An attractive and well-balanced catalogue has been assembled for this year’s BSA KZN Yearling Sale to be held at the Suncoast Casino today.
One of the best value for money and successful thoroughbred auctions in South Africa, the KwaZulu-Natal Sale has an impressive roll of honour.
Among the numerous stars offered at this sale in years gone by are Triple Crown winning sire Louis The King, champion Wild One, and fellow Gr1 winners Battle Force, Camphoratus, Eyes Wide Open, Flying Carpet, Happy Valentine, Pearl Of Asia, Same Jurisdiction and Seal.
This season’s Gr3 Godolphin Barb Stakes winner Cliff Hanger, an impressive winner of his first two starts, is another fine advertisement for the KZN Sale, with the son of Canford Cliffs a R90 000 purchase from the 2022 KZN Yearling Sale.Buyers will be spoilt for choice at this year’s auction, with many of South Africa’s top stallions represented at the 2023 KZN Sale.
Among the top sires with progeny on sale are Elusive Fort, Flower Alley, Futura, Gimmethegreenlight, Ideal World, Master Of My Fate, Oratorio, Querari, Rafeef, The United States, Twice Over, Var, Vercingetorix, and What A Winter.
Enjoy our lot-by-lot snapshot in sire alpha order here:
ACT OF WAR
Dynasty’s Cape Guineas winning son has made his mark through the likes of champion War Of Athena, and high-class sprinters Battle Force, Bartholdi and Rollwiththepunches, and he is also responsible for this season’s Listed WSB East Cape Derby winner Machete Man
Lot 12-a 1/2 brother to the useful Kentallen Bay, this colt’s dam won five times scoring from 1000-1200m
Lot 29-this colt’s twice winning dam is a half-sister to G2 Emerald Cup third Comedy Caravan
Lot 44-this filly is out of a winning Jet Master half- sister to the seven time winning dam of G3 Cape Nursery winner Captain Chaos and Memorial Mile hero Sacred Arrow
Lot 83-this filly is out of a three-parts sister to G2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner Hawker Hunter, granddam is a stakes winner of six
Lot 116-this filly, whose granddam is a 5 time winning own sister to G1 Met winner Angus, is out of a half-sister to 2 black type horses including G3 Three Troikas Stakes third Uptown Girl
Lot 129-from the famous “E” family, this colt is out of winner BSA August Million winner Fullfillyourdream
Lot 137-a 1/2 to 2 winners, including five time winner Georgina Rose, this filly, closely inbred to Fort Wood, is out of a daughter of top-class broodmare sire Trippi and G2 SA Oaks winner Bedloe’s Island
Lot 141-this colt, whose damsire Victory Moon is sire of Act Of War’s stakes winning half-sister Luna De Victoria, is a half-brother to 2 winners one of whom won five
Lot 143-a 1/2 to a winner, this filly is out of a twice winning 1/2 sister to Equus Champion and dual Oaks winner Icy Air -herself dam of G1 winning Equus Champion Russet Air and granddam of this season’s dual G1 winning filly Make It Snappy, whose sire Dynasty is also the sire of Act Of War
Lot 154-this colt is a half-brother to this season’s G3 Godolphin Barb Stakes winner Cliff Hanger, and his dam is a Var daughter of another G3 Godolphin Barb Stakes winner in the form of She’s A Winner
Lot 167-this colt is out of a three-parts sister to Listed Irridescence Stakes queen Anglet from a prolific black type family
ADMIRAL KITTEN
The Secretariat Stakes winning relative of Cozzene and Fort Wood has come up with a long list of decent winners including G1 Gold Medallion runner up Now I Got You
Lot 87-this filly is out of the speedy, six time winning Captain’s Girl, who ran second in both the Listed Golden Loom Handicap and Listed KwaZulu-Natal Stakes
Lot 138-closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this colt, whose dam is a Dynasty half-sister to Fillies Guineas winner Sally Bowles (dam of US G3 winner Consumer Crediit), is a 1/2 to 2 winners including Zimbabwe Guineas runner up Super Good
Lot 168-a half-sister to 3 winners, including six time winner Fly North, this filly is out of a 1/2 sister to graded stakes winners including G1 SA Classic/G1 Golden Horseshoe winner Forest Path -who, like the filly on sale, was sired by a Sadler’s Wells line horse
BUFFALO BILL CODY
Like Rafeef, a son of Redoute’s Choice who won six of ten starts, his first crop made an instant impression at this year’s Cape Yearling Sale where he was the Leading Sire by Aggregate
Lot 9-closely inbred to Danehill, this colt’s twice winning dam is a 1/2 to 2 stakes winners including G2 Gold Circle Oaks winner Veiled Essence
Lot 22-out of a mare by outstanding sire More Than Ready, this colt’s third dam is multiple US G1 winner Nastique and this is the family of current star US filly Wet Paint
CANFORD CLIFFS
Star miler and five time G1 winner, he has sired more than 20 stakes winners, with his first local crop headed by multiple stakes winner Cliff Top and G1 Thekwini Stakes second Rock The Fox, current 2yos including G3 Godolphin Barb winner, and KZN Sale graduate, Cliff Hanger and Listed Hollywoodbets Super League Devon Air Stakes winner Secret Identity
Lot 42-this half-sister to 2 winners, and out of a winning 1/2 sister to G2 Fillies Championship runner up Highly Decorated, is from the same female line as this season’s high-class performers Bureau Des Legende Future Pearl, and G1 winner Gimme A Prince among many others
CAPTAIN OF ALL
Champion Sprinter and sire of dual G1 winner Linebacker as well as the likes of Shango, Springs Of Carmel, Kiss Me Captain and Trompie
Lot 18-bred on the same cross as G2 winner Springs Of Carmel, this colt, whose stakes winning granddam is a half-sister to G1 Breeders’ Cup Turf winning champion Chief Bearhart, hails from the same female line as legendary stallions Mr Prospector and Seattle Slew among others
Lot 94-this colt is out of a Listed Oaks Trial winning daughter of Silvano and granddam is a stakes winning Jallad winning half-sister to versatile July winner and successful sire Pomodoro
Lot 96-out of a 3 time winning daughter of National Emblem, this colt hails from the same female line as Irish 2000 Guineas winner Flash Of Steel among many others
Lot 97-a three-parts brother to the smart Rulership, this colt is out of East Cape champion and four time stakes winner Clear Sailing
Lot 98-out of the useful Clifton Sunset, this colt, a direct descendant of legendary broodmare Grey Flight, sports a half-sister to three US graded stakes winners as his granddam, with this trio including successful sire Philanthropist -like Captain Of All sired by a Roberto line horse
Lot 113-bred on the same cross as SA Fillies Nursery queen Springs Of Carmel, this 1/2 brother to 2 winners hails from the same family as stakes winning siblings Ernie. Freedom Charter and Pretty Betty -whose dam, like Captain Of All, was sired by Captain Al
DANON PLATINA
Deep Impact’s champion son has made a pleasing start with his early 2yo winners including White Pearl, Platina Princess, Betula, Romance In Rome, Oriental Bouquet and Lady Lacewing
Lot 37-a full-brother to promising filly Unconquerable Lady, this half-brother to 3 other winners is out of a 3 time winning daughter of high-class US sire and broodmare sire Dixieland Band
Lot 72-this filly is out of a twice winning Var ½ sister to G1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes winner Nightingale and G2 SA Oaks runner up Oriental Oak
Lot 74-out of a winning half-sister to the dam of Australian G3 winner Gamble Me, this filly’s granddam is a full-sister to G1 Super Derby winner and outstanding sire Seeking The Gold
Lot 99-out of a mare closely inbred to Fall Aspen, this filly is a half-sister to 7 winners including the stakes placed pair of Smart Colleen and Troop The Colour and Hong Kong scorer Travel Comforts
Lot 127-this filly is out of a Dynasty three-parts sister to the Dynasty sired G1 winning champion Lady In Black, dual G2 Peninsula Handicap winner Nexus and G2 Betting World 1900 hero Solid Speed
Lot 136-a ½ to G3 Track And Ball Derby third Spring Fling, this filly is out of a winning daughter of champion sprinter and top-class sire and broodmare sire Oasis Dream from the family of champion sprinter and successful sire Cadeaux Genereux
Lot 146-a direct descendant of Soho Secret, this filly is out of a winning half-sister to exported G3 Jubilee Handicap winner Eton Square
Lot 148-bred on a similar cross to Australian G1 winner Glint Of Hope, this colt’s dam won four up to 1400m
Lot 161-this filly is out of a four time winning own-sister to G3 Strelitzia Stakes winner Royal Pleasure and three-parts sister to G1 winning champion Good Traveller
ELUSIVE FORT
The Equus Champion, whose yearlings made up to R3.2 million at the National Sale this year, is the sire of July/Met winner Kommetdieding and fellow G1 winners Siren’s Call, Lauderdale and Out Of Your League
Lot Lot 49-out of a winning Var half-sister to the dam of the stakes winning Bursary, this filly is a ½ to five winners including 11 time winner Oden and the smart I Am Giant
ERUPT
Dubawi’s dual G1 winning son has already sired G3 Protea Stakes winner Karangetang as well as this season’s promising two-year-olds Golden Tatjana, Icy Blast, and Ripple Effect
Lot 11-this filly’s dam is a winning daughter of Trippi from the family of the Trippi sired G3 Magnolia Handicap/G3 Strelitzia Stakes winner Sound Of Warning
Lot 17-a ½ to 3 winners, this colt is out of a stakes placed ½ sister to dual G3 Lebelo Handicap winner National Flame and the winning dam of dual G1 winner Eyes Wide Open
Lot 36-this colt is out of a Kahal half-sister to four black type horses including G1 Summer Cup runner up Shogunnar
Lot 73-bred on the same cross as G3 winner Karangetang, this filly is out of a full-sister to the G1 placed Listed Umngeni Handicap winner Schiffer
Lot 81-from the same female line as Breeders’ Cup winning champion Tempera, this filly is out of a Dynasty winning own sister to Winter Series/G3 Cup Trial winner African Night Sky
Lot 103-bred on a similar cross to Breeders’ Cup winner Rebel’s Romance, this filly is a ½ to 5 winners including Listed Syringa Handicap winner Way Of The World and G3 Yellowwood Handicap runner up Crimson Princess
Lot 106-a ½ to 3 winners, this filly is out of a stakes placed daughter of Jet Master from the same family as the Jet Master sired G1 winner Ravishing among others
Lot 132-a ½ to a multiple winner, this filly is out of a five time winning Tapit three-parts sister to the Tapit sired Listed Umngeni Handicap winner Rodney
Lot 147-a ½ to 3 winners, this colt is out of a winning own sister to G1 Singapore Airlines International Cup winner Lizard’s Desire
FIRE AWAY
War Front’s G3 Dixie Stakes got off to a flyer with his first 2yos this season headed by Listed East Cape Fillies Nursery/Dahlia Plate winner Luna Halo
Lot 78-this filly, whose dam is a half-sister to short-lived G1 Cape Guineas winner Flight Alert, is out of a full-sister to G1 SA Derby third Service Ace and the G3 placed dam of Listed Lady’s Slipper Stakes winner Herrin as well as the dam of G3 winning filly Wheredowego
FLOWER ALLEY
Evergreen Travers Stakes winner and sire of Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another, his current flagbearers include top-class filly Feather Boa and graded stakes winners Gilded Butterfly, None Other and Princess Calla
Lot 114-closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells (and from the family of the Sadler’s Wells sired Epsom Oaks winner Imagine), this colt is a half-brother to 5 winners including the smart Hero Quest, Listed Secretariat Stakes third Fah Fee and Breeders Guineas runner up Glory Days
FLYING THE FLAG
The G3 winning own-brother to seven time G1 winner Magical and the multiple G1 winning dam of Auguste Rodin made his mark with his G3 Byerley Turk winning son Strawberry Bear
Lot 125-a 1/2 to a winner, this colt is out of a 1/2 sister to 2 stakes winners including G1 Thekwini Stakes/G1 Garden Province Stakes winner Happy Archer
FUTURA
Horse Of The Year and four time G1 winner, he has sired such graded stakes winners as Future Pearl, Nourbese, Pink Tourmaline, Rockpool, Warrior and Vihaan’s Pie
Lot 4-out of a full-sister to the stakes placed Princess Anastasia, this filly is out of a twice winning daughter of champions Silvano and Princess Victoria
Lot 7-out of a dual winning 1/2 to Argentine G1 winner Quiz Kid, this colt is from the same female line as such standouts as Mining, Zilzal, Polish Precedent and successful sire Maclean’s Music
Lot 21-bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Pink Tourmaline and Vihaan’s Pie, this colt, whose stakes placed dam is a full-sister to the dam of G1 Brenford FC Garden Province Stakes winner She’s A Keeper, is a 1/2 to 3 winners including the stakes placed San Verde and the useful Lamborghreeni
Lot 40-a 1/2 to 5 winners including the useful Party Peg,this colt is out of a full-sister to G1 winning Equus Champion Let’s Rock ‘N Roll
Lot 105-out of a Ruffian Stakes winning daughter of emerging broodmare sire Querari, this colt’s first three dams are all black type performers
Lot 107-out of a mare who won 3 and finished third in the G3 Champagne Stakes, this colt’s granddam is a full-sister to G2 Greyville 1900 winner Karaka One
Lot 169-closely inbred to both Fort Wood and Western Winter, this filly (whose fourth dam is Olympic Duel) is out of a 1/2 to Aquanaut Handicap winner and millionaire Storm Warning
GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT
Champion Sire who is on track to be named Champion Sire again this season, current flagbearers include such G1 winners as Bless My Stars, Gimme A Prince, and Lucky Lad as well as G2 WSB Gauteng Guineas victor Eye Of The Prophet
Lot 13-from the same family as champion 2yo Ribofilio, this filly is out of Equus Champion, and dual G1 winner, Return Flight
Lot 30-bred on the same Gimmethegreenlight/Silvano cross as this season’s G1 winner Bless My Stars, this filly is out of a winning Silvano half-sister to G1 SA Fillies Sprint winner Sommerlied
Lot 70-a 1/2 brother to Champion Juvenile Cup winner Foreign Source, this colt, a direct descendant of the legendary Selene, sports a G1 Coronation Stakes winning half-sister to 2000 Guineas winner Entrepreneur as his third dam
Lot 123-this colt is a 3/4 brother to the Gimmethegreenlight sired triple graded stakes winner Barahin
Lot 139-bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Green Plains, La Bella Mia and Universal to name a few, this colt (a 3/4 brother to the Gimmethegreenlight sired G3 Tony Ruffel Stakes third Prince Of Fire) is out of a 3 time winning Jet Master half-sister to the G1 placed Laisserfaire Stakes winner Joshua’s Mistress
Lot 153-bred on the same cross as G1 winner Gunner, this full-sister to a winner is out of a winning daughter of Captain Al -from the family of Captain Al’s stakes winning daughters Dance With Al and The Merry Widow
GLOBAL VIEW
Galileo’s dual Graded stakes winning son and Leading First Season Sire of his year, his best include this season’s G1 Daily News 2000 runner up Dave The King, East Cape champion Global Drummer, Castle Tankard hero Ideal View, G3 Track And Ball Derby winner Decorated, and smart fillies Sound Check and Kissing Point
Lot 16-a 1/2 to four smart winners including impressive recent 2yo winner Three Rocks, this colt is from the family of numerous top-class horses including the Galileo sired G1 winner Allegretto and Arc winner Alpinista, whose sire Frankel, like Global View, was sired by Galileo
Lot 20-from the family of French 1000 Guineas winner Zalaiyka, this colt is out of a winning own-sister to G1 SA Nursery runner up Ziparana and 1/2 sister to G3 UAE 2000 Guineas runner up Zanzamar, the latter sired, like the colt on sale, by a Sadler’s Wells line horse
Lot 27-a 1/2 sister to this season’s Listed Storm Bird Stakes runner up Fire ‘N Flames, this filly is out of a four time winning Silvano daughter of G3 Sycamore Sprint third Arabian Jazz, whose sire Danehill Dancer is broodmare sire of numerous high-class performers sired by Global View’s own sire Galileo
Lot 47-a 1/2 to 3 winners, this filly is out of a dual winning daughter of Danehill’s champion son Danehill Dancer -from the family of the Danehill sired stars Flying Spur and Holy Roman Emperor among others
Lot 54-out of a Western Winter 3/4 sister to G1 winning champion Fearless, this colt is a 1/2 to 4 winners notably promising two-year-old Predator’s Feast and KZN Yearling Sale Million runner up Dandolo
Lot 66-closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this filly is out of a Fastnet Rock (who has a great record with daughters of Global View’s sire Galileo) daughter of G1 Irish Oaks winner Vintage Tipple
Lot 100-this colt is out of the Trippi sired Listed East Cape Fillies Nursery runner up Cotton Candy
Lot 149-this colt is out of a G3 placed daughter of Gimmethegreenlight and G1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship winner On Her Toes
Lot 170-closely inbred to Storm Cat, this filly is out of the Var sired G1 Cape Fillies Guineas runner up Our Destiny
GOLD STANDARD
The Trippi sired Selangor Cup winner made his mark with his small first crop headed by Jamaica Handicap winner Gold Poker Game, G1 Schweppes Majorca Stakes third Golden Hostess and G1 WSB Cape Fillies Guineas third Hold My Hand
Lot 89-out of a twice winning daughter of Captain Al, this colt hails from the same female line as this season’s G1 Pongracz Cape Flying Championship winner Gimme A Prince -whose G1 winning dam Real Princess shares her sire Trippi with Gold Standard
HAT PUNTANO
A dual G1 winner in Argentina, the G2 Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile got off the mark with an early winner when his first crop daughter Givers Grace won at Hollywoodbets Greyville
Lot 63-this colt is out of a three time winning Dynasty three-parts sister to the Dynasty sired G1 WSB Filllies Guineas winner Front And Centre
HEAVENLY BLUE
The G1 SA Classic winning son of four times Australian Champion Sire Snitzel has already come up with first crop winners Zinovi, Three Rocks, and Spring In Heaven
Lot 145-a 1/2 to 2 winners, one of whom won seven, this filly is out of a stakes placed daughter, bred on similar lines to G1 winner Arabian Beat, of high-class broodmare sire Tiger Ridge, and granddam is a five time winning half-sister to dual champion and multiple G1 winner Arabian Lass, the same family as international champions Minding, Tuesday and Vaguely Noble to name a few
HORIZON
A G3 Politician Stakes winning son of top sire Dynasty and out of a full-sister to multiple champion sire, his first crop includes impressive debut winner Far Horizon
Lot 34-a 1/2 to a lightly raced winner, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Captain Al from the family of the Captain Al sired G1 Premier’s Champion Stakes winner Exhilaration
Lot 51-this colt is out of the very smart six time winner Vision To Kill, who finished second in the G3 Poinsettia Stakes and third in the G1 SA Fillies Sprint
Lot 64-a three-parts sister to this season’s Listed WSB East Cape Derby winner Machete Man (also sired by a son of Dynasty), this filly is out of a twice winning Var own sister to the stakes placed Iron Lady
Lot 122-a 1/2 to four time winner Evies First, this filly’s granddam is a half-sister to SA Oaks winner Sabina Park, whose G2 winning daughter Sabina’s Dynasty and Listed East Cape Derby winning son American Landing, were, like Horizon, sired by Dynasty
Lot 131-a 1/2 to 3 winners, this colt is out of a twice winning daughter of Trippi and G1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship runner up Glittering Idol -whose sire Jallad is damsire of numerous top-class horses sired by Horizon’s own sire Dynasty, family of French Derby winner and champion sire Caerleon
Lot 158-closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this filly is out of a winning own sister to G1 Prix Marcel Boussac runner up Darrfonah and half-sister to G1 Racing Post Trophy winner Dilshaan
IDEAL WORLD
Kingmambo son is a proven source of high-class performers including champions Rainbow Bridge, Smart Call and Hermoso Mundo
Lot 5-closely inbred to the mighty Miesque, this colt is out of a winning daughter of G2 Gold Bracelet winner Dance Along
Lot 15-this colt is out of a winning daughter of Dynasty from the immediate family of the Dynasty sired champion and triple G1 winner Bela-Bela
Lot 69-a 1/2 brother to BSA Sales Cup winner Mover And Shaker, this colt is out of a six time winning Silvano daughter of G2 winner Park Lane
Lot 93-a full-brother to Listed Wolf Power 1600 winner Irish Pride, this colt is also a three-parts brother to the Ideal World sired Syringa Handicap winner Persian Rug
Lot 166-this filly is not only a full-sister to G3 Track And Ball Derby winner Cape Speed and the dam of Listed Derby Trial winner Pamushana’s Pride, she is also very closely related to the Ideal World sired G3 winner Zen Arcade
LANCASTER BOMBER
War Front’s sadly short-lived G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup winning son left a real mark with his first crop this season including Listed City Of Cape Town Summer Juvenile Stakes winner Rascova and the likes of Guy Gibson, Red Bomber, Paratrooper and East Cape Fillies Nursery second Siddeley
Lot 8-closely inbred to Danzig, this filly is out of a half-sister to globetrotting champion and successful sire Soft Falling Rain (sired by a son of Danzig) and G2 winner Let It Rain
Lot 84-another inbred to Danzig, this 1/2 brother to multiple winner Rainbow Thief is out of a winning Trippi 1/2 sister to the dam of G2 Merchants runner up Romi’s Boy (also sired by a Danzig line horse) and Irridescence Stakes runner up In Limine
LANCE
Jet Master’s Secretariat Stakes winning half-brother to G1 Summer Cup winner Liege has had very limited opportunities but made his mark through his G2 Umkhomazi Stakes runner up son Kuuma
Lot 95-out of a daughter of emerging top broodmare sire Var, this filly’s granddam is a winning own sister to the three time winning dam of multiple Equus Champion and five time G1 winner Beach Beauty, herself dam of G2 winners Amanzimtoti and Wild Coast
Lot 111-out of a mare who won five, this filly is a half-sister to Listed Ruffian Stakes winner Daring Diva
LAST WINTER
From the same female line as legendary stallion Bold Ruler, the son of multiple champion South African sire Western Winter finished second in both the G1 Sun Met and G2 Premier Trophy
Lot 2-bred on a similar cross to G2 winner Winter Smoke, and a 1/2 brother to four winners, including the unbeaten Cat N’ Mouse, this colt is out of a winning 1/2 sister to 2 stakes winners including G2 winner The Mouseketeer
Lot 24-this colt is out of a half-sister to G3 Final Fling Stakes winner Cat And The Moon, dam of G1 Woolavington 2000 runner up Light Of The Moon
Lot 53-a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of a 3 time winning Jet Master 1/2 sister to KwaZulu-Natal Stakes winner Running Wild -sired, like Last Winter, by Western Winter
Lot 65-this colt is out of a 5 time winning half-sister to G1 SA Fillies Classic third placegetter She’s A Dragon
Lot 130-this filly is out of a winning three-parts sister to the Judpot sired G1 SA Classic runner up Mister Cricket
Lot 165-this filly is out of a winning daughter of Fort Wood from the immediate family of the Fort Wood sired champions Horse Chestnut and Monyela among many others
LEGISLATE
Horse Of The Year and four time G1 winner whose small first crop was headed by such graded stakes winners as Airways Law, Hoedspruit, So Flawless and Zimbaba
Lot 150-a 1/2 to five winners, this filly is out of a three time winning Silvano half-sister to 3 G1 winners including champions Gold Flier and Succesful Bidder
LOUIS THE KING
The Triple Crown and Summer Cup winner, also a KZN Sale graduate, has left behind a number of above average performers from limited opportunities, including Listed Derby Trial winner Pamushana’s Pride, East Cape Fillies Nursery runner up Waymaker and current smart performer Montien
Lot 52-a half-brother to the smart galloper The Second Wave, this colt is out of a Silvano half-sister to Listed Darley Arabian winner West Coast Gold (who was sired by Rich Man’s Gold -broodmare sire of Louis The King) and own sister to the dam of G2 winner Wonderwall, the family of Arc winner Suave Dancer and outstanding sire Habitat among others
MASTER OF MY FATE
Jet Master son has proved consistently successful since retiring to stud, with his best including G1 winners Sentbydestiny, Zarina and champion Tempting Fate as well as this season’s G2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas winner Lady Of Power
Lot 48-out of a daughter of Var (damsire of the Master Of My Fate sired champion Tempting Fate), this colt is a three-parts brother to the G1 Gold Medallion winning Tempting Fate
Lot 82-a 1/2 brother to the smart Purple Nkanyezi, this colt is out of a twice winning daughter of Trippi and his granddam is a four time winning own sister to G1 SA Guineas winner Heir Apparent and the G3 winning dam of G1 Majorca Stakes winner Nightingale
Lot 126-a 1/2 to a winner, this filly is out of a half-sister to the Swallow Stakes winning dam of G2 Drill Hall Stakes winner Silver Operator
Lot 159-this filly is a three-parts sister to the Master Of My Fate sired G1 winner and Equus Champion Tempting Fate
NEW PREDATOR
The G2 Charity Mile/G2 Drill Hall Stakes winner got off to a flyer with four of his first five runners winning
Lot 19-a 1/2 to four winners, and closely inbred to Danehill, this filly is out of a twice winning daughter of breed shaping sire Danehill Dancer and G1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Igreja
Lot 61-closely inbred to Danzig, this filly is out of a 1/2 sister to three black type horses including dual stakes winner, and millionaire, Formation
Lot 76-out of a 4 time winning Silvano 1/2 to G3 Chairman’s Cup winner Banner Hill, this colt is from the family of G1 Dewhurst Stakes winning champion Mujahid among many others
Lot 102-a 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly is out of a twice winning 1/2 to two stakes winning fillies including G1 Golden Slipper victress Chestnuts N Pearls
Lot 120-from the famous “E” family, this colt is out of a four time winning half-sister to Argentinian G1 winner Emirate’s Girl
Lot 144-closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this filly, who hails from the same female line as this season’s G1 Gold Medallion winner Lucky Lad among many others, is out of a three time winning Dynasty half-sister (bred on similar lines to Woolavington Stakes winner Baratheon) to G1 Empress Club Stakes winner Little Miss Magic
Lot 155-this filly is out of a six time winning daughter of Var and her granddam is a half-sister to G1 winner Patchouli Dancer
ONE WORLD
Son of multiple champion sire Captain Al, he was a Met winning champion and stakes winner at two, three and four
Lot 32-from the family of stakes winner Sting Operation (sired, like One World, by Captain Al), this colt is out of a Jockey Club Stakes winning own sister to former Horse Of The Year and successful sire Legislate
Lot 71-closely inbred to Giant’s Causeway, this colt (by a son of National Assembly) is out of a winning half-sister to graded stakes winners Capoeira and Folk Dance, granddam a Fort Wood half-sister to the National Assembly sired G2 Sentinel Sprint winning sire War Lord, family of current star three-year-old See It Again among many others
Lot 110-this colt is out of a twice winning 1/2 sister to G3 Byerley Turk winner Phantom Fighter and G1 sprinter Barbosa (sired, like One World, by Captain Al), family of the Captain Al sired graded stakes winners Captain’s Flame and Fragrant Al, as well as this season’s Listed WSB Sledgehammer winner Lord William (whose sire was also sired by Captain Al)
Lot 112-closely inbred to Storm Cat, this filly is a three-parts sister to seven time winner Fromheretoeternity and is also very closely related to the Captain Al sired stakes performers Ribbons For Thee and Captain’s Emblem
Lot 117-out of a Trippi three-parts sister to the Trippi sired millionaire Miss Katalin, this colt, from the same family as this season’s outstanding two-year-old Lucky Lad, sports an Oaks Trial runner and full-sister to G1 winner Little Miss Magic as his granddam, family of high-class Captain Al sired runners Red Disa and Tick Tock
ORATORIO
Danehill’s triple G1 winning son left behind a host of high-class performers during his time at stud in South Africa including Equus Champion Canadian Summer and dual G1 winner Van Halen
Lot 31-a 1/2 to a winner, this colt is out of a Var half-sister to G1 Rising Sun Gold Challenge winner King Of Pain, his fourth dam won the G1 Rosehill Guineas
Lot 80-a three-parts brother to the Oratorio sired G3 Godolphin Barb Stakes winner Cue The Music, this half-brother to recent debut winner Mamas Baby is out of a winning Var three-parts sister to Equus Champion, and triple G1 winner Val De Ra
Lot 124-a three-parts brother to the useful Oratorio sired runner Cupid’s Song, this colt, closely inbred to Danehill, is out of a three time winning daughter of Var and third dam is a G2 placed daughter of legendary Australian sire Redoute’s Choice
PATHFORK
Former Irish champion is a proven sire whose stars include the G1 winners Mighty High and KZN Sale graduate Pearl Of Asia, current flagbearers include graded stakes winners Bingwa and Royal Victory, as well as the very promising two-year-old Main Defender
Lot 115-bred on the same Pathfork/Fort Wood cross as stakes winners Red Chesnut Road and Miss Honey and inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this full-sister to the useful Brave Voyager is a half-sister to two other winners notably this season’s G2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas winner Lady Of Power
Lot 160-this filly, who carries the blood of full-brothers Sadler’s Wells and Fairy King, is out of Listed East Cape Oaks winner Miss Scaramanga, who is bred on similar lines to Hong Kong champion Sacred Kingdom
Lot 164-out of a stakes placed daughter of champion sire and outstanding broodmare sire Cape Cross, this colt’s granddam is a twice winning half-sister to 1000 Guineas winner Sky Lantern, herself the dam of G1 Falmouth Stakes winner Snow Lantern
POMODORO
Leading First Season Sire of his year, his best include champion Return Flight, Cape Guineas victor Russian Rock and R5 million plus earner Cirillo
Lot 10 -a half-brother to 5 winners including dual stakes winner and East Cape champion Chere For Me, this colt is out of a winning half-sister to G3 Godolphin Barb Stakes winner Hard Rock
POTALA PALACE
The G1 Premier’s Champion Stakes winner is best known as the sire of G1 SA Fillies Sprint queen Singforafa, G3 winner Palace Of Dreams and multiple graded stakes winner Katak
Lot 108-this filly is a 1/2 sister to two winners including Listed Zimbabwe Derby winner Three To Tango
Lot 133-closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Elusive Fort and granddam is a twice winning Captain Al three-parts sister to G3 winner Doosra
Lot 152-from the family of international champions Ajdal, Arazi and Noverre, this colt’s granddam is a stakes winning daughter of multiple champion breed shaping sire Giant’s Causeway
Lot 163-bred on the same cross as multiple graded stakes winner Katak, this colt is out of a Winter Oaks runner up and half-sister to two stakes horses, granddam a 1/2 sister to G1 Fillies’ Mile runner up Treat
QUERARI
Twice leading sire of 2YOs, the son of Oasis Dream has sired a host of high-class performers including Equus Champion Rio Querari, victorious in this season’s G3 Champagne Stakes, and G1 Thekwini Stakes queen Querari Falcon
Lot 14-closely inbred to Green Desert, this colt is out of a Kahal half-sister to G1 Merchants winner Stellite and G1 Woolavington 2000 queen Zirconeum
Lot 41-a sister in blood to the promising Querari sired two-year-old Baltic Secret, and bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Head Honcho and Kampala Campari, this filly is out of a G1 Allan Robertson Championship winning own sister to Equus Champion, and triple G1 winner, All Is Secret
Lot 50-a half-brother to the 2022 KZN Sales topping colt, this colt (whose dam is bred on similar lines to the Var sired G2 winner William The Silent) is out of a 3 time winning Var half-sister to G2 Betting World Derby winner Silvano’s Jet and he hails from the immediate family of this season’s star two-year-old Lucky Lad among others
Lot 134-from the famed Party Time family, this filly is out of G2 Gauteng Fillies Guineas winner Heaps Of Fun
RABADA
The G1 Premier’s Champion Stakes/G1 Daily News 2000 winner has come up with a number of smart winners from limited opportunities, with his flagbearers including the likes of Zatara’s Magic, Soldier’s Eye, Bowl First, Ryan’s Dream, and Radu
Lot 55-out of a G2 placed daughter of prominent sire What A Winter, this filly is directly descended in female line from legendary producer Queen Of Light
Lot 75-a 1/2 to 2 winners, one of whom won five, this colt is out of a G2 SA Oaks winning Fort Wood half-sister to G1 winners Buy And Sell and Count The Money
Lot 85-a 1/2 to a winner, this filly is out of a three time winning half-sister to G2 Umkhomazi Stakes/G3 Christmas Handicap winner Silver Age
Lot 109-this colt is out of Listed Ruffian Stakes winner and G2 SA Fillies Nursery third Daring Diva
Lot 142-a 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly is out of a four time winning Go Deputy three-parts sister to the Go Deputy sired Triple Crown winner Abashiri
RAFEEF
An immediate hit with his first crop headed by the G1 winners Aragosta and Master Archie, his subsequent crops have yielded the likes of G1 Gold Medallion winner and G1 Golden Horse Sprint runner up Thunderstruck and recent G1 Gold Medallion runner up Outlaw King
Lot 26-closely inbred to Danehill, this half-brother to 2 winners hails from the immediate family of triple South African Horse Of The Year Pocket Power and the latter’s globetrotting, and G1 J&B Met winning, own-sister River Jetez, dam of G1 Computaform Sprint winner Rivarine and G3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winner Delta Queen
Lot 79-a 1/2 to 2 winners including the stakes placed Gimmethegreenback, this colt is out of a winning Tale Of The Cat half-sister to a stakes winner in New Zealand
Lot 101-out of a Silvano 3/4 sister to Oaks Trial winner Chariot Of Gold, this filly’s dam is a half-sister to 3 stakes winners notably July winner and successful sire Pomodoro
Lot 104-from the family of dual Australian G1 winner Melito and G3 winning sire Pariah (both of whom, like Rafeef, were sired by Redoute’s Choice), this colt’s granddam is a winning half-sister to Met winning champion Smart Call
Lot 157-this filly is out of a full-sister to Dubai champion and successful sire Asiatic Boy
RED RAY
Western Winter’s G1 Mercury Sprint winning son made an impact with his small first crop headed by G1 WSB SA Classic winner Red Saxon and dual G3 winner Alula’s Star
Lot 45-this colt is out of a twice winning Trippi half-sister to the stakes placed Span Die Seile and the dam (whose sire, like Red Ray, was sired by Western Winter) of graded stakes winners Big Burn and Catch Twentytwo
Lot 68-a 1/2 to the useful Reefway, this colt is out of a winning Written Tycoon own sister to Australian G2 winner Howmuchdoyouloveme
Lot 77-out of a half-sister to the stakes placed Big Cat, this colt’s granddam is a Winter Oaks winning daughter of Fort Wood and Met winning champion Imperious Sue
Lot 118-a 1/2 to 3 smart winners including G2 SA Oaks/G2 Track And Ball Oaks third placegetter Ballet Shoes, this colt is out of a winning Thunder Gulch 1/2 sister to Argentine G1 winner and sire Emergente
SKITT SKIZZLE
Jet Master’s underrated son has left behind a host of smart performers including G3 Sycamore Sprint winner Tropic Sun, G1 performer Tierra Del Fuego and Secretariat Stakes winner Cordillera
Lot 6-a 1/2 to 2 winners, one of whom won six, this filly is out of a four time winning half-sister to the stakes placed dam of KZN Yearling Sale Million winner Winter Stories
Lot 92-a 1/2 brother to the stakes winning In The Mood, this colt is out of a six time winning Kahal half-sister to Oaks Trial winner Salutation from the family of the top-class Kahal sired gelding Black Wing
SOQRAT
A G1 winning champion at two, this triple G1 winner hails from the immediate family of champion sire Linamix, and, further back, the likes of Hyperion and Sir Tristram
Lot 46-from the family of champion filly Whistling Dixie, this filly is out of a half-sister to four black type horses including Jacaranda Handicap queen Insignis and Settlers Trophy hero Arezzo
Lot 67-out of a mare by What A Winter (who is from the same female line as Soqrat), this colt’s dual stakes winning granddam is a full-sister to Horse Of The Year and dual G1 winner Irish Flame
Lot 128-a half-sister to four winners, this filly is out of Listed Glenlair Trophy runner up French Pearl from the family of numerous international G1 winners including Myboycharlie, Snowland, and The Last Lion
TALK OF THE TOWN
Son of the much missed Var, and from the family of champion sires Redoute’s Choice and Northern Guest, he won three of just five starts
Lot 90-a three-parts sister to a useful winner, this filly is out of a half-sister to G1 Racing Post Trophy third Skanky Biscuit, and granddam is a G3 winning daughter of champion sire Caerleon
Lot 156-out of a winning Dynasty half-sister to Storm Bird Stakes runner up Royal Italian, this colt’s third dam is a half-sister to French Derby/Grand Prix de Paris runner up Solid Illusion
THE UNITED STATES
Galileo’s G1 Ranvet Stakes winner has been responsible for a host of high-class three-year-olds this season including Billy Bowlegs, Khaya’s Hope and Without Question
Lot 57-bred on the same cross as multiple stakes winner Khaya’s Hope, this colt is out of a Danehill Dancer half-sister to two stakes placed runners, third dam a half-sister to English Derby runner up Glacial Storm
Lot 151-from the same female line as The United States’ legendary grandsire Sadler’s Wells, this colt, whose granddam was sired by Sadler’s Wells, is out of a three time winning own sister to Listed Summer Juvenile Stakes runner up Pacific Spirit
TWICE OVER
The four time G1 winner has sired a host of top-class horses including Horse Of The Year Do It Again and fellow G1 winners See It Again, Sand And Sea and Double Superlative
Lot 56-inbred closely to both Nijinsky II and Blushing Groom, this filly is out of a winning daughter of Silvano and G1 Woolavington 2000/G2 Gauteng Fillies Guineas winner Zirconeum
VAR
Deceased star sprinter and twice leading sire of 2YOs, he is the sire of such Equus Champions as Variety Club, Val De Ra, Via Africa, Anything Goes and Vardy
Lot 91-from the family of UAE champion sprinter Sterling City, this colt is out of a half-sister to Australian G2 winner Prix De Turn and full-sister to the useful Killer Woman
VERCINGETORIX
Champion son of Silvano is having another excellent season with his flagbearers including G1 Allan Robertson Championship winner Mrs Geriatrix and graded stakes winners Bereave, Cousin Casey, Rascallion and G2 WSB Fillies Guineas winner Peach Daiquiri
Lot 1-from the family of the Silvano sired G1 Cape Guineas winner Kilindini, this filly is out of G3 Pretty Polly Stakes winner Palace Of Dreams
Lot 3-this colt, whose third dam won the G1 Golden Slipper, is a full-brother to G1 Allan Robertson Championship/G3 Strelitzia Stakes winner Vernichey
Lot 25-bred on the same cross as G1 winner Vernichey, this colt is a half-brother to 4 winners including KZN Sale graduate, and G3 Umkhomazi Stakes winner, Al Mariachi
Lot 38-bred on the same Vercingetorix/Var cross as G1 winning sprinter Alesian Chief, this half-sister to 2 winners is out of a twice winning Var half-sister to G1 Mercury Sprint winner Fly By Night and the G3 placed dam of G1 Cape Guineas winner Double Superlative
Lot 39-a full-brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a winning half-sister to G1 Sydney Cup winner Knights Order and G2 Oak Tree Derby victor Dark Islander
Lot 58-a half-brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a Galileo three-parts sister to the stakes winning dam of Investec Oaks/King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Taghrooda
Lot 62-a full-brother to G2 winning millionaire African Warrior, this half-brother to 13 time winner All Of Me is out of a winning Jet Master half-sister to G1 winning sprinter O Caesour
Lot 88-bred on the same cross as G1 winner Vernichey, this filly is a half-sister to 3 winners including Hong Kong winner Royal Agility, her dam, by Captain Al, won five and was second in the G3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery
WHAT A WINTER
The multiple Equus Champion is having an outstanding season this year, with his flagbearers including G1 Jonsson Workwear Computaform Sprint winner Isivunguvungu, multiple graded stakes winner Humdinger, and graded stakes winning two-year-olds Distant Winter and Winter Cloud
Lot 35-out of a speedy three time winner, this filly, inbred closely to Ahonoora, hails from the same female line as South African champion Bad Girl Runs -who, like What A Winter, was sired by Western Winter
Lot 43-this filly, from the same female line as legendary racemare and broodmare Personal Ensign, is a 1/2 to five winners including G1 Tsogo Sun Medallion winner Guiness
Lot 119-a full-sister to Western Wishes, winner of two of her first three starts, this filly is out of a G3 placed daughter of Elliodor and G1 The Oaks runner up Miss Rooney
Lot 135-this filly is out of a three time winning half-sister to G2 SA Fillies Nursery winner Hidden Beauty and is a close relative of What A Winter’s useful son Princekresh
WILLLIAM LONGSWORD
Already sire of the likes of Dyce, Bon Vivant and Remember When, the Cape Guineas winner has been responsible for a plethora of smart winners this season including G3 Legal Eagle Stakes winner Itsrainingwilliam and fellow stakes winners Lord William and Virginia Sweet
Lot 59-from the immediate family of the Zabeel sired champion Might And Power, this colt, whose Zabeel sired granddam produced dual Australian G2 winning sire Time For War, is a half-brother to R5 million plus earner Royal Aussie
Lot 140-bred on the same cross as Listed WSB Sledgehammer winner Lord William, this colt is out of a Silvano half-sister to three graded stakes winners
WILLOW MAGIC
Dubawi’s G1 SA Nursery/G2 Dingaans winning son made his mark as the sire of G1 Wilgerbosdrift H F Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes winner MK’s Pride
Lot 23-from the family of champions Gabor and Legislate, this colt is a half-brother to four winners, one of whom won eight
Lot 28-a 1/2 to 3 winners, this colt is out of a Southern Halo half-sister to Argentinian G1 winner Mr Carrea
Lot 60-from the family of former Horse Of The Year Irish Flame, this colt is out of a twice winning own sister to G3 Umzimkhulu Stakes third African Dream
Lot 86-this filly is out of a dual winning half-sister to the dam of G3 Gold Vase winner Walter Smoothie