In another 2025 BSA National Yearling Sale first, Ridgemont’s blue-blooded speed machine Real Gone Kid will mark his first yearling through the time-honoured sales ring at the TBA Sales Complex in Gosforth Park on Friday when the aptly named chestnut colt, Kid From The South, comes under the hammer.
An incredible good-looker, and much in the mould of his exciting first season sire, the muscular, racy colt stands over ground and has plenty of presence.
Selling as lot 293, and offered as agent by Soetendal, Kid From The South, who hails from the prolific family of Shoot The Booze and Gimme A Shot, is bred to fly with his two-time winning dam very quick!
A flyer! Real Gone Kid in race action (Pic – Chase Liebenberg)
A handsome chestnut, Real Gone Kid bears striking similarities to Ridgemont’s outstanding sire Rafeef, both being lightning-fast performers from the Redoute’s Choice male line.
A son of Redoute’s Choice’s greatest sire son, thus far, Snitzel is a multiple Champion Sire and Leading Sire of 2YO’s in Australia.
Hailing from a smashing female line, Real Gone Kid is a son of Equus Champion, and Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas and Gr1 Woolavington 2000 winner In The Fast Lane – a daughter of seven times South African champion sire Jet Master.
A speedster with an international standard pedigree that wouldn’t be out of place in any stallion barn around the world, Ridgemont have committed support to Real Gone Kid, and Brett Crawford, who, trained the speed demon to all of his 6 wins, says he can fully understand why.
“Real Gone Kid is a smashing individual who had electrifying speed and a bloodline that could hold its own anywhere. He is throwing a good-looking yearling – strong, racy types, who all look like they will come early to hand and quick. He’s an exciting prospect,” added Crawford, who will soon take up a yard as Hong Kong’s newest trainer.
