Normandy Stud will be bringing eight prized two-year-olds to the CTS Ready To Run And Mixed Sale, and they’ll be selling a further four quality colts and fillies as agent.
Normandy’s lot 36 – Miss Gibson 9Pic – Wayne Marks)
Normandy’s always enthusiastic Oscar Foulkes is looking forward to 29 November and he made notes of the draft, as below:
- Lot 1: f. Coup de Grace – Nordic Wind
We have high hopes for the direction this family is going (read more here: https://www.sportingpost.co.za…). This is a racy filly with the look of a sprinter-miler, which is typical of the family. She’s inbred to Storm Cat, a pedigree pattern made famous by Nother Russia.
- Lot 13: c. Gimmethegreenlight – Royal Jubilee
One of just three Gimme colts in the RTR section of the sale. His dam has already bred a winner, and her second foal looks likely to get a run in the 2020 RTR race. It’s a running family, and this colt gives every indication of delivering on the promise of his sire. He hasn’t put a foot wrong in his preparation.
- Lot 20: f. Querari – Sherry
Qualifies for BSA Yearling Sales Cup and the BSA juvenile added stakes. Both of these money-earning opportunities are for two-year-olds, and we’d make this filly a prime prospect. She’s a good mover who shows plenty of pace.
- Lot 27: c. Admiral Kitten – The Right Answer
Qualifies for BSA Yearling Sales Cup and the BSA juvenile added stakes. We’re delighted with the way this chap has developed. He was extremely backward when we bought him as a weanling, and he’s grown into a lovely colt. His sire is a Grade I-winning son of Kitten’s Joy, which makes him one of the better prospects to retire to stud here. This colt could be a bargain buy.
- Lot 36: f. Gimmethegreenlight – Azarenka
Our ‘tennis family’ has cracked a top seed with this filly! We think she’s quite special, and she’s one of just two Gimme fillies on the RTR section of the sale.
- Lot 45: c. Querari – Ekaterina
We believe this colt has star quality. He’s had ‘the look’ since he was a foal, and he’s grown up into a high quality, athletic colt. If he was being prepared for his first juvenile start, he’d be the kind of horse that would be described as “catching pigeons”.
- Lot 66: f. Coup de Grace – Janis
Coup de Grace is churning out three-year-old winners as his progeny start going around the turn, but this is a filly we can see shaping in a juvenile 1000m. She has a sprinter’s look about her, from one of our best families.
- Lot 67: c. Jackson – Lady of the Fleece
Qualifies for BSA Yearling Sales Cup and the BSA juvenile added stakes. Three-parts brother in blood to GG’s Dynasty. He’s a high quality, scopey colt. From what we’ve seen, he’s athletic, and shows a surprising amount of pace for a Jackson. Both of the mare’s runners have shown talent, and we wouldn’t rule him out of lining up for the R500k sales race over 1200m on Cape Derby day.
As agent:
- Lot 8: c. Querari – Pimpinella
What a handsome looking colt. He’s a good size, high quality, scopey and plenty of substance. Certainly one of the best looking Querari colts we’ve taken to RTR.
- Lot 18: f. Vercingetorix – Secret Plan
The only Vercingetorix filly on the RTR portion of the sale, and she’s likely to burn up the track when she does her gallop on the 20th. She’s a high quality, scopey filly that moves the way you’d expect her to.
- Lot 25: f. Zoffany – Sweet Trip
Qualifies for the Klawervlei Farm Sale race. Proper international pedigree, and she’s a racy type. If export protocols were in place, she’d be a potential sale-topper.
Lot 40: c. Twice Over – Carmina
Qualifies for the Klawervlei Farm Sale race. This is a colt for the classics. He has the look of a 2000m+ horse, and he’ll just get better and better.
The sale, renowned for its high-profile winners and a return on investment, will be staged online in partnership with Gavelhouse.com on Sunday, 29 November.
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For the first time, this year, the auction will include 93 unbroken two-year-olds which also qualify for the RTR race, as well as 12 lots in a Mixed Sale Section.
As per custom, potential buyers will have an opportunity to watch the pre-trained entries gallop, and the gallops have been scheduled for Durbanville Racecourse on Monday 16 and Friday 20 November, preceded by a champagne breakfast, and open to all.
The entries will be split between the two dates.
Horses will be available for viewing after the gallops
