Cape Yearling Sale

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 yearling colt by Vercingetorix (SAf) (Silvano {Ger}) took top billing during Sunday's Bloodstock South Africa Cape Yearling Sale. Consigned by Wilgerbosdrift as lot 64, the yearling, named Galic War (SAf), hammered at R375,000 to the Hollywood Syndicate. Produced by the winning Oojooba (SAf) (Dynasty {SAf}), the colt's second dam is the group-placed Salsabeel (Aus) (Elusive Quality) from the extended family of G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Dead Certain (GB) (Absalom {GB}). The top filly (lot 9) of the sale was by What A Winter (SAf) (Western Winter) and she...

The catalogue for the Cape Yearling Sale is now online, Bloodstock South Africa announced on Wednesday. Slated to be held at the Mistico Equestrian Centre on Feb. 28, 189 horses will go under then hammer. Previous editions of the sale have yielded South African Grade 1 winner Surcharge, who would go on to take the G1 Kennedy Cantala S. in Australia as Yulong Prince (SAf) (Gimmethegreenlight {Aus}), as well as young sire Gold Standard (SAf). There are a variety of sires represented including: Duke of Marmalade (Ire), Flower Alley, Gimmethegreenlight...

A pair of colts by the late Soft Falling Rain (SAf) topped Bloodstock South Africa's Cape Yearling Sale at the Mistico Equestrian Centre on Friday. Both bought by Pound Bloodstock, they fetched R360,000 (£17,979/€20,633) and R300,000 (£14,987/€17,194). The local Group 1 winner and group winner in Dubai and England also topped this sale with his progeny in 2018 and 2019. The aggregate for 118 yearlings sold was R7,905,000 (£394,355/€452,440), and while that figure was down 22.2% with a slightly smaller offering than last year, the average rose 3.1% to R66,992...