Gross revenue and average prices reached record highs at last weekend’s 2-day Ready To Run sale at the TBA complex. Of the 202 catalogued 2yo’s some 169 were sold, grossing R38 million. That translates to an average price of R229k, up 20% on the corresponding sale last year. Remarkably, the average was just fractionally less than what was achieved at the 2012 National Sale (R233k).
Since the first Million Rand 2yo was knocked down in 2008, another sixteen broke that barrier in subsequent years.
Six of the sweet seventeen achieved the feat this year (see box below).
Top price was R2 million for an Australian bred colt by Tale Of The Cat. The youngster is the first foal of his US-bred unraced dam, from the female line of Dancing Brave, and had been bought earlier this year in Australia for A$42k.
Local heroes Jet Master, Var and Trippi filled the next three places, price-wise. A half brother by Var to Gr3 placed SW Jet Jamboree made R1.6 million, a handsome return on his R600k purchase price at the Cape Sale in January of this year. Even more profitable was the pinhook on the full sister by Jet Master to multiple Gr1 placed SW Lizarre and Gr3 placed Lake Arthur. She made third top-price of R1.5m, having been bought at the 2012 Cape Sale for R350k.
Trippi’s 2yo son out of Sportsworld mare Spoil Sport was listed as a R300k vendor buy-back at the 2012 National Sale. The youngster, who is full brother to multiple 2yo winner Yellow Card was knocked down this time at R1.1m
Gr1 winner Ivory Trail had been catalogued and withdrawn at both the Cape Sale and National Sale in 2012. The wait proved worthwhile, as the Cheveley-bred fetched a cool R1m here.
The last of the millionaires was a Fastnet Rock 2yo colt out of a Sadler’s Wells daughter of champion European sprinter Habibti. The youngster is half brother to German & Italian Gr1 winner Morshdi, and had made the shortlist of most of the judges at the Ready To Run gallops three weeks prior to this sale.
The overall median price at the sale went up to R150k, from 90k and 100k in the two previous years. Colt’s median increased to 180k from 110k in the both previous years. Fillies didn’t lag, with their median going to 130k, from 90k both previous years. These figures were much the same as those at the National Sale of 2012, where the overall median also was 150k, with colts slightly less at 170k, and fillies on par with 150k.
The traditional Ready To Run sale, with its massive annual restricted-race incentive, has truly come of age.
The presence of 2yo’s by topclass international sires (who do deliver!) and the pin-hooking opportunities (on both local and international stock) will no doubt continue to make the original Ready to Run one of the major events of the year.
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READY TO RUN - TOP PRICES price year horse sire 2.2m 2008 Trafalgar Legacy Rock Of Gibraltar 2.1m 2009 Uthawini Galileo 2.0m 2012 Die Kat Tale Of The Cat 1.6m 2012 Variety Romp Var 1.5m 2012 Mystical Star Jet Master 1.5m 2011 Cape Royal Royal Academy 1.5m 2008 Insasa Galileo 1.3m 2010 Frontino Gold Hussonet 1.1m 2012 Tulbagh Trip Trippi 1.1m 2010 Verocchio Royal Academy 1.0m 2012 Ilitshe Fastnet Rock 1.0m 2012 10hunter’s Glen Jet Master 1.0m 2011 Duke Of Medina Rock Of Gibraltar 1.0m 2010 Don’t Be Silly Dansili 1.0m 2010 Dansili Express Dansili 1.0m 2009 Igugu Galileo 1.0m 2008 Blue Voyager Muhtafal
