The 2024 Cape Racing Premier Yearling Sale, to be sponsored for the second year by the Tattersalls Group, Europe’s leading bloodstock auctioneers, is scheduled for Thursday 25 January 2024, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).
Cape Racing will be staging the sale two days before the 2024 WSB Cape Town MET, set for a sparkling renewal following the momentum of their enterprising and innovative initiatives of 2023.
Cape Racing is confident that last year’s aggregate of R44,825 million can be surpassed in 2024.
A notable statistic from the 2023 Premier Sale is that 10% of the lots that passed through the ring were sold for R1 million or more, including the spectacular sales topper Valley of The Kings (Lot 107).
The Maine Chance-bred colt by Gimmethegreenlight was knocked down for R3,8-million to the Hong Kong Jockey Club, who will be returning in search of a thoroughbred of similar quality this week.
Have you seen the Cape Premier Yearling Sale Buyers’ Guide? Find it here.
Besides the support of all of our top breeders, there are plenty of good reasons to buy a yearling.
Cape Racing’s Bonus Structure and Pinhooking Programme, means bonuses of R100,000 will be paid for the first juvenile win of any race, including open maiden races won by juveniles. This represents a return of R4 million in cash bonuses to valued sales clients over 40 races.
The inaugural Cape Racing Slipper, featuring graduates from the 2023 sale, is the second race (12h30) and being contested on the WSB Cape Town MET Day for R1,25 million. The stake has been upped to R1,5 million for the 2025 ‘Slipper’, for which this week’s graduates will qualify.
Enjoy our lot-by-lot snapshot in sire alpha order below:
CANFORD CLIFFS
The Irish 2000 Guineas winner is responsible for more than 20 stakes winners with the star miler’s top local runners including the likes of Fish River, Cliff Hanger, Cliff Top, Rock The Fox, Secret Identity and Meridius
Canford Cliffs
Lot 21 – this colt, whose dam is a half-sister to Gr1 SA Nursery third Mystical Twilight and the stakes placed Tender Twilight, is out of a daughter of Gr1 Empress Club Stakes winner Fading Light
Lot 67 – out of a half-sister to four black type horses, this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners notably Gr3 Champagne Stakes winner Nastergal
CAPTAIN OF ALL
Champion Sprinter and Leading First Season Sire of his year, his progeny are headed by now retired dual Gr1 winner Linebacker
Captain Of All
Lot 14 – closely inbred to Al Mufti, this filly is out of a Gr3 winning Fort Wood three-parts sister to former Horse Of The Year and outstanding sire Dynasty
Lot 25 – this filly is out of a six time winning half-sister to Nkosazana Stakes winner Raise The Bar, dam of Gr3 Vasco Prix du Cap winner Rose In Bloom, Listed WSB Bet With The Best Olympic Duel Stakes/Listed WSB Ladies Mile winner Going Up and Gr3 Hollywoodbets Victress Stakes runner up Do Angels Cry (the latter shares her sire Captain Al with Captain Of All)
Lot 53 – a 3/4 brother to a four-time winner and half-brother to the useful Preemptive Strike, this colt is out of Gr3 Acacia Handicap/Gr3 Jacaranda Handicap winner Orator’s Daughter
Lot 92 – this colt is out of Listed Aquanaut Handicap winner Tambalang
Lot 126 – from the same female as successful local sire The United States, 1000 Guineas winner Hermosa and champion sire Last Tycoon, this half-sister to a winner is out of a Smart Strike half-sister to Gr3 Darley Stakes winner Steele Tango
Lot 133 – a half-brother to the smart Brenden James is out of a four-time winning Silvano half-sister to Gr1 winning champion Just Sensual, the family of Gr3 Sycamore Sprint winner Myfunnyvalentine -sired, like Captain Of All, by Captain Al
DANON PLATINA
Deep Impact’s champion son has made a pleasing start with his first crop headed by the likes of White Pearl, Japanese Rose, Betula and Oriental Bouquet
Danon Platina
Lot 100 – a 1/2 to Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery third Strike A Match and the useful Tinder Dry, this filly is out of a winning 3/4 sister to Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery third Felicity Flyer
Lot 118 – from the family of last season’s Gr1 winning 2yo Lucky Lad, and out of a mare closely related to both high-class sprinter Bereave and Gr2 Gold Circle Derby winner Silvano’s Jet, this colt is a half-brother to 2023 Gr1 Douglas Whyte Thekwini Stakes winner Bavarian Beauty
ELUSIVE FORT
Equus Champion has made his mark as the sire of July/Met winner Kommetdieding and fellow Gr1 winners Siren’s Call, Lauderdale and Out Of Your League
Elusive Fort
Lot 22 – a full-sister to the useful Treasure Hunt and half-sister to Gr3 Godolphin Barb Stakes second Golden Tatjana, this filly is out of a four-time winning daughter of Silvano and Gr3 winner Golden Shina
Lot 86 – this colt is out of a twice winning Silvano own-sister to the stakes placed Silva’s Bullet and half-sister to Gr2 Betting World 1900 winner Solid Speed-sired by a son of Fort Wood -the sire of Elusive Fort
ERIK THE RED
A son of multiple champion sire Captain Al, and bred on similar lines to the Captain Al sired Triple Crown winner Malmoos, he won six of ten starts including the Gr2 Cape Thoroughbred Sales Cape Merchants, beating champion Rio Querari, as a three-year-old
Lot 10 – a 1/2 to 2 multiple winners, this colt is out of a three-time winning daughter of Fort Wood (also broodmare sire of Erik The Red’s close relative Malmoos) from the family of the Fort Wood sired champion and successful sire Elusive Fort
Lot 38 – a direct descendant of Soho Secret (who is also the third dam of Erik The Red himself), this colt is out of a twice-winning Oratorio half-sister to speedy Listed East Cape Breeders Stakes runner up Scandal
Lot 60 – out of a twice winning daughter of Elusive Fort (whose sire Fort Wood is damsire of numerous high-class horses sired by Captain Al), this colt, whose granddam is a winning Jet Master half-sister to Gr2 winning millionaire Blake, hails from the family of multiple champion Laisserfaire, outstanding sire Centaine, and Melbourne Cup winner Rainbird
Lot 82 – a 3/4 brother to 2023 Ready To Run Sales topper One Stripe, this colt is out of a Listed Spook Express Handicap winning own sister to Gr3 Winter Derby winner Gifted For Glory
Lot 131 – this colt is out of a winning Silvano half-sister to Gr1 Golden Horse Casino Sprint winner Contador
ERUPT
Dubawi’s dual Gr1 winning son has come up with a number of speedy sorts including Gr3 Protea Stakes winner Karangetang, Gardenia Stakes third Flowerbomb, and Gr3 Godolphin Barb Stakes runner up Golden Tatjana, and is also sire of this season’s World Sports Betting Grand Heritage winner Unzen
Erupt
Lot 51 – this colt, whose granddam is a three-time winning own-sister to triple Gr3 winner Jet Supreme, is out of the Silvano sired Listed Jamaica Handicap winner Omaticaya
Lot 66 – from the family of champion Travel North among others, this 1/2 brother to 2 winners is out of Listed Queen Of The Sand Handicap winner Rivulet
Lot 119 – this colt, whose first 3 dams are all stakes winners, is out of Listed Syringa Handicap winning daughter of High Chaparral, while his granddam is a dual Gr1 winning daughter of Danehill
FIRE AWAY
War Front’s Gr3 Dixie Stakes winning son made an outstanding start with his first crop headed by the graded stakes winners My Golly Molly and Egyptian Mau as well as multiple stakes winner Luna Halo
Lot 55 – bred on the same cross as Gr3 winner My Golly Molly, this colt is out of a twice winning own-sister to the stakes placed dam of Jacaranda Handicap winner Bureau Des Legende and half-sister to champion stayer Future Pearl
Lot 68 – out of a twice winning daughter of High Chaparral, this colt’s granddam is a Giant’s Causeway half-sister to Hong Kong Classic Mile winning sire Sweet Orange and Gr3 Round Tower Stakes winner Intelligence Cross -both of whom, like Fire Away, were sired by War Front
FUTURA
Horse Of The Year and four time Gr1 winner has sired a slew of high-class performers headed by champion Future Pearl and fellow graded stakes winners Nourbese, Pink Tourmaline, Warrior, Rockpool and Vihaan’s Pie, as well as Gr3 Glorious Goodwood Chairman’s Cup/Listed Jonsson Workwear Algoa Cup winner Future Swing
Futura
Lot 8 – this colt is out of a dual stakes winning Silvano half-sister to globetrotting champion and successful sire Jay Peg and to fellow graded stakes winners Barrack Street and Cyber Case, the family of the Futura sired Oaks Trial winner Light Of The Moon
Lot 45 – this filly, whose Gr3 Jubilee Handicap winning granddam is a Singspiel half-sister to outstanding racehorse and sire Candy Ride, is out of a stakes winning Captain Al half-sister to millionaire Grazinginthegrass and Mauritian star Baritone
Lot 72 – this colt is out of a Captain Al full-sister to Guineas winner Secret Captain and 3/4 sister to the Captain Al sired Gr1 winners All Is Secret, Snowdance (dam of this season’s Gr1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas winner Snow Pilot) and The Secret Is Out
GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT
South Africa’s reigning champion sire has already sired a plethora of Gr1 winners including Got The Greenlight, Surcharge, Sandringham Summit, Bless My Stars, Lucky Lad, She’s A Keeper and Gunner
Gimmethegreenlight
Lot 9 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winners Gunner and Sandringham Summit, this full-sister to debut winner Lovegrass (a three-parts sister to the Gimmethegreenlight sired Gr3 Politician Stakes winner Universal), whose dam is a half-sister to Gr1 winning champion Vardy, is out of a Listed East Cape Oaks winning three-parts sister to Equus Champion and French Gr3 winner Captain’s Lover
Lot 12 – a full-sister to Listed Secretariat Stakes winner Paisley Park, this filly is out of a five-time winning half-sister to Gr3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup winner Apple-A-Day
Lot 17 – from the family of former Horse Of The Year and successful sire Legislate, this colt is out of Equus Champion and Gr1 Thekwini Stakes winner Gabor
Lot 39 – this filly is out of Listed Devon Air Stakes winner Maleficent, with the latter a full-sister to Gr1 SA Derby runner up Rocketball
Lot 65 – from the family of champions Ribofilio and Up The Creek, this colt is out of dual Gr1 winner, and former Equus Champion, Return Flight
Lot 75 – this colt is out a Gr3 Starling Stakes winning half-sister to this season’s Listed Hollywoodbets Settlers Trophy runner up Triple Time
Lot 80 – bred on the same cross as high-class graded stakes winners Barahin and Cosmic Highway, this colt is out of the Silvano sired Gr1 Woolavington 2000 winner, and equine millionaire, Silvano’s Pride
Lot 96 – another bred on the same cross as Gr1 winners Gunner and Sandringham Summit, this half-sister to the very smart Blaze Of Silk is out of a dual Gr3 winning Captain Al half-sister to Equus Champion, Gr1 Jebel Hatta winner and outstanding sire Vercingetorix, dam is also a full-sister to Gr2 Umkhomazi Stakes third placegetter Never Forever
Lot 104 – bred on the same cross as such graded stakes winners as Green Plains, La Bella Mia, and Universal, this half-brother to 2 winners is out of a Jet Master Gr3 winning half-sister to Gr2 winners Fort Vogue and Prince Of Kahal, as well as to the dam of Equus Champion, and Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship winner, Mrs Geriatrix
Lot 110 – another bred on the same cross as Gr1 winners Gunner and Sandringham Summit, and from the same family as the Gimmethegreenlight sired Fillies Guineas winner Gimme Six, this half-sister to Listed Lady’s Bracelet winner Sovereign Secret is out of a champion, and triple Gr1 winning full-sister to Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship winner The Secret Is Out and 3/4 sister to dual Gr1 winner Snowdance, the dam of this season’s high-class 3yo Snow Pilot, dam also closely related to the Captain Al sired Guineas winner Secret Captain
Lot 112 – very closely related to the Gimmethegreenlight sired graded stakes winners Cosmic Highway and Green Plains, this colt is a half-brother to four winners including Gr2 Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Slipper winner Desert Rhythm, his dam is a winning Al Mufti half-sister to Met runner up, and sire, Lion Tamer
Lot 117 – bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Second Base, Green Pepper, Hack Green and Eye Of The Prophet, this colt is out of a winning own sister to Gr1 SA Fillies Classic winner Athina and 3/4 sister to exported Gr1 SA Guineas winner Heir Apparent and the Gr3 winning dam of Gr1 Majorca Stakes winner Nightingale
Lot 134 – a 3/4 brother to the Gimmethegreenlight sired Gr2 winner Green Plains, this half-brother to Gr2 winner Cosmic Light is a full-brother to Gr2 Khaya Stables Diadem Stakes winner Cosmic Highway
Lot 136 – bred on the same cross as such graded stakes winners as Green Plains and La Bella Mia, this full-brother to Gr3 Politician Stakes winner and Gr1 Cape Derby runner up Universal is a half-brother to Gr1 winning champion Vardy and Listed East Cape Oaks winner Eros’s Girl
GOLD STANDARD
The Gr2 Selangor Cup winning son of outstanding sire Trippi made his mark with his small first crop headed by Gr3 Hollywoodbets Diana Stakes winner Golden Hostess, Gr3 Summer Fling Stakes winner Hold My Hand and Listed Jamaica Handicap/Listed Lady’s Bracelet winner Gold Poker Game
Lot 19 – this colt is a three-parts brother to the Gold Standard sired Gr3 winner Golden Hostess, with his dam also a half-sister to Gr2 Diadem Stakes winning millionaire Lanner Falcon, who, like Gold Standard was sired by Trippi
HAWWAAM
Champion, and five-time Gr1 winner, he is a Silvano half-brother to Horse Of The Year Rainbow Bridge and dual Gr1 winner Golden Ducat
Hawwaam
Lot 2 – a 3/4 brother to a winner, this colt, out of a winning daughter of US champion sire Thunder Gulch, is a half-brother to useful performers Barneys Pride and King Of The Delta
Lot 4 – from the female line of multiple champion sire Foveros, this filly is out of a twice winning half-sister to Gr3 Lebelo Sprint winner Taikonaut and Perfect Promise Sprint winner Mercury Rising
Lot 13 – out of a winning daughter of Captain Al, this filly is from the same female line as Irish Oaks winning filly Lailani, former South African sire Gay Fandango as well as top-class US filly Gold Mover
Lot 24 – a 1/2 to a winner, this filly is out of a Fort Wood three-parts sister to Horse Of The Year and successful sire Futura, family of Gr3 winner Major Attraction -whose sire, like Hawwaam, was sired by Silvano, family of Silvano sired stars Aslan and Equina
Lot 27 – a 1/2 brother to four winners notably this season’s Gr3 Cape Mile winner Montien, this colt’s dam is a winning daughter of Fort Wood and Listed Kwazulu-Natal Stakes runner up Hancock News
Lot 47 – a 1/2 to the useful Mister Monocle, this colt, closely inbred to Jet Master, is out of a stakes placed daughter of Captain Al and Jet Master’s Gr1 Garden Province Stakes winning daughter Soft Landing
Lot 59 – a 1/2 to five winners notably Gr3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap winner Wrecking Ball, this colt is out of speedy Listed Gardenia Handicap queen Picadilly Miss
Lot 63 – out of a Gr2 winning daughter of Captain Al, this three-parts brother to the stakes placed Platinum Sky is a half-brother to South Africa’s reigning Horse Of The Year Princess Calla
Lot 122 – from the family of SA Oaks winner Wind Chill (sired, like Hawwaam, by Silvano), this colt is out of a four-time winning 1/2 sister to 3 stakes horses notably Listed Gardenia Hcp winner Rosinante
HEAVENLY BLUE
The Gr1 SA Classic winning son of four times Australian champion sire Snitzel made his mark with his small first crop headed by classy filly Three Rocks, and the smart Zinovi
Lot 49 – from the family of the Gr1 winning dam of Australian Gr3 winner Crown Witness, this colt, closely inbred to Nureyev and Seattle Slew, is out of a twice winning 1/2 to Gr1 SA Derby third Noble Secret
IDEAL WORLD
The close relative of outstanding sire Dansili has made his mark as the sire of champions Rainbow Bridge, Smart Call and Hermoso Mundo
Ideal World
Lot 30 – this filly is out of Gr2 Tibouchina Stakes/Gr2 Ipi Tombe Challenge runner up In The Dance, a three-parts sister to Gr3 Sea Cottage Stakes winner Green Laser
Lot 79 – this colt is out of a twice winning 3/4 sister to Gr3 Campanajo 2200 winner and Gr1 Cape Town Met third Sovereign Secret and 1/2 sister to Gr1 winners Warrior’s Rest and Viva Maria
LEGISLATE
Former Horse Of The Year has a tremendous strike rate with his small two first crops yielding graded stakes winners Airways Law, Hoedspruit, Runaway Song, So Flawless and Zimbaba
Lot 28 – a half-brother to the smart Innamorare, this colt is out of the Silvano sired Listed Oaks Trial winner Inaninstant
Lot 95 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, this filly, bred on the same cross as the Legislate sired stakes winners Bureau Des Legende, Speed Machine and Swazi Queen, this filly is out of a dual winning own-sister to Gr2 Peninsula Handicap winner Polar Bound and half-sister to champion Long Dollar
MASTER OF MY FATE
Jet Master’s dual Gr2 winning son is the sire of more than 20 stakes winners headed by the Gr1 winners Sentbydestiny, Tempting Fate and Zarina
Master Of My Fate
Lot 23 – this filly is out of a half-sister to three graded stakes winners notably Gypsy’s Warning, a Gr1 winner in both South Africa and the USA
Lot 61 – this filly is out of a winning What A Winter half-sister to Gr1 Computaform Sprint winning sire Master Archie and to the stakes placed Purple Cloud
Lot 74 – out of the stakes placed Shedrivesmecrazy, this colt is an own-brother to Gr1 WSB Cape Fillies Guineas/G1r Cartier Paddock Stakes/G1 Woolavington 2000 second Driving Miss Daisy and to 8 time winner Lucky Dancer, he is also a half-brother to recent two-year-old winner You Bring Me Joy
Lot 78 – out of a winning 1/2 to the stakes placed Sylvianna, this colt’s granddam is a half-sister to triple South Africa Horse Of The Year Pocket Power and globetrotting Met winner River Jetez, both of whom, like Master Of My Fate sired by Jet Master
ONE WORLD
The champion, and Gr1 Sun Met winning, son of outstanding sire Captain Al has made a pleasing start to his stud career with his early runners including the impressive winners Address The Nation, Fine One, Lion Rampart and Sahara Cat
Lot 5 – this colt, closely inbred to Storm Cat, is out of an Oasis Dream 1/2 to KwaZulu-Natal Stakes winner Miss Frankel, granddam is triple Gr1 winner and champion Val De Ra
Lot 11 – a 3/4 sister to one winner and half-sister to another, this filly is out of a Gr3 placed daughter of Distorted Humor (damsire of such stars as Arrogate, Golden Sixty and Life Is Good), and her granddam is a winning Sadler’s Wells own-sister to dual Gr1 winner Ebadiyla and three-parts sister to the dam of champion Taghrooda
Lot 35 – out of a winning Querari 1/2 to Gr2 Umkhomazi Stakes winner Buran and Gr1 Thekwini Stakes second Ice Belle, this filly’s granddam is Majorca Stakes winner Trojan Belle
Lot 69 – this filly is out of a smart three time winning own-sister to Ready To Run Stakes winner Safe Harbour, who was runner up in all of the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas, Gr1 Maine Chance Farms Paddock Stakes, and Gr1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic
Lot 70 – a half-brother to Cape Racing Farm Sale Stakes winner Lines Crossed, this colt is out of a three time winning daughter of Var and Gr2 Sceptre Stakes winner Badger’s Cove
Lot 77 – this filly’s granddam is a multiple stake winning Silvano half-sister to Gr3 Umkhomazi Stakes winner Captain In Command and Ladies Mile winner Canadian Sunset -both of whom, like One World, were sired by Captain Al
Lot 120 – a 1/2 to 3 smart winners notably Listed Christmas Handicap queen Bella Siccome, this colt is out of a Dynasty sired Milkwood Stakes winning half-sister to Listed The Betting World Somerset 1200 winner Cool Zone -sired, like One World, by Captain Al, the family of Gr1 winning champion Canadian Summer
ORATORIO
Danehill’s triple Gr1 winner came up with a slew of high-class horses notably Hong Kong Horse Of The Year Military Attack, South African champion Canadian Summer, and fellow Gr1 winners Banchee, Beethoven, Biz The Nurse, Van Halen, Mourinho, Manawanui, and Temida
Lot 128 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is very closely related to both the Oratorio sired Gr1 winning champion Canadian Summer and to the Oratorio sired Gr2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas runner up Rio’s Winter
PATHFORK
The Gr1 National Stakes winner has had a wonderful season again this year with his flagbearers headed by G1 Betway Summer Cup winner Royal Victory, Gr2 Betway Joburg Spring Challenge/G3 Betway Graham Beck Stakes/Gr3 Betway Got The Greenlight Stakes hero Main Defender and Listed East Cape Paddock Stakes winner And We Danced
Lot 62 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt is out of a dual winning Captain Al half-sister to the dam of Listed Off To Stud Stakes winner Emerald Princess
QUERARI
Twice Leading Sire of 2YOs, the son of Oasis Dream is having another good season in 2023-2024 with his flagbearers including Gr3 Cape Classic winner Questioning, Gr2 WSB Green Point Stakes runner up At My Command and stakes winners Baltic Secret, Formagear, Quantum Theory and Zoomie
Querari
Lot 3 – out of a four-time winning 3/4 sister to Gr2 Premier Trophy winner Chesalon, this filly’s dam is also a half-sister to dual Gr2 winner Mardi Gras and to the stakes winning dam of Gr1 winner and sire Master Archie
Lot 6 – from the same female line as champion and red-hot sire Too Darn Hot as well as champion sire and French Derby winner Darshaan, this filly is out of the Dynasty sired Gr3 eLan Gold Cup/DStv Gold Vase winner Dynasty’s Blossom, the filly’s granddam is a Gr3 winning daughter of outstanding sire and broodmare sire Danehill Dancer
Lot 41 – a 1/2 to the useful Trip To Maputo, this colt is out of a winning Var half-sister to the stakes winners Lesedi La Rona and Swazi Queen as well as the Gr3 placed dam of current smart three-year-old Summer Lily
Lot 81 – bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Bavarian Beauty, Cosmic Light, Homely Girl and Wonderwall, this colt is out of a six-time winning daughter of Silvano and his granddam is a 1/2 to Gr1 Coronation Stakes winner Golden Opinion
Lot 94 – a 1/2 to 3 winners including the high-class Captain Of Stealth and impressive debut winner Sabre Strike, this colt is out of a Jet Master half-sister to Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint runner up African Ruler
Lot 99 – this filly is out of a daughter of Twice Over and triple graded stakes winner Joshua’s Princess
Lot 105 – bred on the same cross as graded stakes winners Head Honcho, Kampala Campari and Questioning, this colt, whose dam is bred on very similar lines to Winter Juvenile Stakes winner Kiss Again, is out of a winning Captain Al half-sister to multiple graded stakes winning millionaire Second Base
Lot 115 – out of a full-sister to graded stakes winners Nordic Breeze and Rushing Wind, this filly is a full-sister to Equus Champion and Gr1 4Racing Computaform Sprint winner Rio Querari
Lot 124 – a direct descendant of the great racemare and broodmare Fanfreluche, this half-brother to 2 smart winners, including Gr3 Caradoc Gold Cup third Captain Chaos, is out of a Galileo own sister to Gr3 winner Pretty Perfect
RAFEEF
South Africa’s Leading First Season Sire of 2020-2021, his current flagbearers include the likes of Aragosta, Mrs Browning,Shantastic, William Robertson, Thunderstruck, Troppo Veloce and Juliet Tango
Rafeef
Lot 20 – a direct descendant of Soho Secret, this filly is out of a winning own sister to the stakes placed London Secret and three-parts sister to Gr2 Umkhomazi Stakes winner Hack Green with her dam also being bred on similar lines to Gr2 World Pool With Gold Circle Debutante winner Cala Muretta
Lot 26 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, including high-class filly Ivy League, this colt is out of a High Chaparral half-sister to Gr3 Tasmanian Derby winner Mega Boss
Lot 31 – this colt is out of a Silvano half-sister to the Gr2 Sceptre Stakes winners Cold As Ice and Live Life as well as to the dam of speedy dual stakes winner Cliff Top
Lot 33 – from the same female line as star performers Intikhab, Polish Precedent and Zilzal, to name but three, this colt is out of the speedy Captain Al sired Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes winner Jo’s Bond
Lot 36 – a full-brother to Gr1 Computaform Sprint winning sire Master Archie, this colt, also a half-brother to the stakes placed Purple Cloud, is out of a stakes winning daughter of Var and full-sister to the Gr1 placed dam of Gr3 HSH Princess Charlene Starling Stakes winner She’s A Giver and this season’s Listed Hollywoodbets Settlers Trophy winner Triple Time
Lot 40 – closely inbred to Rafeef’s own sire Redoute’s Choice, this colt is out of a twice winning So You Think half-sister to two Australian stakes winners including Gr3 ATC Angst Stakes winner Mirra Vision, dam is bred on similar lines to dual Gr1 winner and sire Castelvecchio -whose sire, like So You Think, is a son of High Chaparral
Lot 43 – this colt is out of a full-sister to Equus Champion and four-time Gr1 winner Mother Russia -whose dual Gr1 winning, and champion, daughter Nother Russia ranks as the dam of this season’s top-class filly Gimme A Nother
Lot 56 – a full-sister to a winner, this filly is out of a Gr3 Jacaranda Handicap winning daughter of Gr1 Gold Cup winner, and champion, Colonial Girl
Lot 76 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winners Master Archie and Thunderstruck, this colt, whose dam is a stakes winning daughter of Var and the Jet Master sired Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner She’s On Fire, is a half-brother to the stakes placed Clifton Crusher and to Gr2 Prosport International Debutante runner up Keep The Lights On
Lot 85 – out of a Querari three-parts sister to the Querari sired Listed Betway Spring Spree Stakes winner Quantum Theory, this filly is out of a half-sister to 2 stakes winners notably the Gr3 Victress Stakes winning dam of Gr1 winning champion Bless My Stars and Gr3 Mother Russia Stakes winner Let’s Go Now
Lot 87 – this colt is out of a winning Captain Al half-sister to Listed Golden Loom Handicap winner Graduation Day and Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes third Galaxy Gal
Lot 89 – out of a full-sister to German Gr3 winner Silvaner, this colt, whose granddam is a three-parts sister to Gr1 Prix de Diane winning champion Stacelita, hails from the same family as 2023 Gr1 Prix du Moulin winner Saturne among many others
Lot 101 – this filly is a three-parts sister to exported Gr3 Protea Stakes winner Twilight Moon -whose sire, like Rafeef, was sired by Redoute’s Choice
Lot 102 – a full-brother to Gr1 Gold Medallion winner Thunderstruck, and half-brother to two other smart winners, this colt is out of the Var sired Gr2 Post Merchants winner Varikate
Lot 125 – closely inbred to Danzig, this filly, whose dam finished second in the Listed Highlands Stud Stormsvlei Mile, hails from the family of, among others, champion National Bay – whose sire National Assembly also ranks as the broodmare sire of Rafeef
Lot 135 – this colt is out of a Querari half-sister to Gr1 Champions Cup winner African Appeal as well as to the Swallow Stakes winning dam of exported Gr1 winner Brave Mary
ROYAL MO
Son of outstanding sire Uncle Mo made his mark with his small first crop headed by R5 000 000 plus earner Royal Aussie
Lot 15 – this colt, whose third dam is a three-parts sister to Irish St Leger/Prix Royal Oak winner and top-class sire Niniski, is out of a mare who won four and ran second in the Gr3 Acacia Handicap
Lot 88 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, this colt’s granddam was a high-class performer at two and this is the family of 2023 Gr1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes winner Khaadem among others
SOQRAT
Triple Gr1 winner, and former Equus Champion, he hails from the immediate family of multiple champion sire Linamix
Lot 44 – out of a Frankel half-sister to Gr3 Newcastle JC Tibbie Stakes runner up Notation, this colt’s granddam is Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship winner Chocolicious
Lot 123 – a 1/2 to 2 winners, including the useful Exceeder, this filly is out of a winning half-sister to three black type horses including Gr1 Vodacom Durban July/Gr1 SA Classic winner Hunting Tower and the dam of Gr3 winner Crimson King, the family of important stallions Fappiano and Quiet American
THE UNITED STATES
By the same sire as top stallions Frankel, Teofilo, New Approach and Nathaniel, he made his mark with his small first crop headed by Gr2 4Racing SA Nursery winner Sheela, his second crop unleashed the stakes winners Billy Bowlegs, Khaya’s Hope and Without Question
The United States
Lot 7 – a 1/2 to four winners, including Gr3 Cape Racing Cape Of Good Hope Nursery third Grinkov, this filly is out of a half-sister to Equus Champion, and four time Gr1 winner Mother Russia, the granddam of current sensation Gimme A Nother
Lot 50 – a 1/2 to the speedy Nippy Winter, this filly’s dam was runner up in an Italian Listed race and is from the family of Gr1 Gran Criterium winning filly Noble Pearl and 2000 Guineas winner Nebbiolo
Lot 57 – a 1/2 brother to the useful Ocean Warrior, this colt is out of a Silvano half-sister to Listed Ardmore Jamaica Handicap winner Principessa, the family of Italian champion Potemkin-sired, like colt on offer, by a son of Galileo
Lot 64 – bred on the same cross as speedy Gr2 winner Sheela, this colt is a half-brother to three winners including East Cape Horse Of The Year Phedra
Lot 73 – a half-sister to the useful San Simon, this filly is out of a stakes placed half-sister to this season’s Listed Betway Spring Spree Stakes runner up Sheldon
Lot 83 – a half-brother to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a Western Winter half-sister to Listed Ladies Mile runner up Moonlight ‘n Roses, granddam is a Gr1 winning daughter of Jet Master
Lot 98 – out of a three-parts sister to Gr3 Cape Racing Cape Of Good Hope Nursery third Grinkov, this filly is out of a half-sister to former Equus Champion Mother Russia -herself dam of dual Gr1 winning champion Nother Russia, the dam of rising star Gimme A Nother
TRIPPI
Former champion South African sire, and increasingly influential broodmare sire, his best includes champions Jet Dark and Winchester Mansion, and his current flagbearers include the likes of multiple Gr1 winner Charles Dickens and high-class three-year-old Hluhluwe
Trippi
Lot 37 – a three-parts sister to the Trippi sired Gr1 Hollywoodbets Durban July winner Winchester Mansion, this filly, whose dam is a Gr2 winning equine millionaire, is a full-sister to 2023 Gr1 H F Oppeheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes winner Trip Of Fortune and half-sister to Gr3 Diana Stakes third placegetter Marmalisa
Lot 111 – this filly is out of a twice winning own sister to Gr3 Umkhomazi Stakes winner Captain In Command and to Listed Ladies Mile winner Canadian Sunset
VERCINGETORIX
Equus Champion and one of South Africa’s top stallions, his progeny includes champions Cousin Casey, Mrs Geriatrix and Nebraas
Vercingetorix
Lot 16 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Vernichey and speedy filly Golden Sickle, this half-brother, who is closely inbred to National Assembly, to the smart winners Hugs Accepted and Scottadito is out of a three time winning daughter of Captain Al and is from the same female line as champions Jay Peg and Kochka, as well as the high-class National Assembly sired sprinter National Title
Lot 42 – bred on the same cross as champion Cousin Casey, this full-brother to Farm Sale race winner Masked Vigilante and seven-time winner Maximus is out of Gr1 Golden Slipper/Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship third Masked Lady
Lot 58 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Vernichey, this filly is out of a stakes placed own sister to the Gr2 winning dam of reigning South African Horse Of The Year Princess Calla
Lot 71 – out of a winning 1/2 to Champion Juvenile Cup winner Juan Pablo, this colt is a 1/2 brother to 3 winners including triple graded stakes winner Green Plains
Lot 84 – bred on the same cross as Spring Spree Stakes winner Vaseem, this three-parts brother to former Premier Sale topper I Want It All is out of a daughter of Giant’s Causeway and the Captain Al sired Equus Champion Captain’s Lover, a stakes winner in South Africa, France and USA
Lot 90 – this colt is out of Gr1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic winner Takingthepeace, herself a daughter of Gr1 Empress Club Stakes third Lisa Anne
Lot 93 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Alesian Chief, this filly is out of a winning daughter of Var and the Teofilo sired Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner Tamaanee -whose dam is a winning half-sister to multiple champion Australian sire I Am Invincible
Lot 106 – a full-brother to the useful performer The Grey King and 3/4 brother to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a winning daughter of multiple champion Australian sire Redoute’s Choice, and granddam is a half-sister to unbeaten Arc winning champion Zarkava, herself the dam of Gr1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and high-class sire Zarak
Lot 108 – a half-brother to five winners notably Listed Kings Cup winner Trip To Africa and the stakes placed Zambaq, this colt’s granddam is a Western Winter half-sister to Dubai champion and successful sire Victory Moon, the family of current high-class performers Future Pearl and Gimme A Prince as well as the promising debut winner The Real Prince
Lot 109 – another bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Vernichey and speedy filly Golden Sickle, this filly is out of a high-class full-sister to Gr1 winning champion Always In Charge and the remarkable 24 time winner Captain Lars, this filly’s Oaks d’Italia runner up granddam Polar Charge is a three-parts sister to outstanding sire and broodmare sire Pivotal
Lot 113 – from the family of the quick Vercingetorix sired stakes winner Golden Sickle, this colt is out of a Captain Al sired Perfect Promise Sprint winner, who is a three-parts sister to Gr1 winners All Is Secret, Snowdance (dam of 2023 Gr1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas winner Snow Pilot) and The Secret Is Out, as well as the dual stakes winning dam of the aforementioned Golden Sickle
Lot 114 – a direct descendant of the mighty Fanfreluche, this filly is out of a five-time winning daughter of dual champion Australian sire Fastnet Rock from the immediate family of the Fastnet Rock sired Gr1 New Zealand Derby winner Sherwood Forest, as well as such high-class racehorses and sires Flying Spur and Holy Roman Emperor – both of whom, like Fastnet Rock, were sired by Danehill
Lot 121 – a very close relative of the Vercingetorix sired Gr2 Khaya Stables Diadem Sprint winner Bereave, this filly, also bred on similar lines to the Silvano sired dam of Gr1 winner Bavarian Beauty and Silvano’s Gr2 winning Silvano’s Jet, is out of Gr1 Golden Slipper winner Bilateral
Lot 129 – this filly is out of a three-time winning half-sister to three black type winners notably charismatic Gr1 South African Classic winner Pierre Jourdan and Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes victor Champagne Haze
Lot 130 – a full-brother to Gr1 WSB Cape Fillies Guineas winner Chansonette, this colt is out of Listed Laisserfaire Stakes runner up Champery and his granddam is a half-sister to US Gr1 winner Eden’s Moon
WHAT A WINTER
Four-time Gr1 winner whose progeny include champions Isivunguvungu and Russet Air, and fellow Gr1 winners Clouds Unfold and Warrior’s Rest
What A Winter
Lot 1 – out of a winning Commands half-sister to Gr3 Strelitzia Stakes winner Royalsecuritybaby, this colt is a half-brother to Listed Lady’s Bracelet/Listed East Cape Paddock Stakes winner And We Danced
Lot 18 – closely inbred to Western Winter (as is What A Winter’s Gr3 winning son Snow Report), this half-sister to Listed Racehorse Owners Association Stakes runner up Famous And Rich (also by a Gone West line sire) and two other winners is out of a twice Listed Jamaica Handicap winning daughter of Jet Master
Lot 29 – out of a Gr3 placed daughter of emerging top broodmare sire Dynasty, this filly is a full-sister to Gr2 World Sports Betting Camellia Stakes winner Cold Fact
Lot 54 – this colt is out of the Silvano sired Gr2 Wilgerbosdrift SA Oaks runner up Oriental Oak – a full-sister to Gr1 Klawervlei Majorca Stakes victress Nightingale
Lot 91 – from the same female line as legendary South African champion Politician as well as the much Lancaster Bomber, this filly’s dam won five and ran third in the Listed Winter Oaks
Lot 97 – a full-sister to Gr3 Joburg Tourism Carry On Alice Stakes runner up Coldhardstare, this filly is out of a stakes placed own sister to Gr3 Winter Derby winner Liquid Mercury and three-parts sister to Listed Jamaica Handicap heroine Gold Poker Game, the female line of outstanding miler and successful sire Mark Of Esteem among many others
Lot 116 – this colt is out of a Trippi half-sister to Gr1 Woolavington 2000 winner Silver Darling
Lot 127 – this colt’s dam is a three-time winning half-sister to Listed World Sports Betting Stormsvlei Stakes queen Future Girl
Lot 132 – from the family of the What A Winter sired Gr2 winner Winter Smoke, this colt’s dam won seven and ran third in the Gr1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Oaks – she also ranks as a half-sister to Listed Darley Arabian winner Distinguished
WILLIAM LONGSWORD
Captain Al’s Cape Guineas winning son’s current flagbearers include graded stakes winners Dyce and Rulership as well as the likes of Back In Business and Melech
William Longsword
Lot 32 – a 3/4 sister to the Captain Al sired dual stakes winner Call To Account (and closely related to the Captain Al sired Listed Ladies Mile winner Shamrock Wind), this filly (from the same female line as 2023 Gr1 FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Master Of The Seas) is out of a three-time winning Giant’s Causeway half-sister to Gr2 Track And Ball Oaks winner Moon In June
Lot 34 – from the immediate family of reigning South African Horse Of The Year Princess Calla, this colt is a half-brother to Listed Marshalls World Of Sport Umngeni Handicap winner Pray For Rain and the stakes placed On The Double
Lot 48 – this colt is out of a dual winning half-sister to Gr3 Princess Charlene Starling Stakes winner Mill Queen
Lot 107 – bred on the same cross as multiple graded stakes winner Dyce (and thus closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells), this full-brother to a dual winner and half-brother to useful filly Zippy Over is out of a Galileo three-parts to the stakes winning dam of champion Taghrooda, winner of both the Gr1 Investec Oaks and Gr1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
