A powerful sire index will again be the pillar of strength at this coming Sunday’s 2020 CTS Ready To Run and Mixed Sale, which went live on the gavelhouse.com website on Monday.
Bidding opened on Wednesday – but please click on the Gavelhouse image below to have a look at the video clips and pics
Two Dynasty colts are on offer, and the likes of Gimmethegreenlight, Captain Of All, Duke Of Marmalade, Futura, Master Of My Fate, Pomodoro, Querari, Vercingetorix, VAR, What A Winter, Trippi and Twice Over are well represented.
De Grendel CTS Ready To Run Cup winning trainer Vaughan Marshall will be seeking that next star
The sale will be staged for the first time online, in conjunction with gavelhouse.com, who displayed their efficiency and technical know-how in clear terms, with their handling of the Klawervlei Farm Sale earlier this year.
Haylie Martin, General Manager of gavelhouse.com, commented:
“After the staggering success of the Klawervlei auction back in July, we are looking forward to partnering with the Cape Thoroughbred Sales team and their vendors. We have been running online auctions for over four-and-a-half-years now, and pride ourselves on the user-friendly system we have developed.Just last month we broke the online auction record price with the sale of Spanish Whisper for AUD$1,202,500, showing just how widely accepted this method of trading is these days.”
Grant Knowles, Marketing and Bloodstock Director of CTS, said:
“After showing what online thoroughbred auctions can achieve with its ease of access, to-the-second bidding, and a new dimension of spirited online rivalry, we have vendors and buyers behind us for this year’s renewal of the sale.”
Knowles noted:
“The vendors’ levy of R3,000 and the buyers’ levy of R5,000 – for all horses sold – will be going towards the stake money for the 2021 Ready To Run Stakes, for which we ultimately expect a prize of in excess of R1-million.”
The long, illustrious list of CTS R2R graduates includes the likes of Gr1 winners Captain America, Red Ray, Rabada, Brave Mary, Hero’s Honour, Takingthepeace, Always In Charge, Brutal Force, Liege, French Navy, and the recent Gr1 Kennedy Cantala winner at Flemington, Surcharge (Yulong Prince).
Big names among the list of graded stakes winners include Fort Ember, High Seas Beauty, Crowd Pleaser, Africa Rising, The Thinker, Majestic Mambo, Search Party, Ten Gun Salute and Champagne Haze.
Amanda Carey, Sales Director of CTS, commented:
“Buyers card applications have opened and we encourage buyers not to delay in sending applications through to us, to ensure that they receive their login details timeously.”
She asked that prospective buyers please register through Cape Thoroughbred Sales directly.
Forms are available on the website; or contact Amanda Carey on 082 465 4020 or [email protected].
Here is a lot-by-lot analysis of the catalogue by sire alpha order:
ADMIRAL KITTEN
G1 Secretariat Stakes winning son of multiple champion sire Kitten’s Joy, from the family of champion sires Cozzene and Fort Wood
Lot 27– This colt is out of a winning 1/2 to dual G2 winning millionaire Bezanova
CAPTAIN AL
Multiple champion sire, and emerging broodmare sire, his daughters have produced the G1 winners Eden Roc, Gunner, Potent Power, Same Jurisdiction and Vernichey
Lot 178– A winning daughter of Fillies Guineas runner up, and G1 SA Fillies Classic third Not Sulking, this mare, from the female line of Ajdal, Arazi and Noverre, this mare sells in foal to multiple graded stakes winner Global View, leading first season sire of 2019-2020
CAPTAIN OF ALL
Champion Sprinter and Leading First Season Sire of his year, his first crops have yielded graded stakes winners Shango and Springs Of Carmel and Cape Classic runner up Linebacker
Lot 15– This filly is out of a winning Medaglia D’Oro1/2 to G1 winning sire Seventh Rock
Lot 28– Bred on the same cross as G2 winner Springs Of Carmel, this colt is out of a 6 time winning Dynasty 1/2 to the stakes winning sprinter Atlantic Inn
Lot 56– A full-brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a G2 placed own sister to G2 winner Countless Times, granddam a half-sister to champion and Breeders’ Cup runner up Spook Express
Lot 154– A 1/2 to the very promising 3yo Hyde Park, this colt is out of the stakes winning Lielums
COUP DE GRACE
The Amsterdam Stakes winning son of Tapit has already a number of first crop winners to his name including Affirmation, Coup De Tete, French Fling, Gavel Strike and Un Deux Trois
Lot 1– Closely inbred to Storm Cat, this filly is out of a stakes placed own sister to the graded stakes winners Nordic Breeze and Rushing Wind
Lot 41– This colt, closely inbred to A.P. Indy, is out of a 4 time winning Silvano 1/2 sister to champion Just Sensual, granddam is the G1 winning champion Consensual
Lot 48– Out of a G3 placed daughter of champion US sire/broodmare sire Distorted Humor, this colt’s granddam is an own sister to Irish Oaks/Prix Royal Oak winner Ebadiyla
Lot 52– A 1/2 to 3 winners including the stakes placed Evolver, this filly is out of a 3 time winning Western Winter own sister to the stakes winning Storm Crossing
Lot 66– This filly is out of a full-sister to triple G3 winner Depardieu
Lot 80– Out of a dual winning daughter of multiple champion sire Snitzel, this filly hails from the same female line as international G1 winners Naaqoos, Sir John Hawkwood and Pilsudski
Lot 127– A 1/2 to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a winning daughter of champion US sire Elusive Quality, and his granddam is a full-sister to champion and top-class sire In The Wings
Lot 141– This filly is out of a 3 time winning daughter of top class sire Dynasty
Lot 153– This colt is out of a G3 placed 4 time winning 1/2 sister to 2 stakes horses
Lot 160– This filly is a 1/2 to 6 winners notably G3 Final Fling Stakes winner Harlem Shake
Coup De Grace
DUKE OF MARMALADE
Cartier Champion whose best progeny include the G1 winners Big Orange, Nutan, Simple Verse, Sound Of Freedom, Star Of Seville and Temple Grafin
Lot 84– This filly is out of a stakes winning daughter of champion sire Trippi
Lot 92– Closely inbred to Lassie Dear, this filly is out of a winning Silvano own sister to the stakes placed Sylvanite, granddam a winning 1/2 sister to two graded stakes winners
Lot 111-This filly is out of the Jallad sired Winter Oaks/East Cape Oaks winner Alvilda
Lot 144– Another inbred to Lassie Dear, this filly’s granddam is a US based stakes placed 7 time winner, the family of Exclusive Native, General Assembly, Poet’s Voice and R Heat Lightning
DYNASTY
Deceased top sire whose progeny include Equus Champions Futura, Irish Flame, Legislate, Beach Beauty, Bela-Bela, It’s My Turn, Just Sensual, and Lady In Black, as well as the 2020 July winner Belgarion
Lot 58– A 1/2 to 3 winners overseas, this colt is from the family of dual Derby winner Harzand
Lot 61– A 1/2 to 4 winners, this colt’s dam is an own sister to G2 SA Fillies Nursery winner Hidden Beauty, his granddam is a winning 1/2 to Met winning champion Imperious Sue
ELUSIVE FORT
Triple G1 winning champion and sire of the G1 winners Siren’s Call, Lauderdale and Out Of Your League
Lot 34– This colt is out of a winning half-sister to 2 stakes horses, one of which was sired by Elusive Fort’s own sire Fort Wood, and the other by Elusive Fort’s paternal half-brother Dynasty
Lot 138– Bred on the same cross as Lauderdale, this filly is a 1/2 to 5 winners including the stakes placed Pole Star, dam a G3 placed winner of four from the family which has excelled to the cover of Elusive Fort’s own sire
Lot 142– This colt is out of a full-sister to exported G2 winner Zambucca
Lot 164– This filly is out of a 3/4 sister to G2 winner Mocachino and the dam of G2 winner Barahin
FLOWER ALLEY
Travers Stakes winner whose tally of black type horses include Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another, local crops have yielded the likes of Fillies Championship winner Princess Calla as well as Fayrooz, Marygold, and Keep Smiling
Lot 100– This filly is out of a 3 time winning daughter of multiple champion sire Silvano
FUTURA
Horse Of The Year and 4 time G1 winner made a pleasing start with his early runners headed by Golden Horseshoe winner Nourbese, the stakes winner Dindingwe and G2 filly Jasmine
Lot 19– A 3/4 brother to the useful Sharp Princess, this colt is out of G3 winner Sharp Mistress
Lot 38– This colt is out of a half-sister to the stakes winners Miss Mischief and White Mischief
Lot 55– This colt’s dam is a half-sister to US graded stakes winner Dynamic Host and to SA graded stakes winners Lanner Falcon and Silver Host, granddam a 1/2 to US G1 winner Colstar
Lot 94– A 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly is out of a 7 time winner by emerging broodmare sire Var
Lot 165– Bred on a similar cross to G1 winners Eyes Wide Open, It’s My Turn and Liege, this colt is a 1/2 brother to G1 contender Youcanthurrylove and the speedy stakes filly Garibondy
Futura
GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT
The well established son of More Than Ready is already sire of a host of top-class runners including Got The Greenlight, Gunner, Yulong Prince, National Park, Barahin and Gimme Six
Lot 2– Out of a Fort Wood mare like Hack Green and Green Pepper, this colt is out of a 3 time winning daughter of the Pivotal sired G3 winner Headstrong, family of G1 winning sires Lea and Stroll
Lot 13– This colt is out of a Trippi half-sister to G3 Jacaranda Handicap winner Peggy Jay
Lot 14– A 1/2 to 6 winners, this filly is out of a Storm Cat to two graded/group winners and her stakes winning granddam is a half-sister to Breeders’ Cup winning champion Chief Bearhart and G1 Hollywood Derby winner Explosive Red
Lot 22– A 1/2 to a winner, this colt is out of a Galileo own sister to l duaG3 winner (My) Quest For Peace
Lot 36– This filly is out of a stakes placed 1/2 sister to Hampton Handicap winner Cape Winter
Lot 87– This filly is out of a G3 winning daughter of G2 winning champion Almah
Lot 108– A full-sister to Ipi Tombe Challenge runner up In The Dance, this filly is a half-sister to four other black type horses including triple G1 winner, Equus Champion, and sire Capetown Noir
Lot 145– Another bred like graded stakes winners Hack Green and Green Pepper, this colt is out of a 3 time winning own sister to Gold Circle Oaks third Bastille Belle
Lot 152- A full-brother to a winner, this colt is out of G3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery runner up Lady Var, and his granddam is a stakes winner of six, family of champion sprinter Mythical Flight
Lot 159– Out of a full-sister to legendary stayer Yeats, this filly is a half-sister to six winners notably G3 Sagaro Stakes winner, and Irish champion, Torcedor
Lot 163– A 1/2 brother to the stakes placed Lucky Gambler, this colt is out of a Lady’s Slipper Stakes winning half-sister to Scarlet Lady winner White Mischief
GLOBAL VIEW
Dual graded stakes winning son of Galileo and South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire of 2019-2020, his early winners include the likes of Global Drummer, Fireview and Storyland
Lot 30– A 1/2 to 3 winners, this colt is out of a full-sister to July winning champion Trademark
Lot 33– Closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this colt is out of Dynasty’s Fillies Guineas winner Alexis
GREYS INN
Globetrotting, July winning champion whose progeny include dual Horse Of The Year Legal Eagle and fellow G1 winners King Of Pain and Royal Bencher
Lot 137– This colt is out of a daughter of G1 Metropolitan Hcp winner Heart Ruler
IMPERIAL STRIDE
Dual G3 winning son of Indian Ridge and sire of G1 winning champion Will Pays
Lot 114– A 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly is from the family of high-class stakes winners La Mancha and General Franco
JACKSON
Triple G1 winning son of Dynasty whose progeny include dual G3 winner Pretty Young Thing, Stormsvlei Stakes heroine Eva Eileen and the likes of Count Jack and Pure State
Lot 49– A 3/4 brother to promising filly Two Pennies, this colt is out of a Ladies Mile winner
Lot 67– A 1/2 brother to the stakes placed Fleeced, this colt’s dam is a half-sister to G2 winner Fabiani and Dubai winner and Darley Arabian victor Star Empire
Lot 70– This colt is out of a Var half-sister to G2 Sceptre Stakes winner Reflective Image
Lot 76– This colt is a 1/2 to five winners (3 stakes horses) notably G1 Golden Slipper winner Chestnuts N Pearls (whose sire, like Jackson’s sire, was a son of Fort Wood)
Lot 85– This filly is a 1/2 or full sister to seven winners and is out of a dual winning 1/2 to July runner up Run For It (sired, like Jackson, by Dynasty)
Lot 112– This filly’s granddam is a G3 placed own sister to champion Mother Russia (herself dam of champion Nother Russia), family of Horse Of The Year Winter Solstice
Lot 133– This colt is out of a speedy, stakes winning 1/2 to Matchem Stakes winner Changingoftheguard, granddam a dual winning sister to multiple G1 winner Crimson Palace
Lot 149– A 3/4 sister to a recent winner, this filly’s dam is a Silvano 1/2 sister to G1 sprinter Cool Prospect and Somerset Plate winner Northern Frontier
JAY PEG
The Dubai Duty Free/Singapore Airlines International Cup winner has sired a host of high-class performers including the graded stakes winners Silicone Valley, Exit Here, Peggy Jay, Flash Drive, Hot Affair, Woljayrine and Olympic Owen
Lot 88– This filly is out of a winning Exceed And Excel half-sister to a G2 winner in Germany
Lot 116– A 1/2 to 3 useful winners, this filly is out of a 3 time winning daughter of top sire and broodmare sire Cape Cross, her granddam is a stakes placed 1/2 sister to the dam of Breeders’ Cup Turf winner and sire Shirocco
Lot 126– Out of a mare who won 3 up to 1200m, this filly is a half or full sister to 3 winners notably the very smart Cash Time,
Lot 143– Out of a daughter of Silvano who won six and was second in the East Cape Oaks, this filly is a half-sister to KZN Yearling Sale Million winner Winter Stories
Jay Peg
JUDPOT
Former Equus Outstanding Stallion has sired a number of top sorts notably champion Along Came Polly and fellow G1 winners Coral Fever, Forest Indigo and Juxtapose
Lot 119– Bred on similar lines to the Judpot sired champion Along Came Polly, this colt is out of a stakes winning daughter of champion sire Jallad
LINNGARI
Dual G1 winning son of Indian Ridge, and from the family of this season’s high-class British 3yo Pyledriver, he is best known as the sire of durable French G2 winner Garlingari
Lot 135– This colt is out of a winning Exceed And Excel 3/4 sister to a stakes winner in Macau
LOUIS THE KING
The Triple Crown/Summer Cup winner’s early winners include Kuda Somerset 1200 runner up Matthew The King and promising filly Louis Gem
Lot 37- A 1/2 to 3 winners, this colt is out of a 4 time winning daughter of East Cape star Spring Storm and he is closely inbred to champion Storm Bird
Lot 62– This filly is a full-sister to the promising filly Louis Gem
Lot 69– A 1/2 to 3 winners, this colt is out of a 4 time winning 1/2 sister to Starling Stakes winner School Assembly, granddam a winning 1/2 to G1 winner Fanciful
Lot 74– This colt is out of a 4 time winning daughter of Golden Slipper winner Stratum
Lot 99– Closely inbred to Storm Cat, this filly is out of a winning Var 1/2 sister to Stormsvlei Mile winner Princess Ofthe Sky, granddam a G1 placed winner of four
MASTER OF MY FATE
Dual G2 winning son of Jet Master has had a great year in 2020 with his flagbearers headed by champion Tempting Fate and fellow G1 winner Sentbydestiny
Lot 5– This filly is out of a winning 1/2 sister to globetrotting champion The Apache
Lot 17– This colt, closely inbred to Elliodor, is out of a full-sister to the dam of Gardenia Stakes winner Nicky Noo, granddam an own sister to G3 winner Ivor Thirst
Lot 26– Another inbred to Elliodor, this filly is a 1/2 sister to 2 winners notably recent Sophomore Sprint winner Speed Machine, dam bred on similar lines to Horse Of The Year Yard-Arm
Lot 60– This filly is out of a winning 1/2 sister to Sledgehammer winner My Lord Duke
Lot 65– Inbred to Elliodor, this colt is out of a winning 1/2 sister to speedy G3 sprinter Valberg
Lot 98– This filly is a 1/2 sister to 7 winners notably Gold Bowl winner Sunshine Silk, her dam is a full-sister to the dam of Hong Kong G3 winner Chefano and she is descended from the mighty Drohsky-as is recent Australian G1 winner September Run!
Master Of My Fate
NOBLE TUNE
Multiple graded stakes winning half-brother to US champion and promising sire Honor Code, his progeny include Gold Cup victor Paths Of Victory, Model Man Mile winner Fight Song and the promising Copper Mountain
Lot 104– This filly is out of G3 Track And Ball Oaks winner Zante
Lot 139– This filly is out of a four time winning daughter of multiple champion sire Western Winter
ORATORIO
The triple G1 winning son of Danehill has had a memorable year thus far, with his flag bearers headed by top sprinter Van Halen and fellow graded stakes winners Love Bomb, Divine Odyssey and Capoeira
Lot 124– This colt is out of an 8 time winning 1/2 sister to champion sprinter Basic Instinct
PATHFORK
Irish champion whose leading flag bearers include G1 winner Mighty High and fellow graded stakes winners Mr Flood, Jet Start, Red Chesnut Road, Marchingontogether and My Friend Lee
Lot 115– This filly is a 1/2 to 2 multiple winners notably Gardenia Stakes scorer Nicky Noo
Lot 118- The 1/2 brother to the stakes placed Gold Dragon is out of a stakes placed Silvano 3/4 sister to graded stakes winner Gifted For Glory and Spook Express Handicap winner Silver Stripe
Lot 172– Out of a four time winning daughter of champion Fantastic Light, this mare won twice up to 2000m, and her third dam is Australian champion Flitter
POMODORO
July winner and Leading First Season Sire of his year, his best includes champion Return Flight and the likes of Cirillo, Caralluma, Golden Belle, Cornish Pomodoro and Leopold
Lot 43– Out of a winning daughter of Western Winter, this colt’s granddam is a 3 time winning 1/2 sister to champion sprinter Hinterland, the family of multiple champion sire Foveros
Lot 91– This filly is out of a smart Captain Al 1/2 sister to the G3 placed Nineteen Fourteen
Lot 106– From the family of exported Cape Guineas winner Kilindini, this colt’s granddam was a stakes placed winner of seven and 3/4 sister to G2 winner Kiss Me Quick
Lot 140– A brother to a dual winner, this colt is out of a 3 time winning Rock Of Gibraltar 1/2 sister to Australian G2 winner Chill Party, family of US champion Johnny D
Lot 169– Lightly raced gelding is out of a 3 time winner up to 1400m
Lot 174- A dual winner from just a handful of starts, this gelding is from the family of Johnny D
QUASILLO
A G3 winning son of outstanding racehorse and sire Sea The Stars (whose sons including the promising sire Sea The Moon), he is a 1/2 brother to top-class local sire Querari
Lot 156– A 1/2 to 5 winners, this colt is out of a full-sister to champion sprinter Cataloochee
QUERARI
G1 winning son of Oasis Dream and a consistently successful sire, his progeny includes the graded stakes winners Querari Falcon, Monks Hood, Head Honcho, Cockney Pride, Mill Queen, Kangaroo Jack, Wonderwall and Pinnacle Peak
Lot 6– Out of a 4 time winning Silvano mare, this colt’s granddam is stakes winning Pay The Piper
Lot 8- This colt is out of a Fort Wood 1/2 sister to Victress Stakes runner up Jabulani Jive
Lot 20– Bred on the same cross as graded winners Cosmic Light and Wonderwall, this filly, out of a winning Silvano mare, sports a 3 time winning sister to a Fillies Guineas winner as a granddam
Lot 32– Bred like graded winners Head Honcho and Kampala Campari, this colt is a 1/2 to 3 winners including Klawervlei Farm Sale Graduate Race winner Kommetdieding
Lot 44– A 1/2 to 4 winners, this colt’s granddam is a half-sister to the stakes winning dams of Horse Of The Year champions Dalakhani and Daylami
Lot 45– A 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of a 3/4 sister to triple G3 winner Depardieu and half-sister to four time G1 winning champion Mother Russia (dam of fellow champion Nother Russia)
Lot 128– A 1/2 to a multiple winner, this filly’s 3 time winning dam is bred on similar lines to Equus Champion and successful sire Elusive Fort, and this is the famed E family
Lot 129– Bred on the same cross as the likes of Melliflora and Pinnacle Peak, this colt is out of speedy G2 winner Fairyinthewoods
Lot 150– This colt is out of a 4 time winning half-sister to the stakes winning Admiral’s Daughter
Lot 155– A 1/2 to 3 winners including Wolf Power Hcp winner Arctica, this filly’s third dam won the Irish 1000 Guineas and hails from the same female line as the legendary Ardross among others
Lot 161– A 1/2 to 3 winners this colt is out of an Encosta De Lago 1/2 to Aus G2 winner Crack Me Up and US G3 hero Hoofit, granddam a stakes winning daughter of Danehill
Querari
RAFEEF
Computaform Sprint winning son of champions Redoute’s Choice and National Colour, had first crop yearlings make up to R2 200 000 this year
Lot 46– A 1/2 to 3 winners, this filly is out of a 3/4 sister to champion, and successful sire, Elusive Fort and the dam of G2 winning millionaire Elusive Silva
Lot 71– From the same family as G1 winner Fashions Afield (sired by Rafeef’s own sire), this filly (closely inbred to Redoute’s Choice) is out of a dual winning own sister to the dam of high-class filly Imelda Mary
Lot 73– This filly is out of a half-sister to US G1 winning filly Byrama and to G3 Horris Hill Stakes winner Klammer -who ran second to Frankel in the G2 Royal Lodge Stakes, both Byrama and Klammer, like Rafeef, were sired by Danzig line stallions
Lot 82– A 1/2 to 5 winners, including the very smart Prince Jazeem, this colt is out of a 3 time winning Hennessy 1/2 to G1 Karrakatta Plate runner up (sired by Rafeef’s own grandsire)
Lot 93- Out of a dual winning daughter of Windrush, this colt is directly descended in female line from Drohsky, family of Cape Guineas winner Flight Alert -sired by Rafeef’s broodmare sire
RED RAY
The Mercury Sprint winner, a son of multiple champion sire Western Winter, is a full-brother to the graded stakes winners Nania, Bishop’s Bounty and Brutal Force
Lot 23– A 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly is out of a 6 time winning daughter of champion sire Captain Al
SEVENTH ROCK
G1 winning son of two champions, his progeny include champion Seventh Plain and fellow G1 winner Guiness
Lot 167– This gelding has won once over 1000m and is out of a sister to champion National Colour
Lot 175– From the family of top sprinter Shea Shea, this mare has won 3 over 1200m
SILVANO
Now pensioned, the five times Champion SA sire has sired a host of champions including Summer Pudding, Hawwaam and Vercingetorix
Lot 54– A full or 3/4 brother to 2 winners, this colt is a 3/4 brother to the Silvano sired SA Derby winner Al Sahem and to the Silvano sired dam of dual G3 winner Goodtime Gal
Lot 103– This colt is out of a 1/2 sister to G2 winning champion Almah
Lot 107– Bred on the same cross as G1 winners Hawwaam, Kilindini and Silvano’s Pride, this colt (bred on similar lines to champion Kings Gambit) is out of a G3 placed daughter of Jet Master
Lot 123– Bred on the same cross as G1 winner Zillzaal, this colt is a half or full to 4 winners notably the stakes placed Owlinthetree, dam a Giant’s Causeway 1/2 to July Cup second Lincoln Dancer
Lot 176– This gelding has won twice up to 1400m
SOFT FALLING RAIN
Globetrotting champion whose first two crops have yielded the likes of World Radar, Montreal Mist, Purple Rain, Pray For Rain, Gin Fizz, Alramz and Marmara Sea
Lot 50– This filly is out of a full-sister to Easter Handicap winner Roman Wall and 1/2 to the winning dam of G1 winning filly Temple Grafin
THE UNITED STATES
G1 winning son of world’s premier sire Galileo and a full-brother to multiple G1 winners Hermosa and Hydrangea from the family of leading sire Last Tycoon
Lot 10– Out of a dual winning daughter of high-class broodmare sire Spectrum, this filly hails from the famous Lily family
TIME THIEF
G1 placed three-parts brother to five time G1 winner Laisserfaire and sire of dual Australian G1 winner In Her Time
Lot 75– This filly is out of a 3 time winning 1/2 sister to dual stakes winning filly Ocean’s Swift
Lot 77– A 1/2 to the smart Tahitian Orana, this colt is from the family of champions Greys Inn and Smart Call as well as dual G1 winner Melito, sired, like Time Thief, by Redoute’s Choice
Lot 95– This filly is out of a dual winning Encosta De Lago 1/2 to a Redoute’s Choice sired Australian stakes winner, granddam an Australian G3 winner
Lot 96– A 1/2 to a multiple winner, this filly is out of a 7 time winning own sister to an Oaks winner
Lot 97– This filly is out of a Fillies Mile runner up and daughter of Ladies Mile winner Size Em Up
Lot 101– From the family of champion Yorker, this filly’s granddam is Starling Stakes winner Kiribati
Lot 105– This colt, whose fourth dam is legendary racemare Allez France, is a 1/2 to four winners including Selangor Cup third Act Fast and the dam of Zimbabwe Guineas runner up Action Jackson
Lot 120– A 1/2 to a winner, this filly is out of a 1/2 sister to three black type horses
Lot 122– This filly is out of a Captain Al daughter of Starling Stakes winner Kiribati
Lot 125– A1/2 to the useful Al Borak, this filly’s dam is a 1/2 to Winter Guineas winner State Crown
Lot 130– Closely inbred to Danehill, this filly is from the same female line as high-class local gallopers Grey Arrow and Wind Chill as well as Irish 2000 Guineas hero Roderic O’Connor
Lot 132– This colt is out of a winning 1/2 to Met winning champion Past Master
Lot 136- This filly is out of a 3 time winning Dynasty 1/2 sister to the stakes placed Flaming Heather
Lot 158– This filly is out of a 3 time winning 3/4 sister to the dam of graded stakes winners Magico and Magical Wonderland, family of Australian G1 winner September Run
Time Thief
TRIPPI
Champion Sire and increasingly successful broodmare sire, his best include the G1 winners Afrikaburn, Chimichuri Run, Deo Juvente, For The Lads, Inara, Lobo’s Legend, R Heat Lightning and Real Princess
Lot 35– Bred on similar lines to Trippi’s stakes winning daughter Jane S Piddy, this half-brother to the useful Dollar Tractor is out of a winning own sister to Singapore champion Lizarre
Lot 51– This filly is out of a winning Fastnet Rock daughter of G2 Cherry Hinton Stakes winner Jewel In The Sand, third dam is a stakes placed daughter of hugely influential sire Green Desert
Lot 59– A 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of a dual G1 winning daughter of outstanding sire Dubawi
Lot 64– This filly is out of a dual stakes winning own sister to Horse Of The Year Irish Flame and she is bred on the same cross as Trippi’s high-class son Charles
TWICE OVER
European champion and four time G1 winner, his progeny include dual Vodacom Durban July winner Do It Again, and graded stakes winners Sand And Sea, Doublemint, and Moon In June
Lot 4– A ½ to 2 winners, this filly is out of a Sadler’s Wells daughter of a French stakes winner, family of international stars Inchinor, Poet’s Word and Harbour Law
Lot 11– A full-sister to a useful winner, this filly is a ½ to G2 winning millionaire Louvre and hails from the same family as Twice Over’s G1 winning son Sand And Sea
Lot 31– This filly is a ½ to 2 winners including the G3 placed filly Gold Image dam a sister to G2 winner Reflective Image
Lot 40– Out of a winning daughter of Var, this colt’s granddam is a half-sister to champion Mother Russia
Lot 72– Out of a winning daughter of Trippi, this colt is from the family of Daily News 2000 runner up Rake’s Chestnut
Lot 86– This colt’s dam is a dual winning own sister to multiple stakes winner Chevauchee, and his third dam won the Irish Oaks
Lot 121– This colt is out of a speedy G2 placed, six time winning own sister to dual G1 winner Copper Parade and Copper Trader –a stakes winner of 11, as well as the stakes placed dam of G1 sprinter Ultra Magnus
Lot 134– This filly is a ½ to 3 smart winners notably Zimbabwean Horse Of The Year Simona
Lot 166– A ½ to a winner, this colt is out of durable ten time winner Money Surger
Lot 177– This gelding is a winning ½ to G2 winner and millionaire Louvre
VAR
A dual Leading Sire of 2YOs, his best include Equus Champions Variety Club, Val De Ra, Via Africa and Anything Goes as well as G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Vardy
Lot 39– Out of a Fastnet Rock half-sister to the stakes placed Venturous Spirit, this filly’s granddam is a winning Kingmambo own sister to the dam of G1 Coronation Stakes winner Maids Causeway
Lot 170– This gelding has won five times up to 1300m
VERCINGETORIX
Equus Champion and Jebel Hatta winner whose first two crops have yielded a plethora of high-class performers notably the graded stakes winners Vernichey, African Warrior, Ikigai and Seeking The Stars
Lot 9– From the same family as world leading sire Pivotal, this colt is out of a winning Trippi 1/2 sister to champion Always In Charge, 24 time winner Captain Lars, and the G2 placed Alascan Maiden
Lot 18– This filly is out of a winning 1/2 sister to 2 black type horses, including Darley Arabian runner up Silent Partner who was sired by Vercingetorix’s own sire Silvano
Lot 21– This colt is out of a 4 time winning 1/2 sister to Fillies Guineas winner Fisani
Lot 81– Out of a winning daughter of Trippi, this filly’s granddam is an Anabaa half-sister to the stakes placed dam of G1 winner and top Cape sire Querari, third dam is champion Quebrada
Lot 90– A 1/2 to 4 winners, this filly is out of a dual winning Badger Land 1/2 to G2 Colorado King Stakes winner and millionaire Natural Selection
Lot 102– Out of a 1/2 to exported G1 SA Classic winner Lobo’s Legend, this filly is from the same family as the Vercingetorix sired G3 Cape Classic winner Seeking The Stars
Lot 110– A 1/2 to a winner, this colt is out of a 5 time winning Var 1/2 sister to G2 performer Richmond Park, the female line of champion US sire Elusive Quality
Lot 148– Bred on the same cross as G1 winner Vernichey, this colt is out of a dual winning sister to the useful Vodka Lime, the family of champions Jay Peg and Kochka
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VISIONAIRE
The G1 King’s Bishop Stakes was South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire and Second Season Sire of his year, and his progeny include G1 SA Fillies Classic winner Takingthepeace
Lot 16– This filly is a half-sister to Aquanaut Handicap winner Tambalang and the useful Spirit Festival
Lot 147– A 1/2 to 3 winners, this filly, closely inbred to Gone West, is out of a stakes placed 1/2 sister to G2 winning filly Gay Regina-the granddam of July winning champion Marinaresco
Lot 162– This filly is out of a winning Var 3/4 sister to G1 filly Schiffer
Lot 171– Out of a 3/4 sister to champion Mythical Flight, this gelding is a winner over 1450m
WHAT A WINTER
Triple Equus Champion who was responsible for a trio of G1 winners last season -Clouds Unfold, Russet Air and Warrior’s Rest
Lot 3– This filly is out of a stakes placed daughter of German stakes winner Nianga, this filly’s first four dams were either stakes placed or stakes winners
Lot 7– This colt is out of a G3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winning daughter of Captain Al, who is a half-sister to four time graded stakes winner Doublemint
Lot 12– This filly is out of a 1/2 sister to 3 international stakes winners notably Dubai G2 winner Derbaas, her granddam is a winning Storm Cat own sister to triple G1 winner Aljabr
Lot 29– This colt is out of a Dynasty 1/2 sister to the stakes placed 2yo Captain Dino
Lot 57– From the same family as recent graded stakes winners Due Diligence, Erik The Red and Malmoos, this filly (bred on similar lines to G1 winner Covenant) is out of a 1/2 sister to G3 winner Hashtagyolo
Lot 89– This colt is out of a winning Fort Wood 1/2 sister to G1 Paddock Stakes winner Badger’s Gift
Lot 109– Out of a winning daughter of Galileo, this colt is a 1/2 to 3 winners, including a 5 time winner by Latino Magic, the family of top-class Australian sires Not A Single Doubt and Snippets
Lot 117– This filly is out of a dual winning 1/2 sister to Tibouchina Stakes winner Red Dor and Settlers Trophy winner Red Peril, with the latter sharing his sire with What A Winter
Lot 131– This filly is out of a half-sister to 3 stakes winners notably G1 SA Derby winner Seal
Lot 146– This colt is a 1/2 brother to 2 winners notably G2 Post Merchants winner Varikate
WILLIAM LONGSWORD
A Captain Al half-brother to G1 winning sprinter Real Princess, he won six of eight races including the G1 Cape Guineas -a race also won by champion sires Captain Al and Jet Master
Lot 24– This colt, closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, is out of a Fastnet Rock daughter of a stakes winning daughter of Sadler’s Wells, the latter being a 1/2 sister to unbeaten G1 winner Catchascatchcan, dam of Breeders’ Cup Mile runner up Antonius Pius
Lot 53– Closely inbred to Fort Wood, this 1/2 brother to 4 winners is out of a 4 time winning own sister to G1 winner Heir Apparent and the G3 winning dam of G1 winner Nightingale
Lot 63– Bred on a similar cross to champion Carry On Alice, this colt is out of a winning Western Winter 1/2 sister to dual G1 winning champion, and red hot sire, Vercingetorix and to a G3 winner who was sired by William Longsword’s own sire
Lot 68– This 1/2 brother to 3 winners is out of a G2 placed 1/2 sister to Merchants winner Silicone Valley, family of G2 winner Springs Of Carmel (also sired by a son of Captain Al)
Lot 78– From the family of Captain Al’s triple G1 winning son Captain America, this colt (inbred to Lassie Dear) is out of a 1/2 sister to a G3 filly sired by Captain Al
Lot 79– Out of a winning Jet Master 1/2 sister to G2 winning sprinter Polar Moon, this filly is a 1/2 sister to last season’s G1 Daily News 2000 runner up Padre Pio
WILLOW MAGIC
A G1 SA Nursery winning son of outstanding sire Dubawi, his first crop includes Ready To Run Cup winner MK’s Pride
Lot 151- This colt’s stakes winning granddam is a Jet Master half-sister to the stakes winning dam of recent G3 Yellowwood Handicap winner Saragon
WYLIE HALL
Dual G1 winning son of multiple champion sire Redoute’s Choice, the half-brother to G1 winning sprinter Absolute Champion made a smart start to his stud career with his first crop yielding the likes of Twilight Moon, De La Cruz, Wylie Wench and Wylie’s Flame
Lot 42– This filly is out of a dual winning Encosta De Lago 1/2 sister to 3 international stakes winners, notably G1 Futurity Stakes winner Aqua D’Amore (sired by Wylie’s Hall’s grandsire)
Lot 113– This colt is out of a winning own sister to speedy stakes winners Le Var and Winter Passion
ZOFFANY
The Phoenix Stakes winning son of Dansili has sired a host of high-class horses including the G1 winners Albigna, Thunder Moon and Ventura Storm, as well as Cape Derby second Zodiac Ruler
Lot 25– Out of a winning daughter of outstanding broodmare sire Carson City, this filly is a 1/2 to two winners notably millionaire and G1 Hollywood Gold Cup winner Rail Trip
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