Thinking Big – Million Dollar Carrot Does The Trick
At what was certainly the best organised and most glamorous yearling sale ever in South Africa, buyers did their bit and bid big.
29th January 2014
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At what was certainly the best organised and most glamorous yearling sale ever in South Africa, buyers did their bit and bid big.
With stiff competition from the local Cape trainers, Mike Azzie, acting on behalf of Adrian van Vuuren, had to go to R3.25 million to secure a Silvano colt.
Some of South Africa’s most forward and best bred yearlings line up for the prestigious Cape Premier Yearling Sale in Cape Town
Superlative Stakes winner and Classic-placed Gustav Klimt will stand at Heversham Park Farm in South Africa, having stood at Haras d’Annebault most recently
Despite a decrease in the horse population and the sale of just 305 lots – 39 fewer than last year – the sale rose to expectations, achieving an impressive aggregate of R171 975 000 and an exceptional average of R563 852 per lot sold
When the hammer fell shortly before 15h00 on Friday on lot 346, a beautiful grey Ascot-bred son of Heavenly Blue, the scoreboard reflected that 303 of the 316 lots had sold over the two days for an aggregate of R171 425 000
