He is one of the very best sons of multiple champion sire Silvano and his 9 lots are turning heads after the first day of public inspections at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale on Thursday.
Vercingetorix wins in Dubai
An unbeaten champion and Gr1 winner in South Africa and Dubai, the magnificent and athletic Vercingetorix is a big horse with scope and a deep girth. Testimony to the appeal of his early progeny is the fact that that in his 4th season he covered over 100 mares.
A R1.4m yearling in 2011, Vercingetorix raced in SA, Dubai and Hong Kong, winning seven times from a mile to 2000m. Undefeated in South Africa, he was voted Equus Champion 3yo Colt. Timeform rated him 124 in 2015, the year a sesamoidal ligament injury ended his racing career in Dubai.
.Ticks all the boxes – Silvano son Vercingetorix
The opinion from seasoned judges is that the handsome Maine Chance stallion has produced the goods in his first crop at the premier sale!
Lot 17 – this colt, out of a winning daughter of champion US sire and leading broodmare sire Giant’s Causeway, is from one of the world’s top families, with his relatives including leading international sires Invincible Spirit and Kodiac, high class Australian 2yo and dual Gr1 winner Pride Of Dubai and French Oaks winner Rafha
Lot 78 – this classically bred colt is out of a Danehill Dancer sister to 2 smart stakes horses and second dam is a sister to French Gr1 winner (at two) Alberto Giacometti, family of Epsom Derby winner Crepello and 1000 Gns winner Honeylight
Lot 84 – this filly is out of a four time stakes winning daughter of champion sire Captain Al – the sire of Vercingetorix’s Gr3 winning half-sister Trinity House
Lot 111 – this colt, from the same family as deceased champion sire Jallad, is out of a winning Kahal half-sister to multiple Gr1 winning champion Princess Victoria and to Gr2 Sceptre Stakes winner Penny Royal
Lot 152 – this colt, bred on similar lines to Gr1 winners Bold Silvano, Al Sahem and Kings Gambit, is a ¾ brother to stakes filly Sylvanite and is out of a winning half-sister to top class fillies Starlit and Sweet Theresa
Lot 163 – this filly, a half-sister to three above average winners, is out of a winning daughter of outstanding broodmare sire Pivotal and El Gran Senor sired champion Kundalini, family of 2000 Guineas winner and Gr1 sire Roland Gardens
Lot 178 – bred on a similar cross to Gr1 winners Marinaresco and Nightingale, this filly (whose half – siblings include a five time winner) is out of a winning sister to stakes winner and Gr1 Gold Cup runner up Noblewood
Lot 222 – a half-brother to stakes filly Champery, this colt is out of a half-sister to US Gr1 winner Eden’s Moon and his Giant’s Causeway sired second dam is a half-sister to 3 Gr1 winners, including champion Paradise Creek and champion sire Wild Event, family of Breeders’ Cup winner and outstanding sire Theatrical
Lot 246 – this filly is a half-sister to 2 stakes winners including Fillies Guineas winner Go Indigo and is out of a winning half-sister to stakes winning sprinter Stirling Bridge, family of Gr1 winning sprinter On Stage.
Just a reminder that the sale gets under way on Saturday at 18h00.
The second session commences at 13h00 on Sunday.
