The CTS Ready To Run Sale presented by Lanzerac Hotel and Spa has quickly become an established date on the South African thoroughbred auction calendar.
The sale will be held for the fourth time in 2015, and is set to offer buyers the opportunity to buy some truly exquisitely well bred juveniles.
Captain America – went on to Gr1 success
Pre sale gallops for the sale, both of which events take place at Durbanville racecourse, have been scheduled for Thursday 19th of November, with the sale itself being held the following day.
All graduates of this sale automatically qualify for a berth in the Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes, which will be run this year for a purse of R2.5 million.
Past winners of the race include the exciting Captain America, who went on to prove his class when winning the G1 H F Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes and who rates a top contender for this season’s G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate.
Seventh Plain – Equus champion
Other notable graduates of the Cape Ready To Run Sale include the brilliant Seventh Plain –last season’s Equus Champion 2YO Colt and already a dual G1 winner, high class G1 performer Red Ray, G3 Cape Of Hope Nursery winner Captain Chaos and G3 Matchem Stakes winner Reim –to name a few.
This year 192 juveniles have been catalogued for the sale.
Sixteen lots (or 8% of the sale) were bred in either Australia or New Zealand, and, if the results of the Johannesburg Sale are anything to go by, are bound to star at this sale.
Perennial crowd pleasers Captain Al, Dynasty, Fort Wood, Silvano, Trippi, and Var are all strong represented at this sale and they are bound to find favour once again.
Gimmethegreenlight – an exciting young sire with the blood and race record to match
Young sires Elusive Fort (13), Gimmethegreenlight (11), and Pathfork (10) are all well represented at the sale, while Seventh Rock, sire of last season’s Equus Champion Seventh Plain as well as recent G3 Algoa Cup winner Stonehenge, has ten lots on offer.
The sale also offers buyers a rare opportunity to buy juveniles sired by the late, great Western Winter, who headed South Africa’s General Sires List on three occasions.
The son of Gone West has nine on offer including an brother to former record breaking buy Brutal Force and G1 winner Nania, a beautifully bred colt out of Captain Al’s G1 winning half sister Shadow Dancing, and a three parts sister to former Horse Of The Year Yard-Arm.
Stallions with their first juveniles up for sale include July winner Bold Silvano (3), Gimmethegreenlight (11), Gitano Hernando (3), Pathfork (10) and Philanthropist (5). The latter, a proven success story overseas, will be represented by his first South African runners this season.
Silvano’s terrific 1-2-3 in the 2015 ‘Power King’ Vodacom Durban July
A son of champion sire Silvano (whose sons filled the first three places in this year’s G1 Vodacom Durban July), Bold Silvano was an outstanding racehorse, whose wins included not only South Africa’s greatest horse-race, but also defeated a top field in the 2011 G3Maktoum Challenge in Dubai. The bay’s trio on sale include a half brother to ten time UK stakes winner Eton Rifles (Lot 53), and a colt from the family of G1 Santa Monica Hcp winner Devil’s Orchid and G1 Nassau Stakes vixen Favourable Terms (Lot 111).
Former G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Gimmethegreenlight has been massively popular since he retired to stud. He shares his sire More Than Ready with outstanding Aussie sire Sebring and this well bred horse’s 11 lots on offer include a filly out of G1 winner Fading Light (Lot 1), a filly out of G3 winning speedster Purple Orchid (Lot 89), and a colt out of a stakes placed daughter of Captain Al (Lot 93).
Another top class racehorse with his first juveniles on offer is former G1 Goodwood Stakes/Singapore Cup hero Gitano Hernando. This $2 million earner hails from the same male line as champion SA sire Silvano and his threesome include a half brother to the useful Night In Seattle (Lot 75), and a colt out of G3 Diana Stakes winner Promises To Keep (Lot 87).
Irish champion Pathfork
Irish Champion 2YO and former G1 National Stakes winner Pathfork is one of the most popular young sires in the country. The son of Distorted Humor (whose son Any Given Saturday is sire of recent Breeders Cup winner Mongolian Saturday) has ten on sale including a half sister to champion sprinter Cataloochee (Lot 42), a colt out of a full sister to G1 Garden Province Stakes heroine Lyrical Linda (Lot 185) and a colt out of a three parts sister to champion and leading sire Elusive Fort (Lot 189).
Philanthropist, a son of top sire Kris S from the family of late, great local sire National Assembly, made a huge impression with his first small crop, which produced champions Pender Harbour and Phil’s Dream. Currently among the leading sires in North America, his five lots include a filly out of G3 placed Heading Home (Lot 25), a half brother to G2 winner Winterinthewoods (Lot 69), and a half brother to G2 Ipi Tombe Challenge winner Demanding Lady (Lot 177).
Some of the eyecatching entries
- Lot 1 – a filly by popular young sire Gimmethegreenlight out of G1 Empress Club Stakes winner Fading Light
- Lot 18 – a Silvano half-sister to Gr1 winner Gypsy’s Warning
- Lot 26 – a colt by G1 Blue Diamond winner Nadeem out of a New Zealand stakes winning mare
- Lot 27 – a Var half sister to G2 stakes filly Galaxy Gal
- Lot 30 – a Trippi colt out of a G1 winning daughter of Met winner Imperious Sue
- Lot 40 – a Smart Missile half sister to Aus G2 winner and sire Time For War
- Lot42 – a Pathfork half sister to champion sprinter Cataloochee
- Lot 45 – a Trippi filly out of Jet Master’s G1 winning daughter Little Miss Magic
- Lot 49 – a Western Winter filly closely related to Guineas winners Dupont and Pacino
- Lot 60 – a Silvano filly out of a SW half sister to champion Val De Ra
- Lot 61 – a Trippi colt out of top sprinter Mocha Java
- Lot 64 – a Sebring half brother to Cape Guineas winner Le Drakkar
- Lot 65 – a Western Winter own brother to G1 winner Nania, top sprinter Red Ray and former record priced buy Brutal Force
- Lot 68 – an Ashaawes half brother to the top class G1 performer Tribal Dance
- Lot 79 – a Hard Spun colt from the family of Italian Oaks winner Ivyanna
- Lot 83 – a Captain Al full brother to G3 winner Wheredowego
- Lot 84 – a Windrush half brother to exported G3 winner Reim
- Lot 85 – a Captain Al own brother to SW Captain Lars and G1p filly Alascan Maiden
- Lot 94 – a Dynasty colt out of a half brother to G1 winning sire Potala Palace
- Lot 101 – a Windrush own sister to ill-fated Equus Champion and multiple G1 winner Mother Russia
- Lot 108 – a colt by July winner Dynasty from the family of July winner Bold Silvano
- Lot 112 – a Western Winter half brother to G1 winner Thunder Dance, out of G1 winner Shadow Dancing
- Lot 118 – an Ashaawes full brother to G3 winner Priceless Jewel and half brother to two other SWs
- Lot 124 – a Var colt out of former Broodmare Of The Year Sunshine Lover
- Lot 126 – a colt by European sire sensation Zoffany from the family of champion Laisserfaire
- Lot 127 – a Western Winter colt out of a SW by Lomitas
- Lot 143 – a Warm White Night half brother to Equus Champion 2YO Colt Seventh Plain
- Lot 149 – a High Chaparral filly out of a half sister to Summer Cup hero Delta Form
- Lot 152 – a Hard Spun colt from the family of champion and leading sire Last Tycoon
- Lot 162 – a Trippi colt out of a G3 winning half sister to unbeaten star and top US sire Candy Ride
- Lot 167 – a colt by US champion and top sire Bernardini from the family of Aus champ Dance Hero
- Lot 169 – a daughter of Epsom Derby winner New Approach from a top class US female line
- Lot 173 – a Trippi colt out of a G3 winning Western Winter mare
- Lot 174 – a son of Judpot and G2 winner Cruise Collection –bred on same cross as champion Along Came Polly
- Lot 177 – a Philanthropist half brother to G2 winner Demanding Lady
- Lot 178 – a Western Winter colt from the family of breed shaping champions Miesque and Kingmambo
- Lot 184 – a colt by champion sprinter and promising sire Dream Ahead from a strong Aussie family
- Lot 190 – a Dynasty colt out of Jet Master’s G3 winning daughter Express Queen
The full catalogue can be viewed online at www.capethoroughbredsales.com
