Gitiano powers home underStuart Randolph to win the 2013 Million Mile
Some 260 yearlings go under the hammer at Suncoast Casino in Durban for the next two days. Among them will be the sixteen runners for the Million Rand race on July-day in 2016, who will be racing in the colours of all those astute buyers at this year’s sale.
Same Jurisdiction – she can run!
Bargain buys included – remember Same Jurisdiction, Gr1 winner as well as Million-race winner as a 2yo, and ‘almost’ the champion 2yo filly of her year!
Many of the country’s top stallions are represented at Suncoast, including Black Minnaloushe, Captain Al, Dynasty, Elusive Fort, Fort Wood, Ideal World, Kahal, Silvano, Trippi, Var, and Western Winter.
And of course there the young hopefuls.
Who knows what the future holds for the progeny of Bold Silvano, Curved Ball, Dan De Lago, Gimmethegreenlight, Gitano Hernando, Golden Sword, Main Aim, Pathfork, Philanthropist, and Traffic Guard?
Sarah Whitelaw takes a look at what’s on offer
Lot 3 – a Great Britain half brother to four winners including the highly regarded Listed Aquanaut Handicap hero Cool Chardonnay
Lot 9 – a Philanthropist colt whose 4 winning siblings include classy G3 performer Doing It For Dan
Lot 13 – a Toreador colt, whose dam is an own sister to undefeated champion Private Reserve
Lot 14 – a son of the successful Danehill sire Toreador, this colt is out of a three parts sister to Equus Champion Succesful Bidder
Lot 20 – a Sail From Seattle half sister to the very classy filly Silver Class
Lot 32 – a Gimmethegreenlight filly out of a half sister to the brilliant G1 winner National Spirit
Lot 34 – a three parts sister, by Fort Wood, to G2 winner Cask
Lot 39 – an own brother to this season’s smart 2yo Miss Nightingale
Lot 43 – a Muhtafal colt out of high class stakes winner Charming Lady
Lot 45 – a Dynasty colt out of a half sister to three stakes winners
Lot 53 – a Just As Well half brother to G3 filly Miss Zummerudd
Lot 58 – a Black Minnaloushe daughter of stakes filly Darwin
Lot 62 – an Ideal World colt out of G2 Fillies Guineas heroine Dog Rose
Lot 68 – a colt by Silvano out of G1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Emerald Beauty
Lot 69 – a Kahal colt out of high class stakes winner End Of Season
Lot 72 – a Trippi half sister to classy filly Murmuring Sky
Lot 75 – a Greys Inn son of G1 SA Fillies Sprint runner up Fine Hope
Lot 79 – a Kahal half brother to G2 placed Island Swing
Lot 82 – a Mogok colt out of a half sister to a Broodmare Of The Year
Lot 86 – a Silvano colt from the family of American Connection
Lot 92 – a son of Main Aim and a German stakes winner
Lot 100 – a Greys Inn colt out of a stakes winning Fort Wood mare
Lot 114 – a half brother, by first crop sire Main Aim, to G1 placed 2yo My Jelly Bean
Lot 115 – a Kahal half brother to high class 2yo Princess Julietta
Lot 117 – a Silvano half brother to recent Olympic Duel Stakes winner Pure Power
Lot 118 – a filly by the sire of Smart Call out of a mare who was placed in the Oaks
Lot 121 – a full brother to G2 winner Fragrant Al
Lot 125 – a colt by Silvano out of a mare by Choisir
Lot 126 – a Captain Al colt out of a sister to four stakes horses
Lot 132 – a King’s Chapel half brother to G2 Emerald Cup winner The Mouseketeer
Lot 133 – an A P Answer half brother to G3 winning 2yo The Plunderer
Lot 136 – a Bold Silvano half sister to stakes winner Scripture
Lot 143 – a Kahal colt out of a daughter of the great mare Mystic Spring
Lot 147 – a Kahal colt out of good racemare Miss Zummerudd
Lot 148 – a Var half brother to G3 winner London Guest
Lot 151 – a son of Ideal World out of a full sister to a G1 winner
Lot 153 – an Ashaawes half sister to a stakes winner
Lot 154 – a King’s Chapel half sister to an eight time stakes winner
Lot 155 – a Miesque’s Approval half brother to top class filly Madrisa
Lot 159 – a Kildonan half sister to Opera Cloak
Lot 171 – a Mogok filly out of G3 winner Patchouli Moon
Lot 172 – a King Of Kings half sister to July winner Dunford
Lot 178 – a Great Britain half brother to G3 winner Promises To Keep
Lot 191 – a Toreador colt out of good racemare Rambo’s Flirt
Lot 192 – a Captain Al filly from the family of July winner Eyeofthetiger
Lot 193 – a Muhtafal filly out of a stakes winner
Lot 195 – a Western Winter filly out of G2 winner Red Dor
Lot 216 – a Var colt out of G3 winner She’s A Winner
Lot 220 – an Ideal World colt out of champion Short List
Lot 222 – a Toreador filly out of a stakes placed half sister to a G1 winner
Lot 245 – a Tiger Ridge colt out of G3 winner Thekkady
Lot 247 – a Kahal filly out of G3w Time and Tide
Lot 250 – a Fort Wood three parts sister to Horse Chestnut
Lot 257 – a Var filly out of a stakes winning Jallad mare
KZN Yearling Sale Million Race
TBA’s CEO Kevin Woolward is delighted by the strength in depth for the 2015 KZN Sale. “We had a record number of entries for our 2015 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale, and had to whittle out almost a third of the entries. We believe that we have our strongest catalogue ever for this sale. Now it’s up to the buyers to make sure they tick the box for the Million, as well as the TBA’s unique added value stakes program, which has bonuses in some 76 graded and listed races for 2 and 3-year-olds”.
The catalogue is online at www.tba.co.za. For more information contact the TBA office on (011) 323 5700
