from the same family as Zimbabwean Horse Of The Year Goldie
- Lot 141 – this colt is out of a winning ½ sister to Jockey Club Stakes winner Alvilda
ORATORIO
European champion and triple Gr1 winner, the former dual champion sire in Italy is the sire of more than 50 black type winners, with his tally including eight individual Gr1 winners
- Lot 1 – a sister to a winner, this filly’s dam is a winning Var ½ sister to the dam of stakes winner Bursary, the immediate family of Paddock Stakes winner and high class producer Badger’s Gift (whose sire Badger Land was sired by Oratorio relative Codex)
- Lot 62 – this filly is out of a 3 time winning daughter of champion sire and emerging broodmare sire Captain Al, from the same female line as Equus Champions Jay Peg and Kochka
PATHFORK
Irish Champion, and half-brother to current high class US 3yo War Of Will, his best includes Gr1 winner Mighty High, promising 2yo Miss Honey, star East Cape filly Madame Speaker, and graded stakes winners Red Chesnut Road and My Friend Lee
- Lot 2 – this colt is out of a 3 time winning daughter of Syringa Hcp winner Cool It Mon
- Lot 125 – this filly is out of a four time winning Silvano ½ sister to 2yo stakes winner Scripture
- Lot 135 – this filly is a ½ to 5 winners including Gr2 performer and former Met runner Awesome Power, and is from the same family as July winner Yataghan and champions Consensual and Just Sensual
- Lot 156 – this colt, a full-brother to six time winner Zeb, is out of a winning Al Mufti half-sister to Algoa Cup runner up Malabar and second dam is a ½ to Gold Cup winner Cereus
PHILANTHROPIST
From the family of National Assembly, Sovereign Dancer and What A Pleasure, the son of Kris S is best known as the sire of champions Pender Harbour and Phil’s Dream, as well as Hong Kong Classic Cup/Gr2 Dingaans winner Singapore Sling
- Lot 17 – a ½ brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a Pulpit half-sister to US Gr1 winner and sire Snow Ridge and ¾ sister to Round Table Stakes winner Pavarotti, his dam is also a ¾ sister to the Pulpit sired Gr2 Black Eyed Stakes winner Fiftyshadesofhay
- Lot 22 – this filly, a ½ to 3 winners, is out of Jamaica Handicap winner Atlantic Storm, from a family which has produced both a Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner and Ascot Gold Cup winner!
- Lot 28 – this filly is out of a winning Tale Of The Cat ½ sister to Australian stakes winner Moveover
- Lot 43 – this colt is out of a winning Jet Master daughter of lightning fast racemare Diana’s Choice – a multiple Gr3 winner in South Africa who also scored in Dubai
- Lot 68 – a ½ to 2 winners, this colt is out of a half-sister to US stakes winner American Odyssey and his second dam is a Seattle Slew sired dam half-sister to champion Charlie Barley, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile hero and top class sire Success
Express and US Gr1 winner Greenwood Lake - Lot 110 – inbred to the great mare Grey Flight, this colt is out of a winning ¾ sister to multiple Equus Champion Nhlavini, with his other notable relatives including Gr1 winner Mystery Guest and Merchants winner Arabian Mist
- Lot 115 – this colt, whose dam is a daughter of Sadler’s Wells and a French stakes winner, is from the outstanding family as dual Gr1 winner and new sire Poet’s Word, top class stallion Inchinor and St Leger winner Harbour Law –to name but a few!
POMODORO
The July winning son of Jet Master made a flying start to his stud career when he was crowned South Africa’s Champion First Crop Sire of 2017-2018, his first crop is headed by Equus Champion and multiple Gr1 winner Return Flight and R4 000 000 plus earner Cirillo
- Lot 14 – this filly is out of a Trippi daughter of the smart stakes placed 7 time winner Roman Eagle
- Lot 31 – this colt, a ½ to 2 winners, is out of a mare who won four from the family of high class gallopers Storm Destiny, Illuminator and Gr1 winner Silver Arc
- Lot 36 – this filly is out of a 3 time winning daughter of champion Australian sire and broodmare sire Encosta De Lago and second dam is a 3 time winning ½ sister to dual Cox Plate winner Fields Of Omagh
- Lot 38 – this filly, whose dam is a ½ sister to Gr1 performer and sire The Assayer, is from the same female line as such standout international gallopers as Indian Skimmer, Medaglia D’Oro and Bluebird
- Lot 39 – this colt, whose dam won four up to 1200m, is from the same family as champions Succesful Bidder and Gold Flier as well as Gr1 winning 2yo Trust Antonia
- Lot 40 – this colt is out of a 3 time winning daughter of outstanding sire Dynasty
- Lot 46 – this filly is out of a five time winning ½ sister to Gr2 winner Elusive Silva, second dam is a winning own sister to Equus Champion and successful sire Elusive Fort
- Lot 47 – this filly is out of stakes placed six time winning daughter of successful sire Kahal
- Lot 79 – closely inbred to champion sire/broodmare sire Northern Guest, this colt is out of a winning Al Mufti half-sister to the dam of stakes winning millionaire Red Barrel, granddam was a Gr3 winner of six
- Lot 83 – this filly, whose winning dam is a daughter of Kahal and Gr2 winner Spring Garland, is from the same family as top class miler Imbongi and the Gr1 winners William Longsword, Imperious Sue, Real Princess and Imperious Star
- Lot 107 – this filly is out of a winning ½ to Argentine Gr2 winner Espadilla Nistel from the famed E family
- Lot 154 – this colt is out of a six time winning daughter of champion sire Captain Al –who is a full-sister to the smart stakes performer Space Captain, second dam is a stakes placed winner of four
- Lot 178 – this filly, from the immediate family of top class international racemares Nadia and US champion Flawlessly, is a direct descendant in female line of the immortal Almahmoud- ancestress of such outstanding sires as Danehill, Machiavellian, Halo and Northern Dancer
POTALA PALACE
The son of Singspiel and Gr1 winner at two has made a pleasing start with his first crop including feature race winner Dalai’s Promise, Politician Stakes second Senatla, the stakes placed Watsonia and the very smart Palace Chapel
- Lot 92 – a ½ brother to 2 winners, this colt (closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells) is out of a Dynasty half-sister to the useful stakes performer Elegant Beauty from the family of US champion Miss Alleged
QUERARI
The Gr1 winning son of Oasis Dream has been consistently successful since retiring to stud with his ever growing list of graded stakes winners including Querari Falcon, Head Honcho, Monks Hood, Wonderwall, Pinnacle Peak, Cosmic Light and Kangaroo Jack
- Lot – 7 this colt is a ½ brother to four winners including the stakes placed, six time winner Tiger Play and he is bred on the same Querari/Captain Al cross as Gr2 winner and Met third Head Honcho
- Lot 11 – this filly is out of a Diesis own sister to British Gr3 winner Duck Row and second dam is a winning daughter of Roberto, this is the family of US Gr1 winner Vaudeville
- Lot 53 – bred on the same cross as stakes winners Cosmic Light, Wonderwall and Joking, this colt’s dam is a ¾ sister to the high class Silvano sired stakes performers Fairy Gold and Mr Winsome
- Lot 73 – this filly is out of a winning own sister to champion and millionaire Hot Ticket and is also bred on the same cross as Cosmic Light, Wonderwall and Joking
RIGHT APPROACH
Deceased son of Machiavellian, and dead-heater for first in the 2004 Gr1 Dubai Duty Free, his best includes the graded winners Halve The Deficit, Eventual Angel, Fantastic Mr Fox and Whiteline Fever, as well as millionaire Red Barrel
- Lot 113 – a full-brother to a winner, this colt (who numbers the smart winners Hemero and Parker as half-siblings) is out of a winning daughter of top class broodmare sire Rich Man’s Gold (whose sire Forty Niner is from the same family as Right Approach’s broodmare sire Shadeed)
SOFT FALLING RAIN
Deceased Equus Champion who is from the same female line as Smart Strike and globetrotting star whose wins included the Gr2 Joel Stakes and Gr2 Godolphin Mile, his first crop includes hugely impressive debut winner Gin Fizz – runner up in the Ruffian Stakes and debut scorer Mawsool
- Lot 15 – a ½ brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a 3 time winning Rich Man’s Gold half-sister to Gr1 Met hero Martial Eagle and dual Algoa Cup winner Nebula
- Lot 50 – out of a 3 time winning daughter of Fort Wood (who is a ¾ sister to Equus Champion and successful sire Elusive Fort), this filly is from the same E family as star fillies Empress Club, Escoleta Fitz, Ecurie and Epoque to name a few
- Lot 61 – this colt, who is from the same family as classic winner and champion sire Caerleon, is out of a winning Western Winter half-sister to 2 black type horses including speedy stakes winner Glittering Temple
- Lot 72 – a ½ to 2 winners, this filly is out of a daughter of US champion sire El Prado, and her third dam is a half-sister to multiple Gr1 winning sire Wekiva Springs
- Lot 127 – this colt is out of a Western Winter ½ sister to Gr3 Cape Classic winner Eighth Wonder
- Lot 130 – this colt is a half-brother to 2 winners including multiple stakes winner Oomph
- Lot 167 – closely inbred to Storm Cat, this filly is out of a mare who won five and her Gr3 placed second dam is a half-sister to champion Promisefrommyheart (dam of promising sire Master Of My Fate), Gr1 winner Covenant and Gr1 performer Secret Heart (dam of Breeders’ Cup winning sire Pluck)
TWICE OVER
The four time Gr1 winning European champion made a sensational start to his stud career, with his first crop producing multiple Gr1 winning champion Do It Again, Gr1 Gold Medallion winner Sand And Sea and Gr2 Peninsula Handicap hero Doublemint
- Lot 58 – inbred to Roberto, this filly is out of a 4 time winning ¾ sister to Gr1 President’s Champions Challenge winner Happy Landing and second dam is a Badger Land ½ to Gr1 winner Eldoriza
- Lot 128 – this filly is out of a 3 time winning Elusive Quality ½ sister to stakes winner and Gr1 sire Keep The Faith, and this is the family of Irish Oaks winner Lailani among others
- Lot 148 – a ½ to 2 winners, this filly (also inbred to Roberto) is out of a stakes placed winner of six
- Lot 165 – a ½ to a lightly raced winner, this colt is out of a winning daughter of National Assembly – from the same female line as the National Assembly sired champion and successful sire National Emblem
VERCINGETORIX
The Equus Champion and Gr1 Jebel Hatta winning son of multiple champion sire Silvano has made an excellent start with his early runners including the winners Fearless Warrior, Hooves Of Troy and Astrix
- Lot 27 – a ¾ brother to a winner, this colt is out of a Galileo half-sister to Dubai based Listed Thukela Handicap winner Lehaaf from the family of Gr1 winners Accidental Agent and Dead Certain
- Lot 52 – this filly is out of a 3 time winning ½ sister to Winter Oaks winner Rush For John
- Lot 88 – this filly, closely inbred to National
Assembly, is out of a Var daughter of Gr3 performer Lady Acton – a full-sister to Gr1 winner and Champion Historic Lady (by National Assembly) - Lot 93 – this colt, closely inbred to Danzig, is out of a winning half-sister to the dam of Gr1 SA Derby winner Seal, who, like Vercingetorix, was sired by Silvano
- Lot 101 – this colt, out of a 3 time winning daughter of multiple champion sire and top broodmare sire Giant’s Causeway, is from the same family as breed shaping sires Danehill, Machiavellian and Northern Dancer
- Lot 114 – this filly is out of a Captain Al ¾ sister to the stakes winners Leeward and Melting Moments, from the family of top sprinter Shea Shea (whose sire was sired by National Assembly – broodmare sire of Vercingetorix)
VISIONAIRE
A Gr1 winner, and former Leading First and Second Crop Sire, his best include the graded stakes winners Takingthepeace, The Thinker, Heaps Of Fun, Royal Pleasure and Africa Rising, also responsible for eye catching recent debut winner Minnesota Dream
- Lot 16 – this filly whose dam is by top class broodmare sire Horse Chestnut has a 5 time winning granddam who is a ½ sister to Gr3 winter Winter Magic (like the filly on offer by a Gone West line sire)
WHAT A WINTER
Triple Equus Champion, and former Leading First Crop Sire, his early crops have yielded such as brilliant Gr1 Majorca Stakes winner Clouds Unfold and the graded stakes winners Dutch Philip and Magical Wonderland as well as 2yo stakes winner Fort Winter
- Lot 23 – this filly, a ½ sister to 3 winners, is out of a ½ sister to Gr2 Drill Hall Stakes second Real Red
- Lot 67 – bred on the same cross as Fort Winter, this filly is out of a winning Fort Wood half-sister to Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner and R1.9 million plus earner Trophy Wife and Gr3 performer Calpurnia, granddam was a stakes winner and runner up in the Gr1 Garden Province Stakes
- Lot 94 – this colt, whose dam is an own sister to Ready To Run Stakes winner Zambezi River, is from the same female line as Epsom classic winners Snow Bride, Lammtarra and Pour Moi
- Lot 102 – a ½ brother to a winner, this colt is out of a Caesour ½ sister to Singapore stakes winner and Matchem scorer Thundering Jet, the family of 2000 Guineas runner up Glory Awaits
- Lot 123 – this filly is a ½ to 3 winners including the smart Gr3 filly Indaba
- Lot 146 – this filly is from the immediate family of Gr1 winning fillies Shadow Dancing and Thunder Dance as well as Cape Guineas winner and champion sire Captain Al
- Lot 147 – this colt’s dam is a ½ sister to Ladies Mile winner Catalina and he is from the same family as triple Horse Of The Year Pocket Power and the latter’s Met winning own sister River Jetez (dam of Gr3 winner Rivarine)
- Lot 159 – this filly is out of a winning half-sister to Gr2 Post Merchants winner Splash Gold, Listed Lady’s Pendant winner Captain’s Cove and Gr2 placed millionaire Renegade, from the great Sister Sublime family
- Lot 169 – this filly is out of a winning daughter of multiple champion sire Silvano and is from the same female line as Epsom Derby winner Blue Peter
WHERE’S THAT TIGER
UAE 2000 Guineas runner up son of Storm Cat, whose progeny include local smart stakes horses Tiger’s Touch, Supertube, Tiger Quest, and Gr1 performer Samurai Blade, as well as recent Listed Bauhinia Handicap victress See You Tyger
- Lot 4 – this colt, a ½ to 4 winners and ¾ brother to the stakes placed Oklahoma Sky, is from the immediate family of top sprinter and outstanding sprinter Pivotal, Irish classic winner Araafa, Equus Champion Always In Charge and remarkably durable British campaigner Captain Lars
- Lot 13 – a ½ to useful Zimbabwean performer Action Jackson, this colt is out of a winning Jet Master ½ sister to Gr2 performer Act Fast, fifth dam is the immortal champion Allez France
- Lot 49 – this colt, whose dam is a ½ to Gr3 performer Eloquently, is from the outstanding family of top sires Cape Cross and Iffraaj, and classic winners Alydaress, Russian Rhythm and Shadayid
- Lot 103 – a ½ to a winner, this filly is out of a daughter of champion and Gr1 SA Classic winner Kundalini from the family of classic winners
Kooyonga and Roland Gardens - Lot 118 – closely inbred to Danzig, this filly is out of a winning half-sister to the dam of high class Gr1 performer Pinnacle Peak (sired by a Danzig line stallion)
- Lot 120 – a ½ brother to 3 winners, this colt (also inbred to Danzig) is out of a half-sister to the dam of Pinnacle Peak, from the family of European Gr1 winners Paita and Potemkin
- Lot 158 – this filly is out of a winning half-sister to multiple stakes winning racemare Tuvana Silva
- Lot 177 – inbred to Storm Cat, this colt is a ¾ brother to Where’s That Tiger sired Gr3 Sycamore Sprint winner Tiger’s Touch from the family of Arc/Investec Derby winning champion Golden Horn
WYLIE HALL
Multiple Gr1 winning son of multiple champion sire Redoute’s Choice, he is looking very promising, with his early runners including Storm Bird Stakes dead-heater Twilight Moon and debut winner Wily Lass
- Lot 44 – this colt’s dam is a half-sister to dual stakes winner Rush For John
- Lot 86 – this colt is out of a winning own sister to Gr3 Pretty Polly Stakes winner Mzwilili
- Lot 132 – this colt is out of a ½ sister to Gr2 Greyville 1900 hero Monet, from the family of champions Flobayou and Ethereal Lady and Met hero Arctic Cove
