The 2021 renewal of the CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale, to be staged for the first time at the elegant De Grendel Estate today has produced an impressive 42 Gr1 winners since its inception in 2011.
The list includes the likes of Vodacom Durban July winner Power King, recently retired Equus champion Carry On Alice, Undercover Agent, Vardy, Van Halen and Kasimir.
There are also more than 180 stakes winners on the Premier honour roll, including international performers Janoobi, Singapore Sling and Lobo’s Legend.
The sale has also produced five current stallions in Saturday Gr1 SA Fillies Classic favourite sire Act Of War, William Longsword, Red Ray, Horizon and One World.
The 2021 freshman sires include Erupt, Canford Cliffs, Gold Standard and Royal Mo.
Top sires represented are recently retired, multiple champion Silvano, Dynasty, Trippi, Var, What A Winter, Gimmethegreenlight, Vercingetorix, Querari Oratorio, Futura and Master Of My Fate. An exciting newbie is Rafeef, who produced an impressive feature winner at Kenilworth on Derby day.
Black type runs freely throughout the catalogue, with siblings to Gr1 winners Antonoe, Normanz, Noah from Goa, English Garden and Rail Trip; as well as siblings to other graded performers She’s a Giver, Wonderwall, Perovskia, A Women’s Way, Cosmic Light, Dynasty’s Blossom, Depardieu, Happy Valentine, Happy Forever, Louvre, Kangaroo Jack, Seeking the Stars, Flying Ice, Trickster, Celtic Voyager and Helen’s Ideal.
Grant Knowles, Marketing and Bloodstock Director for CTS, commented: “We are very excited about the 2021 CPYS catalogue. It represents the strongest stallion portfolio in the country, as well as some impeccably bred first-season sires.”
All graduates of the 2021 CPYS qualify for the first ever R7,5-million CTS Gold Rush, to be run over 1600m, and in which 16 ‘Prospectors’ will stake their claim for the massive purse, R5-million of which will be paid to the winning owner.
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CTS announced on Friday 26 February, that 16 applications had been received to date for the inaugural CTS Gold Rush.
There are 14 slots on offer now, and two buy-ins will be available within a year of the 2021 Cape Premier Yearling Sale at De Grendel on 14 March. The 16 runners will compete for a total purse of R7,5-million.
“This is most exciting, as the Gold Rush concept is the first of its kind in South Africa. We are extremely pleased by the support received for this initiative,” said CTS Sales Director, Amanda Carey, pictured below.
Prospectors are reminded that the draw for the CTS Gold Rush will take place 15 minutes before the start of the 2021 Cape Premier Yearling Sale. The first 14 names drawn out of the box will be awarded a Prospector’s certificate.
CANFORD CLIFFS
Five time G1 winner, and sire of nearly 40 stakes horses, his best include Cima Emergency, Jin Jin, Cliff’s Edge, Fish River, Princess Posh, La Falaise, Salouen, Painted Cliffs and Most Beautiful.
Lot 8- this colt is out of Winter Oaks/Sweet Chestnut Stakes winner Whose That Girl.
Lot 23- this filly’s granddam is a Galileo (damsire of Canford Cliffs’ top class son Salouen) three-parts sister to the stakes winning dam of Oaks/King George winning champion Taghrooda.
Lot 24A- this filly is out of a Captain Al 3/4 sister to G1 winning two-year-old Exhilaration.
Lot 24B- out of a winning daughter of Var, this colt’s granddam is a G3 placed own sister to Equus Champion Mother Russia- herself the dam of Equus Champion Nother Russia.
Lot 25A- this colt is out of a winning own sister to G2 winner Cold As Ice, also victorious in Britain, and half-sister to G2 winner Live Life -who earned over R4 000 000.
Lot 31A- this colt is out of a dual winning Captain Al 1/2 sister to the G1 placed Lubricator.
Lot 31B- this colt is out of a 3 time winning High Chaparral 1/2 sister to G3 winner Offenbach, the family of Horse Of The Year and successful sire Rock Of Gibraltar.
Lot 37- a 1/2 to a winner, this colt is out of a 5 time winning daughter of Captain Al.
Lot 54A- this colt is out of speedy Milkwood Stakes winner Easy Street.
Lot 58A- this colt is out of a stakes placed, 5 time winning 1/2 to the dam of G3 winner O Tamara.
Lot 81- out of a 1/2 sister to Lingfield Derby Trial third Cavaleiro, this colt’s granddam is a 3/4 sister to Park Hill Stakes winner Ranin, the family of Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Val Royal.
Lot 87A- a 1/2 to 3 winners, this filly is out of a stakes winning, record breaking National Assembly half-sister to Zimbabwean star Lucky Sam.
Lot 97- out of a 4 time winning daughter of outstanding sire/broodmare sire Machiavellian, this filly is a 1/2 to 4 winners notably the G1 placed stakes winner Amsterdam.
Lot 110- this filly is out of Jamaica Handicap winner Leaves Of Grass.
Lot 142- out of a G1 placed stakes winner who won 5, this colt is a 1/2 to 7 winners notably G2 winning millionaire Kangaroo Jack, dam bred on similar lines to champion Dollar Fortune.
Lot 155A- a 1/2 to 3 winners, this colt is out of G3 Three Troikas Stakes winner Sharp Mistress, his granddam is a stakes winning half-sister to dual G1 winning champion Lady Windermere.
Canford Cliffs
CAPTAIN OF ALL
Triple G1 winner and champion sprinter, whose first 2 crops have yielded the likes of Shango, Springs Of Carmel, What You Are, Captain Anne Bonny and Cape Derby winner Linebacker
Lot 18- bred on the same cross as G2 winner Shango, this colt is a 3/4 brother to the useful Dollar Tractor and his dam is a winning own sister to Singapore champion Lizarre.
Lot 44- this colt is out of a stakes placed half-sister to champion and G1 Sun Met winning sire One World -sired, like Captain Of All himself, by Captain Al.
Lot 92- a 1/2 or 3/4 brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a winning Holy Roman Emperor 1/2 to stakes winner and G1 Beverly D Stakes runner up Gifted Girl.
Lot 173- a 1/2 to 2 useful winners, this filly is out of a dual winning Dynasty mare and is bred on the same cross as the sire’s high-class daughter Springs Of Carmel.
DUKE OF MARMALADE
Cartier Champion and five time G1 winner, his top local performers include G1 winner Temple Grafin and fellow graded stakes winners Santa Clara,Seville Orange, Nastergal, Moofeed, and True To Life.
Lot 7- a 1/2 to four winners, this filly is out of a G2 placed stakes winner by Jet Master, the family of US G1 winner Citronnade (sired by Duke Of Marmalade’s close relative Lemon Drop Kid).
Lot 68- this colt, closely inbred to Lassie Dear is out of a winning 1/2 sister to 3 black type horses notably Kenilworth Cup winner and SA Derby second Gothic.
Lot 147- closely inbred to Danehill, this colt is out of a 3 time winning 1/2 sister to G1 performer Sail and to the Duke Of Marmalade sired stakes winner Sailing Ship.
Lot 156- out of a 4 time winning daughter of Trippi, this colt’s granddam is a stakes placed 1/2 to Summer Cup winner Flirtation.
Lot 181- this filly is a half-sister to Sweet Chestnut/Stormsvlei Mile winner Helen’s Ideal.
DYNASTY
Deceased Horse Of The Year, whose progeny include champions Futura, Irish Flame, Legislate, Beach Beauty, Bela-Bela, It’s My Turn, Lady In Black and Just Sensual, as well as last season’s July winner Belgarion.
Lot47A- a full-brother to 2 winners, including G1 2yo Crimson King, this colt is out of a 3 time winning half-sister to July winner Hunting Tower, sired, like Dynasty, by Fort Wood.
Lot 169A- bred on the same cross as triple G1 winner Jackson, this colt is a full-brother to Winter Series winner African Night Sky, and he is out of a stakes winning daughter of champion US sire Cozzene.
ELUSIVE FORT
Equus Champion and sire of high-class performers Siren’s Call, Lauderdale, Out Of Your League, Fort Ember, Safe Harbour and recent Dingaans winner Catch Twentytwo and Politician Stakes winner Kommetdieding
Lot 77- this filly is out of a stakes winning mare (bred on similar lines to July winner Trademark), who is a half-sister to G1 winner Chestnuts N Pearls (sired like the filly here by a son of Fort Wood)
Lot 98- closely inbred to Fall Aspen, this filly’s dam won twice up to 1400m.
ERUPT
A son of outstanding sire Dubawi (also sire of high-class sires Night Of Thunder, Makfi and Poet’s Voice), the dual G1 winner hails from the same family as top class sires Encosta De Lago, Flying Spur, Holy Roman Emperor and Night Shift. This is his first crop.
Lot 11- from the same family as Hong Kong champion Able Friend, this filly is out of a winning Fort Wood half-sister to the 3 time winning dam of G3 Poinsettia Stakes runner up Master Keys.
Lot 15- out of triple G3 winner A Daughters Legacy, this colt is a 1/2 to 5 winners including G2 winning 2yo A Womens Way, G1 Premiers Champion Stakes runner up Ancestry and promising filly Bequest.
Lot 34- out of a speedy, stakes placed 3 time winner, this filly is a 1/2 to 3 winners notably Umngeni Handicap winner Celtic Voyager.
Lot 41- this colt is out of G2 Debutante winner Cosmic Light -a half-sister to exciting 2yo Cosmic Highway.
Lot 80- this filly is a 1/2 to 3 winners notably G1 Allan Robertson Championship winner Happy Valentine and G2 winner Happy Forever, family of five time G1 winning globetrotter Starcraft.
Lot 101- this filly is out of a winning daughter of champion sire Silvano, and her granddam is a half-sister to champion, and leading sire, Lomitas -the sire of Silvano!
Lot 150- from the same female line as Breeders’ Cup winning champion Caledonia Road, this filly is a 1/2 to 3 winners, 2 black type horses, including G2 Golden Slipper third Jasmine.
Lot 165- this filly, bred on a similar cross to G1 winner Lord North, is out of a winning Giant’s Causeway 3/4 sister to G3 performer Last Voyage, and her champion granddam is a half-sister to fellow G1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Ebony Flyer.
Erupt
FLOWER ALLEY
The Travers Stakes winners’ tally of stakes winners include Kentucky Derby winning champion I’ll Have Another, G1 winners Bullards Alley, Lilacs And Lace, and Lukes Alley, and high-class Cape filly Princess Calla.
Lot 51- closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells and Mr Prospector, this filly is out of a 5 time winning 3/4 sister to Fillies Guineas winner Alexis, her granddam is a 1/2 to 3 stakes winners.
Lot 145- out of a winning daughter of Var, this colt’s granddam is a 3/4 sister to the dam of Dingaans winner Shango.
FUTURA
Four time G1 winner and Horse Of The Year, whose promising first crop includes the likes of Nourbese, Dindingwe, Jasmine, Fantastical, Sweet Future, Eliud, Warrior and Pink Tourmaline.
Lot 96- a 1/2 to 4 winners, this colt is out of a G1 placed, stakes winner of four.
Lot 123- a 1/2 to 2 decent winners including G2 SA Fillies Nursery this Varumba, this filly is out of a stakes placed half-sister to G3 Byerley Turk winner Mambo Mime.
Lot 132- a 1/2 or 3/4 brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a winning Pivotal daughter of outstanding racemare Ipi Tombe.
GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT
One of SA’s top active stallions, his best includes multiple Equus Champion Got The Greenlight, Yulong Prince (a G1 winner in 2 different countries), and the likes of Gunner, National Park, Barahin, Rose In Bloom, Green Plains,Gimme Six, Gee For Go, Green Pepper, Ecstatic Green, Simona, Lady Of Steel, Cosmic Highway and Gimme Dat.
Lot 14- bred on the same cross as the likes of Lady Of Steel and Simona, this filly is out of a dual winning sister to 2 stakes winners and half-sister to Equus Champion Long Dollar.
Lot 38- a ½ to 2 winners, this colt is out of a stakes winning daughter of champion sire Jallad.
Lot 52- this colt is out of a stakes placed half-sister to six stakes horses including G1 SA Classic winner Divine Jury and G2 placed sire Divine Jet.
Lot 56- out of a winning Galileo own sister to an Irish stakes winner, this filly is from the family of legendary sires Nureyev and Sadler’s Wells, with the latter sire of, among many others, Galileo!
Lot 63- bred on the same cross as G1 winner Gunner, this colt is out of a G2 Tibouchina Stakes winning own sister to G3 Diana Stakes winner Fragrant Al.
Lot 71-out of a four time winning, ¾ sister to Horse Of The Year Yard-Arm, this filly is an own sister to Zimbabwean Horse Of The Year Simona and ½ sister to G2 filly Mrs O, she is bred on very similar lines to recent G3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winner Gimme Dat.
Lot 78- this colt is out of a half-sister to champion dam of G1 winning champion Just Sensual and is from the same family as the Gimmethegreenlight sired millionaire Legend.
Lot 95- this filly is out of a dual G2 Camellia Stakes winning ½ sister to 3 black type horses including G3 winner Fanzene and promising 3yo filly Miss Elegance.
Lot 115- a ½ to the smart Red Ten, this colt is out of a stakes placed winner of four.
Lot 149- a ½ to 3 winners, and from the family of the Gimmethegreenlight stakes performer Light On Her Toes, this filly is out of a winning half-sister to G1 winning two-year-old On Her Toes.
Lot 163- bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Green Plains and La Bella Mia, this full-brother to the very smart Cane Lime ‘N Soda is a three-parts brother to Fillies Guineas winner Gimme Six.
Lot 169- from the same family as Gimme Six, this colt is out of a dual winning half-sister to dual G1 winner Snowdance and stakes winners Victorian Secret and Juniper Spring.
GLOBAL VIEW
Dual graded stakes winning son of Galileo, he was South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire in 2019-2020 and his first crop is headed by East Cape star Global Drummer.
Lot 47- from the same family as Global View’s legendary grandsire Sadler’s Wells, this colt is a half-brother to short-lived filly Gimme Crystals, who won her only two races.
Lot 99- this colt is out of a stakes placed, four time winning daughter of Silvano and is from the same female line as the Silvano sired champion Kings Gambit and smart Silvano filly Due Diligence.
Lot 122- a 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly’s granddam is a half-sister to legendary sire Storm Cat -the broodmare sire of Global View himself, also the family of Breeders’ Cup winner and top sire and broodmare sire Royal Academy.
Lot 140- this colt is out of a Dubawi daughter of Argentine champion Pryka.
Lot 183- a 1/2 to 3 winners, including the useful My Bestie, this colt is out of a full-sister to Ladies Mile winner Butterfly Girl.
GOLD STANDARD
The only son of champion sire Trippi at stud in South Africa, he was a top-class racehorse who won the G2 Selangor Cup and ran second in the G1 Cape Guineas. This is his first crop.
Lot 27- a 1/2 to 4 winners, this filly’s dam won three times up to 1200m.
Lot 30- out of a twice winning 1/2 sister to G3 filly Caesour’s Toy, this colt is a half-brother to 4 winners including KZN Guineas Trial runner up Not Liable.
Lot 35-this colt is out of a winning Galileo 1/2 sister to the G3 winning dam of G1 Canadian International winner Sarah Lynx, dam is a 3/4 sister to Geelong Cup winner Steel Prince, the family of promising 2yo filly Under Your Spell.
Lot 86- this filly is out of a winning own sister to G3 Track And Ball Oaks winner Zante and 3/4 sister to high-class filly Helen’s Ideal.
Lot 105- a 3/4 sister to the smart Tripandie, this filly is a 1/2 sister to G1 winning sprinter Normanz.
Lot 114- this colt is out of a winning daughter of dual G1 winning champion Lady Windermere.
Lot 117- a 1/2 to a useful winner, this filly is out of a 3 time winning daughter of Giant’s Causeway from the family of Danehill, Machiavellian and Northern Dancer.
Gold Standard
IDEAL WORLD
Consistently successful sire whose progeny include champions Smart Call and Hermoso Mundo, multiple G1 winner Rainbow Bridge, SA Derby winner Samurai Warrior, and graded stakes winners Mount Laurel, Saragon, Vistula, Cape Speed and Zante.
Lot 174- this colt is out of a winning daughter of Captain Al who is very closely related to the Captain Al sired G1 winning two-year-old Exhilaration.
Lot 179- this filly is out of a G1 placed daughter of multiple champion sire Silvano who won six.
MASTER OF MY FATE
Dual G2 winning son of Jet Master has a top crop of 3yos this season include G1 winners Sentbydestiny and Tempting Fate, and the likes of Miss Elegance,Tarantino and Prix du Cap winner Zarina.
Lot 1A- out of a mare who won over 1200m, this filly traces back in female line to the great mare Almahmoud, her immediate relatives include standout fillies Flawlessly and Nadia.
Lot 72– a 1/2 to the useful Johnny Black, this filly is out of a 1/2 sister to G1 winning filly Emblem Of Liberty, granddam is a three time winning half-sister to a G1 winner in North America.
Lot 100- this filly is out of a dual winning sister to G2 winner Buran and the G1 placed filly Ice Belle.
Lot 139- this colt is a half-brother to 4 winners notably G2 winning millionaire Louvre.
ORATORIO
A triple G1 winner and sire of more than 100 stakes horses, his recent flagbearers include Van Halen, Snapscan, Mardi Gras, Love Bomb and Divine Odyssey.
Lot 73- a ½ to 4 winners, including the smart Gingerbread Man, this filly is out of a winning Fort Wood half-sister to the stakes winning dam of G2 winner Montreal Mist (also sired by a Danzig line horse).
Lot 148- this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners including G1 SA Classic hero English Garden.
POMODORO
July winner and Leading First Season Sire of 2017-2018, his best include champion Return Flight, Cape Guineas winner Russian Rock and the likes of Cirillo, Golden Belle, Leopold, Caralluma, and Cornish Pomodoro.
Lot 31- this filly is a ½ sister to 3 winners notably Stormsvlei Mile winner Eva Eileen and the stakes placed Rush Hour Girl.
Lot 53- from the family of champions Mother Russia, Nother Russia and Winter Solstice, this colt is a ½ brother to five winners including triple G3 winner Depardieu.
Lot 61- closely inbred to Jet Master (sire of Pomodoro), this colt’s dam is a six time winning Jet Master half-sister to July winning champion and sire Bold Silvano.
Lot 88- this colt is out of a stakes placed, seven time winning half-sister to G1 performer Bucked Off.
Lot 89- bred on the same cross as the smart Caralluma, this colt is out of a G2 Ipi Tombe Challenge winning daughter of Kahal and he traces back in female line to the legendary La Troienne.
Lot 103- this colt is out of a Captain Al sired stakes winner of eight.
Lot 116- this filly’s twice winning dam is a Captain Al daughter of G2 winning sprinter Magic Filly.
Lot 124- this colt’s dam won the G3 Sycamore Spring, and granddam is G1 winner Give Me Five.
Lot 128- this colt is a half-brother to 7 winners including short-lived CTS Million Dollar winner Illuminator and the G1 placed, Klawervlei Farm Sale race hero Rock The Globe.
Lot 131- this colt is out of a Trippi half-sister to four black type horses headed by G3 winner Captain In Command.
Lot 152-this colt is a half-brother to the stakes placed Sequined and Cape Nursery third Sheldon, his speedy G3 placed dam is a daughter of Silvano and champion Scented Royal.
Lot 158- a ½ to 2 winners, this filly is out of a winning Al Mufti half-sister to globetrotting champion National Colour –the dam of G1 winner and sire Rafeef as well as Equus Champion Mustaqeem.
Lot 159- this colt is out of a winning half-sister to record priced yearling buy, and G3 winning sire, Horizon, and 2 other stakes winners notably Fillies Guineas winner Santa Clara, granddam is a full-sister to Arlington Million winner and multiple champion sire Silvano.
QUERARI
The G1 winning son of Oasis Dream has sired a host of top performers including Querari Falcon, Head Honcho, Monks Hood, Wonderwall, Kampala Campari, Cockney Pride, Mill Queen, Kangaroo Jack, Rio Querari, and Cosmic Light.
Lot 4- this filly is a full-sister to G2 winner Wonderwall and half-sister to Tony Ruffel Stakes runner up Westlife, and her dam is a winning Silvano 1/2 sister to Michael Roberts Hcp winner West Coast Gold.
Lot 40-this colt is a full-brother to G2 Debutante winner Cosmic Light and half-brother to G3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery winner Cosmic Highway.
Lot 48- out of a stakes placed daughter of Fort Wood, this colt is a half-brother to 4 winners including G1 filly Sail and Breeders Guineas winner Sailing Ship.
Lot 70- this colt is out of a winning 1/2 sister to G1 SA Classic winner English Garden.
Lot 76- bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Cosmic Light and Wonderwall, this filly is out of a 4 time winning Silvano mare, granddam is G3 winner Golden Shina
Lot 79- this filly is out of a speedy, Olympic Duel Stakes winning daughter of Var.
Lot 111- out of a stakes winning Fort Wood half-sister to the dam of Dubai G2 winner Forries Waltz, this colt is a 1/2 to 8 winners notably short-lived G1 Cape Guineas winner Noah From Goa.
Lot112- this colt is out of a six time winning half-sister to 3 G1 winners notably champions Gold Flier and Succesful Bidder.
Lot 125- a 1/2 to a recent debut winner, this filly is out of a stakes winning Western Winter half-sister to graded stakes winners Mentor and Royal I.Q.
Lot 130- bred on the same cross as Cosmic Light and Wonderwall, this filly is a three-parts sister to the Querari sired top sprinter Pinnacle Peak and Querari’s Jamaica Hcp winner Principessa.
Lot 138- this filly is out of a Trippi 1/2 sister to PE Gold Cup winner Plano.
Lot 166- a 1/2 to a winner, this colt is out of a stakes placed dual winner, granddam won the Gardenia Handicap.
Querari
RAFEEF
A full-brother to champion Mustaaqeem, the son of champions Redoute’s Choice and National Colour won six of just ten starts including the G1 Computaform Sprint, first crop includes the winners Bella Chica, Civil Rights, Dockofthebay and BSA Cape Yearling Sale Cup winner Mounia.
Lot 26- from the great Denise’s Joy family, this filly is out of a half-sister to the dam of G2 winner Don’t Doubt Mamma (whose sire, like Rafeef, is by Redoute’s Choice).
Lot 46- closely inbred to Danehill, this filly is a half-sister to 3 stakes horses including G3 Gold Cup winner Dynasty’s Blossom and her dam is a G3 winning daughter of champion sire Danehill Dancer.
Lot 63A- this colt is out of Dynasty’s Settlers Trophy/Winter Oaks winning daughter Francia.
Lot 85- this colt is out of a High Chaparral 1/2 sister to G3 winner Mega Boss.
Lot 129A- this colt is out of a G3 winning daughter of champions Jay Peg and Colonial Girl.
Lot 146- a 1/2 to 4 winners including G3 Final Fling Stakes runner up Fortune Flies, this colt is out of a 3 time winning 1/2 to G1 winner and successful sire Potala Palace and G1 winner Front And Centre, family of British classic winners Golan and North Light.
Lot 153A- this filly, whose dam is a twice winning half-sister to globetrotting Guineas winner Kapil, is out of a 3/4 sister to Guineas winning sire Biarritz and Champagne Stakes winner Countess Corlia.
Lot 180- a 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly is out of a 1/2 to the G2 winning dam of five time G1 winner and dual Equus Champion Carry On Alice.
ROYAL MO
Winner of the G3 Robert B.Lewis Stakes, he is the only son of champion and sire sensation Uncle Mo, sire of promising stallions Nyquist, Laoban and Outwork, at stud in South Africa. This is his first crop.
Lot 13- a direct descendant of Selene, this colt is out of a 1/2 to G2 winning sire Time For War.
Lot 17- this colt is out of a 3 time winning Captain Al daughter of a G3 winning daughter of Galileo.
Lot 25- this colt’s dam won six and ran second in the Listed Scarlet Lady.
Lot 74- this colt’s dam is a Fastnet Rock 3/4 sister to the stakes placed dam of G1 Prix Royal Oak winner Subjectivist and St Leger runner up Sir Ron Priestley.
Lot 120- a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt’s dam is a Captain Al 1/2 sister to G2 performer Flying Winger.
Lot 129- a 1/2 to 2 winners, and bred on a similar cross to Nyquist, this filly’s twice winning dam is a half-sister to the stakes placed Pole Star.
Lot 154- out of a winning daughter of Trippi, this filly’s third dam is French G1 winner Seeking The Pearl
SILVANO
Pensioned multiple champion sire whose yearlings have made up to R9 000 000, his progeny include reigning Horse Of The Year Summer Pudding and four Vodacom Durban July winners.
Lot 33- this filly is a three-parts sister to the Silvano sired champion Aslan.
Lot 42- from the same family as the high-class Silvano sired gallopers Bravura and Sachdev, this colt’s dam is a ½ to the four time G1 winning champion Mother Russia (dam of champion Nother Russia).
Lot 50- bred on the same cross as G1 winner Zillzaal, this filly is a full or ½ sister to 4 winners including the stakes placed Owlinthetree.
Lot 113- this filly’s dam is a Fastnet Rock half-sister to speedy G2 winner and sire Requinto.
TIME THIEF
Zeditave Stakes winning son of Redoute’s Choice and sire of dual Australian G1 winner In Her Time.
Lot 2- a sister to a winner, this filly’s dam was second in the G3 Fillies Mile and is a 1/2 to smart 3yo Tarantino.
Lot 20- this filly’s dam is a G3 Jacaranda Hcp winning daughter of outstanding sire Dubawi.
Lot 22- this colt is out of a Gimmethegreenlight daughter of G1 winning 2yo Silver Arc.
Lot 39- a 1/2 to 2 winners and a stakes placed 2yo, this filly is out of a speedy, stakes winning Jet Master half-sister to G2 Southern Cross Stakes winner Fairyinthewoods.
Lot 59- a 1/2 to a useful winner, this colt is out of G2 winner Fairyinthewoods.
Lot 83- a 1/2 to four winners, this colt is out of a stakes winning daughter of champion sire and top broodmare sire Danehill Dancer and he is closely inbred to legendary sire Danehill.
Lot 126- this colt’s twice winning dam is out of a dual G3 winning Captain Al half-sister to Equus Champion and sire sensation Vercingetorix.
Lot 182- this filly, whose dual winning dam is a three-parts sister to exported G1 winner Master Plan, is a half-sister to five winners notably Merchants runner up Ready Steady Go.
Time Thief
TRIPPI
Champion sire, and increasingly successful broodmare sire, his top performers include Afrikaburn, Chimichuri Run, Deo Juvente, For The Lads, Inara, Jet Dark, Lobo’s Legend, R Heat Lightning and Real Princess.
Lot 36- this filly is out of a winning daughter of G1 Paddock Stakes winner Emblem Of Liberty.
Lot 106- out of a winning daughter of outstanding sire Montjeu, this filly is a half-sister to five winners notably Merchants runner up Romi’s Boy and Irridescence Stakes second In Limine.
Lot 155- this colt is out of a G3 Three Troikas Stakes winning daughter of champion Almah.
TWICE OVER
Four time G1 winner and European champion whose progeny include dual Vodacom Durban July winner Do It Again and the likes of Sand And Sea, Invidia, Doublemint and Moon In June.
Lot 3- out of a G1 placed Var daughter of G1 winner Sarabande, this colt is a half-brother to 7 winners notably G3 Starling Stakes winner She’s A Giver.
Lot 9- this colt is out of a stakes winning Var own sister to Dahlia Plate winner Le Var.
Lot 16- this colt is out of a high-class own sister to G1 winning champion Always In Charge and the remarkable 24 time winner Captain Lars, granddam was second in the Italian Oaks and she was a 3/4 sister to top sprinter and world leading sire Pivotal.
Lot 62- this colt is out of the Jet Master sired G1 Mercury Sprint winner Fly By Night.
Lot 90- from the same female line as Twice Over himself, this colt is a half-brother to six winners notably US G1 winner Antonoe, dam a 3/4 sister to the dam of French G1 winner Mutual Trust.
Lot 118- out of a G1 placed daughter of Casey Tibbs, this filly is bred on the same cross as dual Vodacom Durban July winner Do It Again.
Lot 160- this filly’s dam is a Galileo own sister to dual G3 winner Quest For Peace.
Lot 167- a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Fastnet Rock 1/2 sister to the stakes placed Invincible Soul, granddam is a stakes winning Sadler’s Wells 1/2 sister to unbeaten G1 winner Catchascatchcan (dam of Breeders’ Cup runner up and sire Antonius Pius).
Lot 176- this colt is a three-parts sister to dual July winner and Horse Of The Year Do It Again.
Lot 177- this filly is a 1/2 sister to 3 winners including G1 Hollywood Gold Cup winner Rail Trip.
Lot 184- this colt, a full-brother to the smart Blaze Of Silk, is out of a dual G3 winning 1/2 sister to Equus Champion and sire sensation Vercingetorix, dam also a full-sister to smart sprinter Never Forever.
VAR
Dual leading sire of 2YOs in South Africa, whose recent flagbearers include the G1 winners Anything Goes, Rivarine and Vardy
Lot 28- bred on the same cross as Rivarine and Vardy, this colt is out of a stakes placed Jet Master half-sister to G1 Premier’s Champion Stakes runner up Kilcoy Castle.
Lot 49-this filly is a half-sister to Summer Juvenile Stakes winner Ambiorix and she is is out of a stakes winning 1/2 sister to dual G3 winning millionaire Astro News.
Lot109- this colt is out of a G2 winning daughter of Cape Fillies Guineas runner up Empress Of Ozz.
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Lot 185- this colt is out of a Trippi three-parts sister to top sprinter and millionaire Trip Tease.
VERCINGETORIX
Jebel Hatta winner and Equus Champion, his first two crops have produced such notable graded stakes winners as Vernichey, Ikigai, Seeking The Stars, and African Warrior.
Lot 24- a half or 3/4 brother to 6 winners, this colt’s dam is a dual winning 3/4 sister to the dam of Australian G3 winner Diddums, from the same female line as champion US sire Distorted Humor.
Lot 67- bred on the same cross as G1 winner Vernichey, this colt is out of a three time winning daughter of champion sire Captain Al from the family of champions Jay Peg and Kochka.
Lot 127- closely inbred to Danzig, this colt is out of a 1/2 sister to Golden Slipper winner Princess Sassi and the stakes winning dam of G2 winner Bunker Hunt and Fillies Guineas second Silver Thursday -the latter a daughter of Vercingetorix’s own sire Silvano.
Lot 135- this filly is out of a dual winning Querari half-sister to triple G3 winner Punta Arenas -sired, like Vercingetorix, by Silvano.
Lot 141- this colt, whose third dam is German champion Quebrada, hails from the same family as G1 winner and high-class SA sire Querari and the latter’s high-class siblings Quasillo and Quidura.
Lot 162- another bred like Vernichey, this colt is out of a 3 time winning Captain Al half-sister to a stakes winner, from the same female line as champions Arazi, Ajdal and Noverre.
Lot 170- a half-sister to 2 winners, including the stakes placed Emerald Band, this filly is out of a four time winning Western Winter own sister to G3 winner Bulleting Home, granddam is a 3 time winning half-sister to multiple champion sire Western Winter.
Lot 178- from the same family as Silvano’s top-class sons Bravura and Sachdev, this filly is a half-sister to Swallow Stakes winner Sarah.
Vercingetorix- Pic Jeremy Nelson
VISIONAIRE
Winner of the G1 King’s Bishop Stakes, he is the sire of G1 winner Takingthepeace and fellow graded stakes winners Heaps Of Fun, Africa Rising, The Thinker and Royal Pleasure
Lot 21- a full-brother to the useful Vivid Jet, this colt is out of a winning 3/4 sister to G3 Umzimkhulu Stakes runner up Red Flame, from the family of G1 winners Nania, Red Ray, Rudra and Set Afire.
Lot 55- from the great “E” family, this colt is out of a 5 time winning half-sister to G2 winning millionaire Elusive Silva and the G3 placed Esteemal.
Lot 57- out of Nursery runner up Evening Attire, this filly is a half-sister to 3 winners including G2 sprinter Eddie Sweat and the useful Billy Silver.
Lot 69- closely inbred to Gone West, this colt is out of a dual Jamaica Handicap winning daughter of Jet Master.
Lot 136- this colt is out of a Victress Stakes runner up half-sister to triple G1 winner Capetown Noir and the dam of Equus Champion, and G1 winner, Anything Goes.
Lot 144- this filly is out of Jet Master’s Prix du Cap runner up daughter Red Flame.
WHAT A WINTER
Triple Equus Champion and Leading First Season Sire of his year, his best include Russet Air, Clouds Unfold, Warrior’s Rest, Snow Report, Armando, Dutch Philip, Winter Smoke, and Magical Wonderland.
Lot 5- this filly is a half-sister to six winners notably G2 Drill Hall Stakes winner Perovskia.
Lot 6- this colt is out of a G3 Acacia Handicap winning half-sister to the graded stakes winners Fort Vogue and Prince Of Kahal, granddam ran second in the G1 South African Fillies Sprint.
Lot 19- closely inbred to Ahonoora and Gone West, this colt is out of a winning own sister to G1 winning sprinter Pacific Trader, family of international G1 winners Atlantic Jewel, Commanding Jewel, Embassy, I Am Excited and King’s Apostle.
Lot 32- a full-sister to Fillies Championship runner up Trickster, this filly is a half-sister to four other black type horses, and her dam was a stakes winner who won six times.
Lot 52A- a 1/2 to 3 winners, this colt is out of a stakes winning daughter of outstanding sire Dynaformer.
Lot 54- this filly is out of a G2 Camellia Stakes winning own sister to G3 winner Kwinta.
Lot 60- a three-parts sister to G1 Met runner up and sire Last Winter, this filly is out of a G1 Cape Fillies Guineas winning daughter of Silvano, from the family of legendary racehorse and sire Bold Ruler.
Lot 64- an own brother to a dual winner, this colt’s dam is a winning daughter of Captain Al and the stakes placed National Assembly mare Cut Free.
Lot 66- this colt is out of a G3 winning Trippi half-sister to the exported What A Winter sired G3 Cape Nursery winner Armando, from the same family as US Horse Of The Year Ghostzapper.
Lot 75- closely inbred to Gone West, this colt is out of a 3 time winning half-sister to East Cape Nursery winner Scripture, family of recent G3 winner Saragon.
Lot 93- another inbred to Gone West, this filly is out of a full-sister to triple G3 winner Depardieu and this is the family of Horse Of The Year Winter Solstice- who, like What A Winter himself, was sired by Western Winter, also family of speedy What A Winter sired stakes winner Sarah.
Lot 119- a 1/2 to the stakes placed Keep The Faith, this colt is out of a winning half-sister to two graded stakes winners -including the G3 winning dam of G2 winners Live Life and Cold As Ice (the latter sired by What A Winter’s own sire Western Winter).
Lot 151- this colt is a half-brother to this season’s top-class 3yo Seeking The Stars and Nursery runner up Seventh Sea, his stakes winning dam is a half-sister to the Western Winter sired stakes winning dam of exported G1 SA Classic winner Lobo’s Legend.
Lot 161- a half-brother to 6 winners, notably the smart Steel Rose, this colt is out of a winning 3/4 sister to the G2 winning dam of G2 Hawaii Stakes winner Chekilli and he is bred on the same cross as exported Sophomore Sprint winner Three Two Charlie.
Lot 164- this filly is a full-sister to Kuda Sprint winner Agent Of Fortune and half-sister to this season’s top-class 3yo Rascallion, dam a six time winning daughter of Jet Master.
Lot 171- a three-parts brother to Sledgehammer winner Orpheus, and half-brother to the very smart Abercrombie, this colt is out of the Jet Master sired G1 Empress Club Stakes winner Stratos
WILLIAM LONGSWORD
Cape Guineas winning son of multiple r sire Captain Al and half-brother to G1 winning sprinter Real Princess, early runners include impressive winner Safe Return.
Lot 1- out of a winning daughter of Fastnet Rock, this colt hails from the same family as G1 winner and successful sire Count Dubois, Irish classic winner Indian Haven and dual G1 winner Yulong Prince.
Lot 10- from an outstanding family, this colt is out of dual G3 Track And Ball Oaks winner Witchcraft.
Lot 12- closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this colt’s dam is a three-parts sister to the Sadler’s Wells sired stakes winning dam of King George/Investec Oaks winning champion Taghrooda.
Lot 29- this colt is out of a 3 time winning own sister to SA Fillies Classic winner Caughtintheslips -who produced G3 winner Doosra to the cover of William Longsword’s own sire Captain Al.
Lot 43- a 3/4 sister to debut winner All About Al, this filly is out of a G2 placed daughter of Paddock Stakes winner Angelina, the family of Horse Of The Year and promising young sire Futura.
Lot 45- out of a stakes placed winner of six in North America, this filly’s granddam is a half-sister to Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos, the family of top sires Brian’s Time and Dynaformer.
Lot 58- this filly is out of a 3 time winning half-sister to Winter Oaks winner Rush For John.
Lot 82- this colt is out of a Jet Master sired stakes placed winner of six.
Lot 84- a 1/2 to In Full Flight winner On That Boulevard, this colt is out of a dual G3 winning daughter of Street Cry.
Lot 87- a half-brother to a useful winner, this colt is out of a winning 1/2 to champion Dancer’s Daughter (dam of Kings Cup winner Born To Perform), British G3 winner Diktatorial and the dam of high-class sprinter Search Party (the latter sired by William Longsword’s sire)
Lot 91- this filly is out of a dual winning 3/4 sister to Equus Champion Argonaut.
Lot 94- a 3/4 brother to the Captain Al sired dual stakes winner Call To Account, this colt’s dam is a 3 time winning Giant’s Causeway half-sister to G3 Track And Ball Oaks winner Moon In June.
Lot 104- from the same family as Captain Al’s high-class progeny Captain’s Flame, Fragrant Al and Barbosa, this colt is out of a dual winning Silvano half-sister to champion Historic Lady.
Lot 107- a 3/4 brother to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a stakes placed winner of four.
Lot 108- from the family of international G1 winners Winchester and Star Of Seville, this colt is a half-brother to 3 international winners notably Two Thousand Guineas Trial winner Never No More.
Lot 121- a 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly is out of a winning 3/4 sister to multiple champion Nhlavini.
Lot 133- closely inbred to Fort Wood, this filly is out of a dual winning half-sister to Magnolia Hcp runner up Catchelli, granddam was a stakes winner of six.
Lot 134- this filly is out of a winning Trippi (sire of William Longsword’s G1 winning half-sister) half-sister to champion Always In Charge, 24 time winner Captain Lars and high-class filly Alascan Maiden -all of whom, like William Longsword, were sired by Captain Al, granddam was second in the Italian Oaks and was a 3/4 sister to Pivotal.
Lot 137- a 1/2 to 3 winners overseas, including French G3 filly Hug And A Kiss, this colt (bred on a similar cross to One World) is out of a Giant’s Causeway daughter of US G1 winner Marylebone
Lot 143- this colt is out of a Silvano sired triple stakes winning 1/2 sister to 3 black type horses sired by Captain Al granddam won the G3 Tibouchina Stakes
Lot 153- a three-parts sister to Fillies Nursery runner up Mirage, this filly is out of a 3/4 sister to Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo
Lot 157- closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this filly is out of a G3 winning daughter of Galileo
Lot 168-a 1/2 to the useful Mr Cobbs, and closely inbred to Lassie Dear, this colt is a full-brother to promising 2yo Safe Return, he is out of a winning half-sister to G2 winner Splash Gold and a stakes winning daughter of Captain Al, as well as the Captain Al sired dam of G3 winner Flash Drive.
WYLIE HALL
Dual G1 winning son of multiple Australian champion sire Redoute’s Choice and sire of the likes of Twilight Moon, De La Cruz, Wylie Wench and Bollinger
Lot 102- this colt is out of a winning own sister to Tankard winner Winter’s Night, granddam is Equus Champion Night Diva
