Bloodstock South Africa reports that an exceptional catalogue has been drawn up for the 2025 National Yearling Sale.
This catalogue is online and can be viewed at www.bsa.co.za
The BSA 2025 National Yearling catalogue is now available online (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Graduates of the 2023 National Sale have, in particular, enjoyed another wonderful few months, with their ranks headed by Gr1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met/ Gr1 SplashOut Cape Derby winner Eighteen On Eighteen, and fellow graded stakes winners Cats Pajamas, Cosmic Speed, Fire Attack, Greaterix, and Simply Majestic. This season’s Gr1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas winner Fatal Flaw was a bargain R210 000 purchase from the 2023 National Sale.
This year, the National Yearling Sale will take place at the TBA Complex in Germiston from Thursday 10 April to Friday 11 April, with each day of trading set to commence at 10h00.
The majority of South Africa’s top stud farms will be represented at the sale, as will South Africa’s top stallions. Among the leading sires represented at the 2025 National Sale are Gimmethegreenlight, Master Of My Fate, One World, Querari, Rafeef, Trippi, Vercingetorix and What A Winter.
The sale will also be offering a pair of yearlings sired by stallions standing overseas. Darley’s dual Gr1 winner Harry Angel is represented here by a colt (Lot 73) from the family of top-class US galloper Lil’s Lad, while exciting young sire, and Gr1 Phoenix Stakes hero, Lucky Vega has two yearlings on offer.
Ridgemont’s exciting young stallions Malmoos and Real Gone Kid both have members of their eagerly awaited first crops on the National Yearling Sale, as does Trippi’s Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint winning son Chimichuri Run.
Grade One winning mares represented on the National Sale this year include Alboran Sea (colt by Hawwaam), Ash Cloud (colt by Futura), Bela-Bela (colt by Vercingetorix), Nightingale (colt by What A Winter), Orchid Island (filly by Rafeef), Pine Princess (filly by Gimmethegreenlight), Redberry Lane (filly by Vercingetorix), River Jetez (colt by Vercingetorix), She’s A Keeper (colt by Vercingetorix), Silver Mountain (colt by Rafeef), Sommerlied (colt by Vercingetorix), Viva Maria (colt by Vercingetorix) and Zarina (filly by Vercingetorix).
Ill-fated Horse Of The Year Captain’s Ransom has a Vercingetorix half-sister on offer, while champion Mrs Geriatrix has a Master Of My Fate half-brother on the sale. The superb producer Miss October, dam of Gr1 winners October Morn and Tempting Fate, has a Rafeef colt on offer while this season’s Gr1 Maine Chance Farms Majorca Stakes winner Rascova has a Malmoos half-brother up for sale.
