An exceptional catalogue for the 2023 November 2yo Sale is offered as 152 lots go through the ring at the TBA Sales Complex in Johannesburg from 11h00 on Sunday.
All eyes on the BSA 2yo sale (Pic – BSA)
Many of South Africa’s top farms are represented at this year’s sale, while top-class and exciting stallions with progeny offered include Danon Platina, Fire Away, Flower Alley, Gimmethegreenlight, Lancaster Bomber, Legislate, Master Of My Fate, Querari, Rafeef, The United States, Vercingetorix and What A Winter.
Sires represented by members of their first crop at this sale include Gr1 Sun Met runner-up Last Winter, the fast growing in popularity One World, and triple Gr1 winner Soqrat.
Enjoy our lot-by-lot snapshot:
Act Of War
Dynasty’s Cape Guineas winning son made his mark as the sire of Triple Tiara winning champion War Of Athena and high-class sprinters Battle Force and Bartholdi
Act Of War
Lot 28 – out of a six-time winning daughter of Silvano, this filly hails from the family of international Gr1 winning fillies Alice Springs, Golden Opinion and Samitar
Lot 55 – this filly is out of a winning half-sister to Storm Bird Stakes winner Midnight Serenade and Swallow Stakes runner up Samba Serenade
Lot 134 – a 1/2 to two winners, this filly is from the immediate family of last season’s dual Gr1 winning filly Make It Snappy – sired, like Act Of War, by Dynasty
Lot 137 – a three-parts brother to the smart Blonde Act, this half-brother to Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes runner up Pure Blonde and the stakes placed Blonde Vision is out of Gr1 winning champion Legally Blonde
Lot 147 – this filly is out of a four-time winning half-sister to Sea Cottage Stakes winner and Gr1 Daily News 2000 runner up Majestic Mambo
Canford Cliffs
Star miler has made his mark with his first South African crops headed by the stakes winners Cliff Hanger, Secret Identity, Cliff Top and Meridius, as well as the likes of Rock The Fox, Body Electric and Capsaicin
Canford Cliffs
Lot 18 – out of a twice winning daughter of High Chaparral, this colt hails from the family of New Zealand Horse Of The Year and four time Gr1 winner Probabeel, also the family of Australian Gr1 winner Never Been Kissed, whose sire is a son of High Chaparral
Lot 88 – this colt is out of a three-time winning half-sister to Gr3 Champagne Stakes winner Nastergal
Lot 110 – this colt is out of a twice winning own-sister to Gr1 HSH Princess Charlene Empress Club Stakes winner Ronnie’s Candy
Captain Of All
Champion sprinter whose progeny include dual Gr1 winner Linebacker and last season’s high-class two-year-olds Captain’s Christy and Jerusalema Rain
Captain Of All
Lot 9 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly is out of a stakes winning Kahal half-sister to Gr1 winner and champion sprinter Rebel King
Lot 13 – out of a mare who won four times up to 1400m, this filly’s granddam is a half-sister to Gr1 WSB Presents The Gauteng Summer Cup third place finisher Golden Pheasant
Lot 39 – out of a four-time winning 1/2 sister to the stakes placed filly Walking On Air, this filly’s granddam is Thekwini Fillies Stakes winner Bridal Paths
Lot 84 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt, bred on the same cross as Gr2 winner Springs Of Carmel, is out of a twice winning Dynasty half-sister to the granddam of Gr1 Wilgerbosdrift H F Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes winner MK’s Pride
Lot 128 – this filly’s granddam is a stakes winning own-sister to stakes winning millionaire Uncle Tommy and half-sister to former champion sprinter Rebel King
Lot 149 – a half-sister to the smart, stakes placed Great Shaka, this filly, whose dam is a granddaughter of champion US sire Broad Brush, hails from the immediate family of champion Chilean filly La Chiflota
Danon Platina
Deep Impact’s champion son made a promising start with his first two-year-olds last season when he was the second Leading First Season Sire of 2022-2023
Danon Platina
Lot 3 – this colt is out of a six-time winning half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Running Brave – who, like this colt’s dam, was sired by a Storm Cat line horse
Lot 11 – out of a half-sister to Italian stakes winner Kramulkie, this filly hails from the same outstanding female line as such international Gr1 winners as Byword, Proviso, Wandesta, Zambezi Sun, and 2022 Gr1 Cazoo Derby winner Desert Crown
Lot 17 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Gr2 Gold Circle Oaks third placed, seven-time winning half-sister to Gr1 Thekwini Fillies Stakes third Admiral’s Eye – with the latter, like the colt on sale, sired by a Sunday Silence line horse
Lot 89 – from the family of Gr1 winning filly Love Is In The Air, this filly is out of a half-sister to Stormsvlei Mile winning filly Princess Of The Sky and to Gr3 King’s Cup runner up Platinum Prince
Lot 96 – this colt is out of a six-time winning three-parts sister to Gr3 Politician Stakes winner Blaze Of Noon
Duke Of Marmalade
The late Cartier Champion made his mark in South Africa as the sire of dual Equus Champion and Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara winner Rain In Holland and fellow Gr1 winners Son Of Raj and Temple Grafin
Duke Of Marmalade
Lot 63 – a half-sister to a winner, this filly is out of a Frankel half-sister to speedy Gardenia Stakes third Flowerbomb – the filly’s dam hails from the immediate family of Gr1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Imperial Monarch – sired, like Frankel, by Galileo
Lot 124 – closely inbred to Kingmambo, this colt is out of a four-time winning half-sister to Gardenia Stakes runner up Winter Watch (sired by a son of Kingmambo) and the winning dam of Gr3 winner Gee For Go
Lot 150 – closely inbred to Kingmambo and the latter’s outstanding dam Miesque, this colt (whose fourth dam is Miesque) is a half-brother to Equus Champion Stayer Nebraas
Erupt
By the same sire as such top-class stallions as Night Of Thunder, Zarak, New Bay and Too Darn Hot, the dual Gr1 winner has already been responsible for the likes of Karangetang, Flower Bomb, Golden Tatjana, Hot Pearl, Dolcezza and Unzen
Erupt
Lot 45 – this half-brother to Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes third Eau De Vie, this colt is out of Gr1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship/SA Fillies Nursery runner up Up Front, and this is the same family as five-time Gr1 winner Dream Ahead
Lot 66 – bred on the same cross as Gr3 winner Karangetang, this filly is out of a full-sister to Gr1 placed Umngeni Handicap winner Schiffer
Lot 80 – a 1/2 sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a four-time winning, stakes placed daughter of Jet Master
Lot 122 – out of a 3-time winning, 3/4 sister to Listed Racing Association Stakes winner Autumn Glory, this colt is a 1/2 to 3 winners including Gr1 SA Classic third place finisher Captain Lannister
Lot 136 – a half-brother to 2 winners notably Listed WSB.co.za Irridescence Stakes runner up Miss Marguerite, this colt is out of a Captain Al own sister to Java Handicap winner Fulcrum
Fire Away
The Gr3 winning son of War Front made a flying start with his first two-year-olds last season including East Cape champion Luna Halo, Gr3 HSH Princess Charlene Starling Stakes winner and Gr1 Douglas Whyte Thekwini Stakes runner up Egyptian Mau and the 1-3 finishers in the Gr3 WSB Langerman
Fire Away
Lot 83 – from the same female line as legendary sires Danehill, Machiavellian and Northern Dancer, this colt is a 1/2 to 3 smart winners including Listed Gauteng Summer Cup 26 November Java Stakes third place finisher Jaimalaar
Flower Alley
Travers Stakes winner is the sire of South Africa’s reigning Horse Of The Year Princess Calla, Kentucky Derby winning champion I’ll Have Another and fellow Gr1 winners Bullards Alley, Lilacs And Lace and Lukes Alley as well as this season’s Gr2 Betway Joburg Spring F and M Challenge winner Feather Boa
Flower Alley
Lot 133 – a half-brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Silvano half-sister to Somerset 1200 winner Northern Frontier and Gr1 Merchants third place getter Cool Prospect
Futura
Former Horse Of The Year and sire of champion Future Pearl and fellow graded stakes winners Nourbese, Pink Tourmaline, Rockpool, Warrior and Vihaan’s Pie, as well as recent Listed Jonsson Workwear Algoa Cup winner Future Swing
Futura
Lot 10 – a 1/2 to the smart Red Roses Too, this colt’s dam won five and was runner up in the Off To Stud Stakes
Lot 31 – a 3/4 brother to Gr3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery third Mr Crumford, this half-brother to Gr2 WSB Guineas runner up Supreme Warrior is out of a Captain Al 1/2 to Gr2 Golden Slipper second Let It Flow
Lot 32 – this colt is a half-brother to 4 winners including Gr1 Pongracz Cape Flying Championship runner up Mr Cobbs and Listed #Womeninracing Sophomore Sprint second Safe Return
Lot 49 – closely inbred to top class sprinter and sire Golden Thatch, this half-brother to 2 winners is out of Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery/Listed Swallow Stakes winner Virgo’s Babe
Lot 52 – a half-brother to last season’s Gr2 Tabgold Umkhomazi Stakes winner Outlaw King, this colt is out of a four-time winning half-sister to Gr3 Byerley Turk Plate winner My Choice – whose sire Fort Wood is also grandsire of Futura
Lot 67 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, including the smart Romance In Rome, this colt is out of a winning Captain Al 1/2 sister to Gr2 Fillies Nursery third Qui Success
Lot 86 – directly descended in female line from the legendary racemare and broodmare Miesque, this filly is out of a Var half-sister to the dam of Equus Champion Nebraas
Lot 97 – a direct descendant of multiple Gr1 winner Party Time, this filly’s third dam is the Dancing Champ sired Gr2 SA Oaks winner Lambarina
Lot 130 – out of Listed Betting World Laisserfaire Stakes winner Joshua’s Mistress, this colt is a 1/2 to four winners including Gr3 Tony Ruffel Stakes third Prince Of Fire
Gimmethegreenlight
South Africa’s reigning champion sire had an outstanding season in 2022-2023 where his flagbearers included such Gr1 winning Equus Champions as Bless My Stars and Sandringham Summit
Gimmethegreenlight
Lot 36 – from the immediate family of multiple Gr1 winners Captain America and Kommetdieding, this filly is a half-sister to 3 winners including the classy 2023 Gr3 Hollywoodbets Dolphins Cup Trial runner up Quasiforsure
Lot 112 – from the family of the Gimmethegreenlight sired stakes winners Favorita and Hack Green, this colt is out of Gr3 Fillies Mile winner Ghaalla, herself a R5 000 000 yearling buy
Lot 115 – bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Green Pepper, Hack Green, Second Base, Cala Muretta and Eye Of The Prophet, this half-sister to two winners is out of a Fort Wood own sister to the dam of last season’s Champion Juvenile Cup winner Questor and half-sister to multiple Gr1 winning filly Gypsy’s Warning
Global View
Dual graded stakes winning son of Galileo, whose progeny include East Cape champion Global Drummer, Gr1 Daily News 2000 runner up Dave The King and Gr3 Track And Ball Derby winner Decorated
Global View
Lot 76 – inbred to Storm Cat, this filly is out of a stakes placed half-sister to Met winning champion One World
Lot 94 – a 1/2 to 2 useful winners, this colt is out of a four-time winning daughter of multiple champion sire and leading broodmare sire Hussonet, granddam a three-time winning daughter of Redoute’s Choice, family of outstanding sire Kingmambo and Breeders’ Cup winners Karakontie, Miesque and Six Perfections
Lot 95 – this filly is out of a Brazilian Gr2 winning granddaughter of Sunday Silence
Gold Standard
Trippi’s Gr2 Selangor Cup winning son made an eye catching start with his small first crop headed by impressive recent Gr3 Hollywoodbets Diana Stakes winner Golden Hostess
Gold Standard
Lot 93 – out of a twice winning daughter of Elusive Fort, this filly is bred on a similar cross to that which produced Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes/Gr3 WSB Magnolia Handicap winner Sound Of Warning
Heavenly Blue
The Gr1 SA Classic winning son of four times Australian champion sire Snitzel made a promising start with his early winners including the eye catching Zinovi and Three Rocks
Heavenly Blue
Lot 7 – this filly is out of a daughter of legendary sire Dubawi and a Gr1 winning daughter of multiple champion sire and broodmare sire Southern Halo
Lot 19 – inbred to Seattle Slew, this filly is out of Listed Breeders Guineas winner Scented Ash and she hails from the family of champions Gabor and Legislate
Lot 26 – out of a mare who won six, this colt hails from the family of top sire Master Of My Fate, Triple Crown winner Malmoos and Breeders’ Cup winning sire Pluck among others
Lot 79 – from the family of top sprinters and sires Golden Thatch and Thatching, among others, this colt is out of a winning Jet Master half-sister to Gr3 Godolphin Barb Stakes winner Tuscan Sky
Lot 100 – out of a mare closely inbred to Storm Cat, this filly is out of a winning granddaughter of National Assembly who is closely related to the speedy National Assembly sired galloper Lutyens
Horizon
Dynasty’s Gr3 Politician Stakes winning son, and close relative of six times South African champion sire Silvano, has been responsible for the winners Far Horizon, Peace Frog, Kian’s Pride and Calida
Horizon
Lot 30 – from the same female line as champion Future Pearl (also sired by a son of Dynasty), this colt is out of a dual winning Western Winter 1/2 to Gr3 Winter Derby third Al Pasha
Lot 34 – closely inbred to Lomitas and Spirit Of Eagles, this filly is out of a four time winning Silvano own-sister to Listed Oaks Trial runner up Our Shining Star and three-parts sister to the Silvano sired graded stakes winners Silver Flyer and Sylvan On Fire
Lot 62 – this filly is out of a winning 1/2 sister to Gr2 Ipi Tombe Challenge winner and Equus Champion Broodmare Demanding Lady (like Horizon sired by Dynasty) – dam of champion Charles Dickens, Gr1 GBets Cape Derby runner up Charles and Listed Settlers Trophy winner Somerset Maugham
Lot 81 – from the family of Triple Crown winner Malmoos, prominent sire Master Of My Fate and Breeders’ Cup winner Pluck among many others, this filly is out of Listed Bracelet winner Dancing In Seattle
Lot 117 – a 1/2 sister to 3 winners including the smart performers Pomodoro’s Jet and Mr Pigalle, this filly is out of a full-sister to Listed Irridescence Stakes winner Leeward and 3/4 sister to dual stakes winner Melting Moments
Ideal World
Kingmambo’s son is best known as the sire of champions Rainbow Bridge, Smart Call and Hermoso Mundo, as well as Gr1 SA Derby winner Samurai Warrior
Ideal World
Lot 1 – this colt is out of a nine-time winning Silvano half-sister to Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes runner up Sabatini
Lot 99 – closely inbred to Danehill, this colt is out of a four-time winning own-sister to the dam of the Ideal World sired Listed Irridescence Stakes/Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winner Coral Bay
Lancaster Bomber
South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire of 2022-2023, the deceased Gr1 Tattersalls Gold Cup winner’s first crop produced Listed WSB Irridescence Stakes winner Beach Bomb, Gr2 Western Cape Fillies Championship queen Rascova, Gr1 Gold Medllion third Guy Gibson, and Gr3 Cape Classic runner up Snow Pilot among others
Lancaster Bomber
Lot 42 – out of a winning half-sister to Gr3 Matchem Stakes winner Changingoftheguard and Listed Milkwood Stakes winner Gilded Moon, this filly’s granddam is a twice winning own-sister to Gr1 Beverly D Stakes/Gr1 Cape Paddock Stakes winner Crimson Palace
Lot 51 – out of a mare closely inbred to Lassie Dear, this filly is out of a winning half-sister to Hong Kong Gr3 winner Chefano and is from the same family as recent Gr3 Cape Classic winner Questioning among many others
Lot 68 – this colt is out of Gr3 Final Fling Stakes/Listed Ladies Mile winner Brave Move, a daughter of top-class broodmare sire Horse Chestnut
Lot 118 – out of a six-time winning daughter of Pathfork (whose Preakness Stakes winning half-brother War Of Will was sired by Lancaster Bomber’s sire War Front), this filly’s granddam is a stakes placed half-sister to globetrotting champion sprinter J J The Jet Plane and Gr3 Kings Cup winner Jet Legend
Lot 123 – bred on the same cross as classy filly Beach Bomb, this filly’s granddam is a half-sister to champion filly Promisefrommyheart, the dam of top-class sire Master Of My Fate and granddam of Triple Crown winner Malmoos among others, third dam is Secret Pact – a speedy, multiple stakes winning own sister to former Horse Of The Year London News
Lance
Jet Master’s Secretariat Stakes winning son, and Gr1 Summer Cup winner Liege’s half-brother, has sired Gr2 Epol Umkhomazi Stakes runner up Kuuma from limited chances
Lance
Lot 21 – this colt is a full-brother to Umkhomazi Stakes second Kuuma and his granddam is a twice winning half-sister to Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winning millionaire Trophy Wife
Last Winter
By the same sire as current boom sire What A Winter, he was second in both the Gr1 Sun Met and Gr2 Premier Trophy, with the son of the Silvano sired Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Field Flower hailing from the same female line as legendary sire Bold Ruler
Last Winter
Lot 15 – out of a mare by the A.P. Indy horse Judpot this filly, whose granddam is a stakes placed daughter of outstanding broodmare sire Darshaan, hails from the same female line as the A.P. Indy sired champion and top-class sire Bernardini and the A.P. Indy sired Gr1 Zenyatta Stakes winner Love And Pride
Lot 24 – a 1/2 to 3 winners by 3 different stallions, this colt is out of a twice winning Var 1/2 to Gr3 King’s Cup winner Pirate’s Gold and the 3 time winning dam of current high-class galloper Quasiforsure
Lot 57 – this colt is out of a stakes placed Dynasty 1/2 to Listed The Scarlet Lady winner Parabola – whose sire Silvano is broodmare sire of Last Winter
Lot 69 – closely inbred to Silvano, this filly’s granddam is a half-sister to Gr1 Prix Royal Oak winner Technician
Lot 73 – this filly, whose granddam, like Last Winter, was sired by Western Winter, is out of a winning Fort Wood half-sister to the stakes placed Pole Star and is from the family of the Fort Wood sired champions Horse Chestnut and Monyela
Lot 75 – out of a 3-time winning Var 1/2 to Gr3 Champagne Stakes runner up Cosmic Burst, this colt’s granddam is a half-sister to Gr3 Prix du Cap winner Winter Burst -sired, like Last Winter, by Western Winter
Lot 113 – out of a daughter of Gimmethegreenlight, this colt’s granddam is a half-sister to the Western Winter sired Gr2 Colorado King Stakes winner Natural Selection
Lot 132 – from the family of former high-class sire Kahal, this colt is out of a five-time winning 1/2 to the Western Winter sired Gr2 Gauteng Fillies Guineas third Frosty Friday
Legislate
The sire of graded stakes winners Airways Law, Hoedspruit, Runway Song, So Flawless and Zimbaba had two-year-olds make up to R750 000 at the 2023 August Two-Year-Old Sale
Legislate
Lot 38 – a three-parts sister to Gr3 Godolphin Barb third Aztec Warrior and 1/2 sister to Bloodstock SA Sales Cup (Fillies) winner The Charleston, this filly is out of a winning 1/2 to Equus Champion, and triple Gr1 winner Via Africa – herself the dam of Gr1 XXXX Golden Rose winning sire In The Congo
Mambo In Seattle
Deceased three-parts brother to US champion and top-class sire Lemon Drop Kid left behind his share of high-class performers including dual Gr1 winner Same Jurisdiction
Mambo In Seattle
Lot 23 – this filly is out of a four-time winning half-sister to the dam of last season’s Gr3 Godolphin Barb Stakes winner Cliff Hanger
Lot 145 – a half-brother to 2 useful winners, this colt, who hails from the same female line as top-class racehorses and stallions Kingman, New Bay and Oasis Dream, is out of a Galileo own-sister to the dam of Gr1 Phoenix Stakes/Matron Stakes winner La Collina and group winners Foxes Tales and Astadash
Master Of My Fate
The sire of Gr1 winners Sentbydestiny, Tempting Fate and Zarina has a number of smart flagbearers this season including Atticus Finch, Mexican Pete and Raven Black
Master Of My Fate
Lot 2 – this colt is out of a Gr3 placed half-sister to Gr1 winning champions Let’s Rock’N Roll and In The Fast Lane, with the latter sired, like Master Of My Fate, by Jet Master
Lot 16 – this colt is a three-parts brother to the Jet Master sired dual Gr1 Summer Cup winner Master Sabina and half-brother to Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner Sabina’s Dynasty and East Cape Derby/Glenlair Trophy hero American Landing, his dam won both the Gr2 SA Oaks and Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery
Lot 70 – a 1/2 brother to four winners, this colt is out of a stakes placed daughter of Fort Wood and hails from the same family as former Horse Of The Year and successful sire Legislate – a grandson of Fort Wood
Lot 104 – from the same female line as US champion Lord Avie, this colt is a 1/2 to five winners including Listed Michael Roberts Handicap winner Wild Wicket and the dam of recent Southeaster Sprint winner Kiss Me Captain
Lot 105 – from the same female line as the Jet Master sired champion filly In The Fast Lane, this half-sister to the useful Changing Seasons is out of Banyana Handicap winner Flowers Of Spring
Lot 109 – bred on the same cross as the promising Raven Black, this half-brother to the stakes placed Tamil Tigress is out of the Trippi sired Gr1 Golden Slipper winner For The Lads, with this colt hailing from the immediate family of the Master Of My Fate sired Gr2 KRA Guineas winner and R2 000 000 plus earner Twist Of Fate
Lot 138 – a 1/2 sister to 2 winners, including the stakes placed filly Littlemarysunshine, this filly is out of Listed Gardenia Handicap/Listed Banyana Handicap queen Little Genie
Lot 152 – a brother to the useful Hierkommiebokkie, this colt (bred on the same cross as champion Tempting Fate and inbred to Elliodor) is out of a Var half-sister to dual Horse Of The Year Legal Eagle
Moofeed
The Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap winner is a half-brother to globetrotting champion Musir and Gr2 Post Merchants winner Merhee, and this is the family of outstanding sires Blushing Groom, King Kamehameha, and Mill Reef
Moofeed
Lot 71 – closely inbred to Nureyev and Pasadoble, this colt is directly descended in female line from Pasadoble – whose French classic winning grandson Kingmambo is broodmare sire of Duke Of Marmalade, the sire of Moofeed
New Predator
Now deceased, the Gr2 Charity Mile/G2r Drill Hall Stakes winning grandson of Galileo is responsible for first-crop winners Bloodstock SA Sales Cup (C&G) winner Purple Pitcher and the likes of Falcon Strike, Halberdier, Pure Predator, Predator’s Feast among others
New Predator
Lot 37 – closely inbred to New Approach, this filly is out of a Dawn Approach (by New Approach) half-sister to Gr3 Acacia Handicap winner High Seas Beauty – sired like the filly on sale by a Sadler’s Wells line horse
Lot 60 – a 1/2 to a winner (also sired by a Galileo horse), this filly’s dam is a Caesour three-parts sister to Gr1 Audemar Pigeut Queen Elizabeth II Cup winner Irridescence (dam of US Gr3 winner Hopper) and Gr1 C F Orr Stakese winner Perfect Promise
Lot 148 – out of a winning daughter of Silvano, this colt’s granddam is a Jet Master half-sister to dual Gr1 winners Al Nitak and The Sheik, family of current high-class performer Billy Bowlegs – who, like the colt on sale, was sired by a Galileo line stallion
One World
Sire of the recent R1.4 million Ready To Run Sales topper, the champion son of Captain Al was a stakes winner at two, three and four and captured the 2020 Gr1 Sun Met
Lot 6 – a 3/4 sister to debut winner Cian The Conqueror, this filly is out of a 3-time winning Dynasty half-sister to Gr1 SA Oaks winner Pine Princess – with the latter sired, like One World, by Captain Al
Lot 14 – this colt is out of a sales topping, twice winning half-sister to graded stakes winners Fanzene (dam of Gr1 Thekwini Stakes runner up Kailene) and Joan Ranger
Lot 78 – closely inbred to Storm Cat, this colt is out of a stakes placed Var half-sister to graded stakes winners Sportscuddle and Captain Aldo – with the latter sharing his sire Captain Al with One World
Lot 92 – a half-brother to 5 winners including Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Russian Rock, this colt hails from the immediate family of Cartier Horse Of The Year Minding (whose unbeaten son Henry Longfellow won this year’s Gr1 National Stakes and Gr2 Futurity Stakes), and Minding’s classic winning own sisters Tuesday and Empress Josephine
Lot 103 – a three-parts sister to the Captain Al sired Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winner Cousin Liz, this filly also numbers Gr3 Chairman’s Cup/Gr3 Cape Summer Stayers winner Gimme One Night, and the stakes placed pair of Demagogue and Queen Of Alamo as half-siblings
Lot 119 – by a son of Captain Al out of a mare by Captain Al, this colt is a half-brother to four winners including the smart, exported performer De La Cruz, granddam is a half-sister to dual Gr3 Diana Stakes winner Forest Ivory – who was sired by One World’s grandsire Al Mufti
Lot 146 – from the family of champion fillies Circle Of Life, Taima Bluff and Tecla Bluff, this filly is a half-sister to five winners including Gr2 Selangor Cup winner Hard Day’s Night
Pathfork
The Irish champion is having a wonderful season thanks to his top-class son Main Defender, Listed PinkDrive Michaelmas Handicap winner Royal Victory and Listed East Cape Paddock Stakes winner And We Danced
Pathfork
Lot 4 – bred on the same cross as stakes winners Red Chesnut Road and Miss Honey, this filly, closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, is out of a winning own sister to dual Gr1 winner Forest Path and Gr2 winner Reef Road
Lot 131 – this filly, who carries siblings Fairy King and Sadler’s Wells close up in her pedigree, is a 1/2 to six winners including Listed Kenilworth Cup winner Smart Mart
Pomodoro
The July winner has sired champion Return Flight, Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Russian Rock and fellow graded stakes winners Black Thorn, Cirillo, Epsom Girl and Golden Belle
Pomodoro
Lot 27 – from the same family as top-class sire Master Of My Fate (sired, like Pomodoro, by Jet Master), this colt, closely inbred to Rakeen, is out of Gr3 Umzimkhulu Stakes/Gr3 Magnolia Handicap runner up Silver Class
Lot 43 – from the immediate family as the Jet Master sired champion In The Fast Lane, this 1/2 sister to two winners is a direct descendant of top racemare and influential broodmare Party Time
Lot 72 – bred on the same cross as the stakes winner Caralluma, this colt is out of a six-time winning daughter of Kahal
Lot 116 – closely inbred to Northern Guest, this colt is out of a four-time winning daughter of Silvano, granddam is a half-sister to Gr1 Golden Slipper winner Gilded Minaret, family of last season’s Gr2 Umkhomazi Stakes winner Outlaw King
Potala Palace
The Gr1 winning sire of graded stakes winners Katak, Palace Of Dreams and Singforafa has had a slew of smart winners this season including Red Palace, Contra Fiscum, House Of Romanov, and Eiffel Tower
Potala Palace
Lot 5 – with full-brothers Sadler’s Wells and Fairy King both close up in her pedigree, this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners notably Zimbabwe champion Peggson and the useful galloper Retallick
Lot 29 – out of a five-time winning daughter of emerging broodmare sire Greys Inn, this filly’s granddam is a Western Winter half-sister to two black type performers
Lot 40 – from the family of dual Derby winner Old Vic and 2000 Guineas winner High Top, this colt’s dam is a stakes winning half-sister to Gr2 Gauteng Guineas/Gr3 London News Stakes winner Tellina
Lot 47– out of a Trippi sired Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes place getter and full-sister to Storm Bird Stakes winner Flying Myth, this colt’s granddam is a Gr3 winning Captain Al half-sister to champion Mythical Flight
Lot 139 – this colt, whose granddam is a stakes winning daughter of Giant’s Causeway, hails from the same female line as champions Ajdal, Arazi and Noverre to name but three
Quasillo
The Gr3 Bavarian Classic winning Sea The Stars half-brother to Querari has few runners to his name but they include Gr2 Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Slipper winner Ameena and the very classy Quasiforsure
Quasillo
Lot 114 – a 1/2 to debut winner Girl Like Us, this filly is out of Gr3 Yellowwood Handicap/Gr3 Victory Moon Stakes winner Girl On The Run – whose outstanding sire Silvano is damsire of a number of top-class gallopers sired by Quasillo’s half-brother Querari
Querari
Twice Leading Sire of 2YOs, the Gr1 winning son of Oasis Dream has an excellent crop of three-year-olds this season with this crop having produced G1 Douglas Whyte Thekwini Stakes winner Bavarian Beauty, impressive Gr3 Cape Classic winner Questioning, Listed Somerset 1200 hero Underworld, Listed Racehorse Owners Association Stakes winner Zoomie and Champion Juvenile Cup winner Questor
Querari
Lot 12 – closely inbred to Green Desert, he is out of a Kahal half-sister to Gr1 winners Stellite and Zirconeum
Lot 33 – a 1/2 to the useful William Rufus, this colt is out of a half-sister to four stakes winners notably dual Gr1 winner Snowdance (dam of recent Gr3 Cape Classic runner up Snow Pilot) and dual Listed winner Victorian Secret (dam of recent Listed National Colour Stakes winner Golden Sickle)
Lot 101 – closely inbred to Green Desert, this filly is out of a four-time winning Kahal half-sister to Gr2 Tibouchina Stakes third Silent Crusade, this filly’s granddam is a stakes winning daughter of Silvano – broodmare sire of a number of Querari sired stakes winners
Lot 102 – out of Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery third Felicity Flyer, this filly (bred on similar lines to the useful Querari sired runner My Bestie) is from the same family as last season’s Gr1 Daily News 2000 runner up Dave The King
Lot 120 – out of a five-time winning daughter of Trippi, this filly, directly descended from the hugely influential Fanfreluche, is from the same family as leading sires Encosta De Lago, Flying Spur and Holy Roman Emperor, also the family of group winners Bint Allayl and Kheleyf – both sired by Green Desert, the grandsire of Querari
Lot 125 – a half-sister to recent debut winner Garlandsofgreenery, and a three-parts sister to the Querari sired Cape Guineas third At My Command, this filly is out of a winning Dynasty 1/2 to Gr1 Woolavington 2000 winner Imperious Star, granddam is Met winning champion Imperious Sue
Rabada
The dual Gr1 winning grandson of Storm Cat has already come up with a slew of smart winners, from limited opportunities including Soldier’s Eye, Addabar, Ermelo, and Zatara Magic
Rabada
Lot 44 – out of Gr3 Umzimkhulu Stakes runner up Twice As Smart, this colt hails from the same family as multiple Gr1 winner Gypsy’s Warning -who, like the colt on sale, was sired by a Storm Cat line horse
Lot 53 – a 1/2 to a winner, this colt, whose dam won four times, hails from the family of July winning champion Bush Telegraph and successful sire Lords among others
Rafeef
The Gr1 Computaform Sprint winning own brother to champion Mustaaqeem has made his mark as the sire of Gr1 winners Aragosta, Master Archie and Thunderstruck, as well as the graded stakes winners William Robertson, Outlaw King, Union Square, Shantastic, and Leaving Las Vegas
Rafeef
Lot 35 – closely inbred to legendary Australian sire Redoute’s Choice, this colt, out of a twice winning Stratum half-sister to the stakes placed Call Me Royal, is directly descended in female line from outstanding producer Battle Creek Girl – whose progeny included graded stakes winning own brothers Parade Ground and Parade Leader, Canadian champion Wavering Girl and Gr2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes winner Tricky Creek – the broodmare sire of multiple champion US sire Into Mischief
Lot 59 – out of a winning own-sister to former Zimbabwean Horse Of The Year Mathematician, this filly’s granddam is a Gr2 Gold Circle Oaks winning own-sister to July winner and multiple Derby winner Super Quality
Lot 85 – a half-brother to 4 winners including Gr3 Jubilee Handicap runner up Marshall Foch (sired, like the colt on sale, by a Danzig line horse), this colt is out of a stakes placed daughter of Gr1 winning champion League Title
Lot 129 – closely inbred to Danzig, this filly is a half-sister to 3 winners, granddam is dual Gr1 winner Shepherd’s Moon
Lot 141 – a full-brother to Gr2 Topbet Mike O’Connor Joburg Spring Challenge/Gr3 Tony Ruffel Stakes winner William Robertson, this colt is out of a three-time winning own-sister to the ill-fated CTS Million Dollar winner Illuminator and 1/2 to former Klawervlei Farm Sale race winner Rock The Globe (the latter sired, like the colt on sale, by a Danehill line stallion)
Royal Mo
The Robert B. Lewis Stakes winning son of outstanding sire Uncle Mo has sired R5 million plus earner Royal Aussie and the likes of Rule Of Thumb, Right Royal Mo and Matsuyamo from limited opportunities
Royal Mo
Lot 48 – a 1/2 sister to the very smart Oyster King, this filly is out of a three-time winning Jallad 3/4 sister to the Jallad sired Durban Africa 2200 winner Surf The Web
Lot 61 – a full-sister to a winner, and half-sister to 2 other winners, this filly hails from the same female line as last season’s Gr1 winners Trip Of Fortune (H F Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes) and Winchester Mansion (Hollywoodbets Durban July)
Skitt Skizzle
Now deceased, the son of Jet Master left behind, from limited opportunities, Castle Tankard winner True Beauty, Gr3 Sycamore Sprint winner Tropic Sun, Secretariat Stakes queen Cordillera and Gr1 WSB Premier’s Champions Challenge third Tierra Del Fuego
Skitt Skizzle
Lot 8 – this colt is a full-brother to Listed Secretariat Stakes winner Cordillera, and his third dam is Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner Cholula
Lot 25 – closely inbred to Our Casey’s Boy, this filly is out of a twice winning half-sister to Falcon Sprint/Umngeni Handicap winner Atlantic Inn
Lot 65 – a 1/2 to a winner, this colt, whose dam is a full-sister to Gr3 King’s Cup second Drumbold, is out of a half-sister to the stakes winning dam of Gr1 Golden Slipper winner For The Lads as well as to the dam of July winning champion Heavy Metal
Lot 108 – this filly is out of a daughter of Silvano and Gr1 SA Fillies Classic/Gr1 Garden Province Stakes runner up Angel Flight
Lot 127 – a three-parts sister to Cordillera, this filly is out of a half-sister to Gr1 Administrators Classic winner Topa Inca and Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes heroine Cholula
Lot 142 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of Oaks Trial runner up Mirabelle
Soqrat
From the immediate family of champion sire Linamix, the triple Gr1 winning Equus Champion had first crop yearlings make up to R700 000 at the 2023 National Yearling Sale
Soqrat
Lot 22 – a 1/2 to a winner, this filly is out of three-time winning Dynasty own-sister to Listed Lady’s Slipper Stakes runner up Irish Maid
Lot 56 – a 1/2 sister to two winners including Zimbabwe Guineas runner up Action Jackson, this filly, whose dam is a winning Jet Master half-sister to Gr2 Selangor Cup third Act Fast, is directly descended in female line from Allez France, one of the greatest racemares in history
Lot 58 – closely inbred to Danehill, this half-sister to 2 winners is out of Gr2 Gauteng Fillies Guineas runner up Al Hawraa – whose winning Redoute’s Choice sired dam is a three-parts sister to the Redoute’s Choice sired Gr1 Australasian Oaks winner Anamato, dam of champion and nine time Gr1 winner Anamoe, Al Hawraa’s dam is also closely related to the Redoute’s Choice sired SA dual Gr1 winner Wylie Hall
Lot 111 – closely inbred to Danehill, this colt is out of a winning half-sister to Listed Racing Association Stakes runner up Seattle Flame
Lot 144 – this colt is out of a three-time winning half-sister to Gr3 Politician Stakes winner Blaze Of Noon
The United States
The Gr1 winning Galileo own brother to Gr1 winning fillies Hermosa and Hydrangea had a cracking crop of three-year-olds last season headed by graded stakes winners Billy Bowlegs and Without Question
The United States
Lot 87 – this colt, bred on a similar cross to the Galileo sired Gr1 winners Capri and Lush Lashes, is a half-brother to five winners (his dam is an Anabaa three-parts sister to the Anabaa sired Gr3 winner Dalghar) and he hails from the same family as outstanding half-brothers, and Horse Of The Year champions, Daylami and Dalakhani
Vercingetorix
The former Equus Champion is one of South Africa’s top stallions and his star performers include Equus Champions Cousin Casey, Nebraas and Mrs Geriatrix, as well as Gr1 winners Alesian Chief, Ambiorix, Astrix, Chansonette, Vernichey and Pomp And Power
Vercingetorix
Lot 64 – this colt is out of a half-sister to dual Gr1 winning Equus Champion French Navy, the family of Gr2 Gold Bracelet winner Miyabi Gold -sired, like Vercingetorix, by Silvano
Lot 91 – from the famous “E” family, this filly is out of a twice winning Jet Master half-sister to Equus Champion Hermoso Mundo and the stakes placed Eugenes
Lot 98 – a half-sister to the course record setting Cruise Control, this filly is out of a full-sister to Grr1 Cape Flying Championship winner Gulf Storm and Gr3 Sycamore Sprint winner Seattle Singer and half-sister to East Cape champion Global Drummer
Lot 121 – a full-sister to last season’s Gr2 Post Merchants winner Gladatorian, this half-sister to two other smart winners is out of the Dynasty sired Listed Jockey Club Stakes winner Harvard Crimson
Lot 135 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Vernichey and recent National Colour Stakes winner Golden Sickle, this half-sister to 3 winners is out of a winning daughter of Captain Al and SA Oaks winner Noble Destiny
What A Winter
South Africa’s Leading Sire of 2YOs of 2020-2021, the multiple Equus Champion had a great season in 2022-2023 where his flagbearers included Gr1 Jonsson Workwear Computaform Sprint/Gr1 Mercury Sprint winner and Equus Champion Isivunguvungu
What A Winter
Lot 50 – from the family of G1 winners Nania, Red Ray, and Set Afire (all sired, like What A Winter, by Western Winter), this colt is out of Gr2 Joburg Spring F&M Challenge winner Vistula
Lot 54 – this colt, closely inbred to Western Winter-like the What A Winter sired Gr3 winner Snow Report, is out of a four-time winning own-sister to Gr2 SA Oaks winner Wind Chill
Lot 77 – closely inbred to Gone West, this half-sister to the smart Mount Pilatus is out of Listed Swallow Stakes/Listed Bauhinia Handicap winner Covered In Snow
Lot 90 – this filly, whose granddam is Gr1 Empress Club Stakes winner Fading Light, is out of a Dynasty half-sister to the stakes placed Tender Twilight-sired, like What A Winter, by Western Winter
Lot 126 – out of a half-sister to Gr1 Woolavington 2000 winner Imperious Star, this filly is a half-sister to Gr2 placed filly Thumbs Up and last season’s Gr1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas third At My Command
Lot 140 – out of a winning daughter of four times Australian Champion Sire Snitzel, this filly is from the same family as the Snitzel sired champion and Gr1 winner Invader
William Longsword
The Cape Guineas winning half-brother to the Gr1 winning dam of dual Gr1 winner Gimme A Prince has been in great form of late with his early flagbearers this season headed by Listed Golden Loom Handicap winner Dyce
William Longsword
Lot 20 – a half-brother to a winner, this colt’s dam is a twice winning Trippi 1/2 sister to Gr2 Fillies Championship third School Captain (sired, like William Longsword, by Captain Al), the dam of Gr2 Premier Trophy winner Head Honcho
Lot 106 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Jet Master full-sister to Gr1 Golden Slipper winner All Afire
Lot 107 – a half-sister to nine winners, this filly hails from the same family as champions Aslan and Futura, as well as Gr1 Premier’s Champion Stakes runner up Captain In Charge -like William Longsword a son of Captain Al
Lot 151 – closely inbred to William Longsword’s grandsire Al Mufti, this filly’s granddam is a Jet Master half-sister to globetrotting champion Jay Peg, Gr3 Protea Stakes winner Barrack Street, dual stakes winner Epona and Gr3 Lebelo Sprint winner Cyber Case
Willow Magic
The Gr1 SA Nursery/Gr2 Dingaans winning son of legendary stallion Dubawi made his mark as the sire of Gr1 Wilgerbosdrift H F Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes winner MK’s Pride
Willow Magic
Lot 74 – out of a three-time winning daughter of successful sire and broodmare sire Kahal, this filly is a half-sister to four winners notably the talented Royal Wulff
Wings Of Desire
Deceased Dante Stakes winning son of Pivotal from the same female line as Hyperion, Sir Tristram and St Mark’s Basilica among others
Wings Of Desire
Lot 41 – a 1/2 to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a three-time winning own-sister to the dam of top-class sprinters Bohica and Bartholdi and 3/4 sister to stakes winning millionaire Mannequin
Lot 46 – a half-sister to a lightly raced dual winner, this filly is out of a Trippi half-sister to Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winner Wheredowego, dam of this season’s Listed Hollywoodbets Settlers Trophy winner Senso Unico
Lot 82 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Dansili half-sister to French classic winner Astronomer Royal and US Gr2 winner Navesink River
Lot 143 – a half-sister to the smart performer Meliora, this filly is out of a winning Spectrum half-sister to Gr3 Cape Classic winner Chave De Oura, granddam is Gr1 winner Wonderful World
