The National 2YO Sale, to be held at Germiston today and tomorrow, is a sale well and truly established as a value for money auction, which has its share of Gr1 winners and champions.
Take J J The Jet Plane, who cost a modest R70 000 at the 2006 National 2YO Sale, and went on to prove himself a world class sprinter.
Twice Equus Champion Sprinter (2008 and 2010), J J The Jet Plane won major feature races in four different countries – Dubai, Britain, Hong Kong and South Africa. A truly exceptional sprinter, his 15 victories included the 2010 G1 Hong Kong Sprint, where he accounted for the world class sprinters Rocket Man and Sacred Kingdom.
The Apache, now standing as a stallion at the Rosedene Stud, was another well-bought top class athlete. The son of Mogok, bred by the Scott Bros, went for R80 000 at the 2009 National 2YO Sale, going on to prove himself a local champion and top class international performer.
South Africa’s Equus Champion 3YO Colt in 2011, The Apache won six times in his country of birth with his biggest wins including the G1 Champions Cup and G1 Daily News 2000. Exported to Dubai, he made his mark by winning the G2 Al Rashidiya and finishing second in both the G1 Jebel Hatta and G1 Dubai Duty Free. The Apache was then sent to North America where he was first past the post in one of the world’s biggest turf races, the G1 Arlington Million of 2013, only to be demoted to second for interfering with the runner-up.
Another great buy was River Jetez, who cost R230 000 at the 2005 National 2YO Sale. The tough as teak mare, a full sister to legendary champion Pocket Power, earned over R3.5 million in South Africa, where her 12 wins included the G1 J&B Met. Sent overseas, River Jetez landed the G2 Balanchine Stakes in Dubai and placed in three major international G1 features.
Not all the champions sold at the sale are cheapies, however. In 2010, a magnificent colt by Dynasty was sold for a record breaking R1 million. Subsequently named Jackson, the colt went on to win three Grade 1 races – Investec Cape Derby, Daily News 2000 and Champions Cup –and earned connections more than R2.3 million in stakes.
Jackson is currently a very popular stallion at Highlands, and has his first foal on the ground this month.
Other major G1 winners sold at the National 2YO Sale in years gone by include the outstanding international performers Cerise Cherry, Dane Julia, Irridescence, and Lizarre.
The sale has also produced numerous local G1 winners including last season’s outstanding juvenile Arabian Beat.
Bred by the Ascot Stud, Arabian Beat, who cost just R70 000 at the 2014 2YO Sale, won three of five outings, including the G1 SA Nursery, and looks an exciting prospect for the season ahead.
All South Africa’s elite stallions have juveniles on offer at the 2YO Sale.
Captain Al has three, Dynasty eight, Kahal six, Silvano four, Trippi three, and Var five.
Intriguingly, there is also one lot by European Champion Sprinter and five time Group One winner Dream Ahead, who rated 133 with Timeform. This colt (lot 327, in the supplementary catalogue) is from his sire’s first crop, and out of a Rock Of Gibraltar half sister to an Australian G2 winner.
Some Sale Highlights:
Lot 3 – Horse Chestnut filly out of an own sister to high class Hong Kong sprinter Cerise Cherry
Lot 7 – Dynasty daughter of Gr3 Final Fling Stakes winner Bit On The Side
Lot 11 – half sister by new sire Gimmethegreenlight to Gr3 East Cape Derby hero True Master
Lot 19 – Var half brother to recent Gr3 Cape Nursery winner Captain Chaos
Lot 26 – Dynasty colt from the family of successful local sire Count Dubois, also the family of international champions and sires Kris and Diesis
Lot 30 – Dynasty filly out of a half sister to champion sprinter Hinterland
Lot 47 – Philanthropist filly out of a half sister to Gr1 winning 2yo Fallon
Lot 48 – Gimmethegreenlight half brother to a pair of black type performers including Nursery runner up Jack Hobbs
Lot 53 – Dynasty own brother to high class feature race winner Taipan
Lot 55 – colt by promising first crop sire Warm White Night out of a daughter of Gr1 winner Roxanne. This colt is closely inbred to champion sire Western Winter, sire of both Warm White Night and Roxanne.
Lot 56 – colt by leading sire Silvano, from the family of the topclass race filly Wainui
Lot 58 – half sister, by Gr1 producing Sail From Seattle, to eight times stakes winner Refined in Fire
Lot 59 – Noordhoek Flyer half sister to 4 stakes horses, including Gr3 Nursery heroine Empress Crown
Lot 63 – Main Aim colt from the same family as Triple Crown winner Louis The King
Lot 74 – Querari half brother to six time stakes winner Sabadell
Lot 81 – Pathfork filly out of a daughter of Harry’s Charm, from thet champion producing family of Enchanting
Lot 84 – Black Minnaloushe daughter of top class speedster Happy Harriet
Lot 96 – Ideal World colt out of a French stakes winning mare
Lot 104 – Silvano filly whose dam is a stakes placed half sister to Gr2 Dingaans winner Silver Flyer (also by Silvano)
Lot 107 – Var filly out of an own sister to champion 2yo Ice Cube
Lot 112 – Philanthropist colt out of a full sister to Durban July runner-up Superwood
Trippi colt x La Graciosa – lot 125
Lot 125 – colt with a stallion pedigree: by Trippi, from the family of German champion Lomitas, the sire of Silvano
Lot 126 – half-brother, by popular freshman sire Gimmethegreenlight, to feature winner Lady Asrai, who is half sister to international Gr1 winners Irridescence and Perfect Promise
Lot 127 – colt by champion 2yo Pathfork out of high class stakes winner Lady Elle
Lot 133 – Captain Al filly, closely related to Guineas winning champion Captain’s Lover
Lot 143 – Dynasty colt from the wonderful Party Time family
Lot 154 – Silvano colt closely related to the Nijinsky male line champions Ali-Royal and Sleepytime
Lot 158 – colt by leading first crop sire Visionaire out of the feature race winning mare Miss Entrepeneur
Lot 164 – Judpot colt out of a half sister to Gr1 winner Forest Path
Lot 167 – Var filly out of a half sister to Dubai’s Horse of the Year Victory Moon, from a fabulous family
Lot 168 – Gimmethegreenlight filly whose dam is a daughter of champion Enchantress
Lot 174 – Silvano three parts brother to recent Durban July winner Power King
Lot 180 – Horse Chestnut filly out of a half sister to Durban July winner Dunford
Lot 185 – Dynasty filly out of a half sister to multiple Gr1 winner North By Northwest
Lot 194 – Judpot colt out of the stakes winning Model Man mare Prototype
Lot 197 – Dynasty colt out of a stakes placed Jallad mare, from the family of Mister Cricket
Lot 205 – Philanthropist filly out of a half sister to Gr1 winner On Her Toes
Lot 209 – Captain Al half brother to Gr1 SA Derby winner Royal Bencher
Lot 218 – Trippi filly out of Al Mufti’s stakes winning daughter Secret Pleasure
Lot 220 – Elusive Fort colt out of a Silvano half sister to top sprinters August Rush and Miss October
Lot 241 – Var half brother to top class performers MLjet, Felix The Cat and promising colt Never Settle
Lot 242 – Visionaire colt out of Gr3 winner Success Counts
Lot 254 – Pathfork colt from the family of this season’s Cape Guineas winner Act Of War and current high class 2yo The Stone Thrower
Lot 287 – Philanthropist half brother to Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg winner Hawker Hunter
Lot 294 – Silvano colt out of a half sister to Gr1 Champions Cup winner James Jaguar
Lot 302 – Trippi filly out of a half sister to Gr1 winner Fair Maiden
South Africa’s exciting young sires are represented by their first offspring at the 2015 2YO Sale.
They include Bold Silvano, Curved Ball, Dynastic Rule, Gimmethegreenlight, Gitano Hernando, Main Aim, Pathfork , and Philanthropist.
Gr1 Durban July winner Bold Silvano, a son of Silvano, has 12 lots on offer. His draft includes a colt from the family of this season’s multiple feature race winner Cat And The Moon (lot 51), a colt from the family of 2015 Gr1 SA Nursery winner Arabian Beat (lot 123), a filly whose third dam is legendary racemare and broodmare Dahlia (lot 173), and a filly out of Sportsworld’s stakes winning daughter Recondite, from the Soho Secret family (lot 200). Added to this can be lot 280, a colt whose second dam is Gr1 winning 2yo Silver Arc, and lot 293, a filly out of the stakes placed Yvelines, a sister in blood to the talented Buran and his Gr1 sister Ice Belle.
Former Gr2 Dingaans winner Curved Ball is the only son of leading Australian sire Fastnet Rock at stud in South Africa. Fastnet Rock, crowned Australia’s Champion Sire for a second time in 2014-2015, is the sire of 2015 Investec Oaks winner Qualify and Gr1 winner Diamondsandrubies. Curved Ball has nine lots on offer including, a colt out of a half sister to Gr1 winning sprinter Contador (lot 8), a colt out of a half sister to Durban July winner Hunting Tower (lot 31), a filly out of a half sister to the classy feature race winning Aluvial (lot 89) and a colt from the family of champion Evening Mist (lot 166).
Dynastic Rule, the first son of the Dynasty to have runners on the track, was lightly raced but won well over 1700m. A son of the top class race mare Cholula, herself an own sister to G1 Classic winner Topa Inca, Dynastic Rule is from the family of Gr1 winner Urabamba and the successful broodmare Envious.
Dynastic Rule has two on offer, a colt out of a half sister to feature race winner Spitzbergen (lot 75), and a colt from the family of champion sprinter Sheikh Albadou (lot 183).
l’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Gimmethegreenlight has already made a splash in the sales ring, with his first yearlings fetching up to R1.7 million. A son of one of the world’s most successful sires (More Than Ready), Gimmethegreenlight shares his broodmare sire Canny Lad with Australian Champion sire sire Redoute’s Choice. He has a strong draft of 10 on sale, which includes a half sister to Gr3 East Cape Derby winner True Master (lot 11), a half brother to 2 stakes horses from the family of Caughtintheslips (lot 48), a half brother to stakes winner Lady Asrai (lot 126), a filly whose second dam is champion Enchantress (lot 168), and a filly out of a Fort Wood half sister to Oaks winner Sabina Park (lot 184).
Gitano Hernando ranks as one of the best performed racers to have retired to stud in South Africa. The son of Hernando earned more than $2 million on the track, with his wins including he Gr1 Goodwood Stakes and Gr1 Singapore Airlines International Cup. From the same male line as Silvano, Gitano Hernando has five first crop 2yos on sale. They include a colt out of a half sister to Horse Of The Year Celtic Grove (lot 98), a half brother to useful filly Jolly Poppins (lot 109), and a filly whose dam is a half sister to Gr1 winning millionaire National Spirit (lot 336).
The well performed Main Aim was a top class racehorse, who won the Gr3 John Of Gaunt Stakes twice and finished second in the Gr1 July Cup. Main Aim is a son of champion sprinter and world leading sire Oasis Dream, sire of the top sprinters Goldream and Muhaarar in 2015. Main Aim has nine on offer, including a filly from the family of Triple Crown winner Louis The King (lot 63), a filly from the family of Gr1 Summer Cup hero Ingleside (lot 97), a colt out of a half sister to G1 winner World Over (lot 129), and a filly whose second dam is Gr1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship winner Girl On A Swing (lot 150).
Irish Champion 2yo Pathfork has been a revelation in the sales ring, with his first crop of yearlings being in keen demand. A Gr1 winning son of champion sire Distorted Humor, Pathfork hails from the same family as champion sires Northern Guest and Redoute’s Choice, and other greats like Aldebaran, Close Hatches, El Gran Senor, Rags To Riches and Spinning World. He has six on sale, including a granddaughter of champion Harry’s Charm (lot 81), a son of stakes winning Elliodor mare Lady Elle (lot 127), and a colt out of a half sister to Gr1 Grand Cape Guineas winner Act Of War (lot 254).
Philanthropist, a son of Kris S. (by Roberto), was North America’s Leading Sire on synthetics, and his champions include Pender Harbour and Phil’s Dream. Philanthropist, who is from the same male line as Al Mufti and his champion-sire son Captain Al, has five lots on offer. They include a filly whose dam is an own sister to Gr1 SA Nursery winner Fallon (lot 47), a colt out of an own sister to July runner up Superwood (lot 112), a filly out of a half sister to Gr1 winner On Her Toes (lot 205) and a half brother to the talented Hawker Hunter, whose wins included the Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes (287).
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