KZN Yearling Sale

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...

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...