Tattersalls has joined forces with Cape Thoroughbred Sales (CTS) in a joint venture focussed on the 2023 CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. This association will coincide with the return of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). Officially branded the Cape Premier Yearling Sale powered by Tattersalls, that sale and the CTS Farm Yearling Sale and CTS Ready To Run Sale will also be conducted under the same partnership.
Grant Knowles, MD of CTS, said, “The new association with Tattersalls is a marvellous endorsement of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale. The original concept of an inner-city racehorse sale in one of the world's most beautiful locations was hugely popular with buyers from around the globe, and the Tattersalls support is a great addition to the fixture. A boutique select sale will be held with approximately 150 yearlings, which will be stabled in the convention centre.
“The sale will follow on from Gaynor Rupert's L'Ormarins Queens Plate Day at Kenilworth, which offers an unrivalled race day experience and hospitality. The sales calendar suffered during the difficult Covid period, and with international travel now pretty well back to normal, 2023 appears to be an ideal opportunity to re-introduce the quality of our bloodstock, and the magic of Cape Town, to international buyers.”
Tattersalls has already been active in the South African Thoroughbred arena, by sponsoring a juvenile race series which ends with a listed contest on Sun Met Day at Kenilworth, as well as a pair of juvenile races during the L'Ormarins Queens Plate Racing Festival.
Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said, “Tattersalls has enjoyed a long and valued relationship with Cape Thoroughbred Sales and South African racing and breeding, and our new association with CTS, and particularly their world-renowned Cape Premier Yearling Sale in January, reinforces the Tattersalls commitment to the South African Thoroughbred industry. The Cape Premier Yearling Sale quickly established itself as a unique and prestigious fixture in the global sales calendar, and Tattersalls is proud to be assisting with the 2023 renewal which promises to showcase many of the best yearlings to be found in South Africa to a global audience.”
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