After the champagne and big numbers of the CRS Premier Sale Day 1 on Thursday, Day 2 on Friday gave a wider spectrum of buyers a realistic opportunity, with the only Pomodoro colt offered over the two days topping the charts when purchased by Jonathan Snaith for R525 000.
Buyers! Jonathan Bloch, Etienne Braun and Jonathan Snaith (Pic – Bay Media)
The sire this season of Gr3 New Turf Carriers Merchants winner Mount Pilatus and Listed Wolf Power 1600 hero Pomodoro’s Jet, the latter running at Turffontein on Saturday, the son of Jet Master is the sire of Friday’s topseller (#228), a full-brother to the useful War Chariot, and a half-brother to Listed Gardenia Stakes victress Bella Chica, and smart Hong Kong performer Super Commander.
Out of the three-time winning Captain Al mare War Path, the unnamed colt was offered by Klawervlei Stud, as agent, and signed for by Jonathan Snaith.
Lot 228 – Day 2 topseller (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Day 2 saw 96 lots catalogued, with 87 offered and 80 sold for an aggregate of R17 475 000, an average of R218 438 and median of R200 000.
Cape Racing Executive Justin Vermaak was on record, pointing to the Day 1 average of R761 679 per foal, which is a South African record.
“We had diverse buyers at the top end, and the Day 1 sale yielded an aggregate of R104 350. We decided to keep our January sale during Met week as a boutique auction for early, precocious runners and then build on the March Premier Sale for the classic, knockout horses.
“The Premier Sale will be marketed separately and the Day 1 Figures will apply. Day 2 is our old farm and winter sale, which won’t be individually staged anymore. We won’t be combining the figures of Day 2 with the figures of Day 1. I think we did well by splitting the January and March auctions. We are very pleased with our results.”
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The final CRS sale of 2025 will be held on 26 October 2025. This sale will continue the popular format of a combination of breeze-up and unbroken 2-year-olds.
