The power-packed Pathfork gelding Mr Flood has deservedly earned himself poster boy status for Bloodstock South Africa’s 2020 Cape Yearling Sale.
A R50 000 graduate of this true value-for-money regional sale, the Lucky Houdalakis-trained speedster took his earnings to over the half million mark at Turffontein a fortnight ago – winning the Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap to make it five on the trot, and six wins from just eight starts.
R50 000 Cape Yearling Sale graduate Mr Flood – his record speaks for itself! (Pic – JC Photos)
Everybody will be looking for the new generation Mr Flood amongst the diverse 170 lots catalogued for the 2020 renewal of this power platform of winners, which will be held at the Mistico Equestrian Centre near Paarl on Friday 28 February.
And the Houdalakis flagbearer is clearly no one-hit wonder. History shows that this sale has consistently produced high-class graded stakes winners, including the likes of Doosra, Elusive Heart, Final Judgement, Hack Green, Princess Peach, and Drakenstein Stud’s exciting young stallion Gold Standard.
Glen Kotzen’s recent winner Coral Bay, a winner of both the Kenilworth Fillies Nursery and Irridescence Stakes at two, was a R60 000 buy from the 2017 Cape Yearling Sale.
Cape Yearling Sale graduate and dual stakes winner Coral Bay (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
Among the successful and promising stallions represented are Captain Of All, Count Dubois, Duke Of Marmalade, Elusive Fort, Flower Alley, Gimmethegreenlight, Global View, Ideal World, Judpot, Pathfork Pomodoro, Querari, Twice Over, Var, Vercingetorix, Visionaire and What A Winter – to name but a few.
Stallions with first local yearlings on the sale include Admiral Kitten, Quasillo, Rafeef, Red Ray, and William Longsword.
Added to the incentive is the exciting prospect of finding a potential winner of the inaugural Cape Yearling Sale Cup, to be run on the prestigious Cape Derby Day in February 2021.
The additional attraction of this linked sales race for a minimum stake of R550 000 on the prestigious high-profile Cape Derby day in 2021 now raises the game for buyers. And the timing of the contest on a major Gr1 raceday in the height of the Cape Summer Of Champions provides the cherry on the top for those that love the true thrills and enjoyment offered by this wonderful game.
Graduates of the Cape Yearling Sale will also be in line to earn the R60 000 bonus payable by BSA to maiden winners of Maiden Juvenile and Juvenile Plate races in South Africa.
So, there is plenty to play for!
We have done some of the hard work – read on and now it’s up to you and Lady Luck.
The Free BUYERS GUIDE is an amazing, detailed summary of dam and siblings of sale yearlings.
It gives insight to what to expect of yearlings in terms of class, stamina, sale price.
The online catalogue is available here
ADMIRAL KITTEN
A Gr1 winning son of US champion sire Kitten’s Joy, he is from the same family of champion sires Fort Wood and Cozzene as well as the sire of outstanding stallion Dubawi, and from limited opportunities has left behind winners in North America
- Lot 148 –inbred to Sadler’s Wells and important mare Portage this filly, who has multiple lines of Roberto in her pedigree, is a half-sister to 3 winners, and her dam is a ½ to 4 black type horses including G2 winner Mocachino and the speedy G3 winner Mocha Java as well as the dam of Barahin
- Lot 154 –this colt is out of a winning ½ sister to Charity Mile winner Bezanova
ALADO
A son of Danzig from the same female line as Nasrullah, he has left behind the likes of Gr2 winner Rocket Countdown and the stakes performers Flying Winger, Half Moon Hotel and Northern Conquest
- Lot 6-this colt, closely inbred to Danzig, is out of a Dynasty ½ to stakes winner Sealed With A Kiss and Golden Horse Casino Sprint second Snowdon, granddam a 7 time winning sister to a G1 winner
- Lot 36-this filly is out of a Dynasty sired G3 placed winner of four
- Lot 61- a half-brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a ½ to Italian G1 winner Posidonas
- Lot 76- this colt is a ½ to 3 winners and is out of an own sister to SA Fillies Classic winner Caughtintheslips (dam of high-class Cape Sale buy Doosra)
- Lot 114-this colt is a full-brother to 3 winners including the stakes placed Adorada
- Lot 155-a ½ to 3 winners, by 3 different sires, this filly is out of a ½ to a British stakes performer and this filly is closely inbred to outstanding broodmare sire Darshaan
ASHAAWES
Son of Kingmambo, sadly now deceased, whose previous notable offspring include durable Dubai campaigner, and former Cape Yearling Sale graduate, Sanshaawes and current smart filly Drama Queen
- Lot 87 –this colt is out of a stakes placed four time winning daughter of a champion sprinter
CAPTAIN OF ALL
An Equus Champion Sprinter, the triple Gr1 winning Captain Al horse made a fine start with his first crop including Gr2 winner Shango and fellow stakes winners Captain Anne Bonny and What You Are
- Lot 29 –this filly, whose dam won over 1200m, is from the family of stakes winning fillies Royal Charm and Dominion Duel as well as high-class sprinter Dominion Ruler
- Lot 48 –this filly is out of a winning half-sister to the stakes winning She’s All That (dam of G1 runner up Kilcoy Castle), and granddam is the Harry Hotspur sired Fillies Guineas winner She’s A Treat
- Lot 74 –bred on a similar cross to Met winner Hill Fifty Four, this filly is a half or full sister to five winners including the smart Rock Deejay and her dam is a six time winning half-sister to Dane Julia –a G1 winner in both South Africa and New Zealand
- Lot 75 –a ½ to the useful Concealed Secret, this filly is out of a five time winning half-sister to Fillies Guineas third Secret Babe, and to the dam of East Cape Guineas hero The Highway Man
- Lot 78 –a ½ to a winner, this filly is from the same family as top sire Cape Cross, and classic winning fillies Russian Rhythm, Shadayid, and Alydaress
- Lot 82 –this filly is out of a dual winning own sister to G3 winning filly Mzwilili
- Lot 86 –this filly, a half-sister to the useful Heart Of A Legend, is from the family of champion Quarrytown and fellow G1 winners Face North and Polo Classic
- Lot 128 –this filly is out of a winning daughter of Fort Wood –whose daughters did so well when mated to Captain Of All’s own sire Captain Al, family of top filly Happyanunoit
- Lot 173 –from a top class family, this filly is out of a winning own sister to G2 winner Daring Dave
COUNT DUBOIS
Former Equus Outstanding Stallion, the Gr1 winning half-brother to classic winner Indian Haven is a proven source of class, with his progeny headed by the Equus Champions Asylum Seeker, Edict Of Nantes and French Navy
- Lot 28-inbred closely to Gone West, this filly is out of a winning daughter of Fillies Guineas runner up Winter Ade, and third dam is Debutante winner Light Fandango
- Lot 139-a ½ to a winner, this colt is out of a 4 time winning Var half-sister to G2 winning millionaire Kangaroo Jack, granddam is G1 Garden Province Stakes runner up Rainbow Flag
COUP DE GRACE
The only son of multiple champion US sire Tapit at stud in South Africa, he won both the Gr2 Amsterdam and Gr3 Bay Shore Stakes during his racing career
- Lot 10 –closely inbred to Storm Cat, this colt is out of a dual winning ½ to G3 winner Sky Rise
- Lot 38 –a ½ to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a winning own sister to Australian stakes performer Giggleswick, dam of Australian stakes winner Plague Stone, and granddam is a full-sister to four group winners notably triple G1 winner and top class stallion In The Wings, also the family of Dubawi
- Lot 60 –a direct descendant of Selene, this filly is out of a Montjeu daughter of speedy 2yo Sharplaw Star, the family of Irish 2000 Guineas winner Wassl, dual G1 winner and British sire Twilight Son, and multiple Equus Champion and G1 sire What A Winter
- Lot 101-this filly is out of a winning mare bred on similar lines to 2 German classic winners
- Lot 110 –another inbred to Storm Cat, this filly’s granddam is a ½ sister to Australian five time G1 winner Boban and third dam is Australian Oaks winner Kenbelle
- Lot 166 –closely inbred to Storm Cat, this filly is a ½ to two smart winners including high-class two-year-old Rocky Valley and she is out of G3 Sycamore Sprint runner up Valley Of Rubies
DUKE OF MARMALADE
Regally bred Cartier Champion whose international runners are headed by five Gr1 winners, his early local crops include such notable graded stakes winners as Santa Clara, True To Life, Nastergal, Seville Orange and Temple Grafin
- Lot 4-a ½ to 2 winners, this colt is out of a ½ sister to G2 winner Philippa Johnson –dam of Hawaii Stakes winner Chekilli, the family of high-class gallopers Sweet Sanette and Janoobi
ELUSIVE FORT
Triple Gr1 winner and Equus Champion, his best include such Gr1 performers as Siren’s Call, Lauderdale, Safe Harbour and Fort Ember, as well as recent Southeaster Sprint winner Elusive Trader and Allez France Stakes heroine Chitengo
- Lot 16-closely inbred to Fort Wood, this colt, a ½ to 2 winners, is out of an own sister to G1 SA Derby winner Bouquet-Garni and this is the family of breed shaping sires Danehill, Machiavellian and Northern Dancer
- Lot 24 –inbred to Northern Dancer and Fall Aspen, this filly is a ¾ sister to the useful Bien Venue, and third dam is a G1 winning daughter of Northern Dancer and Fall Aspen
- Lot 34 –this colt, a half-brother to recent debut winner Fromheretoeternity, is out of a full-sister to the stakes placed Monterey Bay
- Lot 55 –this filly is out of a 3 time winning ½ sister to 2yo stakes winner Scripture
- Lot 67 –this colt is out of a full-sister to Oaks winner Zante and ¾ sister to high-class filly Helen’s Ideal
- Lot 70 –a ½ to 2 winners, this filly (bred on the same cross as G1 winner Lauderdale) is out of a ½ sister to dual Guineas winning sire Noordhoek Flyer and to the dam of G3 winner Mount Laurel
- Lot 73 –this filly is out of a 3 time winning own sister to the stakes placed Georgia On My Mind
- Lot 81 –bred on the same cross as Summer Cup runner up Fort Ember, this colt is from the same family as Fort Wood’s G1 daughter Secret Heart –dam of Breeders’ Cup winning sire Pluck and US G3 winner Three Hearts and the Fort Wood sired stakes winning dam of G3 winner Captain Splendid
- Lot 103 –this filly is out of a ½ to 4 stakes horses including Starling Stakes winner Kiribati
- Lot 105 –this filly, whose half-brother topped the 2019 Ready To Run Sale, is out of a winning sister to G2 performer Full Master and half-sister to Emerald Fillies Hcp winner Grandalea
- Lot 108 –an own brother to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a winning Silvano daughter of multiple stakes winner Nik-Nak
- Lot 122 –out of a stakes placed daughter of Rock Of Gibraltar, this filly (whose dam is closely inbred to Danehill) has a G1 winning daughter of Danehill as her third dam
- Lot 130 –this colt, bred on the same cross as Elusive Trader, is out of a Var ½ sister to 3 stakes horses including SA Derby runner up Gothic and this is the family of the Dubai based G1 performer Majestic Mambo
- Lot 142 –this colt is out of a winning ½ sister to multiple stakes winner Tuvana Silva
- Lot 144 –this filly is out of a 5 time winning half-sister to Olympic Duel Stakes winner Hanabi
- Lot 153 –a ½ to the very speedy Sarah, this colt is out of a winning ¾ sister to triple G3 winner Depardieu and from the family of champions Mother Russia, Nother Russia and Winter Solstice, as well as current smart three-year-old Sachdev
- Lot 170 –inbred to the great Fall Aspen, this filly is out of a former smart 2yo whose dam is a half-sister to Fillies Guineas winning dam of Laisserfaire Stakes winner Anime
FENCING MASTER
Dewhurst Stakes runner up, and one of 100 stakes horses sired by Oratorio, this prolific winner producer is responsible for high-class Zimbabwean gallopers notably Oaks winner Solinski
- Lot 106 –closely inbred to Danehill, this filly is a half-sister to 3 winners, and she is out of a winning Danehill Dancer own sister to high-class gallopers Queen Mira and Umgiyo
- Lot 107 –a ½ to a winner, this filly is out of a winning own sister to Umzimkhulu winner Dream Come True, granddam is a G3 placed sister to top sprinter and G1 sire Goldmark
- Lot 116 –this filly is out of a dual winning ½ sister to two black type horses, from the Party Time family
FLOWER ALLEY
Travers Stakes winner whose 40 plus stakes horses include Kentucky Derby winning champion I’ll Have Another, early first local winners include Alibi Guy, Parterre, Keep Smiling, Azores and Marygold
- Lot 8-a full-brother to the useful Rock Aloe, this colt (closely inbred to Lyphard) is out of an sister to G3 performer Fortunates and the stakes winning dam of Guineas winner Twist Of Fate
- Lot11-bred on the same cross as I’ll Have Another, this colt is out of a half-sister to four time US G1 winner Emollient and Florida Derby runner up Hofburg, the family of Danehill, Machiavellian and Northern Dancer to name but three
- Lot 90-this filly, inbred to Sadler’s Wells, is a ½ to 2 winners including stakes placed filly Jo Malone
- Lot 97 –a ½ to 3 winners, this colt is out of 3 time winning daughter of Western Winter and Golden Slipper runner up Fragrant Lady
- Lot 147 –inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this filly is out of a winning daughter of top-class sire High Chaparral, and is from the family of international champions Committed and English Channel
- Lot 177 –this colt (inbred to Sadler’s Wells) is out of a 4 time winning daughter of Dalakhani –also damsire of unbeaten rising star Pinatubo, granddam is a ½ to G1 Fillies’ Mile winner Crystal Music
- Lot 181-this filly is out of a G1 winning half-sister to G1 winning sprinter Stellite
FUTURA
Former Horse Of The Year and four time Gr1 winner, the son of Dynasty recently had his first winner when his son Karnallie won at Turffontein
- Lot 1 –this colt, closely inbred to Fort Wood, is a half-brother 3 winners notably Champion Juvenile Cup winner Kimberley Star and promising filly World Radar, dam is a winning sister to G2 winner Prestic
- Lot 95 –this filly (whose dam is bred on the same cross as outstanding filly Atlantic Jewel) is out of a 4 time winning daughter of multiple champion sire Fastnet Rock, dam very closely related to Hong Kong Mile winner The Duke
- Lot 124 –a ½ to 5 winners, this filly is out of a stakes winning sister to champion Young Rake
- Lot 146 –a ½ to 2 winners, this filly’s third dam is multiple G1 winning champion Dancing Danzig
- Lot 160 –this colt is out of a winning Trippi daughter of Fillies Guineas winner Fisani
- Lot 164 –this filly is out of a winning ¾ sister to the stakes placed Felicity Flyer and granddam is G3 Diana Stakes winner Fire Tread
GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT
The Gr1 winning son of More Than Ready is a well established sire with his progeny headed by such top class performers as Got The Greenlight, Surcharge, Gunner, Gimme Six, Barahin, National Park, Rose In Bloom, Hack Green, Green Pepper, Green Plains, Green Laser, and Third Runway
- Lot 59 –this filly is out of a stakes winning daughter of outstanding local sire Dynasty –whose sire Fort Wood is damsire of Gimmethegreenlight’s graded winners Hack Green and Green Pepper
GLOBAL VIEW
Son of the world’s premier sire Galileo, and from the family of Storm Bird, this graded stakes winner at two and three made immediate impact with his first two runners both winning on debut, 3 of his first 4 runners have finished in the money, at the time of writing he had had 3 first crop winners
- Lot 3-this colt is out of a half-sister to speedy dual stakes winner Silver Nun
- Lot 46-closely inbred to Storm Cat (and also to South Ocean –dam of Storm Cat’s sire), this colt is out of a speedy four time winner, and his third dam is a dual winning half-sister to champion and successful sire National Emblem
- Lot 138-this filly is out of a dual winning Silvano half-sister to dual G1 winner Eyes Wide Open (sired, like the filly on offer, by a Sadler’s Wells line horse)
GREYS INN
July winning champion, from the family of Zeditave, his best offspring include champion Legal Eagle and fellow Gr1 winners Royal Bencher and King Of Pain
- Lot 53-a sister to a winner, this filly is out of a stakes placed half-sister to stakes winner Admiral’s Daughter, granddam is a 3 time winning ½ to international G1 winner Irridescence and Perfect Promise
- Lot 65-from the Enchanting family, this colt is out of Fillies Nursery second Ibrox Park
- Lot 68-a ½ or full sister to 2 winners, this filly is a three-parts sister to dual Horse Of The Year, and 8 time G1 winner Legal Eagle
- Lot 79-this filly is out of a daughter of The Oaks winner Sweet Secret
- Lot 121-a sister to a winner, this filly is out of a ½ to Ladies Mile winner Even Money
- Lot 135-this colt is out of a ¾ sister to Umzimkhulu runner up Silver Class and to exported Equus Champion King’s Gambit, the great Soho Secret family
IDEAL WORLD
Stakes winning son of Kingmambo whose best include such Gr1 winners as Rainbow Bridge, Smart Call and Samurai Bridge, and graded winners Mount Laurel, Vistula, Zante, Cape Speed, Zen Arcade and champion Hermoso Mundo
- Lot 77-a ¾ sister to Syringa Handicap winner Persian Rug, this filly’s dam is a three-parts sister to both Horse Of The Year Celtic Grove and to the stakes placed dam of champion Marinaresco
- Lot 180-closely inbred to Danehill, this colt is out of a Danehill Dancer ½ to 2 black type horses, stakes placed granddam is a daughter of outstanding broodmare sire Darshaan
JACKSON
Triple Gr1 winner from the family of Smart Strike and sire of this season’s smart 3yos Pretty Young Thing, Pure State and Count Jack
- Lot 2-this colt is out of a Danehill Dancer own sister to G3 winning 2yo Walk On Bye, granddam is Haydock Sprint Cup winner Pipalong
- Lot 17 –this filly is out of a winning Var ¾ sister to Equus Champion Val De Ra
- Lot 25 –this filly, closely inbred to Fort Wood, is out of a mare who won four times and is from the family of the smart Kilrain –sired, like Jackson, by Dynasty
- Lot 37 –a ½ to 2 winners, this filly is out of a ½ sister to G1 SA Classic winner English Garden
- Lot 44 –this filly is out of G3 Magnolia Handicap winner Fanzene, a ½ to 2 stakes horses
- Lot 54 –directly descended in female line from La Troienne, this filly is out of a dual winning Trippi mare and is from the family of Oaks winner Gleaming Sky and champion sire Caerleon
- Lot 85 –a ½ to the very smart Fleeced, this colt is out of a ½ to two stakes winners notably G2 Green Point Stakes winner Fabiani, granddam is a stakes placed winner of three
- Lot 96 –from the great E family, this filly is a half-sister to BSA August Million winner Fullfillyourdream
- Lot 117 –a ½ to 3 winners, this colt is out of a 4 time wining own sister to G1 winner Little Miss Magic
- Lot 118 –this filly is out of a ½ sister to two stakes winning fillies and is from the family of short-lived US G1 winning filly Citronnade and champion filly Poetically
- Lot 131 –this colt, whose dam is closely inbred to Lassie Dear, is out of a 3 time winning daughter of Captain Al, granddam is a winning ½ to G1 winners Golden Peak and Record Edge
JAY PEG
Globetrotting champion and four time Gr1 winner, his progeny include such graded stakes winners as Silicone Valley, Woljayrine, Flash Drive, Peggy Jay, Exit Here, Hot Affair and Olympic Owen
- Lot 13-this filly is out of a mare who won five over 1200m
- Lot 132-this filly is out of a winning Exceed And Excel half-sister to German G2 winner Mokabra, same female line as multiple German champion sire Surumu
- Lot 163-this colt is out of a 3 time winning Elusive Quality half-sister to Brazil champion and G1 winner Voador Magee, family of champion Desejado Thunder
JUDPOT
The A P Indy half-brother to Kingmambo is sire of Gr1 winners Along Came Polly, Coral Fever, Forest Indigo and Juxtapose as well as promising two-year-old War Room
- Lot 113-closely inbred to Nureyev, this colt is a half or full-brother to 8 winners including 2 graded stakes horses, dam is a dual winning ½ to 3 stakes horses including the dam of triple G1 winner Captain America
- Lot 175-this colt is out of a Western Winter ½ to G2 winner Alderry (dam of G1 performers Al Sahem and Al Mutawakel) and Royal Vintage –a G2 winner in South Africa and Al Bastakiya winner in Dubai
LEGISLATE
Horse Of The Year, and four time Gr1 winning son of top sire Dynasty, his first two runners have both finished in the money
- Lot 98 –bred on a similar cross to G1 winners Eyes Wide Open, It’s My Turn and Liege, this filly is out of a winning Jallad half-sister to G2 Premier Trophy winner Milton
- Lot 156 –this colt is out of a half-sister to G2 Umkhomazi Stakes third Sky Marshal and is from the same family as the talented Noble Secret (sired, like Legislate, by Dynasty)
LOUIS THE KING
This Storm Cat grandson won South Africa’s Triple Crown at three and the Gr1 Summer Cup at four
- Lot 15-closely inbred to Storm Bird, this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners and he is out of a four time winning daughter of East Cape star Spring Storm
- Lot 19-this colt is out of Jockey Club Stakes winner Bursary
- Lot 69-this colt is out of a winning own sister to the stakes winning Peep Show
- Lot 89-this filly’s granddam is a stakes winning Jallad half-sister to four stakes winners notably Equus Champion, and multiple G1 winner, Val De Ra –like the filly on offer by a Storm Cat line horse
- Lot 127-closely inbred to Rich Man’s Gold, this filly is out of a winning ½ to stakes winning filly Alvilda
- Lot 168-closely inbred to Storm Cat, this filly is out of a winning Var half-sister to stakes winning filly Princess Ofthe Sky and Kings Cup runner up Platinum Prince, family of G2 winner Running Brave –like the filly on offer sired by a Storm Cat line horse
MASTER OF MY FATE
Dual Gr2 winning son of two champions whose first two crops have yielded the likes of Guineas winner Twist Of Fate, Fillies Guineas/Paddock Stakes runner up Driving Miss Daisy and Gr2 winning 2yo Basadi Faith
- Lot 20 –bred on the same cross as Basadi Faith, this filly is a ½ to the stakes placed Rush Hour Girl
- Lot 32 –this filly is out of stakes placed winner of seven, and third dam is a sister to G1 winner Topa Inca and G2 winner Cholula, family of stakes winner Cordillera (also sired by a son of Jet Master)
- Lot 40 –a ½ or full-sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a ½ to G1 winners Amberpondo and champion Ethereal Lady, from the family of Flobayou and Arctic Cove
- Lot 45 –also bred like Basadi Faith, this filly is out of a 3 time winning daughter of champion sire Captain Al, granddam is a ½ to G2 winner Kazatzka
- Lot 50 –out of a 3 time winning daughter of Captain Al, this filly is from the family of champions Jay Peg and Kochka, third dam is speedy stakes winner Shoot The Booze
- Lot 52 –this colt is a ¾ brother to G3 Champagne Stakes runner up Victoriana and half-brother to Equus Champion and millionaire Hammie’s Hooker and 3 other winners
- Lot 62 –this filly is out of a winning ½ to The Sledgehammer winner My Lord Duke
- Lot 83 –this colt is out of a winning sister to Castle Tankard winner Winter’s Night, granddam is Equus Champion Night Diva, and his fourth dam won the Fillies Guineas
- Lot 88 –a ½ to a winner, this filly is out of a 3 time winning Silvano half-sister to speedy stakes performer King James, family of top sprinters Fov’s Favourite and Shea Shea
- Lot 150 –this filly is a half-sister to 6 winners including East Cape Oaks winner Sammy Jo
- Lot 152 –intriguingly inbred to Secret Pact, and from the family of Master Of My Fate himself, this filly is a ½ to 2 winners and is out of a 5 time winning half-sister to the stakes placed London Secret
- Lot 174-this colt is out of a Western Winter ½ sister to G1 winning two-year-old Forest Indigo, the family of recent US G3 winner Oleksandra and stakes winner Alexandra Palace –sired, like Master Of My Fate, by Jet Master
NOBLE TUNE
A graded stakes winner at two and three, and a half-brother to US champion Honor Code, his best runners this far include Paths Of Victory, White Lightning, Play Another Tune, Abelie, Frozen Tune, and Noble Joshua
- Lot 18 –this colt is out of a dual winning daughter of Jet Master, who is inbred to Jet Master’s dam Jet Lightning and from the family of Jet Master himself
- Lot 23 –this filly is a ½ to 2 winners including Laisserfaire Stakes winner Victoria Lavelle
- Lot 120 –closely inbred to Storm Cat, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Var, from the family of top class sprinters Trip Tease and Nobely Born, as well as recent Dingaans hero Shango
- Lot 149 –this colt is out of a Dynasty ½ sister to G2 winner Royal Champ
- Lot 161-bred on a similar cross to dual US G1 winner, and hot young sire, Liam’s Map, this colt is out of a Trippi mare who is very closely related to G3 winning millionaire Trip Tease
PATHFORK
Irish champion, and ½ brother to classic winner War Of Will, he is the sire of graded stakes winners Mighty High, Mr Flood, Jet Start, My Friend Lee and Red Chesnut Road
- Lot 22-out of a Silvano ½ to smart filly Champery, this colt’s granddam is a half-sister to G1 Las Virgenes winner Eden’s Moon, family of champion and top stallion Theatrical
- Lot 35-a ½ to 3 winners, this filly, whose pedigree contains the full-siblings Fairy King and Sadler’s Wells, is out of a mare who won four
- Lot 57-a ½ brother to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a mare who won six times up to 1800m
- Lot 151-bred on the same Pathfork/National Assembly as East Cape champion Madame Speaker, this colt’s dual
POMODORO
July winner, and Leading First Crop Sire of 2017-2018, has produced stakes winners in each of his first two crops to date, including champion Return Flight, and recent 3yos include the likes of Leopold, Westlife, Cornish Pomodoro and Putontheredlight winning dam is bred on similar lines to champion, and successful sire National Emblem
- Lot 9-a ½ to a dual winner, this filly is out of a winning Rock Of Gibraltar ¾ sister to an Australian stakes winner, granddam is a half-sister to 1000 Guineas winner Cape Verdi
- Lot 112-a ½ to a winner, this filly is out of a ½ to Golden Slipper winner Princess Sassi and Syringa Handicap winner Secret Obsession, and from the family of Jet Master sired champion Mythical Flight (also the family of promising filly Miracle Flight)
- Lot 133-this filly is from the same family as classy dual stakes winning filly Not Now Darling
- Lot 143-this filly is out of a dual winning Captain Al ½ to G3 Byerley Turk third Nineteen Fourteen
POTALA PALACE
A Gr1 winner at two, the son of Singspiel and half-brother to Cape Fillies Guineas winner Front And Centre made a big impression with his first two small crops producing the likes of Palace Of Dreams, Singforafa, Snow Palace, Senatla, Russian Prince and Palace Chapel
- Lot 94 –a ½ to 2 winners, including WSB Grand Series Consolation winner Big Mistake, this filly is out of a winning ½ to exported G3 Pretty Polly Stakes winner Ethics, the family of Tilbury Fort
- Lot 79-this filly is out of a stakes winner who won six times up to 1800m
QUASILLO
Winner of 2 of only 3 starts,including Gr3 Bavarian Classic, he is a Sea The Stars half brother to successful Cape sire Querari and to Gr2 winner Quidura. This is his first crop
- Lot 93 –this filly is a ¾ sister to 2 winners notably G1 Thekwini Stakes runner up Melliflora
QUERARI
South Africa’s Leading Sire of 2yos in 2018-2019, and his notable progeny include such graded stakes winners as Querari Falcon, Mill Queen, Head Honcho, Kampala Campari, Kangaroo Jack, Monks Hood, Wonderwall, Cockney Pride and Pinnacle Peak
- Lot 5 –a ½ to 2 winners overseas, this colt (closely inbred to Green Desert) is out of a ½ sister to a speedy stakes horse and to the dam of Irish 1000 Guineas winner Samitar
- Lot 71-a ½ to 2 winners, this filly is out of a ½ sister to 4 stakes horses including Starling Stakes winner Kiribati, granddam a 4 time winning own sister to the dam of champion Yorker
- Lot 125 –a ½ to 3 winners including recent Sea Cottage Stakes third place finisher Imperial Ruby, this colt (whose dam is closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells) is out of a Sadler’s Wells daughter of Irish G1 winner Necklace, family of Sadler’s Wells sired stars Opera House and Kayf Tara
- Lot 126 –this colt is out of a dual winning ½ sister to the dam of Swallow Stakes winner Sarah, and his Windrush dam is very closely related to the Windrush sired champion Mother Russia
- Lot 134 –this filly, bred like graded winners Cosmic Light and Wonderwall, is out of a winning daughter of Silvano, her granddam is a full-sister to G1 winning filly Pacific Blue
- Lot 172 –bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Head Honcho and Kampala Campari, this colt is a half-brother to 4 winners including the stakes placed, 6 time winner Tiger Play
RAFEEF
Gr1 winning son of multiple champion sire Redoute’s Choice and South African champion National Colour, the full-brother to champion Mustaaqeem has already had a first crop yearling make up to R2 200 000
- Lot 47-this filly is out of a winning ½ to G3 Peninsula Handicap winner Wonder Lawn
- Lot100-closely inbred to Redoute’s Choice, this filly is out of a dual winning sister to the dam of G2 winning filly Imelda Mary, her granddam is a full-sister to the Redoute’s Choice sired G1 winner Fashions Afield
- Lot 157-a ½ to 2 winners, this colt is out of a winning ¾ sister to the dam of dual G3 winner Temple Grafin, and is from the same family as champions Horse Chestnut and Monyela
- Lot 167-out of a winning Var ½ sister to G3 performer Le Clos, this filly is out of a close relative to the dam of shortlived G3 winner Zen Arcade and also hails from the family of Horse Chestnut
RED RAY
Like successful sire What A Winter, he is a Gr1 Mercury Sprint winning son of multiple champion sire Western Winter. This is his first crop
- Lot 33-from the same family as the Western Winter sired Horse Of The Year Winter Solstice, this colt is out of a full-sister to Equus Champion, and four time G1 winner, Mother Russia (dam of champion Nother Russia)
- Lot 42-this filly, whose damsire Go Deputy is sire of Red Ray’s high-class ½ sister Adobe Pink, is out of a 4 time winning ½ sister to the smart Western Winter galloper Stebbins, granddam is a winning half-sister to the Western Winter sired Horse Of The Year Yard-Arm
- Lot 141-this filly is out of a six time winning daughter of multiple champion sire Captain Al
SOFT FALLING RAIN
Deceased globetrotting champion whose first crop is headed by Gr2 winner Montreal Mist and Gr2 filly Gin Fizz, and second crop includes impressive 2yo winners Pray For Rain and Garden Party
- Lot 30 –this filly is out of a 3 time winning ½ to the dam of G2 winning filly Cosmic Light and is from the family of high-class G3 winner Black Rod (sired, like Soft Falling Rain, by National Assembly)
- Lot 41-inbred to Storm Cat (like Montreal Mist, Garden Party and Pray For Rain), this colt, a ½ to a winner, is out of a daughter of Cape Fillies Guineas winner Emerald Beauty
- Lot 51 –this colt is out of a winning Fort Wood ½ to SA Fillies Nursery second Winter’s Forge
- Lot 80 –a ½ brother to 4 winners, including the smart pair of Fear Not and Free State, this colt is out of a daughter of champions Diesis and Kimberley Mine
- Lot 92 –this filly is out of a winning Dynasty ½ sister to Storm Bird Stakes runner up Carlito Brigante
- Lot 104 –a ½ to 3 winners, including the smart Miranda Frost, this colt is out of a winning own sister to globetrotting Maiden Cup winner Mr Brock
- Lot 109-a ½ to 4 winners, including the useful Hemero, this filly is out of a winning Rich Man’s Gold three-parts sister to Ibhayi Stakes winner Charles Lytton
- Lot 169 –this colt (closely inbred to Danzig) is out of a daughter of Danehill Dancer and his granddam is a ½ sister to the G1 Yorkshire Oaks winning dam of Breeders’ Cup Mile runner up Antonius Pius (by Danzig), also family of high-class filly Clouds Unfold
- Lot 178 –a ½ to a winner, this colt is out of a dual winning ½ to Swallow Stakes winner Woodland City
TIME THIEF
Zeditave Stakes (like Not A Single Doubt) winning son of legendary Australian sire Redoute’s Choice and sire of dual Gr1 winner In Her Time, his first South African crop includes Macthief, Yessiricanboogie and Sir Caleb
- Lot 26 –a ½ to a winner, this filly’s dam is a half-sister to 3 black type horses
- Lot 43 –closely inbred to Danehill, this filly is out of a winning Rock Of Gibraltar ½ to NZ Derby third Raghu, the family of Irish 2000 Guineas winning sire Roderic O’Connor (whose dam is by Danehill)
- Lot 49 –closely inbred to Redoute’s Choice, this colt is out of a winning daughter of high-class galloper Futile
- Lot 58 –this colt’s third dam is G1 Garden Province Stakes runner up Stolen Gem –granddam of exported champion, and Canadian G3 winner, Tara’s Touch and G3 winner Dance Of Diamonds
- Lot 72-out of a dual winning daughter of champion sire/broodmare sire Jet Master, this filly hails from the family of champion Special Preview and short-lived dual G1 winner Military Muse
- Lot 91 –out of a speedy, four time winning daughter of Var, this filly’s granddam is bred on very similar lines to outstanding miler Zilzal –broodmare sire, among others, of Var!
- Lot 102 –this colt is out of a daughter of Lady’s Pendant winner Servilia
- Lot 111-this filly is out of a winning Fort Wood mare who is closely related to both Horse Of The Year Celtic Grove and the stakes placed dam of July winning champion Marinaresco
- Lot 123 –out of a winning Jet Master mare, this colt is from the family of champion Quarrytown
- Lot 136 –this colt, whose third dam is dual G1 winner Please Be True, hails from the family of G1 winning sprinter Best Of The Best
- Lot 137 –a ½ to a winner, this colt’s dam is a ¾ sister to July winning champion Bold Silvano
TWICE OVER
European champion and four time Gr1 winner whose progeny including reigning Horse Of The Year Do It Again, fellow Gr1 winner Sand And Sea, and multiple graded stakes winner Doublemint
- Lot 84 –closely inbred to Roberto and Blushing Groom, this filly is out of a Captain Al ½ to a 3 time winner, from the family of G1 winners Liege, Lyrical Linda and Rebel King
VAR
Twice Leading Sire of 2Yo’s, the G1 winner’s list of Gr1 winners includes recent Queen’s Plate victor Vardy and the likes of Variety Club, Val De Ra, Via Africa, Eden Rock, Villandry, Sommerlied, Normanz, Contador and August Rush
- Lot 31-a full or half brother to 3 smart winners, this colt is out of a dual winning Western Winter daughter of stakes winning sprinter Shoot The Booze, the family of champion Kochka and G3 winner Cat And The Moon (like this colt, sired by a Storm Cat line horse)
- Lot 66-inbred to Storm Cat, this filly is out of a mare bred on very similar lines to Horse Of The Year Winter Solstice, and her G3 placed granddam is a full-sister to Equus Champion and four time G1 winner Mother Russia –dam of Storm Cat line sired champion Nother Russia
- Lot 119 –bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Ghaalla and William The Silent, this colt is a ½ to useful filly Princess Nicole, and is out of a Captain Al sired Fillies Guineas runner up
VERCINGETORIX
The Equus Champion and G1 Jebel Hatta winner made a great start with his first crop headed by graded stakes winners African Warrior and Ikigai as well as East Cape stakes winners Hooves Of Troy and Viking Moon
- Lot 176 –this filly is out of a 3 time winning daughter of Western Winter who is closely related to the Western Winter sired stakes winners Light The Lights, Winter Weather, Imperial Ice and Imperial Triumph
VISIONAIRE
The Gr1 winning son of Grand Slam is sire of numerous high-class gallopers notably Takingthepeace, Africa Rising, The Thinker, Heaps Of Fun, and Royal Pleasure, and his progeny ran 1-2-3 in the 2019 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup
- Lot 27 –a ½ to G1 Allan Robertson Championship runner up Cavivar, this filly is out of flying filly Control Freak and she is from the family of top sprinter Bull Valley and Horse Of The Year Model Man
WHAT A WINTER
Multiple Equus Champion, and Leading First Crop Sire of his year, he is responsible for the graded stakes winners Clouds Unfold, Russet Air, Snow Report, Armando, Dutch Philip and Magical Wonderland
- Lot 14-bred on the same cross as the stakes winning Fort Winter, this filly, a ½ to 2 winners, is out of a dual winning three-parts sister to Horse Of The Year, and top sire, Dynasty
- Lot 39 –this filly, whose dam is closely inbred to the great mare Elysee, is out of a winning daughter of Elusive Fort, from the immediate family of Elusive Fort
- Lot 64 –this filly’s granddam is a G3 placed half-sister to Equus Champion Hammie’s Hooker
- Lot 99-from the female line of champions Ajdal, Arazi and Noverre, this filly is out of a winning own sister to G1 placed filly Not Sulking and ½ sister to Gold Vase runner up Predestination
- Lot 140 –this colt is out of a half-sister to G1 winning sprinter Sergeant Hardy
- Lot 145 –this filly, closely inbred to Gone West, is out of a stakes placed daughter of Gardenia Handicap winner The Eden Project
- Lot 158 –another bred like Fort Winter, this filly’s granddam is a G3 placed half-sister to stakes winning sprinter Vauclair, third dam is Majorca Stakes winner Wild Aster
- Lot 165 –this colt is out of a Dynasty half-sister to the stakes placed 2yo Captain Dino, from the family of high-class gallopers Buran and Ice Belle, who were sired by What A Winter’s own sister
- Lot 171 –this colt, whose damsire Qui Danzig sired What A Winter high-class ½ brother What A Question, is out of a half-sister to the dam of globetrotting champion, and successful sire Jay Peg, and 3 other stakes winners, as well as the dam of dual G2 Hawaii Stakes winner Whiteline Fever
WHERE’S THAT TIGER
Deceased son of Storm Cat, who, from limited opportunities, came up with talented SA gallopers Tiger Quest, Tiger’s Touch, Samurai Blade, See You Tyger, Perfect Tigress and Supertube
- Lot 21-this filly’s dam is a daughter of high-class broodmare sire Horse Chestnut and speedy G2 performer Maggie, the family of Queen’s Plate winning sire Divine Force
- Lot 115 –this colt, whose dam is closely inbred to Gone West, is out of a winning daughter of the stakes placed, seven time winner Shades Of Winter
- Lot 159 –closely inbred to Storm Cat, this colt is a three-parts brother to the Where’s That Tiger sired G3 Sycamore Sprint winner Tiger’s Touch
- Lot 162-a ½ to 2 winners, this filly is out of a daughter of champion sire Trippi, and her granddam is an own sister to the stakes winning Franklin and the stakes placed dam of G3 winner Nocturnal Affair, family of recent Southeaster Sprint winner Elusive Trader
WILLIAM LONGSWORD
Cape Guineas winning son of Captain Al, and half-brother to Gr1 winning sprinter Real Princess and recent Wolf Power 1600 hero Silver God, his first crop are yearlings and have already made up to R600 000
- Lot 56 –a half-sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a mare who won 3 times
WYLIE HALL
Dual Gr1 winning son of multiple champion sire Redoute’s Choice, his first crop has already yielded the likes of G3 winner Twilight Moon, the smart De La Cruz, and Living Waters
- Lot 7-this filly is out of a winning ½ to G1 placed sprinter Sheik’s Brashee, and granddam a G3 winning daughter of Garden Province Stakes winner Sleek Wine
- Lot 12 –this filly is out of a Western Winter daughter of the stakes placed Astral Athina
- Lot 63-this colt is out of a dual winning daughter of high-class sire Pure Prize and he hails from the family of dual US G1 winner, and sire, Wekiva Springs
- Lot 129-this colt, whose dam is closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, is out of a 3 time winning own sister to the stakes placed Irish Maid
