Viewing opens on Tuesday for the CRS Summer Sale, which will be held at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Thursday, 23 January at 12h00.
95 yearlings are catalogued to go through the ring from 12h00.
The CRS Summer Sale 2025 – Will you be buying? (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
The Cape Racing Sales Summer Sale, which will be held just 48 hours prior to the WSB Cape Town Met raceday at the same venue, is a boutique high-end sale, providing the most precocious and highest quality of yearlings.
The Summer Sale is fashioned after the Goffs London Sale, which is held in Kensington Palace Gardens in the build-up to Royal Ascot – a smaller, select, high-quality sale to take place in the week leading up to a prestigious race meeting.
Enjoy our lot-by-lot snapshot here:
CANFORD CLIFFS
Five-time Gr1 winner and sire of graded/group winners Cliff’s Edge, La Falaise, Cima Emergency, Fish River, Cliff Hanger, Princess Posh, Al Jazi, Meridius, Painted Cliffs, and Simply Majestic among others
Canford Cliffs
Lot 8 – a half-sister to the smart Tyrion Lannister, this filly is out of a stakes placed Querari mare from the family of current high-class performers Gimme A Prince, Gimmie’s Countess and Future Pearl
Lot 60 – a full-brother to speedy Listed Wilgerbosdrift Ruffian Stakes winner Almond Sea, and from the family of champions Mother Russia, Nother Russia, Gimme A Nother and Winter Solstice, this colt is a half-brother to this season’s Gr2 Betway Joburg Spring F and M Challenge winner Celtic Rumours and to Listed Swallow Stakes winner Sarah
CAPTAIN OF ALL
The champion son of champion sire Captain Al has sired such graded stakes winners as Linebacker, Shango and Springs Of Carmel, as well as the likes of Fiery Pegasus, Meu Capitano, Kiss Me Captain and Whistle The Tune
Captain Of All
Lot 48 – a half-brother to the stakes placed Darling Harbour, this colt is out of Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas/Gr1 Paddock Stakes/Gr1 SA Fillies Classic runner up Safe Harbour
Lot 53 – inbred to Al Mufti, this colt is out of a Listed Sun Classique Handicap winning daughter of Silvano
DANON PLATINA
The champion son of Deep Impact has made his mark as the sire of Gr3 Cape Classic winner Great Plains, Gr2 Mike De Kock Ipi Tombe Challenge winner White Pearl and Need For Speed Sprint winner Luhamba Phambili
Danon Platina
Lot 51 – inbred to Seattle Slew, this colt (whose dam is closely inbred to the great mare Lassie Dear) is out of a mare by Distorted Humor and granddam, by A. P. Indy hails from the family of A.P. Indy himself
ELUSIVE FORT
Champion son of Fort Wood has sired such Gr1 winners as Kommetdieding, Siren’s Call, Lauderdale and Out Of Your League
Elusive Fort
Lot 6 – out of a three-time winning daughter of What A Winter, this filly (whose dam is closely inbred to Western Winter – broodmare sire of the Elusive Fort sired Gr1 winner Lauderdale) is a 3/4 sister to the Elusive Fort sired graded stakes winners Big Burn and Catch Twentytwo
Lot 14 – a full-brother to 2 winners, and half-brother to multiple winner Lady Renee, this colt is out of a winning own-sister to Gr3 Track And Ball Oaks winner Zante and 3/4 sister to dual stakes winner Helen’s Ideal
Lot 32 – this colt is out of a full-sister to champion and four-time Gr1 winner Mother Russia, the dam of champion Nother Russia and granddam of champion Gimme A Nother
Lot 44 – a 3/4 brother to the Elusive Fort sired dual Gr3 winner Freedom Charter and Listed Sophomore Sprint winner Ernie, this colt is out of Gr3 Final Fling Stakes/Listed Ladies Mile winner Pretty Betty
Lot 94 – this filly is out of Listed Perfect Promise Sprint runner up Drama Queen, whose dam ran third in both the Gr3 JWS Langerman Handicap and Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery
ERIK THE RED
By the same sire as current sire sensation One World, and closely related to top sire Master Of My Fate, he won six of ten starts including a trio of graded stakes
Erik The Red
Lot 2 – out of a stakes winning daughter of multiple champion sire Gimmethegreenlight, this filly, inbred to Roberto, hails from the family of such international stars as Shirley Heights, Divine Proportions, Whipper and Pentire
Lot 34 – this colt is out of a winning 1/2 to Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship winner Miss Florida -sired, like Erik The Red, by Captain Al
Lot 37 – inbred to Al Mufti, this half-sister to a winner is out of a winning 1/2 to Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes winner Nightingale, dam of recent Gr3 SplashOut Victress Stakes winner Rainbow Lorikeet
Lot 47 – out of a Gimmethegreenlight 3/4 sister to Gr2 winner Ciao Bella, this colt’s twice winning dam is a 1/2 to Listed Perfect Promise Sprint winner Amy Johnson, sired, like Erik The Red, by Captain Al
Lot 89 – from the family of champions and influential sires Diesis and Kris, this colt is a 1/2 to 8 winners including SA/Aus Gr1 winner Surcharge/Yulong Prince
ERUPT
Dubawi’s dual Gr1 winning son has made his mark as the sire of graded stakes winners Karangetang and Moonlight Trader, World Sports Betting Grand Heritage hero Unzen and Zimbabwean star Buster Barnes
Erupt
Lot 13 – a 1/2 to a winner, this filly is out of a winning Elusive Quality half-sister to Brazilian champion L’ Amico Steve
Lot 38 – bred on the same cross as graded stakes winner Moonlight Trader, this 1/2 brother to 2 winners is out of a Silvano half-sister to Listed Jamaica Handicap winner Principessa
Lot 42 – this filly is out of a Master Of My Fate sired six time winning 3/4 sister to the stakes placed Berlinetta, dam of speedy performer Gimmelightning
Lot 70 – a 1/2 brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of the Jet Master sired G3 Acacia Handicap winner Whatalady
FIRE AWAY
War Front son’s early crops include the likes of Egyptian Mau, My Golly Molly, Fire Attack and Luna Halo
Fire Away
Lot 18 – from the same family as US Gr1 winner Data Link (like Fire Away a son of War Front), this filly is out of a Gr2 placed 3/4 sister to high-class galloper Alexander
FUTURA
Former Horse Of The Year and four time Gr1 winner is responsible for graded stakes winners Future Swing, Pink Tourmaline, Nourbese, The Futurist, Rockpool, Warrior, Vihaan’s Pie and champion Future Pearl
Futura
Lot 12 – bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Future Swing, Pink Tourmaline and Vihaan’s Pie, this colt is out of a stakes placed daughter of Trippi who is a sister in blood to this season’s Gr1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas third Little Suzie
Lot 85 – inbred to Western Winter and bred on the same cross as dual Gr3 winner The Futurist, the full-brother to the useful Calgary is a half-brother to four other winners notably exported Listed Terrance Millard Umngeni Handicap winner Celtic Voyager
Lot 95 – inbred to both Sadler’s Wells and Fairy Bridge, this filly is out of a winning 1/2 to the Sadler’s Wells line Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner Tamaanee, granddam is a winning 1/2 to multiple champion sire I Am Invincible
GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT
The multiple champion sire has sired a host of stars including Australian G1 winner Yulong Prince and Equus Champions Got The Greenlight, Proceed, Gimme A Nother, Green With Envy and Bless My Stars
Gimmethegreenlight
Lot 1 – bred on the same cross as champions Proceed and Sandringham Summit, this 3/4 brother to Gr3 Politician Stakes winner Universal is out of a stakes winning half-sister to Gr1 winning champion Vardy
Lot 30 – out of a winning own-sister to Gr2 Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer SA Oaks runner up My Soul Mate, this filly’s dam, bred on similar lines to champion Mythical Flight is a 1/2 to graded stakes winners Bunker Hunt and Salvator Mundi
Lot 36 – bred on the same cross as such graded stakes winners as Green Plains, La Bella Mia and Universal, this 1/2 sister to two winners is out of a Gr3 Acacia Handicap winning own-sister to Gr1 Gold Medallion runner up Sports Coach and to the dam of dual graded stakes winner Litigation, granddam won the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas
Lot 41 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winners Gunner, Proceed and Sandringham Summit, this half-sister to the stakes placed Peut Etre Moi is out of a winning Captain Al 3/4 sister to stakes winners Dance With Al and The Merry Widow
Lot 46 – out of Listed Ardmore Jamaica Handicap winner Princess Irene, this colt’s granddam is an Arch 3/4 sister to dual Gr1 winner Les Arcs
Lot 72 – a 1/2 to 2 winners notably Gr3 Europa Point Man O’ War Sprint winner Mercantour, this colt is out of a Western Winter half-sister to graded stakes winners Alderry and Royal Vintage
Lot 84 – bred on similar lines to the graded stakes winners Ciao Bella and Gimme Six, this half-sister to the stakes placed Talk To The Master, bred on the same cross as Gr1 winners Gunner, Proceed and Sandringham Summit, is out of a stakes winning own-sister to Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship winners All Is Secret and The Secret Is Out
Lot 86 – bred on the same cross as the dual East Cape Sprint Cup winner Countdown, this close relative (whose dam is bred on similar lines to Pack Leader) of useful filly Gimmethatpearl, is out of a half-sister to 3 black-type horses including Gr1 Golden Slipper winner Chestnuts N Pearls
HAWWAAM
The Equus Champion and five-time Gr1 winner shares his multiple champion sire Silvano with boom stallion, and fellow G1 Daily News 2000 winner, Vercingetorix
Hawwaam
Lot 5 – out of a stakes placed daughter of Querari, this colt is from the same female line as Australian Gr1 winners Plucky Belle, Eskimo Queen, Anamato, and champions Anamoe and Grand Armee
Lot 26 – this filly is out of a winning Querari 3/4 sister to Gr3 Godolphin Barb third High Voltage, and her dam is also a half-sister to Gr2 Umkhomazi Stakes winner Buran and Gr1 Thekwini Stakes runner up Ice Belle
Lot 56 – a 1/2 to three smart winners, this colt is out of the Querari sired Listed Bauhinia Handicap runner up Spring Wonder
Lot 78 – this colt is out of a twice-winning Captain Al own-sister to Gr3 Umkhomazi Stakes winner Captain In Command and Listed Ladies Mile winner Canadian Sunset and half-sister to multiple stakes winner Reconcile, the latter sired, like Hawwaam, by Silvano
Lot 88 – inbred to Rakeen, this colt is out of Gr2 Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Slipper winner Cockney Pride, a half-sister to the very classy Poets Warrior
LEGISLATE
Dynasty’s champion son has sired such graded stakes winners as Airways Law, Runaway Song, So Flawless, Zimbaba, and Hoedspruit
Legislate
Lot 24 – closely inbred to Danehill and a half-sister to a winner, this filly is out of a half-sister to Gr1 Cape Flying Championship winner Sergeant Hardy
Lot 62 – this filly is out of a twice-winning half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Running Brave
Lot 64 – out of a 3/4 sister to the useful Grinkov, this colt’s dam is a half-sister to Equus Champion and four-time Gr1 winner Mother Russia
Lot 65 – this colt is out of a half-sister to the dam of Listed Off To Stud Stakes winner Emerald Princess and his granddam is multiple graded stakes winner Joshua’s Princess
MALMOOS
The Captain Al sired Triple Crown winner is out of a stakes winning half-sister to top-class sire Master Of My Fate
Malmoos
Lot 20 – this filly is out of a twice winning half-sister to Gr1 Computaform Sprint winner Rivarine and Gr3 queen Delta Queen, granddam is Met winner and globetrotter River Jetez – whose sire Jet Master sired Malmoos’ close relative Master Of My Fate
Lot 57 – inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this filly is out of a Querari half-sister to Gr3 Victress Stakes winner Star Express, dam of Gr1 winning champion Bless My Stars and Gr3 Mother Russia Stakes queen Let’s Go Now
Lot 61 – a half-brother to Gr1 World Pool Moment Of The Day Premiers Champion Stakes winner VJ’s Angel, this colt is out of a winning half-sister to Gr2 Gold Circle Derby winner Silvano’s Jet
Lot 71 – closely related to the useful Windrunner, this filly, out of Silvano’s Gr2 SA Oaks winning daughter Wind Chill, hails from the same female line as such high-class performers as legendary sire Zabeel, Arc winners Carnegie and Detroit and Irish 2000 Guineas winner Roderic O’Connor
Lot 82 – out of a stakes placed, nine time winning own-sister to Gr2 winner Bichette and 3/4 sister to Gr1 winner Warrior’s Rest, this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners led by Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes runner up Slalom Queen and the useful galloper The Mauritian
MASTER OF MY FATE
Jet Master’s high-class son is enjoying another fine season with his flagbearers led by Gr1 Betway Summer Cup winner Atticus Finch
Master Of My Fate
Lot 15 – a 1/2 to two winners, this colt is out of a winning Western Winter half-sister to champion and top sire Vercingetorix as well as to dual Gr3 winner Trinity House
Lot 79-out of a 3/4 sister to the Gr2 placed Catchafallingstar, this colt (whose Oaks winning granddam is a half-sister to two other Oaks winners) is out of a Gimmethegreenlight half-sister to Fillies Guineas winner Fiorella and to dual Gold Cup Sprint winner Verdier
Lot 93 – bred on the same cross as Gr2 World Sports Betting Guineas winner Zapatillas, this colt is a half-brother to dual Gr3 winner Crimson King as well as to Poly Challenge winner King Regent, his dam is a three-time winning half-sister to July winner Hunting Tower from the family of influential stallions Fappiano and Quiet American
NEW PREDATOR
Drill Hall Stakes/Charity Mile made a big impact in a brief stud career, with his first crop including dual Gr1 winner and Gr1 Betway Summer Cup runner up Purple Pitcher and second crop by Gr1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas winner Fatal Flaw
New Predator
Lot 16 – out of a twice-winning full-sister to Listed Oaks Trial winner Inaninstant, this colt is a 1/2 to 3 winners including Listed Lady’s Slipper Stakes winner Luna Wish
ONE WORLD
Captain Al’s Met winning champion has made a sensational start to his stud career with his first crop including Gr1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas/Gr1 L’Ormarins King’s Plate winner One Stripe, Gr3 Betway Fillies Mile winner World Of Alice and dual stakes winner Lion Rampart
One World
Lot 11 – bred on similar lines to the Captain Al sired Gr3 Victress Stakes runner up Do Angels Cry, this filly is out of a six-time winning half-sister to the stakes winning dam of Gr3 Prix du Cap winner Rose In Bloom and dual stakes winner Going Up
Lot 28 – closely inbred to Roberto and bred on the same cross as the useful Captain West, this colt is out of high-class racemare Magic School, who was placed in five graded stakes
Lot 29 – from the family of champions Aslan and Futura, this colt is out of Gr3 Champagne Stakes winner Major Attraction – a Vercingetorix (whose sire Silvano is broodmare sire of One Stripe) half-sister to Grand Heritage winner Forest Fox
Lot 58 – bred on the same cross as One Stripe, this colt is out of a twice-winning Silvano half-sister to Listed Hampton Handicap winner Cape Winter
Lot 59 – from the same female line as champions Foveros and Hinterland, this half-brother to 3 winners including the stakes placed Lady Sanza is out of a Dynasty three-time winning 3/4 sister to dual stakes winner Francia, the immediate family of classy galloper and producer Earth’s Orbit-sired, like One World, by Captain Al
Lot 73 – inbred to Roberto, this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners led by Listed Golden Loom Handicap winner Bold Ransom, family of Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winners Shalaa and Hayil
Lot 76 – from the family of the Captain Al sired Listed Betting World Somerset 1200 winner Cool Zone, this filly is out of a twice-winning daughter of Dynasty and the Jet Master sired Gr3 Victress Stakes winner Jet Aglow
PATHFORK
Former Irish champion has made his mark as the sire of champion Royal Victory and fellow Gr1 winners Main Defender, Mighty High and Pearl Of Asia
Pathfork
Lot 35 – out of African Holly Handicap winner Neala, this colt’s dam is a half-sister to five black type horses including this season’s Gr3 World Sports Betting Southern Cross Stakes winner Asiye Phambili
QUERARI
South Africa’s Leading Sire of 2YOs in 2018-2019, the Gr1 winning son of Oasis Dream has made an impressive start with his early 2yo winners this season including Black Cheetah, Comic Relief, Caroline Island, Siesta Sunset and Parental Guidance
Lot 67 – bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Head Honcho, Kampala Campari and Questioning, this half-brother to 2 winners has a stakes winning daughter of Captain Al as his dam and a stakes winning daughter of Western Winter as his granddam
Lot 80 – a full-sister to Gr1 Douglas Whyte Thekwini Stakes winner Bavarian Beauty, this filly is out of a winning Silvano 3/4 sister to Gr2 Betting World Derby winner Silvano’s Jet and her dam is also bred on similar lines to Gr2 winner Bereave
Lot 81 – closely inbred to Danzig, this filly is out of a four-time winning own sister to Gr1 Premiers Champion Stakes runner up Ancestry – her granddam is a granddam is a triple Gr3 winning daughter of Windrush, the broodmare sire of Querari’s champion son Rio Querari
RAFEEF
A Gr1 Computaform Sprint winning own brother to champion Mustaaqeem, his best includes Gr1 Computaform Sprint winning sires Master Archie and Thunderstruck as well as Gr1 World Sports Betting SA Derby winner Aragosta and fellow graded stakes winners William Robertson, Frances Ethel, Beating Wings, Mrs Browning, Outlaw King and Mon Petit Cherie
Rafeef
Lot 3 – closely inbred to Danzig, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Captain Al from the family of Irish Oaks winner Lailani
Lot 21 – from the family of star milers Intikhab, Polish Precedent and Zilzal, as well as 2024 Gr1 Preakness Stakes winner Seize The Grey, this half-brother to the smart Connery is out of a speedy Gr2 winning daughter of Captain Al
Lot 23 – a half-sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of a Montjeu half-sister to Listed Snowdrop Stakes runner up Magic Of Reality, from the family of Breeders’ Cup Mile winners Miesque, Six Perfections and Karakontie
Lot 31 – a half-brother to 3 winners notably Listed World Sports Betting Stormsvlei Stakes/Listed Tabonline.co.za Irridescence Stakes winner Maria Querol, this colt is out of a twice winning daughter of Dynasty from the family of Canadian Horse Of The Year Never Retreat, 2024 Gr1 Hong Kong Mile winner Voyage Bubble and outstanding sire Distorted Humor
Lot 49 – a half-brother to a winner, this colt is out of a four-time winning daughter of Captain Al from the family of globetrotting star Pilsudski
Lot 50 – this colt is out of the What A Winter sired Listed Swallow Stakes winner Sarah, a half-sister to this season’s Gr2 Betway Joburg Spring F and M Challenge winner Celtic Rumours and speedy stakes winner Almond Sea
Lot 54 – a direct descendant of the mighty Frizette, this half-brother to two winners is out of the Silvano-sired Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Silver Mountain
Lot 74 – bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Leaving Las Vegas and William Robertson, this colt is a half-brother to Gr3 Poinsettia Stakes winner Vihaan’s Pie and a 3/4 brother to exported Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Macthief (also sired by a son of Redoute’s Choice)
Lot 90 – a 1/2 to two winners, this colt is out of a four-time winning Silvano half-sister to Equus Champion Just Sensual and to the Gr2 placed Ad Idem
Lot 91 – this colt is a three-parts brother to the Rafeef sired Gr1 Computaform Sprint winning sire Master Archie
REAL GONE KID
The speedy six-time winner, from 13 starts, is a son of four times Australian Champion Sire Snitzel and the Jet Master sired Equus Champion In The Fast Lane
Real Gone Kid
Lot 52 – this colt is out of a half-sister to four-time graded stakes winner winner Seeking The Stars as well as to Gr3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery runner up Seventh Sea and The Ready To Run Stakes winner Seeking The One
ROYAL MO
The graded stakes winning son of outstanding sire Uncle Mo has made his mark as the sire of Gr2 Independent On Saturday Drill Hall Stakes winner Royal Aussie and the likes of Count Invicto, Tyrion Lannister and Donna Mo
Royal Mo
Lot 25 – a half-brother to a winner, this colt is out of Gr3 Flamboyant Stakes runner up Lala
TALK OF THE TOWN
Son of Var, and related to the likes of Redoute’s Choice and Northern Guest, his first crop includes Gr3 Tab Pretty Polly Stakes runner up Famous Lady and the useful Miss Lia
Talk Of The Town
Lot 19 – out of a three-time winning own-sister to Gr1 Gold Medallion runner up Sports Coach and Gr3 Acacia Handicap queen Off The Mark, this three-parts brother to a winner is a half-brother to dual graded stakes winner Litigation
Lot 68 – a 3/4 brother to the Var sired Listed Umngeni Handicap runner up Viva La Var, this colt is a half-brother to Gr2 Sceptre Stakes winners Cold As Ice and Live Life
THE UNITED STATES
Son of Galileo has made his mark as the sire of such smart performers as Sheela, Billy Bowlegs, The Specialist, Rodeo Drive, United Council, Without Question, Kingdundee and Khaya’s Hope
The United States
Lot 33 – inbred to the great Urban Sea, this filly, whose dam is a stakes placed granddaughter of Sea The Stars, hails from the family of champion fillies Gimme A Nother, Nother Russia and Mother Russia
TRIPPI
South Africa’s Champion Sire of 2015/2016, he left behind a host of top-class performers headed by champions Charles Dickens, Jet Dark, Winchester Mansion, Trip Of Fortune and Hammie’s Hooker
Trippi
Lot 55 – a 1/2 to three winners, this filly is out of a winning daughter of Giant’s Causeway and exported Equus champion Captain’s Lover – a stakes winner on three different continents
Lot 83 – this filly, whose dam is closely inbred to Wild Hyacinth, is out of a half-sister to Listed Devon Air Stakes winner Caralluma, the family of Trippi sired stakes winners Real Princess, Sunset Tripp and Trip To Africa
VERCINGETORIX
Star sire has a number of top-class flagbearers this season including such graded stakes winners as Oriental Charm, Double Grand Slam, Celtic Rumours and Rascallion
Vercingetorix
Lot 22 – this colt is out of a stakes placed Orpen half-sister to Argentinian champion Keane
Lot 39 – bred on the same cross as stakes winners Phedra and La Moohal, this half-sister to three winners, including the smart performer The Shepherd, is out of a Trippi half-sister to four black-type horses including multiple stakes winner Reconcile, the latter sired, like Vercingetorix, by Silvano
Lot 40 – bred on the same cross as the likes of Vernichey and Double Grand Slam, this filly is out of a winning own sister to the Gr2 winning dam of champion and five-time Gr1 winner Princess Calla, this filly’s dam is also closely related to dual champion Princess Victoria
Lot 45 – bred on the same cross as Spring Spree Stakes winner Vaseem, this filly, whose granddam is a Gr1 winning daughter of Unbridled’s Song, is a 1/2 to 5 winners including Gr3 Prix Penelope runner up Hug And A Kiss
Lot 66 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Alesian Chief, this half-sister to champion Thunderstruck is out of Var’s Gr2 Post Merchants winning daughter Varikate
Lot 77 – from the same female line as Irish Oaks winner Margarula, champion sire Elusive Quality and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Anees, among others, this filly is a full-sister to Gr1 Golden Horse Sprint winner Alesian Chief
Lot 87 – a 1/2 brother to 2 winners, including the useful Gimmethatpearl, this colt is out of Gr1 Golden Slipper winner Chestnuts N Pearls
Lot 92 – bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners African Warrior and Rascallion, this colt, whose dam is a full-sister to multiple Gr1 winner Ebony Flyer, is a half-brother to four winners notably Gr1 winner and Equus Champion Vardy, Gr3 Politician Stakes hero Universal and Listed East Cape Oaks winner Eros’s Girl
WHAT A WINTER
A consistent source of high-class performers, the multiple champion has sired the likes of champions Isivunguvungu and Russet Air, and fellow Gr1 winners Clouds Unfold, Humdinger and Warrior’s Rest
What A Winter
Lot 9 – from the family of US stars City Zip, Lil E. Tee and Ghostzapper, this colt, out of a Gr3 winning daughter of Trippi, is a full-brother to Gr3 Winter Nursery winner Distant Winter and smart sprinter Far Away Winter, and he is also a 3/4 brother to the What A Winter sired Gr3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery winner Armando
Lot 10 – a half-brother to 4 winners, this colt, who hails from the family of the Western Winter sired Gr1 winners Redberry Lane and Solo Traveller, is out of a winning Jet Master own sister to useful Singapore galloper Mr Fantastic and to the four-time winning dam of Gr1 Woolavington 2000 winner Silvano’s Pride
Lot 17 – this filly is out of a Gr2 placed Gimmethegreenlight half-sister to triple Gr1 winning champion Capetown Noir and millionaire Across The Ice -both of whom, like What A Winter, were sired by Western Winter
Lot 43 – a 1/2 to two winners, this colt is out of Gr3 Victress Stakes runner up Premier Dance, a Silvano half-sister to triple Gr1 winning champion Capetown Noir and millionaire Across The Ice – both of whom, like What A Winter, were sired by Western Winter
Lot 63 – bred on the same cross as Gr3 winner Distant Winter, this full-sister to Gr3 Joburg Tourism Carry On Alice Stakes runner up Coldhardstare, is out of a stakes placed own-sister to Gr3 Winter Derby winner Liquid Mercury
Lot 69 – a half-brother to the useful Captain West, this colt, whose dam won four, hails from the family of this season’s Gr3 SplashOut Victress Stakes winner Rainbow Lorikeet
Lot 75 – from the immediate family of breed shaping sire Pivotal, this full-sister to the smart Axl is out of a high-class full-sister to Gr1 winning champion Always In Charge and the remarkable, 24-time winner Captain Lars
WILLIAM LONGSWORD
The Cape Guineas winner has made his mark as the sire of the likes of top sprinter Dyce, Gr2 Betway Joburg Spring Challenge hero Back In Business, and stakes winners Itsrainingwilliam,Rulership, Ice Star, Bon Vivant, Virginia Sweet, and Sabre Strike
William Longsword
Lot 4 – inbred to Complete Warrior, this filly, a half or full-sister to four winners, is out of a three-time winning half-sister to Listed Winter Oaks/Listed Lady’s Bracelet winner Rush For John, and the dam of high-class performers Without Question and Infinite Wonder,granddam is a four-time winning 1/2 to multiple graded stakes winner Roman Charger -whose sire Al Mufti is the grandsire of William Longsword
Lot 7 – a full-sister to the stakes placed Tamil Tigress, this filly is out of Gr1 Golden Slipper winner For The Lads, whose sire Trippi is responsible for William Longsword’s Gr1 winning half-sister Real Princess
Lot 27 – this filly, whose granddam is a 3/4 sister to Gr1 Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo, is out of a winning Speightstown half-sister to Listed KwaZulu-Natal Stakes winner Mirage, sired, like William Longsword, by Captain Al.
