Bloodstock South Africa

The 2025 Bloodstock South Africa Cape Yearling Sale will be held at the South African Riding for the Disabled Association (SARDA) Centre on Feb. 23, the sales company announced on Friday. Previously, the sale was held at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Racecourse. This venue reflects the new partnership between BSA, SARDA and the Constantia Valley Riding Club. The latter is based at the SARDA Centre in Brommersvlei Road, Constantia Heights, approximately six kilometres from the old site. "Bloodstock South Africa are excited to be partnering with such a giving organisation and will...

Lot 72, a filly by More Than Ready's Gimmethegreenlight (Aus), topped the Bloodstock South Africa KZN Yearling Sale on Thursday. She brought a new record price for the sale of R1,900,000 (£81,497/€96,336/$104,293) on the bid of Mary Liley. Consigned by Klawervlei Stud Party, Ltd., agent, the filly is a full-sister to the two-time winner Lovegrass (SAf), with the duo out of the Listed East Cape Oaks winner Eros's Girl (SAf) (Captain Al {SAf}). The dam is a three-quarter sister to South African champion Captain's Lover (SAf) (Captain Al {SAf}), and...

The catalogue for the 2024 KZN Yearling Sale is now online, Bloodstock South Africa (BSA) announced on Tuesday. Previous graduates of the KZN Yearling Sale include the three-year-old Purple Pitcher (SAf) (New Predator {Aus}), who has won both the G1 TAB SA Classic and G1 TAB SA Derby in recent months having been bought for R170,000 (around €8,529) in 2022. Fellow star three-year-old Frances Ethel (SAf) (Rafeef {Aus}), who was last seen winning the G2 Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer SA Oaks, also sold at the 2022 edition of the sale for...

A dedicated Broodmare, Fillies For Stud & Weanling Online Auction was announced by Bloodstock South Africa (BSA) on Tuesday. The sale will be held from May 7-8, and will carry no entry fee and no commission will be charged. The closing date for entries will be Apr. 23. Already scheduled is the BSA May Online Auction, which will consist of yearlings and horses-in-training. In 2024, the remaining BSA sales are as follows: the July 4 KZN Yearling Sale in Durban, and the National 2-Year-Old Sale in Johannesburg on Aug. 22-23....

The catalogue for the Bloodstock South Africa Cape Yearling Sale, held at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Sunday, Feb. 25, is now available. Beginning at 12:30 p.m. local time, the sale features 156 yearlings set to go under the hammer by established sires Flower Alley, Futura (SAf), Ideal World, Legislate (SAf), Master Of My Fate (SAf), Pathfork, Querari (Ger), Rafeef (Aus), The United States (Ire), Vercingetorix (SAf), What A Winter (SAf), One World (SAf), and Talk Of The Town (SAf). There are also several yearlings catalogued by new sires like Declarationofpeace, Erik...

A 152-strong catalogue for the Bloodstock South Africa November 2-Year-Old Sale has been released by the sales company on Thursday. Slated for the TBA Complex in Germiston, South Africa, the sale will begin at 11 a.m. local time on Nov. 26. One of the highlights is a Duke Of Marmalade (Ire) half-brother to Equus Champion Nebraas (SAf) (Vercingetorix {SAf}). Some of the sires with juveniles catalogued include: Danon Platina (Jpn), Fire Away, Flower Alley, Gimmethegreenlight (Aus), Lancaster Bomber, Legislate (SAf), Master Of My Fate (SAf), Querari (Ger), Rafeef (Aus), The...

The Bloodstock South Africa August 2-Year-Old Sale catalogue, set to be held Aug. 26 and 27 at the TBA Complex in Johannesburg, is now available online. A total of 278 youngsters have been consigned to the two-day auction, the first 150 passing through the ring on the first day with the remainder selling on day two. To view the catalog, visit the BSA website.

Cape Racing Sales has launched a new Bonus Structure and Pinhooking Programme. Beginning with the 2023 June Winter Sale, bonuses of R100,000 will be paid for the first juvenile win of any race, including open maiden races won by juveniles. The bonuses will be limited to the first 40 juvenile winners. Justin Vermaak, Racing Operations and Bloodstock Executive for Cape Racing said, "We are returning R4-million in cash bonuses to our valued clients over 40 races, which we feel is an adequate number of races considering the number of horses...

The catalogue for the Sean Tarry Fast Track Sale, featuring 60 lots, is now online. Held at the Bull Ring in the Randjesfontein Training Centre on Friday, Sept. 23, the sale features black-type fillies, several Gold Rush candidates, BSA added stakes candidates and some unraced horses. The sale begins at 1 p.m. local time and for more information, please visit Bloodstock South Africa's website.

The Bloodstock South Africa August Two Year Old Sale catalogue is now online. Overall, 275 juveniles comprise the catalogue, with the sale set for the BSA complex in Germiston on Aug. 26-27. Sires represented at the sale include of Duke Of Marmalade (Ire), Flower Alley, Gimmethegreenlight (Aus), Helmet (Aus), Ideal World (SAf), Master Of My Fate (SAf), Oratorio (Ire), Pathfork, Pomodoro (SAf), Querari (Ger), Rafeef (Aus), Silvano (Ger), Twice Over (GB), Var, Vercingetorix (SAf), Visionaire and What A Winter (SAf).

Last held in 2019 pre-COVID, the Bloodstock South Africa KZN Yearling Sale's first session was topped by a son of Vercingetorix (SAf) for R1.1 million ($66,851/£55,728/€64,368) to John Freeman. Consigned by Boland Stud, he was sold as lot 73.  He is out of a winning Var (SAf) half-sister to Grade 2 winner Silvano's Jet (SAf) (Silvano {Ger}), while his second dam is a dual listed winner and a daughter of the Grade 1 winner State Treasure (SAf) (Free State {Ire}). That Maine Chance Farms' sire was also responsible for Thursday's...

The catalogue for the Lammerskraal Stud Reduction Sale is now online, Bloodstock South Africa announced. Slated for Lammerskraal Stud on June 10, the sale, which includes 39 lots, will begin at noon. Breeders will be able to purchase well-bred mares in foal to stallions like Elusive Fort (SAf), Erik The Red (SAf), Futura (SAf), Gimmethegreenlight (Aus), Hawwaam (SAf), Legislate (SAf), Master Of My Fate (SAf), One World (SAf), Querari (Ger) and The United States (Ire). There are also weanlings set to go under the hammer by such sires as Erupt...