Buyers have many reasons to attend the Sean Tarry Fast Track Sale on Friday
This sale, set to take place in the Bull Ring at the Randjesfontein Training Centre on Friday 23 September at 13h00.
This sale offers would be buyers the chance to acquire proven racing stock, exciting untested prospects, high-class fillies and mares, and potential broodmares.
An added incentive to attend this auction is that a number of horses on offer include the filly currently on top of the log for the Gold Rush 1 race as well as a number of prospects who are potential Gold Rush 2 contenders.
Below is a brief overview of each lot on sale:
Lot 1 Bebop
This winning mare looks to be a very attractive broodmare prospect. Not only is she a daughter of multiple Equus champion and hugely successful sire What A Winter, but Bebop is a half-sister to the Tarry trained July winner, and Equus Champion, Heavy Metal.
Lot 2 Caralluma
This mare holds appeal as both a racing and breeding prospect. A high-class two-year-old who won the Listed Devon Air Stakes and finished second in the Gr2 Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Slipper, Caralluma recently showed her well being when winning at Hollywoodbets Greyville.
Lot 3 Desert Pride
Like Caralluma, this mare is a daughter of July winner and successful sire Pomodoro. Not only has she won twice, but as a half-sister to Gr2 Golden Slipper winner Desert Rhythm, she holds plenty of appeal as a broodmare prospect. This time last year, Desert Pride was rated in the mid 80’s, and she has dropped down to a very feasible and dangerous mark of 57, should she regain any of her earlier form.
Lot 4 Double Martini
This Twice Over gelding has been in fine form of late, and won two in a row before finishing a close up fifth last time out. His two back to back wins came on the grass, but his last run was on poly. It seems as though he prefers the turf. Double Martini is a gelding who has dropped from an 82 down to a 60 but has regained his form and has won three of his last seven, and he now finds himself in the mid 70s which keeps him very competitive.
Lot 5 Dual At Dawn
A son of Pomodoro, Dual At Dawn showed tremendous promise early on, finishing second on debut before reeling off two wins in a row.
Lot 6 Earl
Earl has already won three times, from 1600m to 1800m, and has been placed up to 2000m. He caught the eye when finishing second to the classy Airways Law recently and that form was franked when Airways Law went on to win the Gr3 Hollywoodbets Dolphins Cup Trial and finish sixth in the Gr1 Hollywoodbets Durban July.
Lot 7 Ecstatic Green
A speedy daughter of Gimmethegreenlight, Ecstatic Green showed top-class form early in her career when she won the Gr2 Prosport International Debutante and finished second, ahead of War Of Athena, in the Gr1 Allan Robertson Championship. Ecstatic Green again caught the eye when she finished second, in her most recent start, in the Gr2 East Coast Radio Tibouchina Stakes, where her beaten rivals included Gr1 winner Zarina and subsequent Gr2 Gold Bracelet winner Marina.
She has the pedigree to match her ability, as she hails from the same female line as Triple Crown winner Malmoos, hot sire Master Of My Fate and champions Kings Gambit, London News and Promisefrommyheart to name a few.
Lot 8 Escape Artist
From the wonderful “E” family, Escape Artist showed smart form winning three times and she was beaten less than two lengths when a close up fourth at her penultimate start. She has plenty of upside as both a racing and broodmare prospect. Ignore her last run as she was cut into badly. She is back in full work.
Lot 9 Eskimo Pie
Out of a five time winning daughter of Gr1 winner Divided Loyalty, this four time winner has very smart form over 1600m and caught the eye three starts back when beaten less than a length and a quarter by the winner.
Lot 10 Fisher King
A half-brother to SA Derby winner Hero’s Honour, this gelding caught the eye when finishing third, beaten less than three lengths, in this year’s Got The Greenlight KwaZulu-Natal Breeders 1600.
Lot 11 He’smakingeyesatme
A winner over 2000m, this filly is bred on the same Greys Inn/National Emblem cross as the former Tarry trained champion Legal Eagle.
Lot 12 Hotchiwitchi
This mare began her career with great promise, finishing third on debut before reeling off two wins in a row. Lightly raced for a five-year-old, she is on a mark which suggests she can win again soon.
Lot 13 Hydrangea
She is bred to be an attractive stud prospect, as a daughter of champion sire Gimmethegreenlight and a three time winning daughter of top US sire Dixieland Band.
Lot 14 Immeasurable
This son of Pomodoro looks a winner in the making, with Immeasurable having finished second or third in each of his last three starts.
Lot 15 In Cahoots
A half-brother to the graded stakes winners Under Your Spell and Witchcraft, this gelding finished a close up second just a few starts back, and should be more than capable of winning again off his current rating.
Lot 16 Indlamu
A half-brother to Gr1 TAB The Premier’s Champions Challenge winner Astrix, Indlamu ended last season when finishing third in the Listed Marshalls World Of Sport Darley Arabian, where he was beaten less than four lengths, and he looks to have more wins in him. ( It is interesting to note that Astrix went on to greater things when tried over distance and Indlamu still has that opportunity ahead of him.)
Lot 17 La Luvia
She has paddock value already, with La Luvia having won twice and finishing third in the Gr3 Yellowwood Handicap. By champion Soft Falling Rain and out of a mare by Captain Al, La Luvia is from the family of top class sprinter Knife Edge.
Lot 18 Lights Camera
A daughter of champion sire Gimmethegreenlight, she is from the family of the Tarry trained Gr1 winners For The Lads and Heavy Metal to name but two.
Lot 19 Manhattan
A lightly raced winner, she is by champion sprinter Captain Of All and is a half-sister to Oaks Trial winner Chariot Of Gold. Her dam is a stakes winning half-sister to July winner and successful sire Pomodoro.
Lot 20 Miss Magician
A winning daughter of Dubawi’s Gr1 winning son Willow Magic, she is from the immediate family of five time Gr1 winning miler and now Darley sire Palace Pier among others.
Lot 21 Modern Magician
A lightly raced son of Willow Magic, Modern Magician finished second to the promising Anfields Rocket last time out and he looks to have scope for further improvement and for more wins.
Lot 22 Not Your Call
This son of Willow Magic should get off the mark in the right company
Lot 23 Slalom Queen
Runner up in the Gr3 Strelitizia, this speedy daughter of Querari has a very attractive pedigree with her stakes placed dam a half-sister to Gr1 winners Viva Maria and Warrior’s Rest.
Lot 24 Social Image
Runner up in the Listed Storm Bird Stakes, this daughter of Pomodoro hails from the same female line as last season’s Gr1 Mercury Sprint runner up William Robertson and R8.5 million earner Illuminator to name but two.
Lot 25 Track Commander
A close up third at Hollywoodbets Greyville (on turf, and he prefers the polytrack) last time out, this son of Gimmethegreenlight looks sure to win again soon!
Lot 26 Twice The Trip
Winner of the Listed Devon Air Stakes at two, this daughter of Twice Over, and relative of Abashiri and Yard-Arm, recently bounced back to win at Hollywoodbets Scottsville and she has upside as both a racing and breeding prospect.
Lot 27 Victoria Paige
From the immediate family of Breeders’ Cup winner Wuheida, this daughter of Captain Al showed top-class form at two and three, with her past runs including runner up efforts in both the Gr2 Gold Bracelet and Gr3 Three Troikas Stakes.
Lot 28 Wokonda
Fifth in The Lady’s Stakes last time out, this daughter of Captain Of All has already won three times up to 1500 metres. Beat Humdinger comfortably a few starts back, and Humdinger went on to frank that form when she won the Listed Off To Stud Stakes.
Lot 29 Yours Truly
She looks an appealing broodmare prospect, as a daughter of prominent sire Vercingetorix and Oaks Trial winner Salutation.
Lot 30 Celtic Rumours
This filly, who qualifies for the Gold Rush 1, is a Vercingetorix half-sister to Swallow Stakes winner Sarah and she hails from the same female line as champion fillies Mother Russia and Nother Russia. She has put up some pleasing work on the grass, working with some of her better 3yo stable companions.
Lot 31 Cilantro
This unraced three-year-old filly is a full-sister to Listed Secretariat Stakes winner Cordillera.
Lot 32 unnamed 3yo filly out of Eva Tibbs
A daughter of Pomodoro (and from the same family as Pomodoro), this filly qualifies for this year’s Ready To Run Sales Race. Already possessed of considerable paddock value, she is a half-sister to Listed Secretariat Stakes winner Paisley Park.
Lot 33 Expressivity
This once raced filly is a daughter of Gr1 SA Nursery winner Willow Magic and out of a dual winning half-sister to Gr3 Lonsdale Stirrup Cup winner Apple-A-Day.
Lot 34 Fully Loaded
A full-brother to the useful Meteoric, this three-year-old colt, bred on the same Pomodoro/Dynasty cross as Gr3 DSTV Gold Vase winner Black Thorn, is a son of Pomodoro and Dynasty’s speedy Gr3 placed daughter Swift Sarah.
Lot 35 Green Sceptre
Once raced, this blue blooded colt, who qualifies for Gold Rush 1, is a son of champion sire Gimmethegreenlight and Gr2 Tibouchina Stakes winner Fragrant Al.
Lot 36 Impression
An unraced three-year-old and full-sister to Indelible, this Pomodoro filly is out of a daughter of Galileo and her third dam is a Breeders’ Cup winning champion.
Lot 37 Kambulu
A colt by leading sire of 2yos Querari, Kambulu is out of a stakes placed own sister to Gr1 Empress Club Stakes winner Little Miss Magic
Lot 38 Lady Greensleeves
This well bred filly is a Gimmethegreenlight half-sister to Listed Champion Juvenile Cup winner Peace In Our World, and her dam is a half-sister to Gr1 Summer Cup winner Wagner.
Lot 39 Lavender Rose
This unraced daughter of Willow Magic is out of a winning own sister to two black type performers.
Lot 40 Magic Inspiration
A winning, lightly raced daughter of Willow Magic, Magic Inspiration is a filly with plenty of paddock value. Her dam, by multiple champion sire, Silvano won six times and this is the family of star filly Golden Opinion and triple Gr1 winning filly Alice Springs to name but two.
Lot 41 Magic Tattoo
He showed smart form at two last season when he finished third in both the Gr3 Protea Stakes and Listed Storm Bird Stakes and he looks well above average.
Lot 42 unraced colt out of Millenium Reign
A three-year-old colt by Pomodoro, he is a half-brother to two winners including the useful Dubawi Princess.
Lot 43 Percussionist
This well bred filly is a half-sister to nine winners including Equus Champion, and Gr1 Vodacom Durban July winner, Heavy Metal. From a top-class family, she has plenty of paddock value!
Lot 44 Rainbow Reward
An unraced three-year-old son of sire sensation Rafeef, his grandam is a half-sister to July winner and successful sire Pomodoro, and his third dam is Fillies Guineas winner, and former Broodmare Of The Year, Golden Apple.
Lot 45 Red And Gold
A daughter of Twice Over, this classically bred filly is out of a Silvano half-sister to Pomodoro, Gr2 winner Golden Chariot and stakes winner Quest For Gold. Her dam is also a three-parts sister to the Silvano sired Oaks Trial winner Chariot Of Gold.
Lot 46 Silver Tudor
This unraced grey is a son of underrated sire Lance and is from the family of G1 winning sprinter Scarena.
Lot 47 Time Fo Orchids
This very promising filly made a smashing start to her career when winning on debut (she beat ten subsequent winners including the promising Orarai Gold who was won twice and who was beaten less than two lengths when fifth in the Gr1 Thekwini Stakes). She followed that up when finishing a close up third, beaten just a length, in the Gr2 Zulu Kingdom Explorer Golden Slipper (her beaten rivals included the previously unbeaten graded stakes winners Sweet Pepper and Maharanee) on July day, and has tons of scope for further improvement.
Lot 48 Tiz Magic
Just once raced, this three-year-old is a daughter of Pomodoro and Magicality, a daughter of Gr2 Senor Santa Handicap winner Magic Filly.
Lot 49 Magic Bank
This two-year-old is a daughter of Gr1 winning two-year-old Willow Magic and a twice winning half-sister to the dam of Gold Vase winner Walter Smoothie.
Lot 50 unnamed 2yo colt out of Chennai Babe
This Pomodoro colt, who qualifies for the 2023 Farm Sale race, is out of a six time winning daughter of Kahal and from the same female line as outstanding miler Palace Pier among others.
Lot 51 unnamed 2yo colt out of Eva Tibbs
A half-brother to Listed Secretariat Stakes winner Paisley Park, and out of a five time winning daughter of top-class broodmare sire Casey Tibbs, this Pomodoro colt qualifies for the BSA Added Stakes program
Lot 52 unnamed 2yo filly out of For The Lads
This daughter of William Longsword and G1 Golden Slipper winner For The Lads qualifies for Gold Rush 2
Lot 53 unnamed colt out of Garibondy
This Pomodoro colt, who is from the family of the Pomodoro sired Gr3 winner Epsom Girl and is out of a stakes placed daughter of Var, qualifies for the 2023 Farm Sale Race.
Lot 54 unnamed filly out of Millenium Reign
A daughter of Pomodoro, this half-sister to the useful Dubawi Princess qualifies for a tilt at the 2023 Farm Sale race.
Lot 55 unnamed filly out of Safe Harbour
A filly with plenty of paddock value, this two-year-old, who qualifies for Gold Rush 2, is by proven sire Pomodoro out of top-class racemare Safe Harbour. The latter, who earned more than R2.7 million in prize money, finished runner up in all of the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas, Gr1 Paddock Stakes and Gr1 SA Fillies Classic.
Lot 56
This Pomodoro filly, who qualifies for Gold Rush 2, is out of a winning half-sister to dual stakes winning millionaire Matador Man.
Lot 57
Out of a dual winning half-sister to speedy Gr2 Southern Cross Stakes victress Jo’s Bond, this Pomodoro filly, whose other relatives include the outstanding milers Polish Precedent and Zilzal, qualifies for Gold Rush 2.
Lot 58
This Pomodoro filly, who qualifies for the 2023 Farm Sale race, is out of Listed Aquanaut Handicap winner Tambalang and her third dam is the Tarry trained Gr1 winner Divided Loyalty.
Lot 59
A full-sister to four winners, including the promising Golden Prospect (who put up an eye catching run when finishing less than four lengths off champion Cousin Casey in the 2022 Gr2 Durban Golden Horseshoe), this Pomodoro filly qualifies for Gold Rush 2 and her dam is a four time winning daughter of former Fillies Guineas winner Star Award.
Lot 60
From a truly outstanding female line, this Pomodoro filly, and Gold Rush 2 qualifier, is out of dual Track And Ball Oaks winner Witchcraft -herself a half-sister to Gr1 winner Under Your Spell.
- Pics courtesy of Candiese Lenferna
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