The presence of John O’Kelly — one of the best auctioneers on the planet — on the rostrum for today’s Cape Premier Yearling Sale at the De Grendel wine estate is an indication the bloodstock world is getting back to normality.
Irish-born O’Kelly, pictured below and who lives in Belgium, has a busy schedule as Tattersalls auctioneer in the UK, but he has always found time to demonstrate his expertise at SA’s premier Cape sale.
Dave Mollett writes on www.businesslive.co.za that although the Covid-19 pandemic has meant no visits here for two years, his overseas interviews have been bullish.
He told TDN Europe: “This [interruptions of sales] is a blip and it will get better. Now whether it will get better immediately for yearling sales, who knows. But it will get better.
“Everybody is concerned about the virus and its effects. Breeders have gone to a great deal of trouble and bred their horses and they’re ready to sell, but they are concerned about where the market is going to be.
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“I think it’s reassuring that the American stock market is picking up again and people are reinvesting for the future,” said O’Kelly.
Around May and June every year, O’Kelly sets out from his Belgium home to go and inspect yearlings on behalf of Tattersalls on a large number of stud farms.
With most people grounded because of the pandemic, O’Kelly came up with the perfect solution in 2020 and embarked on a journey to France and Germany in a camper van. “In the space of five days, I drove between some 20 stud farms in France [he is fluent in the language] and Germany.”
At Sunday’s sale, O’Kelly will team up on the rostrum with Andrew Miller, the leading auctioneer in this country. Between them they will sell a total of 188 lots.
Andrew Miller gives photographer Candiese Lenferna the thumbs up
Miller will sell the first 20 lots, which include a Querari colt from Maine Chance Farms (lot 6), a Trippi colt from Klawervlei (lot 10) and a Gimmethegreenlight colt from Nadeson Park Stud (lot 19).
O’Kelly’s first lot should prove popular as the filly (lot 21) — consigned by Ridgemont Highlands — is one of only six of the progeny of red-hot stallion Rafeef on the sale. She is a half-sister to the three-time winner Stream Ahead.
Other well-bred yearlings in O’Kelly’s first session include a Twice Over colt (lot 29 from Nadeson), who is a half-brother to KZN Fillies Guineas winner Gimme Six.
Futura is another sire going great guns and Avontuur Farm are offering one of his sons (lot 32) out of the five-time winner Easy Game.
O’Kelly ends off his first spell with a William Longsword colt (lot 40) from Klawervlei, who is the first produce of the six-time winner Exquisite Touch.
The Irishman’s second spell includes another first produce — Drakenstein Stud have consigned a What A Winter colt (lot 74), who is the first offspring of grade 1 winner Lady In Black.
Of course, the CTS team will have alerted O’Kelly to the fact that — later in the sale — he will be offering a half-brother (by William Longsword) to trainer Vaughan Marshall’s top performer Linebacker. The colt (lot 158) heads up Klawervlei Stud’s large draft.
Here is our lot-by-lot snapshot:
CANFORD CLIFFS
Five time G1 winner, and a group winner at Royal Ascot three years running, he is the sire of more than 40 black type horses including group/graded stakes winners Cliff’s Edge, La Falaise, Jin Jin, Fish River, Most Beautiful, Painted Cliffs, Al Jazi and champion Cima Emergency, early first local runners include brilliant debut winner Body Electric and impressive Listed Summer Juvenile Stakes winner Cliff Top
Canford Cliffs
Lot 13-this 1/2 sister to 2 winners is out of a High Chaparral 3 time winning 1/2 to Australian G3 winner Offenbach, granddam a 1/2 sister to the stakes placed dam of champion, and top-class sire, Rock Of Gibraltar
Lot 59-this colt is out of G3 Final Fling Stakes runner up Icy Fire -a Western Winter half-sister to East Cape Oaks winner She’s A Pippa, granddam a G2 winning daughter of Jet Master
Lot 82-this filly is out of a dual winning own sister to the promising She’s A Rainbow, granddam a dual G1 winning Jet Master daughter of Cape Fillies Guineas winner Shadow Dancing
Lot 119-out of a stakes winning daughter of Goldkeeper, this filly is a half-sister to 4 winners including G3 Prix Du Cap winner Rose In Bloom
Lot 133-this colt is a half-brother to 4 winners including G1 SA Oaks winner Pine Princess, dam of the useful Pyromaniac, the dam of Oaks second Pomander, and 13 time winner Stone Pine
Lot 165-a half-sister to G1 Cape Flying Championship third African Rain and the G2 placed Alramz, this filly is out of a G3 Strelitzia Stakes winning daughter of top-class sire and broodmare sire Var
Lot 176-out of a winning daughter of Dynasty, this filly’s granddam is a sister in blood to triple G1 winner Ebony Flyer and the dam of G1 winning champion Vardy, family of recent G3 winner Universal
Lot 177-this colt is out of Winter Oaks/Sweet Chestnut Stakes winner Whose That Girl
Lot 185-a 1/2 to four winners, this colt is out of a Spectrum sired stakes placed 1/2 to G1 winner and G1 sire Potala Palace and Cape Fillies Guineas winner Front And Centre, the family of the Spectrum sired classic winner Golan
CAPTAIN OF ALL
Champion Sprinter, and Leading First Season Sire of his year, his best include multiple G1 winner Linebacker and fellow graded stakes winners Shango and Springs Of Carmel
Captain Of All
Lot 33-this colt is out of a 5 time winning 1/2 to G2 winning millionaire Elusive Silva and to G3 performer Esteemal (the latter sired by Captain Of All’s own sire)
Lot 38-inbred to Lassie Dear, this colt is out of Listed Oaks Trial winner Epsom Downs
Lot 45-bred on the same cross as G2 winner Springs Of Carmel, this filly is out of a stakes placed 1/2 sister to graded stakes winning 2yos Olympic Owen and Speedy Suzy and full-sister to G3 placed Dame Kelly, family of champion US sire Exclusive Native
Lot 56-a 1/2 to 4 winners, this colt is out of a dual winning Jallad mare whose dam is a full-sister to G1 winning champion Forward Filly
Lot 62-this colt is out of a stakes placed, 7 time winning daughter of champion sire Trippi, family of G3 winner Doosra -sired, like Captain Of All, by Captain Al
Lot 94-this filly is out of a four time winning daughter of More Than Ready, granddam a stakes winning daughter of Royal Academy
Lot 123-a 1/2 to 4 winners, one of whom won 8, this colt is bred on similar lines to the Captain Al sired stakes placed dam of July/Met winner Kommetdieding and Captain Al’s triple G1 winner Captain America
Lot 137-a 1/2 to 2 useful winners, including Seattle Force, this filly is out of a 1/2 sister to a stakes winning daughter of Captain Al
Lot 168-this filly is out of a twice winning own sister to G1 winning champion Link Man
Lot 172-this filly is out of a twice winning daughter of the stakes winning Kiribati, family of champion Yorker -whose stakes placed dam was sired by Captain Of All’s grandsire Al Mufti
Lot 187-this filly is out of a Gimmethegreenlight daughter of G1 winner Silver Arc
COUP DE GRACE
The G2 winning son of Tapit is the sire of numerous winners including Kiss Of Life, Un Deux Trois, Coup De Tete, Sh Boom, Gavel Strike, Paton’s Tears, and Final Move
Coup De Grace
Lot 84-this colt is out of a twice winning Captain Al daughter of G2 winner Magic Filly
DANON PLATINA
Champion and G1 winning son of legendary Japanese champion and sire Deep Impact, he is bred on the same Deep Impact/ Unbridled’s Song cross as Japan Cup/Triple Crown hero Contrail
Danon Platina
Lot 1-a 1/2 to a winner, this colt (whose dam is inbred to Storm Cat -whose daughters have excelled when mated to Deep Impact) numbers a G3 placed own sister to champion and four time G1 winner Mother Russia as his granddam
Lot 46-a 1/2 to CTS 1600 winner Count Jack, this filly is out of a stakes placed half-sister to Italian 1000 Guineas winner Evading Tempete, the family of Count Dubois, Diesis, Kris and Yulong Prince
Lot 77-this colt, closely inbred to Unbridled’s Song, is out of a dual winning daughter of top class sire High Chaparral, and his granddam is a Giant’s Causeway 1/2 to Irish G3 winner Intelligence Cross and high-class Hong Kong galloper Sweet Orange
Lot 96-this colt, out of a winning 1/2 to Australian G1 performer Fast And Sexy, hails from the same female line as top sires Invincible Spirit and Kodiac, as well as champion Pinatubo
DUKE OF MARMALADE
Deceased Cartier Champion, whose progeny include such G1 winning champions as Rain In Holland, Simple Verse, and Sound Of Freedom, and fellow G1 winners Big Orange, Nutan, Star Of Seville and Temple Grafin
.Duke Of Marmalade
Lot 18-inbred to Lassie Dear, this colt is out of G1 SA Oaks third, and seven time winner, Coby
Lot 26-this colt is out of a winning 1/2 to Listed Lady’s Pendant winner Lielums, dam of the useful Hyde Park, -like Duke Of Marmalade sired by a Danzig line horse
Lot 124-a full-brother to G3 Champagne Stakes winner Nastergal, this colt is out of a 1/2 sister to 4 black type horses including Oaks Trial winner Inaninstant and G1 Gold Medallion second Sovereign Circle
Lot 161-a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt, whose dam is by champion US sire Elusive Quality, is directly descended in female line from legendary racemare and broodmare Dahlia
ERUPT
Dual G1 winning son of Dubawi, he hails from the same family as champion sires Encosta De Lago, Flying Spur and Holy Roman Emperor, first runners include the winner Set To Go
Lot 51-this filly is out of the Silvano sired dual stakes winner and dual G1 Majorca Stakes runner up Frequent Flyer, granddam a G1 winning daughter of multiple champion sire Foveros
Lot 60-out of a 4 time winning daughter of Western Winter, this colt is from the family of champion Historic Lady and Oaks winner Velozia
Lot 70-a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt (directly descended in female line from the mighty Pretty Polly) hails from the same family as standout G1 winners Cape Cross, Alydaress, Shadayid and Diktat
Lot 107-this colt is out of a 1/2 to triple G1 winning champion Paraca
Lot 110-out of a twice winning sister to East Cape Oaks second Arabian Winter, this colt’s granddam is a G1 placed own sister to Dubai star Victory Moon
Lot 118-a 1/2 to the very useful Queen Of Shadows, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Trippi and his granddam is a 1/2 to the stakes placed dam of top local sire and G1 winner Querari
FIRE AWAY
The G3 Dixie Stakes winner is a half-brother to G1 Belmont Derby winner and G1 sire Mr Speaker, and his sire War Front has sired 100 stakes winners
Lot 57-a 1/2 to the smart Pretty Ballerina, this filly, closely inbred to Danzig, is out of a 1/2 sister to the dual G3 winning dam of In Full Flight Stakes victor On That Boulevard
Lot 173-a 1/2 to 2 smart winners including G3 Pretty Polly Stakes third Star Profile, this colt is out of a twice winning Western Winter daughter of G1 winner Silver Arc
FLOWER ALLEY
The Travers Stakes winner, whose progeny also include Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another, has made his mark in South Africa as the sire of such as Princess Calla, Bold Fortune, Bayberry, Santa Therese, and recent G2 Peninsula Handicap winner Firealley
Flower Alley
Lot 164-a 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly, whose dam is a 1/2 to the 3 time winning dam of G1 placed filly Visuality, hails from the wonderful Party Time family
FUTURA
The champion son of Dynasty made a big impression with his first crop headed by graded stakes winners Nourbese, Vihaan’s Pie and Warrior
Lot 32-out of a speedy, stakes winning daughter of Var, this colt hails from the same female line as Golden Slipper winners Capitalist, now a boom sire in Australia, and Merlene
Lot 48-a 1/2 to 2 winners, including the stakes placed Fresh, this colt’s granddam is a full-sister to Dubai star, and G1 sire, Victory Moon and G1 Woolavington 2200 second Arabian Pearl with his granddam also bred on similar lines to hot young sire William Longsword
Lot 128-bred on the same cross as stakes winners Sweet Future and Vihaan’s Pie, this colt is out of a winning Trippi daughter of Fillies Guineas/Gold Circle Oaks queen Joshua’s Princess
GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT
Champion Sire whose progeny include five time G1 winner Got The Greenlight, Australian G1 winner and sire Yulong Prince, and the likes of Gunner, National Park, Barahin, Gimme Six, Green Plains, She’s A Keeper, Rose In Bloom, Second Base, and Cosmic Highway
Lot 19-a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of a stakes winning Jallad 1/2 to Gold Bowl winner Don’t Look Back
Lot 20-bred on the same cross as graded winners Green Plains, La Bella Mia, One Night In Paris and Universal, this full-brother to the stakes placed Chasing Green is out of a stakes winning daughter of Jet Master
Lot 24-a 1/2 to the useful Regimental, this filly is out of a six time winning, stakes performer in North America, granddam is an A.P. Indy 1/2 to Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos
Lot 25-bred like G1 winner Gunner, this filly’s granddam won the Listed (now G3) Starling Stakes
Lot 31-out of a 1/2 to G3 winner Current Event, this filly is from the same family as the high-class Gimmethegreenlight sired stakes winners Gimme Dat and Green Haze
Lot 35-out of a winning daughter of Galileo, this filly is from the same female line as Galileo’s legendary sire Sadler’s Wells, and fellow champion sires Fairy King and Nureyev
Lot 52-bred on the same cross as graded winners Gimme Dat, Lady Of Steel and Vikram, this filly is out of G2 SA Fillies Nursery second Frosted Honey
Lot 67-bred on the same cross as Gunner, this colt is a three-parts brother to the Gimmethegreenlight sired stakes winner Gimme The Stars
Lot 97- a full-sister to G2 Post Merchants winner La Bella Mia, this filly’s third dam is champion and multiple G1 winner Vesta
Lot 98-this filly’s granddam is a dual G3 winning half-sister to champion and sire sensation Vercingetorix, the family of champion filly Scarlet Lady
Lot 115-a 1/2 to 3 winners overseas, including G3 Prix Penelope runner up Hug And A Kiss, this filly’s dam is a Giant’s Causeway own sister to a stakes winner in North America, granddam a G1 winning daughter of Unbridled’s Song, the filly is bred on a similar cross to dual US G1 winner Verrazano
Lot 130-out of G3 Sycamore Sprint winner San Fermin, this colt is from the family of outstanding racemare More Joyous -sired, like Gimmethegreenlight, by More Than Ready
Lot 148- this filly is a full-sister to the stakes placed Cane Lime ‘N Soda and a three-parts sister to Fillies Guineas winner Gimme Six, bred on the successful Gimmethegreenlight/Jet Master cross
Lot 155-a full-sister to G2 Cape Merchants second Ready Steady Go, this filly (bred on the same cross as Green Plains, La Bella Mia, One Night In Paris and Universal) is out of a mare bred on similar lines to G1 Champions Cup winner Master Plan
Lot 162-bred on the same cross as She’s A Keeper, this 1/2 to three winners is out of a stakes placed own sister to G3 Winter Derby, and Dubai scorer, Liquid Mercury
GLOBAL VIEW
Dual graded stakes winning son of Galileo whose progeny include the likes of Global Drummer, Sound Check, Gayleactic Star, Kissing Point, Fireview and Storyland
Lot 79-this colt is out of a G3 placed Gimmethegreenlight 1/2 to the stakes placed Twinkle Toes, granddam is the Western Winter sired G1 winner On Her Toes
Lot 120-this filly is out of a four time winning sister in blood to G2 winning millionaire Champagne Haze, granddam a winning 1/2 to 3 stakes winners notably G1 winner Pierre Jourdan
GOLD STANDARD
The son of champion sire Trippi won the G2 Selangor Cup and finished in the G1 Cape Guineas (behind promising sire William Longsword)
Gold Standard
Lot 61-a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of a winning own sister to G3 Track And Ball Oaks winner Zante and three-parts sister to Sweet Chestnut Stakes/Stormsvlei Mile queen Helen’s Ideal
HEAVENLY BLUE
Winner of the G1 SA Classic, and second in the G2 Dingaans, he is a son of four times Australian champion sire Snitzel -already sire of a successful sire son in the form of Shamus Award
Lot 184-a 1/2 to 3 winners, this filly is out of a sister in blood to Cape Guineas winner and multiple champion sire Captain Al
HORIZON
Winner of the G3 Politician Stakes, and third in the G1 Daily News 2000, he is a son of top sire Dynasty (whose other sire sons include Act Of War, Futura and Legislate) and a full-sister to multiple champion sire Silvano
Lot 73-cleverly inbred to Lomitas and Spirit Of Eagles, this half-sister to 2 winners including the very smart filly La Quinta is out of a winning Silvano mare and her granddam is a half-sister to Lomitas!
Lot 138-this colt’s dam won the G3 Three Troikas Stakes and his granddam is champion Almah
Lot 141-a 1/2 to 3 winners, including the useful Unconditional Love, this colt is out of a Jet Master daughter of Fillies Guineas/Gold Circle Oaks winner Joshua’s Princess
Lot 175-inbred to Fort Wood, this filly’s dam won four and granddam is a four time winning sister to G1 SA Guineas hero Heir Apparent and the G3 winning dam of G1 winner Nightingale (sired by Horizon’s close relative Silvano)
IDEAL WORLD
The son of Kingmambo is the sire of a host of high-class gallopers including reigning Horse Of The Year Rainbow Bridge and fellow champions Smart Call and Hermoso Mundo
Lot 17-a 1/2 to 2 winners including the stakes placed Gold Dragon, this filly is out of a stakes placed, three-parts sister to G3 Winter Derby winner Gifted For Glory and Spook Express Handicap queen Silver Stripe
LANCASTER BOMBER
Deceased son of top sire War Front won the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup and finished runner up in a further five G1 races including the Breeders’ Cup Mile and St James’s Palace Stakes
Lot 104-a 1/2 to smart gallopers Pinkerton and Giacomo Puccini, this colt is out of a G3 winning Trippi half-sister to the smart Sound Of Summer, granddam a full-sister to four time G1 winner Campanologist, the family of Singspiel, Rahy and Mezzo Soprano
Lot 105-this colt is a 1/2 to 3 winners including Racing Association Stakes second Look For Hounds, granddam a winning 1/2 sister to Gold Cup winner Cereus
Lot 109-a 1/2 to a winner, this colt is out of a stakes placed own sister to G2 winner Polar Bound
Lot 127-this colt is out of Fillies Championship second Sail -herself a 1/2 to Breeders Guineas winner Sailing Ship, and he is directly descended in female line from CCA Oaks winner Marshua
Lot 143-bred on a similar cross to G1 winners Roly Poly and US Navy Flag, this colt is out of a G3 winning daughter of legendary sire and broodmare sire Galileo
Lot 167-a 1/2 to 7 winners including G3 Starling Stakes winner She’s A Giver, this filly is out of a G1 placed own sister to the stakes winning La Volta -dam of smart performers Purple Cloud and Master Archie
MASTER OF MY FATE
Runner up on the general sires list last season, his best performers include champion Tempting Fate and fellow G1 winners Sentbydestiny and Zarina
Lot 14-a 1/2 to 3 winners, this filly is out of a stakes placed daughter of Fort Wood -who hails from the immediate family of Fort Wood’s champion grandson Legislate
Lot 64-closely inbred to Elliodor, this colt is out of a twice winning own sister to G3 placed Nova Zembla and three-parts sister to dual G1 winning champion Argonaut and the talented Simply Salmon
Lot 71-closely inbred to Elliodor, this colt is out of Starling Stakes winner Kiribati -and is from the immediate family of champion Yorker (sired, like Master Of My Fate, by Jet Master)
Lot 80-closely inbred to Secret Pact (granddam of Master Of My Fate), this filly is out of a stakes placed daughter of champion sire Gimmethegreenlight who is bred on similar lines to Breeders’ Cup winning sire Pluck
ORATORIO
Twice champion sire in Italy, he is the sire of eight G1 winners including top sprinter Van Halen and Hong Kong Horse Of The Year Military Attack
Lot 58-a 1/2 to 2 smart winners, this filly is out of a winning sister to the dam of G3 performer John Hancock (whose sire, like Oratorio, was sired by Danehill)
Lot 183-a full-sister to a useful winner, and 1/2 sister to the stakes placed Top Of The Class, this filly’s dam is a full-sister to the G1 placed stakes winner My Kazzie
PATHFORK
The Irish champion and G1 winner is best known as the sire of G1 winners Mighty High and Pearl Of Asia, as well as this season’s G2 Allied Steelrode-Onamissionmile hero Bingwa
Pathfork
Lot 8-inbred to Forty Niner and Sadler’s Wells, this 1/2 brother to 2 winners is out of a twice winning daughter of champion sire Trippi, granddam a 4 time winning sister to G1 winner Heir Apparent
Lot 72-a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt hails from the family of champions London News, and Promisefrommyheart, Breeders’ Cup winner Pluck, successful sire Master Of My Fate and Triple Crown hero Malmoos
Lot 111-bred on the same cross as graded stakes winner Red Chesnut Road and the stakes winning Miss Honey, this colt is out of a winning own sister to dual G1 winner Forest Path and Gold Vase winner Reef Road
POMODORO
July winner and Leading First Season Sire of his year, his best include champion Return Flight, Cape Guineas hero Russian Rock and durable Hawaii Stakes winner Cirillo
Lot 15-out of a stakes placed winner of three, this filly is a 1/2 sister to four winners including exported Umngeni Handicap winner Celtic Voyager, granddam a stakes winning daughter of Western Winter
Lot 22-this colt is a three-parts brother to G2 SA Fillies Nursery winner Basadi Faith (like the colt sired by a son of Jet Master), twice winning granddam a full-sister to champion National Colour
Lot 63-bred on the same cross as the stakes winning Caralluma, this colt is out of the Kahal sired G2 Ipi Tombe Challenge winner Intergalactic
Lot 99-this colt is out of a Captain Al mare closely related to the Captain Al sired stakes winners Melting Moments and Leeward, family of top sprinter Shea Shea
Lot 106-this colt is a 1/2 to seven winners including CTS Million Dollar winner Illuminator and Klawervlei Farm Sale Sales race hero Rock The Globe, as well as to the 3 time winning dam of current high-class three-year-old William Robertson
Lot 126-closely inbred to Rakeen, this filly is out of Ready To Run Stakes winner and G1 Cape Fillies Guineas runner up Safe Harbour
Lot 131-this filly is out of a winning 1/2 to dual stakes winning millionaire Matador Man
Lot 135-this colt is out of a 5 time winning own sister to Irridescence Stakes winner Leeward
Lot 144-out of a stakes winning daughter of Silvano, this colt hails from the same family as champions Dog Wood and Enchanted Garden as well as exported Cape Guineas winner Elusive Gold
Lot 154-closely inbred to Northern Guest, this filly is out of a twice winning 1/2 sister to G2 winning filly Jo’s Bond, and is directly descended from legendary broodmare Lady Be Good
Lot 156-a full-sister to 3 useful winners, this filly is out of a four time winning 1/2 to the stakes winning State Opening, granddam won the G2 Fillies Guineas
Lot 163-this colt is out of millionaire and G2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner Trophy Wife
Lot 179-another bred like Caralluma, this filly is out of a dual G3 Track And Ball Oaks winning half-sister to G1 winning filly Under Your Spell
Lot 186-a 1/2 to a winner, this colt is out of a G3 winning daughter of breed shaping sire Dubawi
POTALA PALACE
G1 winning son of Singspiel, and half-brother to Fillies Guineas winner Front And Centre, his best include G1 winner Singforafa and high-class Singapore based galloper Katak
Lot 12-this filly is out of a half-sister to Australian champion Grand Armee, and this is the family of SA dual G1 winner, and sire, Wylie Hall, and current Australian star Anamoe
Lot 90-out of a speedy five time winner, this colt’s granddam is a Captain Al three-parts sister to dual G1 winner and champion sprinter Cataloochee, the colt is bred on the same cross as the useful Snow Palace
Lot 116-a 1/2 to five winners, this colt is out of Golden Slipper winner Princess Sassi
Lot 150-this colt is out of a twice winning 1/2 sister to five black type horses notably dual G1 winner Snowdance and the very smart Captain Fontane, granddam a G3 winning half-sister to champions Bela-Bela and Rabiya
QUASILLO
G3 winning son of outstanding racehorse and sire Sea The Stars, the half-brother to top class sire Querari has left behind the stakes placed pair of Miss Putin and Quasiforsure from just a handful of runners, as well as smart debut winner Ameena
Quasillo
Lot 170-a 1/2 to 3 winners, this filly’s dam won four from 1400-2000 metres
Lot 181-this colt is out of a Silvano daughter of G1 SA Fillies Classic winner Zaitoon-both Silvano and Zaitoon’s sire Count Dubois’ daughters have enjoyed success when mated to Quasillo’s half-brother Querari
QUERARI
SA’s Leading Sire of 2YOs in 2018-2019, the sire of champion Rio Querari has made another cracking start with his two-year-olds this season
Lot 2-bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Cosmic Light and Wonderwall, this filly is out of a winning Silvano half-sister to G1 winning filly Bilateral and former Eastern Cape star Blaze Of Fire
Lot 6-this 1/2 brother to 2 winners is out of a stakes winning daughter of Dynasty, and he is thus bred on the same Querari/Dynasty cross as talented stakes winner Maria Querol
Lot 76-another bred like Cosmic Light and Wonderwall, this colt is out of a winning Silvano half-sister to G1 winning champion Historic Lady and G2 winner Badge Of Honour
Lot 81-this colt is out of a Dark Angel own sister to the dam of the stakes winning Castle Hill Cassie and half-sister to the stakes winning dam of G1 winning 2yo Sudirman
Lot 92-a 1/2 to the stakes winning mare Carioca, this filly is out of a G3 placed daughter of top Australian sprinter General Nediym, third dam was second in the New Zealand Oaks
Lot 100-out of dual G3 winner Nordic Breeze (a full-sister to Matchem Stakes hero Rushing Wind), this filly is a three-parts sister to the Querari sired champion Rio Querari
Lot 169-a 1/2 to 3 winners, this colt is out of a full-sister to the G1 placed stakes winner Schiffer
RAFEEF
The G1 winning brother to champion Mustaaqeem has made a sensational start to his stud career, with his early flagbearers including G3 Tony Ruffel Stakes winner William Robertson and G3 Sea Cottage Stakes hero Aragosta
Lot 21-this filly is a half-sister to 4 winners notably KZN Guineas Trial winner Stream Ahead
Lot 121-a 1/2 to 4 winners, including G3 Final Fling second Fortune Flies, this filly is out of a 3 time winning half-sister to the G1 winners Potala Palace, now a successful sire, and Front And Centre
Lot 136-bred on the same cross as William Robertson, this filly is out of a winning Trippi 1/2 to a stakes placed galloper in North America, third dam is French G1 winner Seeking The Pearl
Lot 147-out of a 3 time winning Captain Al 1/2 to a stakes winner, this colt’s granddam is a G3 placed own sister to 3 stakes winners including G1 Prix Lupin winner Gracioso and successful Cape sire Caesour, the family of champions Ajdal, Arazi and Noverre
Lot 153-this filly is out of G3 Victress Stakes/G3 Diana Stakes queen Simply Elegant
Lot 171-out of a 3 time winning daughter of Silvano, this colt’s granddam is a three-parts sister to champion Special Parade
ROYAL MO
Winner of the G3 Robert B. Lewis Stakes and third in the G1 Santa Anita Derby, he is the only son of US champion, and outstanding sire, Uncle Mo, at stud in South Africa
Lot 3-this filly is out of the stakes placed Banking April, whose dam is a half-sister to 2 stakes winners
Lot 11-a 3/4 sister to a winner, this filly is out of a Smart Strike 1/2 to British G3 winner Steele Tango, granddam a half-sister to G1 winning 2yo Sense Of Style
Lot 34-out of a 1/2 sister to two black type horses, this colt hails from the same female line as champion Kiss Of Peace, Cape Guineas winner Kilindini, and recent G3 London News Stakes winner Second Base
Lot 39-this colt is out of a 3 time winning 1/2 to Winter Oaks/Lady’s Bracelet winner Rush For John
Lot 50-a 1/2 to 3 winners, this colt is out of a winning daughter of multiple champion sire Captain Al
Lot 54-this filly is out of a Fastnet Rock 3/4 sister to the stakes placed dam of Gold Cup winner Subjectivist and multiple group winner Sir Ron Priestley, third dam is a Sadler’s Wells own sister to G1 winner Sholokhov and closely related to Irish Derby winner Soldier Of Fortune
Lot 69-this filly is out of a winning daughter of Australian dual G1 winner Turffontein
Lot 85-this filly’s granddam is a twice winning own sister to the stakes placed Tender Twilight, and half-sister to the dam of G3 Godolphin Barb Stakes winner Red Chesnut Road
Lot 134-this colt is out of a five time winning daughter of top-class broodmare sire Horse Chestnut who is from the same family as Horse Chestnut’s G3 winning son Chestnut’s Rocket
Lot 152-a 1/2 to a winner, this filly is from the immediate family of top-class sprinters Hit The Bid and G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Bold Edge
Lot 174-out of a 1/2 sister to the stakes placed Chindit, this colt is a 1/2 to five winners including Derby Trial runner up Forafewdollarsmore and the very smart Western Fort
Lot 178-out of Syringa Hcp runner Winning Eyes, this colt is a 1/2 to four winners including dual Ibhayi Stakes winner Albert Mooney and G1 placed sprinter Sunset Eyes
THE UNITED STATES
The G1 winning own brother to dual Guineas winner Hermosa made a cracking start to his stud career with his first crop headed by G2 4Racing SA Nursery winner Sheela
Lot 122-inbred to both Allegretta and Sadler’s Wells, this colt is out of a mare who won four over 1000 metres, family of champions En Avant and Taban
TIME THIEF
Zeditave Stakes winner and sire of dual Australian G1 winner In Her Time, local flagbearers include Mcthief, Retallick, Sir Caleb, Yessiricanboogie and Rooi Tom
Lot 83-a 1/2 to a winner, this colt is out of a 3/4 sister to the dam of graded stakes winners Magical Wonderland and Magico, family of Australian G1 winner September Run
Lot 166-out of a four time winning daughter of Captain Al, this colt’s granddam is a full-sister to July winning champion Trademark, family of current smart performer Real Gone Kid
Lot 188-closely inbred to Danehill, this filly’s granddam is a stakes winning half-sister to Gauteng Guineas winner Tellina, family of dual Derby winner Old Vic
TRIPPI
Evergreen champion sire, whose current flagbearers include the likes of champion Jet Dark and such graded stakes winners as Amanzimtoti, Sound Of Warning and Trip Of Fortune, past stars include G1 winners Chimichuri Run Deo Juvente, Inara, For The Lads, Lobo’s Legend and R Heat Lightning
Lot 10-a 1/2 to 3 winners, this colt is out of a speedy, stakes placed daughter of Captain Al, granddam a G1 placed daughter of National Emblem -whose sire National Assembly is broodmare sire of Trippi’s high-class stakes winners Franny and Live Life
Lot 41-a 1/2 to the useful Lighthearted, this filly is out of speedy G2 Southern Cross Stakes winner Fairyinthewoods -a half-sister to another speedy stakes winner, Comet Chaser
Lot 86-this colt is out of a twice winning 1/2 to Langerman runner up Frank Lloyd Wright
Lot 129-this colt is out of Oaks Trial/Spook Express Handicap winner Salutation
Lot 142-this colt is out of a full-sister to G2 Dingaans winner/Hong Kong Classic Cup winner Singapore Sling, granddam is a three time winning daughter of Western Winter and champion Whistling Dixie
Lot 180-a 1/2 brother to impressive debut winner Cleaver Greene, this filly is out of multiple stakes winner Yoshie -who earned over R800 000 in prize money
TWICE OVER
Four time G1 winner whose progeny include dual Vodacom Durban July winner Do It Again, G1 winning 2yo Sand And Sea, and recent Cape Guineas victor Double Superlative
Twice Over
Lot 28-this colt is out of a 1/2 sister to G1 winning two-year-old Give Me Five, dam of G3 Sycamore Sprint winner Myfunnyvalentine
Lot 29-this colt is a 1/2 to 4 winners including G2 Fillies Guineas winner Gimme Six and the dam of the stakes placed Cane Lime ‘N Soda
Lot 66-this colt is out of a 3 time winning Jet Master 1/2 to the G1 placed stakes winner Joshua’s Mistress -dam of current smart three-year-old Prince Of Fire
Lot 93-this colt, a half-brother to recent debut winner Picture Perfect, is out of stakes winner, and G1 SA Oaks runner up, Mohave Princess
Lot 101-this colt is out of a 3/4 sister to East Cape Guineas winner Ice Wine, and 1/2 sister to graded stakes winners Nordic Breeze and Rushing Wind -and to the dam of champion Rio Querari
Lot 125-this colt is out of a Medaglia D’Oro 1/2 sister to G1 winner, and G1 sire, Seventh Rock
Lot 149-this colt is out of a Western Winter 1/2 to the stakes placed Moonlight ‘n Roses, granddam is a G1 winning daughter of Jet Master
Lot 159-from the same family as dual Derby winner Old Vic and 2000 Guineas winner High Top, this colt is out of a winning own sister to G2 Gauteng Guineas winner Tellina
VAR
Deceased twice leading sire of 2yos, his best include champions Variety Club, Vardy, Val De Ra, Via Africa (dam of In The Congo) and Anything Goes
Lot 27-bred on the same cross as G1 winners Rivarine and Vardy, this colt is out of a stakes placed daughter of Jet Master, from the same family as Var’s G1 winning 2yo Villandry
VERCINGETORIX
One of South Africa’s top active sires, the former Jebel Hatta’s flagbearers this season include G1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Chansonette and the likes of Alesian Chief, Pomp And Power, Bereave, and Seeking The Stars
Vercingetorix
Lot 55-out of a High Chaparral 1/2 sister to Australian G2 winner Rocha, this colt’s granddam is a G1 South Australian Oaks winning own sister to G1 Victoria Derby winner and successful sire Blackfriars-family of G1 winner Quick Thinker -sired by a son of High Chaparral
Lot 78-a 1/2 to 6 winners including G2 Merchants runner up Romi’s Boy, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Montjeu, granddam is a full-sister to Australian G1 winners Anacheeva and Headturner
Lot 95-this filly is out of a 4 time winning 1/2 to G2 winner, and R3 million plus earner, No Worries
Lot 102-this colt is out of a stakes placed own sister to graded stakes winners Nordic Breeze and Rushing Wind and to the dam of reigning champion sprinter Rio Querari
Lot 108-bred on the same cross as the likes of African Warrior and Padre Pio, this half-brother to 4 winners, including the stakes placed pair of Ground Control and Cloud Break, is out of a stakes winning daughter of multiple champion sire and broodmare sire Jet Master
Lot 117-this filly is out of a Trippi 1/2 to the stakes winning Plano (sired by Vercingetorix’s own sire Silvano), family of Vercingetorix’s high-class son Pomp And Power
VISIONAIRE
Leading First and Second Season Sire of his year, his best include champion Good Traveller and fellow G1 winner Takingthepeace
Lot 4-a brother to 2 winners, this colt (inbred to Gone West like champion Good Traveller) is out of a dual winning 1/2 to G3 Acacia Handicap winner Lady Of Steel, granddam is G1 winner Fair Maiden
Lot 7 -this colt is a half-brother to five winners including G3 winners Fromafar and Armando -the latter sired, like the colt on offer, by a Gone West line stallion
Lot 44-bred on the same cross as Good Traveller, this colt is a 1/2 brother to SA Oaks runner up Flichity By Farr, dam is a 4 time winning 3/4 sister to former Horse Of The Year Yard-Arm
WHAT A WINTER
Last season’s Leading Sire of 2YOs, and sire of champion Russet Air and fellow G1 winners Clouds Unfold and Warrior’s Rest
Lot 42-this filly is out of a dual winning 1/2 to July winner, and champion, Heavy Metal
Lot 49-out of a four time winning 3/4 sister to G3 winner Isphan, this colt’s dam is also a 1/2 sister to R2 million plus earner, and dual G3 winner, Bulsara and the stakes placed dam of champion Marinaresco and current classy filly Marina
Lot 68-this colt is out of a speedy G2 winning daughter of multiple champion sire Captain Al
Lot 74-this colt is out of a G1 winning champion daughter of Dynasty and full-sister to G2 Peninsula Handicap winner Nexus, granddam a G3 placed three-parts sister to champion Lizarre
Lot 88-a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of a G3 placed daughter of champion Australian sire and multiple champion broodmare sire Encosta De Lago
Lot 91-this filly is out of a winning 3/4 sister to Umngeni Handicap winner Schiffer and the useful performers Mastermind and Top Of The Class
Lot 112-a 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly is out of a twice winning 1/2 sister to G3 Magnolia Handicap second Catchelli, granddam a dual stakes winner who won six times and who was a 3/4 sister to G2 winner Freedom Fortune
Lot 132-this filly is out of a speedy, dual stakes winning 1/2 sister to G2 winner Princess Rebel
Lot 146-a 1/2 to 6 winners, including the G3 placed Steel Rose, this colt (bred on the same cross as the stakes winning Three Two Charlie) is out of a half-sister to Easter Handicap winner Serissa and three-parts sister to G2 winner Philippa Johnson
WILLIAM LONGSWORD
Cape Guineas winner whose impressive first crop includes the likes of G2 winner Dyce, Model Man Mile hero Hasta Manana, Secretariat Stakes queen Bon Vivant, Sophomore Sprint runner up Safe Return and G2 filly Remember When
William Longsword
Lot 5-a direct descendant of legendary broodmare Denise’s Joy, this filly is out of a 1/2 to the dam of Australian G2 winner Don’t Doubt Mamma, third dam is a G1 winning daughter of Danehill
Lot 9-this filly is out of a Fastnet Rock 1/2 to the French stakes performer Venturous Spirit (sired like this filly by a Roberto line stallion)
Lot 16-out of a 3 time winning daughter of champion Australian sire and broodmare sire Encosta De Lago, this colt (who carries siblings Sadler’s Wells and Fairy King close up) sports a 3 time winning 1/2 to dual G1 Cox Plate winner Fields Of Omagh as his granddam
Lot 23-this filly is out of a G2 winning half-sister to current high class 3yo Cosmic Highway
Lot 30-another with Sadler’s Wells and Fairy King close up, this colt’s dam won twice and his third dam is a stakes placed own sister to breed shaping sire Danehill
Lot 36-out of a full-sister to the stakes placed Festival Song, and from the immediate family of current boom Australian galloper Profondo, this colt (inbred to the mighty Lassie Dear) sports a Danzig 1/2 sister to US classic winners and top sires A.P. Indy and Summer Squall as his granddam
Lot 37-this colt is out of a speedy, stakes placed half-sister to globetrotting champion National Currency and G2 Camellia Stakes winner Dollar Bright
Lot 40-this colt is out of Var’s speedy G3 winning daughter Exquisite Touch
Lot 43-this colt is out of a winning Trippi (sire of William Longsword’s G1 winning half-sister) daughter of dual G1 winning champion Lady Windermere
Lot 47-this filly is out of Trippi’s G1 Golden Slipper winning daughter For The Lads
Lot 53-closely inbred to Al Mufti, this filly is out of a G2 winning Silvano own sister to G1 Champions Challenge runner up Galanthus
Lot 65-a full-sister to a winner, this filly is out of a twice winning sister to the stakes placed Greek Legend and half-sister to G1 Gold Cup winner Wavin’ Flag
Lot 75-closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this filly is from the immediate family of the Sadler’s Wells sired stars Kayf Tara and Opera House
Lot 87-closely inbred to Fort Wood, this filly is a half-sister to 2 smart winners headed by Listed Irridescence Stakes queen Maria Querol, family of top US sire Distorted Humor
Lot 89-a 1/2 to 3 winners, this colt (bred on the same cross as G2 winner Dyce) is out of a daughter of Galileo and his third dam is Breeders’ Cup winner, and champion, Phone Chatter
Lot 103-this colt is out of a G3 winning Jet Master sister to G1 Gold Medallion second Sports Coach, granddam won the G1 Cape Fillies Guineas
Lot 113-a 1/2 to Ready To Run Stakes winner Fifty Fiver, this colt is out of a winning Trippi 1/2 to G1 winning champion Always In Charge and the remarkable Captain Lars -both of whom, like William Longsword, were sired by Captain Al, family of outstanding sire Pivotal
Lot 114-this filly is out of a 4 time winning full-sister to G2 Gerald Rosenberg winner Polyphonic
Lot 140-closely inbred to Al Mufti and Off To War, this filly’s granddam is a full-sister to William Longsword’s champion sire, and former Cape Guineas hero, Captain Al
Lot 145-bred on the same cross as G2 winner Dyce, this colt is out of a Galileo own sister to British G3 winner Quest For Peace
Lot 151-a 1/2 to 2 winners, including popular young sire Talk Of The Town, this filly is out of a Street Cry mare from the immediate family of legendary Australian sire Redoute’s Choice -among many others
Lot 157-a three-parts brother to the very smart Captain Of Stealth, this colt is out of a Jet Master 1/2 sister to G1 Tsogo Sun Sprint runner up African Ruler
Lot 158-a three-parts brother to G1 Daily News 2000/G1 Cape Derby winner Linebacker, this colt is out of a G3 placed Redoute’s Choice 3/4 sister to Australian G1 winner Samadoubt
Lot 160-closely inbred to Fort Wood and Off To War, this filly, a 1/2 to G3 Byerley Turk third Triple Fate Line, is out of a Trippi 1/2 to dual G1 winner Thunder Dance, granddam is a dual G1 winning half-sister to William Longsword’s sire Captain Al
Lot 182-a 1/2 to G1 placed 2yo Gallic Chief, this colt is out of a twice winning own sister to G2 winner Polar Bound and half-sister to champion Long Dollar
