2018 AYS Supplement

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CTS April Yearling Sale 12-13 April 2018

FIVE FIVE TEN million Rand CTS 1200 sprint

million Rand CTS 1600 mile

million reasons to get your horse now!

SAFE HARBOUR - a R100.000 CTS Book2 buy, shows fillies can beat colts in

SIREN’S CALL - a R60.000 CTS Book2 buy, beat Trophy Wife in the

CTS sale-races. She held Sergeant Hardy safe in November 2016, then went on to accumulate earnings of over R2.7 million, running 2nd in the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas, Gr1 Paddock Stakes, Gr1 SA Fillies Guineas (pity she had to compete against Bela-Bela).

Safe Harbour, a daughter of Elusive Fort bred by Jim Antrobus, rated MR 108.

CTS Million in February 2016, both leaving the colts in their wake.

Siren’s Call went on to win the Gauteng Fillies Guineas, SA Fillies Classic, and ran second in the SA Oaks – missing the Triple Tiara by a whisker.

She earned over R2.5 million.

Siren’s Call, a daughter of Elusive Fort bred by Peter de Beyer, rated MR 109.

CTS APRIL YEARLING SALE 12-13 April 2018 at Durbanville Racecourse

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The adage goes… you have to spend money to make money, but nobody wants to outlay a fortune with no hope of return.

Which is why the CTS track record of sales to earnings says everything about the product we offer: Like the first CTS “Million Dollar” winner, ILLUMINATOR, who was bought for R180 000 and won over R8,4 million in stakes.

DUTCH PHILIP who at a cost of R460 000 has won almost R4 million in stakes to date, and COPPER FORCE – purchased for only R70 000 – with stakes winnings of over R2 million so far.

The legacy of Cape Thoroughbred Sales is one of outstanding performance from bloodstock and outstanding value.

A legacy of titles, of returns, of winners...

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April Has Never Been This Hot… It is the month of Love. It also became one of the hottest of the year for breeders when Cape Thoroughbred Sales made the move to combine their CTS March and Emperors Palace Select Sales into a single two-day event.

The result of consulting stakeholders and considering the calendar and other factors have seen the rostering of what is hoped will be the right window of opportunity.

SINGAPORE SLING Gr1 performer in HK

With the National Yearling Sale in Johannesburg just eleven days later, buyers are faced with an abundance of choices – 869 yearlings going under the hammer in the space of a fortnight!

THURSDAY 12 April @ 17h30 Select Session 117 lots

FRIDAY 13 April @ 11h00 Session 2: 205 lots Session 3: 21 lots

343 yearlings represented by

53 SIRES

come under the hammer

April Yearling Sale 2018 CTS Graduates are eligible for the

CTS MILLIONS comprising of 2 races

CTS Sprint 1200m CTS Mile 1600m both with a stake of

R5 Million

and will be run in Cape Town January 2020

The brand new CTS April Yearling Sale at Durbanville starts with an exciting select session at 17h30 on Thursday 12 April and continues on, a hopefully lucky for some, Friday 13 April at 11h00.

With breeders already under the whip for some time, there will be hope that the renewed sense of positivity prevailing on the back of the recent changes in our political landscape, will translate to an upturn - and a knock-on boost in the strained micro economy of our sales environment.

JANOOBI wins Zabeel Mile in UAE

Think Positive!

Past CTS graduate Janoobi powered home in the Zabeel Mile at Meydan a few weeks ago. The 4yo Hong Kong Classic Cup winner Singapore Sling cost R225 000 here as a yearling, and has earned over R15 million and counting – chasing Ping Hai Star home in the Hong Kong Derby last month at his latest start.

These are some of the stars to pin our dreams on and who knows what magic lies in the pages of the upgraded April Yearling Sale catalogue – which boasts a 33% increase, growing from 257 lots in the March 2017 pages, to 343 in the bulkier 2018 book.

DUTCH PHILIP wins CTS 1200

The key could be the diversity offered in the strength of numbers.

From the proven stars Dynasty, Silvano and Trippi, to Redoute’s Choice son Time Thief, who coincidentally celebrated his first Gr1 winner just two weeks ago in Australia, there is a horse for every taste and pocket.

There are yearlings by top class international stallions Exchange Rate and Rock Of Gibraltar, while Epsom Derby winner, Camelot is also represented.

Sires with their first local crop include champion sprinter Captain Of All, Flower Alley, Kingsbarns, Linngari, Soft Falling Rain, Vercingetorix and Wylie Hall.

A quartet of some of the last of the legendary deceased champion Captain Al add to an eclectic mix.

All the proven vendors are there - and the graduate honour roll makes for happy reading – especially if you made that winning bid!

The likes of 2016 graduate Dutch Philip, winner of the valuable CTS 1200.

COPPER FORCE 2nd to Legal Eagle in the l'Ormarins Queens Plate

Inaugural CTS Million Dollar victor Illuminator, a R180 000 purchase in 2014 who banked over R8 million.

Sean Tarry star Safe Harbour, who has already earned R2,7 million.

This year’s L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate runner-up Copper Force – who was bought for just R70 000.

Now it’s up to you.

The Sessions Explained Session 1: SELECT evening session, Thursday 12 April 117 lots on offer Thursday evening from 17h30 A minimum bid of R50 0000 applies.

CTS Million dollar races candidates.

The entry fee was the same as for the Cape Premier Yearling Sale. Many of these yearlings were CPYS entrants who had not matured enough for the sale or were withdrawn for reason of injury, or other. These also include entrants whom the vendors, taking account of conformation and breeding, believed to be worthy of SELECT.

SAFE HARBOUR multiple Gr1 placed

Session 2: 205 lots selling Friday from 11h00 A minimum bid of R20 0000 applies.

Session 3: 21 lots selling directly after Session 2 A minimum bid of R15 0000 applies.

CTS Million dollar races candidates.

Good quality yearlings as decided by vendor) and are the equivalent of Book 2 and Emperors Palace Sale quality. A lower entry fee was payable.

There is no race levy applicable and these yearlings do NOT qualify for the CTS Million dollar races.

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C T S ASHAAWES

Son of Kingmambo whose best runners included top filly Priceless Jewel, and Matchem Stakes hero Reim, as well as durable Dubai campaigner Sanshaawes Lot 130 – this filly is out of a winning halfsister to Gr3 filly Catchelli and second dam was a stakes winner of six, family of Oaks winner Studio Fifty Four Lot 168 – a half-sister to a winner, this filly’s second dam is Gr2 Sceptre Stakes second Chancey Lady Lot 174 – this filly, out of a Medicean halfsister to top class 3yo Surcharge, is from the same family as international champions and top sires Kris and Diesis

BIARRITZ

Guineas winning millionaire responsible for stakes winner Anglet, and stakes performers Crystalline and Eastern Pearl from limited opportunities Lot 219 – this colt is a full brother to Zimbabwean Oaks runner up Crystalline Lot 227 – this colt, out of a winning Stravinsky half-sister to a British Gr3 performer, is from the same family as Gr1 Carter Handicap hero Jackson Bend Lot 256 – this colt is out of a three time winning half-sister to exported Gr1 Gold Cup hero Thundering Star and granddam is a stakes winning daughter of the great champion and seven time Gr1 winner Olympic Duel Lot 329 – out of a ¾ sister to Gr3 winner Winter Burst, this filly’s second dam is a

A p r i l

winning daughter of sire Danehill and Gr1 Golden Slipper Burst Lot 331 – this filly, whose winning siblings include the speedy five time winner Olympian, is out of a stakes placed daughter of champion sire Western Winter Lot 335 – brother to a winner, this colt is out of a daughter of emerging top broodmare sire Fusaichi Pegasus and third dam is US Gr1 winner Clabber Girl

BLACK MINNALOUSHE

A Gr1 winner, Gr1 sire and Gr1 broodmare sire, his best includes Breeders’ Cup winner Dancing In Silks, champion Kochka and Triple Crown winner Louis The King Lot 142 – this colt is out of a half-sister to 10 winners including Gr1 Met winner Angus Lot 197 – this filly is out of a winning ½ to eight time stakes winner Tuvana Silva Lot 280 – this filly is out of a sister in blood to SA Oaks winner Happy Spirit and second dam is a Gr3 winner at two, family of multiple Gr1 winner and Gr1 sire Starcraft Lot 326 – this filly is out of a five time winner up to 1200m, second dam was a stakes placed winner of four

BOLD SILVANO

July winning champion sire of Guineas winner Flasher On The Run, and Kuda Sprint hero Bold Respect, 2yo winners this season include Miss Boomerang and Storm Bird winner Bold Eagle

Pick of the Bunch from the 2015 Breeders Handbook

CAPTAIN OF ALL

As possibly significant pedigree elements, Breeders Handbook pinpoints what can loosely be termed Lady Juror kin-links (as in Court Martial, Tudor Minstrel, etc), as well as Buckpasser elements (as in Northern Guest, National Assembly, Seattle Slew/Argosy, Dancing Champ, etc), and Hyperion carriers from the best offspring of Captain Of All’s sire Captain Al (notably dam of Fort Wood, grandam of Badger Land).

Ten of the yearlings on offer make appeal of some sorts in terms of pedigree elements: #5 half sister to 2 winners; the dam’s pedigree contains mul�ple kin-links to Captain Of Al’s significant elements (Birch Bros) #37 half brother to 3 winners including stakes winner Bursary; third dam Kit Kat contains all that’s needed for solid kin-links to the stallion (Sorrento Stud) #39 third foal, half brother to a winner; very nicely kin-bred, with Captain Al’s Beylic, Captain Of Al’s Casket both going to the bo�om female line. One to note. (Winterbach Stud) #113 colt, first foal of Western Winter mare; kin-links are provided by Western Winter and third damsire Northern Guest (Klawervlei) #203 third foal; half brother to a winner; grandam provides kin-links fro her sire Elliodor and second damsire Lost Chord (Connemara Stud) #215 colt out of half sister to Gr3 Thekkady; grandam Verve Cliquot provides the kin-links: she’s by Northern Guest out of a mare by Harry Hotspur (La Berg Stud) #263 colt, second foal of unraced Horse Chestnut mare; dam contributes kinlinks from Horse Chestnut (Fort Wood) and her dam Maggie (Buckpasser, Thatching, Golden Thatch) (La Berg Stud) #276 filly, third foal; female line is the one of Welsh Harmony (best known as damsire of Na�onal Emblem); kin-links to Buckpasser from damsire Domedriver, and to the Lady Juror elements in the dam’s bo�om line (Stone Hill Stud) #279 colt, first foal of winning Jet Master mare; the grandam contributes a pair of kin-linked daughters of Buckpasser (dams of Seeking The Gold and Northern Guest) (Dr Ian Heyns) #319 half sister to four mul�ple winners; dam (by Sportsworld, same grandam as Al Mu�i) contributes Buckpasser from Danehill (who is relevant in this pedigree in the context of Gr1 Dane Julia) (Hemel ‘n Aarde) (find all the stallion’s detail on the Sporting Post website - https://www.sportingpost.co.za/sire/ captain-of-all/ ) CAPTAIN OF ALL • The sales story so far for 2018 First Season Sire c c c c c c c f f f f f f

Shan� Ngakuta Free As A Bird Lundy’s Lass Zest For Spice Red Azalea Matchless Dancer Count To Ten Glorious Moment Rebel Kid Russian Foxtrot Majes�c Star First Power

Pissaro Shoe Danzig Na�onal Emblem Lundy’s Liability Qui Danzig Redoute’s Choice Joshua Dancer Count Dubois Count Dubois Jet Master Na�onal Emblem Doowaley Jet Master

50.000 55.000 100.000 100.000 175.000 250.000

0.87 0.95 1.73 0.20 0.34 0.49

100.000 125.000 125.000 250.000 375.000

0.19 0.24 0.24 0.47 0.71

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S a l e

Lot 299 – out of a dual winner, this filly’s granddam won five up to 1200m Lot 332 – this filly, bred on the hugely successful Silvano/Blushing Groom cross, is out of a multiple winner, 2nd dam is a ½ sister to Fillies Guineas winner Rei Rei

BYWORD

Winner of the Gr1 Prince Of Wales’s Stales, sire of smart 2yo Crown And Country Lot 165 – inbred to Blushing Groom and Nijinsky II, this filly, a half-sister to 2 winners, is out of a half-sister to Canadian Gr1 winner Salty You Lot 244 – inbred to Nureyev (as is a Gr1 winner by Byword’s sire), this filly, a sister to her sire’s first winner, is out of a winning ½ sister to recent stakes winner Wild Wicket Lot 340 – this filly is from the same as Australian sire and multiple Gr1 winner Barely A Moment, and other Gr1 winners Runyon and Slumdogmillionaire

CAMELOT

European champion whose four Gr1 wins, included the Gr1 Investec Derby, promising first crop of 2yos in 2017 headed by French Gr2 winner Fighting Irish Lot 71 – this filly, closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells is out of a winning daughter of champion sire Fastnet Rock and Irish Oaks winner Vintage Tipple

CAPTAIN AL

Deceased champion sire and eight times champion 2yo sire, his current Gr1 stars include Snowdance, Tap O’ Noth and Sergeant Hardy Lot 17 – this filly is out of a Gr1 placed daughter of champion sire Trippi, from the same family as successful local sire Caesour and his Gr1 winning brother Gracioso, and international champions Arazi, Ajdal and Noverre Lot 23 – another out of a mare by emerging broodmare sire Trippi, this filly is a sister in blood to Gr3 winner Captain In Command and to Ladies Mile winner Canadian Sunset Lot 31 – bred on the same cross as graded winners Emerald Cove and Doosra, this filly is out of a stakes placed winner of seven, and her third dam was a champion Lot 77 – a half brother to several useful winners, this colt (bred like Gr2 winner Princess Royal) is a three parts brother to Gr1 performer and stakes winner Barbosa and to Gr3 winner Captain’s Flame

CAPTAIN OF ALL

A Klawervlei farm-sale graduate, Captain Of All won 7 races from 1000 to 1200m. A Gr1 placed Gr1 Gold Medallion winner at 2, he won Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint and Gr1 Mercury Sprint as a 4yo, the year in which he was voted Equus Champion Sprinter. With his MR 126 he is the highest rated offspring of his sire Captain Al. Captain Of All started his stud career at Klawervlei, his 2015 fee published as ‘on applica�on’ (it was R10.000 in 2017).

Self-Mastery Capkuta 16Free As A Bird Lundy’s Lad 16Zest For Spice 16Red Azalea 16Matchless Dancer 16Count To Ten 16Glorious Moment 16Rebel Kid Simply Russian Stellar Mo�on Foxy Lady

Y e a r l i n g

Equus Champion Sprinter, and triple Gr1 winner, the son of champion sire Captain Al has his first yearlings on sale this year Lot 5 – a half-sister to 2 useful winners (and bred on similar lines to 2 Gr1 winners), this filly is out of a winning half-sister to Gr3 winning 2yo Fine Feather – dam of Captain Al’s high class son Barbosa Lot 37 – out of a mare with 100% of winners to runners, this colt’s siblings include stakes winner Bursary, family of Paddock Stakes winner Badger’s Gift Lot 38 – this colt is a ¾ brother to Gr2 performer and millionaire Captain And Master and he is out of a speedy four time winning daughter of Jet Master Lot 39 – half brother to a smart winner, this colt is out of a seven time winning daughter of champion sire Silvano, family of talented speedster The Eliminator Lot 56 – this filly is out of a half-sister to the Captain Al sired Gr1 Paddock Stakes winner Emerald Cove, granddam was a stakes winner at two Lot 87 – out of a four time winning daughter of Jet Master, this colt’s second dam was a stakes winner of nine Lot 113 – this colt (bred on a similar cross to Carry On Alice and Tap O’ Noth) is out of a sister to a Gr2 2yo and second dam was an Oaks winning champion Lot 132 – out of a mare by multiple champion sire Fastnet Rock, this filly is from the same family as champion sire Silvano and his Gr1 winning half-brother Sabiango Lot 150 – out of a winning Jet Master half-sister to 2 stakes horses, this colt’s second dam is a stakes winner of six, by a sire whose daughters have bred Gr1 winners to the cover of Captain Al Lot 167 – out of a winning half-sister to a Prix Du Cap runner up, this filly is out of a ¾ sister to Gr1 Summer Cup winner Rudra, family of Gr1 winning sire Red Ray Lot 182 – out of a mare who won four up to 1200m, this colt is from the family of Gr1 winners Crazy Icon and Carolera Lot 203 – a half brother to a winner, this colt’s third dam is champion and multiple Gr1 winner Dancing Danzig, a dual winner of the Gr1 Garden Province Stakes Lot 205 – out of a very smart mare who won six, this colt is a direct descendant of triple English classic winner Oh So Sharp – whose other descendants include British classic winner Shantou and Gr1 winner Rosefinch, same family as Nasrullah and Golden Horn Lot 215 – this colt is out of a half-sister to Gr3 winning 2yo Thekkady Lot 221 – this filly is out of a six time winning half-sister to a Gr3 filly Lot 240 – a half-sister to 2 multiple winners, this filly is out of a winning daughter of Southern Halo and Equus Champion Faralmond, runner up in the 1998 July Lot 253 – this colt is out of an own sister to stakes winner and Gr1 performer Black Toga, and his granddam is a Gr1 placed daughter of great broodmare sire Royal Academy – found in the pedigree of several Gr1 winners by Captain Al Lot 261 – this colt is out of a winning Trippi daughter of a stakes winning Galileo mare Lot 263 – out of a mare by top class broodmare sire Horse Chestnut, this colt’s granddam is the very speedy Gr2 performer Maggie

CTS APRIL YEARLING SALE Sire Colt Filly Both Alado 1 0 1 Antonius Pius 0 2 2 Ashaawes2 5 7 Black Minnaloushe 0 2 2 Bold Silvano 4 0 4 Captain Al 0 1 1 Count Dubois 0 2 2 Crusade 0 1 1 Duke Of Marmalade 1 1 2 Dupont 1 0 1 Eightfold Path 1 1 2 Elusive Fort 6 5 11 Fencing Master 0 2 2 Galileo's Night 1 0 1 Gimmethegreenlight 5 2 7 Gitano Hernando 3 3 6 Great Britain 2 0 2 Greys Inn4 5 9 Horse Chestnut 4 2 6 Ideal World 0 2 2 Jackson 6 6 12 Jay Peg 5 1 6 Judpot 2 2 4 Lateral 1 1

Lot 276 – out of a three time winning daughter of a Breeders’ Cup winner, this filly is from the same family as group winning 2yos Carrowkeel and Different League Lot 279 – this colt is out of a winning daughter of champion sire Jet Master and the lighting fast Gr3 winner, and Dubai scorer, Diana’s Choice (who only produced 1 foal) Lot 319 – a half-sister to numerous winners, headed by the smart Rock Deejay, this filly is out of a six time winning half-sister to Dane Julia – who won Gr1 races in both South Africa and New Zealand and second dam is by the great Danehill

CRUSADE

Grandson of Gone West, and Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner, who made an instant impression with first crop stakes winner Covered In Snow and Guineas winner Butchie Boy Lot 172 – half-brother to a winner, this colt’s dam is a winning half-sister to ten time Gr2 winner Royal Champ and second dam is a full – sister to a Gr2 performer

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195 MARCHFIELD

255 ELUSIVE FORT

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COLT – half brother to 5 winners incl PRINCESS OF THE SKY (4w, SW; Gr3 3rd) and Platinum Prince (5w; Gr2 3rd); dam Spirit Ofthe Dance (4w; Gr1/Gr2 placed) is out of ROOTIN’ TOOTIN’ (4w, SA Oaks)

COLT – half brother to a multiple winner; dam (3w) is half sister to five winners, from the family of Gr1 LYRICAL LINDA, LIEGE, REBEL KING

FILLY – second foal; dam (won) is half sister to 8 winners incl HUNTING TOWER (10w, Gr1/2/3; Gr1/2/3 placed in SA & Dubai – by Fort Wood, sire of Elusive Fort), Montezuma (2w; Gr2 2nd – by Fort Wood)

100 ELUSIVE FORT

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COLT – half brother to 7 winners incl SILVER FLYER (4w, Gr2; Gr1 placed), Jet Flyer (4w; SP; dam of Sylvan On Fire - 4w; Gr3 3rd); dam is half sister to Gr1 LOVE IS IN THE AIR

119 VERCINGETOIX

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FILLY – half sister to 2 winners; dam (2w) is half sister to 7 winners incl REI REI (4w, Gr2/Gr3; 3x Gr3 placed)

131 JUDPOT

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COLT – half brother to 2 winners; dam (4w) is half sister to 7 winners incl Eagle Squadron (4w; Gr3 3rd), Irish Magic (8w, SP), from female line of Gr1 ALONG CAME POLLY (by Judpot)

135 JUDPOT

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COLT – half brother to six winners incl MANNEQUIN (12w, SW; Gr3 placed); dam (2w) is half sister to Kalami (3w; Gr1 2nd), out of KAL SUFI (5w, SW; Gr1 3rd)

151 QUERARI

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COLT – first foal; dam OMTICAYA (4w, SW; SP – by Silvano) is half sister to 2 winners out of 3-time winning full sister to JET SUPREME (5w, 3x Gr3)

154 SILVANO

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COLT – half brother to five winners incl SUPER ELEGANT (4w, Gr3; Gr3 placed); dam (7w) is FULL sister to PACIFIC BLUE (7w, Gr1/Gr2)

206 SILVANO

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COLT – FULL brother to a multiple winner, half brother to 2 winners; dam (3w – by Jet Master) is 3-part sister to JET JAMBOREE and PRINCESS OF THE SKY

207 WHAT A WINTER

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FILLY – first foal; dam (won) is out of half sister to Horse of the Year WINTER SOLSTICE (by Western Winter, sire of What A Winter) and half sister to the dam of Gr1 BRAVURA

209 MASTER OF MY FATE

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COLT – half brother to 3 winners; dam (2 wins) is half sister to 3 winners incl TRIUMPHANT SURGE (2w, SW), from family of Champion MYTHICAL FLIGHT (by Jet Master, sire of Master Of My Fate)

222 VERCINGETORIX

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COLT – second foal; dam (3w) is half sister to 3 winners incl COOL CHARDONNAY (4w, SW; Gr2/Gr3 2nd) and Shiraz Cabernet (won; SP)

232 DUKE OF MARMALADE

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COLT – second foal; dam (2w, by Fort Wood) is half sister to 4 winners incl SUPER ELEGANT (4w, Gr3; Gr3 placed), out of 7-time winning full sister to Gr1 PACIFIC BLUE

245 PATHFORK

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FILLY – half sister to 3 multiple winners; dam (3w) is out of winning half sister to SALVATORE VIGANO (4w, Gr2) and Agronomy (5w; 3rd SA Derby)

275 ELUSIVE FORT

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COLT – FULL brother to a multiple winner; dam is half sister to DANCING (4w, G2 in USA; dam of MACDUFF- 3w, SW) and to dam of ZAVITE (11w, Gr1/2/3; Gr1/2/3 placed in AUS/NZ)

305 ELUSIVE FORT

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FILLY – half sister to a winner; dam (2 wins, by Jet Master) is half sister to JOSHUA’S DREAM (5w, Gr3), from family of Gr1 EBONY FLYER (by Jet Master) and Champion CAPTAIN’S LOVER

332 BOLD SILVANO

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FILLY – second foal; half sister to a winner; dam (2w) is out of winning half sister to REI REI (4w, Gr2/Gr3; 3x Gr3 placed)

334 JACKSON

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COLT – second foal; dam (by Jet Master) is FULL sister to STRATOS (7w, Gr1/2/3; Gr1/2/3 placed; dam of Abercrombie – 2w; Gr2/Gr3 placed) and half sister to World Of Stars (3w; Gr1 3rd)

342 MARCHFIELD

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FILLY – second foal; dam (2w) is out of winning half sister to HARD SCENE (3w, Gr3; SP)

343 ELUSIVE FORT

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FILLY – first foal; dam (2w) is half sister to 6 winners, out of half sister to Champion PROMISEFROMMYHEART (dam of MASTER OF MY FATE), from Gr1 family

Simply put your ticks, and hand in at the vendor’s Barn A2 to A23

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C T S DUKE OF MARMALADE

A Cartier Champion, the son of Danehill is responsible for plethora of high class performers headed by Gr1 winners Simple Verse, Big Orange, Star Of Seville, sire Nutan and Sound Of Freedom Lot 2 – out of a mare with 100% of winners to runners, this colt is out of a winning half-sister to multiple Gr1 winning champion Dancer’s Daughter Lot 6 – half-brother to Thekwini Stakes runner up Melliflora, this colt is out of a half-sister to the dam of five time stakes winner Alvilda and his dam is a sister in blood to Sophomore Sprint winner Door Of Deception Lot 57 – closely inbred to Kingmambo, this filly is out of a winning half-sister to a pair of graded stakes winners, headed by triple Gr1 winning champion, and sire, Capetown Noir Lot 73 – this colt is out of a five time winning half-sister to five time Gr1 winner Inara, and third dam is a Gr1 winning daughter of Seattle Slew – the sire of Duke Of Marmalade’s great relative A P Indy Lot 121 – this colt, whose siblings include a five time winner, is out of an own sister to Met winner La Fabulous and is closely inbred to legendary sire Danzig Lot 212 – out of a winning mare by Duke Of Marmalade’s close relative Tiger Ridge, this filly’s second dam is a speedy stakes winner of four Lot 232 – this colt is out of winning Fort Wood ½ sister to Gr3 winner Super Elegant Lot 237 – this colt, whose 1st two dams are

by Silvano and Giant’s Causeway, hails from the same family as US Gr1 winners So Many Ways and Tamarando as well as top miler Half A Year

A p r i l DYNASTY

July winning champion is established as one of SA’s elite sires, with his champions including Futura, Irish Flame, Legislate, Beach Beauty, Bela – Bela, Just Sensual, and Lady In Black, also sire of 2018 Investec Cape Derby winner Eyes Wide Open Lot 19 – a half-sister to 3 good winners overseas, this filly is out of a Pulpit halfsister to Gr2 Bowling Green Hcp winner Air Support, the family of Kentucky Derby winner Orb, multiple Gr1 winner Coronado’s Quest and legendary filly Ruffian Lot 28 – this filly, closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, is out of a Gr3 winning Galileo half-sister to multiple Australian Gr1 winning filly Srikandi

ELUSIVE FORT

Equus Champion whose best include Gr1 winners Siren’s Call and Lauderdale, Summer Cup second Fort Ember and Prix Du Cap winner Elusive Heart Lot 1 – bred on the same cross as Fort Ember, this colt is a half-brother to 3 winners, including the smart Hard To Play, his dam won 3 and granddam was a Gr3 winner Lot 55 – bred on the same cross as stakes winner Ernie, this filly is out of a Cape Fillies Guineas runner up halfsister to Equus Champion and Dubai Gr1 winning sire Vercingetorix, her first two dams are both stakes performers

Pick of the Bunch from the 2015 Breeders Handbook

FLOWER ALLEY

A $165.000 Keeneland yearling in 2004, Flower Alley won five races from a mile to 2000m on dirt in USA. He won the G1 Travers S. and ran second in the G1 Breeder’s Cup Classic.

He was the second highest rated 3yo in USA, with Timeform 127.

At stud he sired G1 Kentucky Derby winner and US Champion 3yo colt I’ll Have Another in his second crop, as well as champion filly My Wandy’s Girl (subsequently sold as broodmare prospect for $700.000).

Flower Alley, a son of US Champion Sire and sire-of-sires Distorted Humor, started his South African studcareer at Wilgerbosdri�. His 2015 fee was R80.000 (with a published ‘book full’).

Breeders Handbook makes the observation that the dam of Flower Alley, Princess Olivia, is by Lycius whose dam is a daughter of Lyphard. Flower Alley’s fourth dam is a daughter of Goofed, the dam of Lyphard. This gives Princess Olivia a 4x4 double of Goofed, and a possible source of breeding excellence. She is dam of stakes winners in Japan, rated TFR 120/123, who are by Deep Impact, whose dam Wind In Her Hair is a daughter of Alzao, by Lyphard. The pedigree of Wind In Her Hair makes her very close kin to Lyphard’s son Elliodor, whose dam is full sister to Busted, the damsire of Wind In Her Hair. Deep Impact is from the same female line as Right Approach, who has several daughters out of Elliodor mares.

The grandam of Distorted Humor, Sweetest Chant, is very close kin to Bold Reason and Never Bend. A large proportion of Distorted Humor’s G1 winners have Sadler’s Wells (as sire of dam, grandam, or damsire). Sadler’s Wells’ line of Bold Reason appears significant in his best offspring. Lalun, the dam of Bold Reason and Never Bend, is a noted La Troienne carrier, and La Troienne is invariably present in multiples in Distorted Humor’s best offspring. This apparent affinity for La Troienne (in Flower Alley present through Sadler’s Wells’ damsire Bold Reason) is emphasised in I’ll Have Another whose dam has a double of Bold Reason’s half brother Never Bend and whose damsire Pleasant Tap is from the La Troienne female line. The close resemblance of performance at stud of Distorted Humor and Trippi makes the latter’s daughters interesting options for Flower Alley.

There are five yearlings on offer with notable pedigrees based on the above: #78 half sister to a winner, their dam a half sister to champion Kildonan – the dam is by Right Approach who fits the kin-sugges�ons (Klawervlei) #95 half sister to 2 winners in UK; grandam Hiwayaa� (by Shadeed, the damsire also of Right Approach) and third dam Alathea both kin-link to Flower Alley’s grandam and third dam. Very much the right stuff! (Klawervlei) #97 half brother to seven winners including Gr1 placed Gr2 winner Maybe Yes (by Tiger Ridge); the winning dam is by Model Man (Elliodor), the grandam is by Northern Guest who brings Buckpasser (La T. female line) (Narrow Creek) #103 half sister to 3 winners, out of a winning dam by Fort Wood (Sadler’s Wells) (Dr Ian Heyns) (find all the stallion’s detail on the Sporting Post website - https://www.sportingpost.co.za/ sire/flower-alley/ ) FLOWER ALLEY • The sales story so far for 2018 First Season Sire Galac�c Storm 16Julie�a 16Diamond Game Hawthorn Adorable Alley Gypsy Woman White Lace Integrity

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Y e a r l i n g Lot 83 – a half-brother to 2 multiple winners, this colt is out of a three time winning daughter of outstanding sire Cape Cross, from the family of Breeders’ Cup Turf winning sire Shirocco Lot 100 – this colt is a half-brother to 7 winners including Dingaans winner and Guineas runner up Silver Flyer and he is out of a five time winning halfsister to Gr1 Majorca Stakes dead – heater Love Is In The Air Lot 123 – this colt, out of a winning half-sister to a stakes horse, is from the same family as top sprinter Titus Livius and Breeders’ Cup winner Zagora Lot 160 – a half-sister to 2 winners, this filly is from the same family as champion filly Scented Royal, as well as recent Gr2 Zabeel Mile winner Janoobi Lot 166 – this filly is out of a Spectrum granddaughter of Oaks winner Logetta Lot 210 – this filly is out of a three time winning ½ sister to Gr1 filly Tahini Lot 216 – a full brother to a smart winner, this colt is out of a winning Rich Man’s Gold half-sister to eight time stakes winner Champagne Preview Lot 228 – this colt is out of a three time winning sister in blood to feature race winner Surf The Web from the family of high class Hong Kong runner Sambuca Lot 255 – this filly is out of a winning half-sister to July winner Hunting Tower – who shared his sire Fort Wood with Elusive Fort himself Lot 275 – this colt, out of a half-sister to Listed winner Macduff and US Gr3 winner Dancing, is from the same family as Arc hero Suave Dancer and outstanding broodmare sires Habitat and Northfields Lot 282 – out of a half-sister to 2 stakes performers, this filly is from the same family as Gr1 winning filly Kournikova and champion filly, and classic winner, Kiss Of Peace Lot 284 – out of a winning sister to winners, this filly’s second dam is an own sister to Cape Fillies Guineas third Kal Sufi – dam of Gr1 filly Kalami Lot289 – closely inbred to Gr1 winner Epoque, this filly is out of a winning half-sister to a stakes placed filly – from the immediate family of her very own sire and Gr1 winners Empress Club and Ecurie Lot 305 – this filly is out of a winning Jet Master ½ sister to Matchem winner Joshua’s Dream, and her dam is a sister in blood to multiple Gr1 winner Ebony Flyer Lot 307 – this colt is from the same family as Gr1 winner Deo Juvente and the latter’s champion dam Circle Of Life, family of Met winner Zebra Crossing Lot 336 – this filly, whose 1st 2 dams both won, has a granddam who is a full sister to stakes winning filly Electric Elegance and ½ sister to 2 graded stakes winners Lot 343 – bred like Fort Ember, this filly is out of a winning Kahal mare, and she is from the same family as top fillies Promisefrommyheart, Covenant and Hashtagyolo

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Deceased Gr2 winning son of Danzig left behind a slew of top class performers headed by Gr1 winners Reckless Abandon, Ermine, Swap Fliparoo, Sunset Glow, Kalitha, and Ball Dancing Lot 27 – this colt (closely inbred to Danzig) is out of an Orpen half-sister to Gr1 winner Quirico, and second dam is a half-sister to US Horse Of The Year Invasor, family of South African champion Illustrador

FLOWER ALLEY

Travers Stakes winner and proven sire of Gr1 winners I’ll Have Another, Lilacs And Lace, Lukes Alley, and recent Gr1 Canadian International winner Bullards Alley Lot 54 – this filly is out of a seven time winning daughter of leading speed sire Var and six time stakes winner, and Oaks third, Queen Of Kiwi Lot 78 – this filly is out of a winning half-sister to multiple Gr1 winning champion (and sire) Kildonan – who was sired by a son of Forty Niner – the grandsire of Flower Alley Lot 95 – this filly, whose siblings include two winners overseas, is from the same outstanding family as international champions Minding (and her Gr1 winning dam Lillie Langtry) and Vaguely Noble as well as local star Arabian Lass Lot 97 – this colt is a half-brother to six winners, headed by Gr2 Fillies Guineas winner Maybe Yes and he is out of a winning ¾ sister to Gr1 performer Ramblin Jac Eliot Lot 103 – out of a mare with a 100% strike rate of winners to runners, this filly’s Alydar sired second dam is a half-sister to champion sprinter Gold Beauty (dam of legendary sprinter Dayjur), the family of the great US filly Sky Beauty and promising sires and Gr1 winners Point Of Entry, Tale Of Ekati and Violence

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Graded Stakes winning DAMS of yearlings RAIN GAL (Galileo) Gr3 Final Fling S. #28 DYNASTY filly; 2nd foal Klawervlei REFLECTIVE IMAGE (Tamburlaine) Gr2 Sceptre S. #29 ORATORIO colt; 2nd foal Golden Touch TRINITY HOUSE (Captain Al) Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery Gr3 Umzimkhulu S. #55 ELUSIVE FORT filly Klawervlei TZIGANE (Doowaley) Gr3 Sycamore Sprint #58 PATHFORK colt; first foal Winterbach Stud JACKODORE (Toreador) Gr2 Merchants Hcp Gr3 Magnolia Hcp #115 POMODORO colt; 2nd foal Klawervlei MOCHACHINO (Silvano) Gr2 Camellia S. #134 half sister by ORATORIO Avontuur JET DANZA (Jet Master) Gr3 Acacia Hcp #315 half brother by POMODORO Klawervlei

Yearlings with Graded Stakes winning SIBLINGS EXQUISITE TOUCH (Var) Gr3 Man O’War Sprint #3 half brother by SOFT FALLING RAIN Winterbach Stud WONDERWALL (Querari) Gr2 Spring Challenge #62 half brother by POMODORO Normandy MAYBE YES (Tiger Ridge) Gr2 KRA Fillies Guineas #97 half brother by FLOWER ALLEY Narrow Creek Stud JOAN RANGER (Horse Chestnut) Gr2 Camellia S. (2x) & FANZENE (National Emblem) Gr3 Magnolia Hcp #99 half brother by MASTER OF MY FATE Klawervlei SILVER FLYER (Silvano) Gr2 Dingaans (2nd Gr1 Cape Guineas; 3rd Gr1 SA Classic) #100 half brother by ELUSIVE FORT Klipdrif Stud FAIR ROSALIND (Count duBois) Gr3 Magnolia Hcp #101 half brother by JACKSON Narrow Creek Stud CROWD PLEASER (Captain Al) Gr3 Betting World 2200 #109 half brother by Philanthropist Normandy KEY DECISION (Goldmark) Gr3 Tony Ruffel S. #117 half sister by QUERARI Normandy SUPER ELEGANT (Daylami) Gr3 Diana S. Gr3 Victress S. #154 half brother by SILVANO Klipdrif Stud

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NO TIME TO LOSE From his first two Australian crops 60% winners to runners incl. Gr1/2 winner & Group performers

NOW! a first South African crop at the sales CTS APRIL YEARLING SALE DRAFT #14 colt, second foal; dam half sister to 5 winners incl MILTON (8w, Gr2; 2x Gr2 2nd) #185 3rd foal, half brother to a winner; dam SERVILIA (5w, SW; Gr2 2nd) is full sister to Roman Empress (4w; Gr3 3rd), out of LADY CELESTE (5w, Gr2; Gr1/2/3 placed) #188 filly; dam (won – by Exceed And Excel) is half sister to 6 winners incl MOKABRA (3w, Gr2 in GER; 2x Gr3 3rd in IRE) & John Dorans Melody (won; SP in IRE) #229 half brother to two multiple winners; dam (won – by Fort Wood) is half sister to LAKE BAIKAL (5w, SW; dam of Deep Water – 4w; SP – by Fort Wood) and Goldsmith (6w, Gr3 2nd) #235 2nd foal; dam (2w – by Trippi) is full & half sister to three multiple winners, out of winning full sister to Futureworld (4w, Gr3 3rd) #239 half brother to 2 multiple winners incl Magical Bet (5w); dam (won – by Galileo) is half sister to winners in AUS, from female line of sire SNIPPETS #277 half brother to a multiple winner; dam (4w) is half sister to 3 winners incl HARVARD CRIMSON (6w, SW; SP) #300 filly, first foal; dam (3w) is half sister to winners out of 3-part sister (by Danehill Dancer) to SPITZ (2w, SW in AUS) #320 half brother to a multiple winner; dam (won – by Western Winter) is half sister to 2 multiple winners out of KEEN OBSERVER (6w, Gr3; Gr1/2/3 placed) #321 half brother to a multiple winner; dam (by Al Mufti) is half sister to 9 winners incl PARK LANE (6w, Gr2; Gr1/ Gr3 placed; dam of Laurie’s Gold – 6w; Gr3 3rd), Mission Statement (8w; Gr2 2nd), Hancock News (3w; SP)

STUD MASTER: CHARL VAN DER WESTHUIZEN MOBILE: 072 983 6282

IN HER TIME winning a rain soaked Gr1 Galaxy - 1100m Australia

TIME THIEF is sire of 2018 Australian Gr1 winner IN HER TIME (Gr1/Gr2 winner, multiple Gr1 placed)

TIME THIEF (by Redoute’s Choice) Multiple Gr1 placed sprint/miler (Timeform 120) ¾ brother to SA Champion Sprinter LAISSERFAIRE ½ brother to dam of SA Gr1 ZODIAC RULER sire of 60% runners to winners incl Gr1 winner IN HER TIME (Gr1/Gr2 winner, multiple Gr1 placed), Volkoff, Rom Baro, Happy Cash, Copy Watch, etc TIME THIEF first SA-bred crop at the sales

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ASHAAWES (Kingmambo) (130) Midnight Dazzler (Victory Moon: 1r/1w) BIARRITZ (Count Dubois) (335) Darley Rose (Fusaichi Pegasus: 1r/1w) (219) Triumphant Gold (Goldkeeper: 2r/1w) BLACK MINNALOUSHE (Storm Cat) (326) Pin Code (Capture Him: 2r/2w) (197) Souplesse (Indigo Magic: 3r/2w/1sw) (280) Dont Worry (Silvano: 15r/7w) BOLD SILVANO (Silvano) (332) Waterfall (Kabool: 2r/2w) BYWORD (Peintre Celebre) (244) Bearing Strait (Caesour: 1r/1w) CAPTAIN AL (Al Mufti) (31) Roman Eagle (Caesour: 18r/12w/2sw) (77) Blythe Spirit (Rakeen: 14r/11w/1sw) ELUSIVE FORT (Fort Wood) (55) Trinity House (Captain Al: 6r/6w/1sw) (228) Virginia Sound (Jallad: 4r/3w) (1) La Mascarata (Kahal: 1r/1w/1sw) (343) Konfessional (Kahal: 1r/1w/1sw) (216) Tramps (Rich Man's Gold: 2r/1w) (275) Dancing Empress (Royal Applause: 1r/1w) (166) Rainbow Belle (Spectrum: 1r/1w)

ORATORIO (Danehill) (145) Nordic Spring (Fort Wood: 9r/6w) (82) Centrespread (Model Man: 3r/1w) (296) Full Moon Rising (Second Empire: 1r/1w) (134) Mochachino (Silvano: 1r/1w) (223) Vancouver Gold (Var: 5r/2w) (224) Varsity Queen (Var: 5r/2w) PATHFORK (Distorted Humor) (308) Honey Bun (Fort Wood: 9r/3w/1sw) (317) Jodi's Gold (Goldmark: 1r/1w) (249) Bergfrue (National Emblem: 1r/1w) (274) Dance With Tigers (Tiger Ridge: 1r/1w) PHILANTHROPIST (Kris S) (194) Solar Voyager (Captain Al: 6r/2w) (36) Schism (Count Dubois: 2r/2w) (211) Tickle My Fancy (Fort Wood: 10r/3w) (169) Reserved Emblem (National Emblem: 4r/1w) (260) Centre Court (Sportsworld: 1r/1w) (180) Royal Jubilee (Trippi: 7r/2w) (314) Jackie O (Western Winter: 9r/6w/1sw) POMODORO (Jet Master) (62) Westwardly (Silvano: 1r/1w) (226) Victrixit (Victory Moon: 1r/1w)

QUERARI (Oasis Dream) (198) Spanish Vixen (Al Mufti: 3r/2w) (79) Calais (Badger Land: 2r/2w) GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT (More Than Ready) (117) Key To Heaven (Elliodor: 2r/1w) (125) Limited Offer (Al Mufti: 5r/2w) (106) Ginger Tree (Fort Wood: 5r/5w) (247) Bella Ragazza (Captain Al: 5r/4w/2sw) (107) Glorious Fair (Rakeen: 3r/2w) (267) Comebackanddance (Jallad: 3r/2w/1sw) (151) Omaticaya (Silvano: 12r/6w/4sw) (161) Perini (Judpot: 1r/1w) (137) Moon And Sixpence (Victory Moon: 4r/2w) (295) Frosted Flakes (Spectrum: 3r/2w) (155) Pale Night (Western Winter: 10r/4w) (61) Western Fleet (West Man: 2r/2w) (230) West To East (Western Winter: 10r/4w) GREAT BRITAIN (Green Desert) ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (Danehill) (251) Bluebell Glade (Fort Wood: 5r/1w) (10) Mayakoba (Galileo: 2r/1w/1sw) (339) Green Peace (Fort Wood: 5r/1w) (15) Mrs Everest (Galileo: 2r/1w/1sw) GREYS INN (Zabeel) (152) On The Nile (Sadler's Wells: 4r/3w/1sw) (120) Lametta (Fort Wood: 21r/11w) (11) Meek Appeal (Woodman: 1r/1w/1sw) (313) Ides (Fort Wood: 21r/11w) SEVENTH ROCK (Rock of Gibraltar) (129) Mehrangarh (Indigo Magic: 2r/1w) (176) Rodeo Sioux (Casey Tibbs: 3r/2w) (90) Defining Beauty (Jallad: 4r/3w) (264) Choice Dancer (Danehill Dancer: 1r/1w) (96) El Momento (Jet Master: 5r/4w) (149) Ocean News (London News: 2r/1w) (173) River Pride (Mellifont: 3r/1w) (290) Fayette (National Emblem: 16r/5w/1sw) (86) Cleome (Muhtafal: 4r/3w) (250) Blingle Bells (Parade Leader: 1r/1w) (153) Oracle East (Silvano: 3r/2w) (246) Bella Notte (West Man: 3r/1w) SILVANO (Lomitas) (47) Sting Operation (Captain Al: 5r/4w) IDEAL WORLD (Kingmambo) (206) Swinging Jet (Jet Master: 15r/14w/2sw) (164) Queens Prerogative (National Assembly: 4r/1w) (154) Pacific Gem (Model Man: 32r/25w/1sw) (157) Park Ridge (Tiger Ridge: 1r/1w) TRIPPI (End Sweep) JACKSON (Dynasty) (7) Mana Mou (Captain Al: 10r/9w/2sw) (338) Generous Gabriella (Forest Wildcat: 1r/1w) TWICE OVER (Observatory) JAY PEG (Camden Park) (70) Anne Trulove (Black Minnaloushe: 1r/1w) (301) Great Aclea (Jallad: 9r/4w) (68) Als Bonanza (Captain Al: 9r/4w) JUDPOT (A P Indy) (241) Als The Word (Captain Al: 9r/4w) (337) Fireinthewoods (Al Mufti: 17r/13w) (105) Gibraltar's Secret (Rock of Gibraltar: 2r/1w) (141) Night Of Stars (Captain Al: 5r/2w) (108) Golden Breeze (Spectrum: 3r/2w/1sw) (131) Miss Polly (Elliodor: 10r/9w) VAR (Forest Wildcat) (327) Skyblade (Jet Master: 6r/2w) (213) Timetogoby (Damascus Gate: 3r/1w) (135) Model K (Model Man: 13r/9w/1sw) (287) Europe To Africa (Rock of Gibraltar: 2r/1w) (156) Parfait (National Emblem: 3r/2w) VISIONAIRE (Grand Slam) LATERAL (Singspiel) (291) Festive Style (Fort Wood: 4r/2w) (269) Cool Encounter (Mogok: 2r/1w) WHAT A WINTER (Western Winter) (18) Nunavik (Fort Wood: 8r/7w/1sw) (116) Katie Em (Fort Wood: 8r/7w/1sw) (309) Hot Ember (National Emblem: 2r/1w) (43) Snug As A Bug (Qui Danzig: 2r/1w) (63) White Lies (Qui Danzig: 2r/1w) (51) Team Player (Sportsworld: 3r/3w)

The former LQP winner and leading first crop sire has made a blistering start to his stud career with early crops yielding such graded winners as Gunner, Gimme Six, Surcharge, Hack Green and Green Pepper, as well as Gr1 filly Rose In Bloom Lot 22 – this filly, out of a winning half-sister to Gr3 filly Perakeen, is from the same family as top Australian sprinter and sire Zeditave, as well South African champions Greys Inn and Smart Call Lot 61 – a winning half-brother to 3 winners, including Gr3 2yo Lady Var, this colt is out of a six time stakes winner, from the family of champion sprinter Mythical Flight Lot 125 – this filly, out of a sister to a stakes placed winner of ten, has a half-sister to multiple Gr1 winner Ingleside as a granddam, this is the great Drohsky family Lot 161 – this colt, out of a Judpot half-sister to 2 stakes horses, is from the immediate family of dual Gr1 winner Captain America – who has earned over R5 million, and graded stakes winners Aquitaine, Cruise Collection and Pirate’s Gold Lot 193 – out of a winning halfsister to an Oaks placed runner, this filly’s second dam is a Gr3 winning daughter of late leading US sire and top broodmare sire Arch Lot 231 – this colt is a halfbrother to five winners, headed by recent Listed Jet Master Stakes winner Perovskia Lot 247 – bred on the same cross as Gr1 winner Gunner, this colt is out of a winning Captain Al half-sister to Gr3 2yo Qui Success, the family of exported Gr3 winner Madame Dubois Lot 267 – this filly, out of a six time stakes winning daughter of Jallad, is from the same family as champions Along Came Polly and Young Rake Lot 268 – bred on the very potent More Than Ready/Danehill cross, this colt is out of a winning daughter of Commands and third dam is four time Gr1 winner Giovana Lot 283 – this colt is out of a winning Encosta De Lago halfsister to Oaks winner Rena’s Lady and group winners Vatuvei and Raise Lot 295 – this filly is out of a winning half-sister to Met winning champion Past Master Lot 302 – this colt, whose first two dams both won, is from the same family as Gr1 winners Tara’s Touch, Priceless Asset and Little Miss Magic (dam of current high class filly Miss Katalin) Lot 311 – this colt is out of a half-sister to 2yo champion and Gr1 winner Dare To Dream and his second dam won four up to 1200m

GOLDEN SWORD

Runner up in theGr1 Irish Derby and a full brother to Melbourne Cup hero Rekindling, he is best known as the sire of Dubai based stakes winning filly Belle Rose Lot 178 – this filly, out of a Jallad half-sister to Gr1 performer Rudi Rocks, is a half-sister to 3 winners including the smart, stakes placed Silva Hawk Lot259 – this filly is out of a six time winning Kahal half-sister to multiple stakes winner and SA Oaks second Salutation, family

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GREAT BRITAIN

The stakes winning brother to outstanding sire Cape Cross has left behind numerous high class performers headed by the likes of Al Mariachi, Wrecking Ball, Hashtag Strat and Queen Laurie Lot 184 – a half sister to 2 winners, this filly is from the same family as one of history’s greatest racemares – 11 time Gr1 winning champion Dahlia Lot 251 – this colt is out of a winning Fort Wood half-sister to stakes winner Ha Lucy and second dam is Kahal’s Gr1 winning champion Bold Ellinore Lot 292 – out of a half-sister to 2 Australian stakes horses, this filly’s third dam is multiple Gr1 winner and Australian champion Flitter (by top sprinter Bluebird) Lot 339 – a half-brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a winning Fort Wood half-sister to millionaire and Gr2 Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner Trophy Wife – who was placed in three Gr1 races and earned nearly R2 million in stakes

GREYS INN

An Equus Champion closely related to successful sire Zeditave, Greys Inn has made his mark through his dual Horse Of The Year son Legal Eagle, and fellow Gr1 winners Royal Bencher and King Of Pain Lot 26 – this filly is out of a winning Spectrum half-sister to Gr3 winning sprinter Star Sapphire and to the stakes placed dam of Gr1 2yo Midnight Serenade Lot 86 – a full brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a Gr1 2yo whose half-brother won the Gr3 Cape Nursery, the family of Gr1 winners Real Princess and William Longsword Lot 90 – a brother to a debut winner, this colt is out of a Jallad half-sister to 2 graded winners, including exported Gr1 Gold Cup winner Thundering Star Lot 91 – this colt is out of a winning ½ sister to Gr2 winning sprinter Polar Moon, from the family of Horse Of The Year Legislate and the latter’s promising sister Statute Lot 96 – a brother to a winner, this colt is out of a winning ¾ sister to stakes winner Pan Amm and second dam is a 4 time winning ½ sister to Gr2 winner Grey Arrow Lot 120 – this filly is out of a Fort Wood ½ sister to Cape Nursery winner Brilliant Cut, family of Equus Champions Colonial Girl and the exported Edict OfNantes Lot 129 – this colt is out of a ½ sister to 3 stakes horses, headed by Guineas winning millionaire and sire Biarritz, and second dam is a 3 time winning ½ sister to Majorca Stakes winner Outstanding Star – dam of Zabeel Mile winner Kapil Lot 153 – this colt is out of a winning Silvano ½ sister to Dubai Gr3 winner Oracle West Lot 173 – this colt is out of a half-sister to a Ladies Mile winner, from the family of Gr1 winners Sand And Sea, Pointing North, Rodoille and Wainui Lot 246 – brother to a winner, this colt is out of a ¾ sister to champion and multiple Gr1 winner Bad Girl Runs from the famed Pelting family

Lot 312 – this colt is out of Gr2 SA Fillies Nursery runner up Ibrox Park Lot 313 – this filly is out of a Fort Wood daughter of Oaks winner Idle Fancy, from the family of hot young international sires Declaration Of War and Union Rags Lot 323 – a half-sister to a winner, this filly is from an outstanding family responsible for leading sires Storm Bird and Green Tune, champion filly Pas De Reponse and multiple graded stakes winner and young local sire Global View Lot 330 – a half-brother to a 3 time winner, this colt is out of a half-sister to Majorca winner Outstanding Star, the dam of Guineas/Zabeel Mile winner Kapil

IDEAL WORLD

Kingmambo son is a proven sire, with his best the champions Smart Call and Hermoso Mundo, as well as graded winners Zen Arcade, Cape Speed and Zante, another notable son is Grand Heritage winner Irish Pride Lot 157 – this filly is out of a winning ½ sister to stakes placed Pole Star, and this is the family of champion Horse Chestnut (damsire of Ideal World champion Smart Call) and top fillies Sport’s Chestnut and Monyela Lot 164 – this colt, a halfbrother to five winners, is from the same family as Gr1 winners Face North and Polo Classic, and Horse Of The Year Quarrytown

INDIGO MAGIC

Sire of graded winners Go Indigo and Shades Of Indigo, he is an emerging broodmare sire of graded winners Hard Day’s Night, Cat And The Moon and Elusive Heart Lot 147 – this colt is a halfbrother to 3 winners, including stakes placed four time winner Gianduja and his second dam was a stakes winner of seven

JACKSON

Triple G1 winning son of Dynasty who thrashed Variety Club in the Cape Derby, sire of first crop winner Bountiful Strength Lot 9 – this colt, a halfbrother to 2 winners, is out of a winning half-sister to Gr3 Pretty Polly Stakes winner Miss Ethics, second dam is a stakes winner of seven Lot 33 – this filly is a half-sister to six winners including Lanzerac Ready To Run winner and R2.7 million plus earner Safe Harbour – the latter is by a son of Fort Wood – the grandsire of Jackson Lot 101 – this colt is a halfbrother to 4 winners, headed

by Gr3 winner Fair Rosalind, and he is out of a stakes placed daughter of US champion sire Thunder Gulch Lot 179 – a half-sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of a Model Man ½ sister to Gr1 2yo Infinite Spirit and third dam is a Fort Wood ½ sister to Coventry Stakes winner Cutting Blade, the family of US champion and dual classic winner Little Current Lot 218 – this colt is out of a Trippi ½ sister to a stakes placed winner and speedy second dam is a Gr1 placed stakes winner of four Lot 293 – this filly is out of a half-sister to 2 stakes winners, headed by Gr1 SA Derby hero Seal from the family of high class

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Oratorio and Var lead the 2018 list of active sires of 2yo’s!

The pair have 19 candidates for the CTS Million races at the April Yearling Sale.

VAR & ORATORIO stand at Avontuur • Contact Pippa Mickleburgh: 021 855 1442 or 083 658 4404 • stud@avontuurestate.co.za

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fillies Our Girl and Keen Observer Lot 334 – this colt is out of a full – sister to Gr1 Empress Club winner Stratos Lot 338 – a half-brother to a five time winner, this colt is out of a ¾ sister to US Gr3 winner Daring Kathy family of US champions Fort Marcy and Key To The Mint Lot 341 – a half-brother to 5 winners, this colt is out of a 3 time winning daughter of outstanding broodmare sire Lemon Drop Kid, from the family of US Gr1 winners Chief’s Crown, Winning Colors, Sightseek, Confessional and Tates Creek

Lot 327 – half-sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of a three time winning Jet Master halfsister to 2 stakes performers, second dam is Gr3 winner Slinky Malinky, and this is the outstanding family of US champion Revidere and Boldnesian – from whom Judpot descends in male line Lot 337 – closely inbred to Lassie Dear, this colt is out of an Al Mufti ½ sister to Gr2 winning 2yo Winterinthewoods and second dam is a Fort Wood (damsire of Judpot’s Gr1 winner Forest Indigo) half-sister to 2 Gr1 winners including champion Highland Night

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KINGSBARNS

Equus Champion and globetrotting star, whose best offspring included graded winners Silicone Valley, Woljayrine, Exit Here, Hot Affair, Flash Drive and Peggy Jay Lot 190 – this filly is out of a winning ¾ sister to Australian Gr1 winning sire Dodge, and her dam is by top class broodmare sire Canny Lad Lot 254 – this colt is out of a winning daughter of a Brazilian stakes placed performer, family of French classic winner Dancing Maid Lot 301 – a half-sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a three time winning Jallad halfsister to four time stakes winner St James’ Park, family of Legal Eagle

JUDPOT

In – form sire whose notable runners include Gr1 winners Along Came Polly, Forest Indigo and Juxtapose, promising current 2yo runners include highly rated Nous Voila Lot 60 – this colt , inbred to Nureyev and Lassie Dear, is a half-brother to 2 winners, including stakes placed Draugluin and his dam is a winning ½ sister to 2 Gr1 winners Lot 93 – this filly is out of a half-sister to Gr1 SA Classic winner English Garden – who was sired by a son of A P Indy (also the sire of Judpot) Lot 131 – a half-brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a four time winning daughter of top broodmare sire Elliodor and is a ¾ brother to Judpot champ Along Came Polly Lot 135 – this colt is a half-brother to six winners, headed by millionaire and stakes winner Mannequin, he is bred on the same Judpot/Model Man cross as Along Came Polly Lot 141 – this colt is out of a three time winning Captain Al half-sister to smart sprinter Eddie Sweat and promising Billy Silver, second dam was second in the SA Nursery Lot 156 – this colt is out of a half-sister to 2 stakes winners including Gr3 winner Pessoa, second dam is top class racemare Printemp Lot 158 – closely inbred to Nureyev and Lassie Dear, this filly is a half-sister to stakes winner and Gr1 SA Derby runner up Pagoda and is out of a ½ sister to a champion

A Gr1 winner at two by the world’s premier sire Galileo – just like outstanding sires Frankel, New Approach and Teofilo Lot 238 – this colt, a half-brother to useful filly Over Again, is out of a winning daughter of champion sire Captain Al from the family of recent Gr3 winner Wrecking Ball Lot 248 – this filly is out of a daughter of Thekwini Stakes runner up Ice Belle – a Western Winter own sister to short lived Gr2 winning 2yo Buran Lot 316 – out of a ½ sister to a four time winner, this filly’s second dam is Jallad’s stakes placed daughter Jabulani Jive

LATERAL

Now deceased, this Gr1 winning 2yo, and former leading first crop sire, is responsible for graded winners Bilateral, Unparalled and Milton Lot 269 – this colt is out of a winning daughter of Fillies Guineas runner up Winter Ade, herself a daughter of Western Winter and stakes winning 2yo Light Fandango

LINNGARI

A multiple Gr1 winning son of outstanding sire Indian Ridge, Linngari made his mark through son Garlingari – a multiple group winner who has earned over £500 000 in prize money Lot 133 – this colt (bred on a similar cross to Garlingari) is out of a Fort Wood half-sister to champion Icy Air (dam of Dubai based Gr2 winner Icy Trail) Lot 325 – a half-sister to a winner, this filly is out of a wining half-sister to 4 time stakes winner American Emblem, family of champion filly Kiss Of Peace

MAIN AIM

Oasis Dream’s July Cup runner up is responsible for a host of useful winners including feature race winners Golden Mystery and Desert Chief and speedy filly Yaas Lot 262 – this filly is out of a daughter of a five time winning daughter of top class broodmare sire Goldkeeper

Pick of the Bunch from the 2015 Breeders Handbook

KINGSBARNS

Unbeaten in 2 starts as a 2yo having won the Gr1 Racing Post Trophy, Kingsbarns was quoted at 8/1 for the next year’s 2000 Guineas and Derby, rated Timeform 120p. Things didn’t work out, as he raced only twice at 3 (with a Gr1 3rd and Timeform ra�ng 121p).

Kingsbarns entered stud at Coolmore in Ireland in 2015, having fer�lity issues. He was sent to South Africa later that year, where the problem persisted.

The female line focus, according to Breeders Handbook, is on 5th dam Agar’s Plough (Irish Oaks, TFR 122) and 4th dam Mesopotamia (Champion Irish 2yo, TFR 126). Both are closely kinbred, both carry elements making them close kin to notable others. Agar’s Plough is close kin to the mares Special, Darrica and Bride Elect.

Two yearlings catch the eye: #238 second foal, half brother to a mul�ple winner; dam is kinbred through the bo�om line of Captain Al and the mare’s bo�om line, both in turn connec�on to Agar’s Plough. Good stuff. (Sorrento Stud) #248 filly, first foal of Go Deputy mare. The kin-link is through Agar’s Plough going to Helenita – her sire True Swallow’s grandam Four Poster is half sister to Agar’s Plough, and Helenita is kinbred through Four Poster and her 3rd dam New Dawn. Interes�ng. (Dr Ian Heyns) (find all the stallion’s detail on the Sporting Post website - https://www.sportingpost.co.za/ sire/kingsbarns/ ) KINGSBARNS • The sales story so far for 2018 First Season Sire

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Y e a r l i n g MAMBO IN SEATTLE

¾ brother to Lemon Drop Kid and Gr1 Travers second is a proven sire of high class stakes winners Same Jurisdiction, Majestic Mambo, Desert Rhythm and Mambo Mime to name a few!

Lot 192 – this colt’s winning siblings include Gr1 filly Uptothemoon and stakes placed 2yo Size Does Count and he is out of a mare whose five wins included the Listed Ladies Mile

MARCHFIELD

Dual Canadian and millionaire son of the great sire A P Indy, he has made his mark as sire of Gr2 winner Field Of Courage and smart 3yo Spring Man Lot 21 – this filly is out of a stakes placed sister to Gr2 Peninsula Hcp winner Polar Bound and half-sister to Equus Champion Long Dollar Lot 195 – a half-brother to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a three time winning very close relative of champion sprinter Rebel King, from the same family as Gr1 winner Lyrical Linda and her Gr1 Summer Cup winning son Liege Lot 342 – this filly, whose dam won twice up to 1400m, has a granddam who is a half-sister to Diana Stakes winner Hard Scene

MASTER OF MY FATE

Winner of six of his eight outings, the son of champions Jet Master and Promisefrommyheart made a blistering start to his stud career with five early 2yo winners Lot 32 – this filly is out of a three time winning granddaughter of champion sire Hussonet and second dam is a half-sister to Australian Gr1 winner Soho Square Lot 45 – this colt is a three – parts brother to stakes winner Princess Ofthe Sky and half-brother to Peninsula Hcp third Platinum Prince and he is also very closely related to the Jet Master sired Gr1 winner Love Is In The Air Lot 50 – this colt is out of a stakes placed sister to Gr2 Emerald Cup winner Narc Lot 52 – out of a winning mare

by US champion and emerging broodmare sire Bernardini, this filly is from the same family as Golden Slipper winners Capitalist and Merlene, as well as high class SA filly Merlene de Lago Lot 65 – this colt is out of a 3 time winning ¾ sister to Gr3 winner Imperial Triumph and UAE Oaks winner Imperial Ice from the great Party Time family – which produced champion In The Fast Lane to the cover of Jet Master Lot 92 – this colt is out of a winning sister to Equus Champion, triple Gr1 winner and sire Capetown Noir and Gr3 winner Across The Ice Lot 99 – this colt is a half-brother to seven winners including Gr2 winner Joan Ranger and Gr3 winner Fanzene, a half-sister the colt on sale was the top lot sold at the 2017 March Sale Lot 126 – a half-sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of a ½ sister to an Irish champion and to the dam of multiple Gr1 winning KZN sire Linngari, family of Gr1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Mont Ormel Lot 139 – out of a ¾ sister to a stakes winner, this filly is from the same family as champion and sire Argonaut, Gr1 winning filly Finest View and promising 3yo Sir David Baird Lot 140 – this filly is a half sister to 4 winners, two of them stakes placed Lot 177 – this colt, whose dam is a ½ sister to Gr3 performer

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Alexander, is out of a daughter of a ½ sister to US Gr3 winner Roshani from the family of US Gr1 winners Data Link and Hymn Book Lot 209 – a ¾ brother to a multiple winner, this colt is out of a winning ½ sister to 2yo stakes winner Triumphant Surge, and he is also very closely related to Jet Master sired champion Mythical Flight Lot 236 – out of a stakes placed winner of four, this filly is from the same family as Jet Master sired Gr3 Victress Stakes winner Jet Aglow Lot 270 – out of a winning daughter of Captain Al, this filly’s second dam is a winning own sister to Horse Of The Year and outstanding broodmare National Colour Lot 272 – a half-sister to 3 smart winners, this filly is out of a winning Western Winter daughter of smart stakes winning sprinter Shoot The Booze (dam of a Gr3 performer by Jet Master) Lot 278 – a half-brother to a 4 time winner, this colt is out of full sister to champion and Canadian Gr3 winner Tara’s Touch, the family of Jet Master sired Gr1 winner Little Miss Magic (dam of Miss Katalin)

NOBLE TUNE

Runner up in the Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, he is a son of US champion sire Unbridled’s Song and is a half-brother to champion Honor Code, first crop includes winner Awesomely Tuned Lot 8 – this filly is out of a winning own sister to Mauritian champ Master Mascus and to Gr1 sprinter Exelero – joint sales topper at the 2012 CTS Ready To Run Sale Lot 214 – this filly is out of a winning daughter of a 3 time winning ½ sister to Gr3 Prix Du Cap winner Bridal Lace, family of Fillies Guineas winner Boland Pride Lot 242 – this colt is out of a winning half-sister to Oaks winner Goat

ORATORIO

Triple Gr1 winning champion and dual champion sire in Italy, his best local runners include Gr2 winner Ottimo, Gr1 2yo Ancestry and promising 2yo filly Carlita Lot 20 – this filly is out of a winning half-sister to Equus Champion, and first past the post in the Gr1 Arlington Million, and sire The Apache, whose sire Mogok is from the same family as Oratorio’s sire Danehill Lot 29 – this colt is out of Gr2 Sceptre Stakes winner Reflective Image Lot 48 – this colt is a half-brother to hugely talented Talk Of The Town and is from the same family as champions Redoute’s Choice and Peeping Fawn (both sired by Danehill – the sire of Oratorio) Lot 76 – this colt is out of a Trippi ½ sister to Gr3 winner State Blue Lot 82 – this filly is out of a 3 time winning own sister to Fillies Guineas winner Pacific Blue and to the dam of dual Gr3 winning filly Super Elegant Lot 114 – this colt, out of a winning Hennessy ½ sister to a Gr2 winner in Argentina, is out of a daughter of a Gr1 placed daughter of outstanding sire Candy Stripes Lot 118 – this filly is out of a ½ sister to globetrotting Gr3 winner Nocturnal Affair Lot 134 – this filly is out of a Gr2 winning Silvano half-sister to top sprinter and Gr1 Computaform Sprint runner up Mocha Java, family of July winner Hunting Tower Lot 145 – this filly, whose siblings include an 11 time winner, is out of a seven time winning daughter of

champion sire and perennial leading broodmare sire Fort Wood Lot 148 – a half-brother to five winners, and bred on a similar cross to Gr1 winner Simply Perfect, this colt is out of a 3 time winning ½ sister to SW Atlantic Storm Lot 170 – a half-sister to a winner, this filly is from the same family as Gr1 winning 2yos Blue Duster and Zieten (both sired by Oratorio’s grandsire Danzig) Lot 223 – this filly, whose third dam is Gr1 winner Sport’s Chestnut, is out of a winning Var ½ sister to Gr3 performer Le Clos, the family of Horse Chestnut Lot 224 – a sister to a winner, this filly is out of a winning own sister to Gr1 filly Schiffer and second dam is a winning Jallad ½ sister to 2 grade 2 winners Lot 252 – out of a winning daughter of champion sire/emerging broodmare sire Trippi, this filly’s second dam is a sister to a Gr1 winner and to the Gr3 winning dam of Gr1 Majorca Stakes winner Nightingale Lot 296 – a half-sister to the smart Dark Moon Rising, this filly is out of a mare who won five, from the family of King’s Cup winning filly Lady Magpie

PATHFORK

An unbeaten Gr1 winning champion at two, his best include the graded stakes winners Red Chesnut Road and My Friend Lee, as well as 2yo stakes winner Precious Pansy Lot 13 – a half-sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of a four time winning ½ sister to stakes winner and SA Fillies Guineas runner up School Assembly Lot 58 – closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, this colt is out of Gr3 Sycamore Sprint winner Tzigane Lot 80 – this filly, out of a winning daughter of Var, is from the same family as champion racemare Mother Russia and the latter’s Gr1 winning daughter Nother Russia Lot 124 – this colt, inbred to Sadler’s Wells, is out of a Dynasty half-sister to a speedy stakes performer from the same family as champion Miss Alleged, dam of Gr1 local sire Joshua Dancer Lot 187 – this filly (inbred to Sadler’s Wells) is out of a winning Dynasty ½ sister to Gr3 winning speedy filly Fair Rosalind, granddam is a stakes placed winner of five Lot 204 – this colt is out of a winning Dynasty ½ sister to 2 Gr3 performers, and hails from the same family as recent Gauteng Guineas winner Monks Hood Lot 208 – out of a mare by Pathfork’s close relative Redoute’s Choice, this colt is a half-brother to 4 overseas winners, this is the great Denise’s Joy family Lot 220 – this filly’s four winning siblings include the stakes placed filly Night In Tahiti, like the filly on sale, sired by a Forty Niner line stallion Lot 245 – a half-sister to 3 winners, this filly is out of a speedy 3 time winner, from the same family as July winning champion Gondolier Lot 249 – closely inbred to Danzig and Mr Prospector, this colt’s second dam is a 3 time winning own sister to stakes winner Ice Wine, and ½ sister to two other graded stakes winners Lot 274 – this colt is out of a ½ sister to Gr3 winner Master Of Note Lot 308 – bred on the same cross as Gr3 winner Red Chesnut Road, this colt’s first 2 dams are winning daughters of champion sires Fort Wood and Smart Strike Lot 317 – a half-brother to 4 winners, this colt is out of a ½ sister to an Oaks third

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Pick of the Bunch from the 2015 Breeders Handbook

SOFT FALLING RAIN

A R350.000 yearling in 2011, So� Falling Rain won 7 races from 1000m to 1600m in South Africa, UK, and Dubai. He was unbeaten in 4 starts as a 2yo and voted Champion 2yo colt.

He was Timeform’s sixth highest rated older horse on 2013, rated 129.

So� Falling Rain started his stud career at Wilgerbosdri�, his 2015 fee R40.000.

Soft Falling Rain is from the US female line of multiple US Champion sire Smart Strike, prompting Breeders Handbook to suggest that kin-breeding to members of that female line might be beneficial. The family is represented in South Africa through Gr1 producing sires Strike Smartly (full brother to Smart Strike, by Mr Prospector), Sail From Seattle (Gone West) and Gr1 winner and sire Jackson. The latter is by Fort Wood’s son Dynasty, while Strike Smartly has stakes winners from mares by Fort Wood.

Soft Falling Rain’s sire National Assembly is out of a mare by Buckpasser, a noted influence also in Danehill (who is close kin to National Assembly), Al Mufti, Northern Guest, and Soft Falling Rain’s 2nd damsire Seattle Slew.

There are four yearlings on offer who show relevant kin-links. #30 filly, first foal of winning full sister to Gr1 Guineas winner Solo Traveller; the dam is by Western Winter, who provides kin-links (Gone West, Vice Regent) (Klawervlei) #44 half sister to 3 winners including stakes winner Star Jet; the Argen�nian bred dam is by Mutakddim, who brings Sea�le Slew and a double of Buckpasser (Winterbach Stud) #69 half brother to a winner out of a mare by Victory Moon, who contributes Buckpasser (from Lassie Dear) and Nijinsky (from Dancing Champ) (Dr Ian Heyns) #257 third foal; half sister to 2 winners, out of a mare by Fort Wood who provides kin-links (Daytona Stud) (find all the stallion’s detail on the Sporting Post website - https://www.sportingpost.co.za/sire/ soft-falling-rain/ ) SOFT FALLING RAIN • The sales story so far for 2018 First Season Sire

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A former leading sire on synthetics in the US, his best local offspring includes recent Classic Cup/Dingaans winner Singapore Sling, Gr3 winner She’s A Giver, top filly Sail, Peninsula Handicap runner up The Slade and Gr1 3yo Pack Leader Lot 36 – this colt, out of Winter Oaks winner Schism, is a grandson of flying filly Wild Wolverine, from the family of Roberto line sired SA Oaks winner Pine Princess Lot 41 ???????????

Lot 109 – this colt is a half-brother to six winners including Gr3 Cup Trial winner Crowd Pleaser, who, like Philanthropist, is sired by a Roberto line stallion Lot 128 – out of a winning Thunder Gulch ½ sister to the dam of a ten time stakes winner, this filly is from the outstanding US family of Exclusive Native, Charismatic, Poet’s Voice, General Assembly, Versailles Treaty and numerous other Gr1 winners Lot 169 – inbred to the great mare Grey Flight, this colt is out of a winning daughter of unbeaten Gr1 winner, and 2yo champion, Private Reserve Lot 171 – a half-brother to 2 decent winners including stakes filly Jeweller’s Joy, this colt is out of a winning Badger Land ½ sister to a 2yo stakes winner Lot 180 – this colt, whose Trippi sired dam is a half-sister to Gr3 winner Peggy Jay, is out of a daughter of Gr1 Gold Cup winning champion Colonial Girl Lot 211 – a half-brother to 4 winners, this colt is out of a ¾ sister to Gr2 winner Cover Look and his dam is also a winning half-sister to 9 time stakes winner Orange Alert

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Lot 234 – this filly is out of a six time stakes winning mare Lot 260 – this colt is a half-brother to 6 winners including stakes winner Cape Winter Lot 285 – out of a ½ sister to champion Tatler, this filly’s relatives include mother and daughter Equus Champions Consensual and Just Sensual Lot 298 – this colt is out of a winning half-sister to Gr2 winner Fabiani and to durable Dubai based stakes winner Star Empire, family of Wylie Hall Lot 314 – out of a winning ¾ sister to champion 2yo and sire Argonaut, this colt’s dam is a sister to a stakes performer and ½ sister to current high class 3yo Sir David Baird Lot 322 – this filly is out of a winning sister to Gr3 winner Mzwilli

POMODORO

July winning son of Jet Master and Broodmare Of The Year Golden Apple has made a promising start with his first runners including the stakes placed Royal Italian and Kuda Sprint runner up Cirillo Lot 4 – this colt is out of a daughter of Captain Al and SW School Assembly Lot 34 – this filly is out of a stakes placed daughter of top Aus sire Commands Lot 49 – this filly’s second dam is an Elusive Quality ½ to Gr3 winner Love Regardless Lot 62 – this is a half-brother to 4 winners, headed by Gr2 winner Wonderwall Lot 81 – out of a mare who won four, this filly is from the same family as Gr1 winning filly Silver Arc and CTS Million Dollar winner Illuminator

Lot 115 – this colt is out of Gr2 Merchants winner Jackodore, who won nine Lot 122 – a half brother to a 3 time winner, this colt is out of a speedy four time winning daughter of unbeaten 2yo champion Fasliyev Lot 162 – this filly, out of a ¾ sister to a Gr3 winner, is a half sister to 4 winners Lot 175 – from the same family as Danehill, Machiavellian and Northern Dancer, this colt is out of a three time winning daughter of champion Rock Of Gibraltar (Danehill) Lot 196 – a half-brother to a winner, this colt is out of a winning daughter of outstanding sire Street Cry, from the family of Derby second Strike Swiftly Lot 199 – a half-brother to a winner, this colt is out of a stakes placed 3 time winner Lot 226 – this filly is out of a 3 time winning daughter of a five time stakes winner Lot 233 – closely related to Jet Master sired champ Yorker, this filly is out of speedy Gr3 placed daughter of Var Lot 273 – a half-sister to a 3 time winner, this filly is from the family of filly champions Enchanted Garden and Dog Wood, as well as Guineas winner Elusive Gold Lot 315 – by a son of Jet Master, this filly is out of Jet Master’s Gr3 Acacia Handicap winning daughter Jet Danza, dam of Gr3 filly Al Danza and 4 other winners

QUERARI

The G1 winning half brother to 2 high class performers is one of SA’s best young sires, with his current 3yos including the top class runners Monks Hood and Wonderwall, also sire of

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Pick of the Bunch from the 2015 Breeders Handbook

VERCINGETORIX

A R1.4m yearling in 2011, Vercingetorix raced in SA, Dubai and Hong Kong, winning seven �mes from a mile to 2000m. Undefeated in South Africa, he was voted Equus Champion 3yo Colt. Timeform rated him 129 in 2015, the year a sesamoidal ligament injury ended his racing career in Dubai. He remains Silvano’s highest rated son.

Vercingetorix started his stud career at Maine Chance, his 2015 fee R40.000.

As possibly significant pedigree elements, Breeders Handbook pinpoints lines which kin-link to Vercingetorix’ 3rd dam Scarteen (by Sweet Song) and 4th dam Noble Vixen (by Royal Pardon). This loosely translates as Lady Juror-clan elements.

A second possible angle highlighted is the one of Buckpasser-links.

There are ten yearlings on offer with apparent Breeders Handbook kin-breeding highlights: #59 colt, first foal of stakes placed 3-�me wiining dam by Captain Al; a variety of kin-links comes from the dam, notably through Lassie Dear, Danehill and the remote bo�om female line. Interes�ng pedigree (Klawervlei) #72 colt, third foal of his dam who is by Na�onal Emblem, making for a solid kin-link to Vercingetorix’ dam and a 3x3 Na�onal Assembly double (Stone Hill Stud) #85 second foal of unraced Galileo mare, who provides a double Buckpasser (one from Danehill, who is close kin to Na�onal Assembly) plus a link to the bo�om female line (Abernant) (Klawervlei) #144 filly, third foal of mare by Captain Al (leading to Buckpasser and female line) (Klawervlei) #146 half sister to a winner, out of unraced Sadler’s Wells mare who provides mul�ple Lalun and a Buckpasser (Sorrento Stud) #159 second foal, half sister to a winner, out of a mare by Captain Al (leading to Buckpasser and female line) (Birch Bros) #200 colt, first foal of winning Jet Master mare; the grandam is by Northern Guest out of a Secret Prospector mare, giving a double Buckpasser (Connemara Stud) #222 colt, second foal of 3-�me winning mare by Na�onal Assembly, making for a 3x2 double to that stallion. The grandam is by Touch Gold, who dam is by Buckpasser, making for a double in the yearling’s dam. (Klipdrif Stud) #265 half sister to a winner, out of 3-�me winning Captain Al mare whose dam is by Na�onal Assembly (making for a 3x3 double to that stallion); there are addi�onal kinlinks with the dam, through Golden Thatch, Royal Pardon. Good stuff (Dr Ian Heyns) #297 half sister to a winner out of 4-�me winning mare by Al Mu�i (gives Buckpasser), the dam from the same female line as Vercingetorix (Scarteen the common ancestor) and very close kin to Vercingetorix’ dam. The grandam is by Na�onal Assembly, making for a 3x3 double to that stallion (giving Buckpasser). This is a cracker in kin-breeding language.

(The Alchemy) (find all the stallion’s detail on the Sporting Post website - https://www.sportingpost.co.za/ sire/vercingetorix/ ) VERCINGETORIX • The sales story so far for 2018 First Season Sire

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recent Ruffian Stakes winner Dagmar Lot 12 – out of a Galileo sister to a Gr3 performer, this colt’s third dam is Breeders’ Cup champion Phone Chatter, also ancestress of Gr1 winning sire Dixie Chatter Lot 40 – out of a stakes placed Sadler’s Wells mare, this colt is a ½ to 4 winners, and third dam is US champion and important producer Talking Picture Lot 74 – this filly is from the same family as Gr1 winning fillies Athina and Nightingale Lot79 – this filly is a ½ to 5 winners, one of whom won eight, Lot 106 – a full – sister to the smart Gingerbread Man, this filly is out of a winning Fort Wood ½ sister to speedy stakes winning filly Esterel Lot 107 – a half-brother to 3 winners, this colt’s winning dam is a half-sister to 3 stakes winners, headed by Empress Club Stakes winner Fair Maiden Lot 117 – this filly is a ½ to 7 winners, including Gr3 winner Key Decision and Java Handicap winner American Storm, family of Gr1 winner Sergeant Hardy Lot 137 – this filly is a ¾ sister to Querari sired Darley Arabian winner Maximizer Lot 138 – this filly, whose 1st 5 dams all won, is from the family of stakes winner Dance On Wood Lot 151 – bred on the same cross as stakes winners Joking, Cosmic Light and Wonderwall, this filly is out of a stakes winning daughter of Silvano Lot 155 – this filly is out of a winning Western Winter daughter of Gr1 winner

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Fading Light – the second dam of Gr3 Godolphin Barb winner Red Chesnut Road Lot 198 – a sister to a winner, and ½ to Gr3 filly Miracle Rising, this filly is from the same family as top class fillies Silver Arc and Stormy Appeal Lot 230 – a half-brother to 3 winners (including the smart Emily Jay), this colt is out of a four time winning daughter of Western Winter and Gr1 winner As Ever Lot 294 – this filly, out of a mare by Fort Wood son Horse Chestnut, is from the same family as champion sire Fort Wood , and the likes of Gr1 winners Intello, Mondialiste, Dubai Millennium and Timber Country Lot 304 – a half-brother to 3 winners, this colt is bred on similar lines to Italian 2000 Guineas winner Spirit Of Desert (also by a Green Desert line sire) Lot 306 – this filly is a ½ to 2 winners, one of whom won nine Lot 324 – this filly is from the family of Gr1 winners Imperious Sue, Real Princess, Imperious Star and William Longsword

ROCK OF GIBRALTAR

Horse Of The Year and multiple champion, his 100 plus stakes winners include Gr1 winners Eagle Mountain, Diamondrella, Varenar, Samitar, Alboran Sea, Mount Nelson, Europa Point and 2017 leading first crop sire Society Rock Lot 10 – this colt is out of a daughter of Galileo and a Gr3 winning daughter of the great sire/broodmare sire Storm Cat, his second dam is a ½ to US Gr2 winner Lil’s Lad

Y e a r l i n g Lot 11 – a half-brother to 8 overseas winners, this colt is a ¾ brother to Irish Gr3 performer Triumphant, from the family of champions El Gran Senor and Try My Best Lot 15 – this colt is out of a Galileo sister to the dam of multiple Gr1 winner La Collina – whose sire is a grandson of Danehill (sire of Rock Of Gibraltar) Lot 16 – this colt is out of a ½ to 3 overseas stakes horses including Gr1 winner Byrama and Klammer – who was second to Frankel in the Gr2 Royal Lodge Stakes Lot 42 – this filly is a ½ sister to seven winners including Gr2 2yo Orpen Grey and this is the same family as Gr1 winning 2yo and outstanding sire Dark Angel Lot 53 – this colt is from the same family as champion and promising sire Camelot Lot 110 – closely inbred to Danehill, this colt’s second dam was a Gr2 winner at two, and he is from the same family as top sires Storm Cat and Royal Academy Lot 152 – a ¾ sister to a Gr3 2yo (and dam of smart filly Special Purpose), this filly is out of a stakes winning Sadler’s Wells ¾ sister to champion, and sire, Kutub

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Globetrotting Equus Champion and Gr1 winner whose first yearlings have made up to R1.4 million Lot 3 – this colt is a ½ brother to 4 winners including speedy Gr3 Exquisite Touch, his dam is a four time winning ¾ sister to the dam of Gr2 winners Unparalleled and Straight Set Lot 30 – this filly is out of a 3 time winning sister to dual Guineas winner Solo Traveller and to the Guineas placed dam of Gr2 winner Flying Ice Lot 44 – this filly is a ½ to 3 winners including stakes winning filly Star Jet Lot 69 – out of a ½ sister to Gr2 winner Philippa Johnson, this colt is a brother in blood to the dam of Gr3 winner Franny and top sprinter Sweet Sanette, the family of Zabeel Mile hero Janoobi Lot 75 – this colt is out of a winning ½ sister to Gr2 winner Fabiani and Dubai winner and stakes winner Star Empire, from the famous family of dual Gr1 winner Wylie Hall Lot 257 – a ½ sister to 2 winners, this filly is out of a ½ sister to Gr3 winner Olympic Gold, the family of Sceptre Stakes winner Casino Queen

TIME THIEF

Runner up in the G1 Caulfield Guineas, the son of Redoute’s Choice is sire of Aus millionaire and G1 winner In Her Time and multiple stakes winner Volkoff Lot 14 – this colt is out of a ½ sister to recent Premier Trophy winner Milton Lot 185 – this colt is out of Caesour’s five time stakes winner Servilia Lot 188 – closely inbred to Danehill, this filly is out of an Exceed And Excel winning ½ sister to Gr3 winning 2yo Mokabra, granddam was a stakes placed winner of 3 Lot 229 – half-brother to 2 winners, this colt, inbred to the great Nijinsky II, is out of a winning Fort Wood ½ sister to a Flamboyant Stakes winner Lot 235 – this colt is out of a winning daughter of champion sire Trippi Lot 239 – a half-brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a winning daughter of champion sire Galileo from the family of leading sires Snippets and Not A Single Doubt (with the latter, like Time Thief, a son of Redoute’s Choice) Lot 277 – this colt is out of a four time winning Jallad ½ sister to 6 time stakes winner Harvard Crimson, second dam is a four time winning daughter of Badger Land Lot 300 – out of a 3 time winning daughter of top sprinter and successful sire General Nediym, this filly’s relatives include Aus Gr1 winner Khaptingly Lot 320 – a half brother to a 3 time winner, this colt is out of a winning daughter of champion sire Western Winter and Natalia Stakes winner Keen Observer

Gr1 winner at two and sire of THE APACHE Gr1 winners Seventh Plain and Former Equus Champion, Guiness and dual Gr1 winner in South Lot 149 – a full – brother to Bauhinia Africa, he finished first past runner up Seventh Symphony, this the post in the 2013 Gr1 colt is out of a full – sister to smart Arlington Million beating five Hong Kong campaigner, and Golden Gr1 winners Horseshoe winner, Port Of London Lot 328 – a half-sister to 3 Lot 176 – this colt is out of Gr3 winners, this filly is out of a 3 time runner up Rodeo Sioux who earned winning ¾ sister to multiple stakes nearly R500 000 winner Soul Master, from the family Lot 194 – this colt is out of a six of top filly Safe Harbour time winning daughter of champion sire Captain Al Lot 225 – a half-sister to Gr3 filly Gold Image, this filly is out of an own sister to Gr2 Sceptre Stakes winner from the 2015 Breeders Handbook Reflective Image Lot 250 – a ½ sister to a winner, this filly’s dam was a speedy stakes placed Gr1 placed over 1200m and 1600m as a 3yo, Time Thief added two Gr3 places over 4 time winner and she is a 1200m and 1400m at the same age, in Australia. Timeform rated him 120. descendant of Horse Of The Year Enchanted Garden Time Thief started his stud career in Australia, where he sired two Gr1 horses in his second crop including 2018 Gr1 winner In Her Time.

Lot 264 – closely inbred to Danehill, this filly is out He started his South African stud career at Hemel ‘n Aarde, at a fee of R25.000. of a ¾ sister to champion Time Thief, a son of champion sire Redoute’s Choice, is full brother to a sprinter and outstanding sire Gr3 winner and half brother to three stakes winners including twice South Choisir (by Danehill Dancer) African champion sprinter Laisserfaire (by Danehill). Their grandam is Lot 271 – a ½ brother to a full sister to Australian champion sire & broodmare sire Centaine. The a winner, this colt (closely full siblings are by Century, whose damsire Rego is, according to Breeders inbred to Danehill) is out Handbook, a major feature in the pedigree of Time Thief. Rego is a son of a ½ sister to Gr1 placed of Nasrullah and an impressive proportion of Century’s major offspring sire The Assayer, family of duplicate Rego and/or Nasrullah. Century is a grandson on My Babu, whose champion Indian Skimmer dam Perfume is close kin to Nasrullah and Turn To. Lot 290 – this filly, bred on Seven yearlings on offer with notable pedigrees. the same cross as champion 2yo Seventh Plain, is out of #14 colt, second foal of unraced half sister to Gr2 winner Milton; the yearling a 3 time winning half-sister doubles Nijinsky, in the pedigrees of Redoute’s Choice and Dancing Champ to Woolavington Hcp winner (Victory Moon’s damsire), and My Babu (in Victory Moon’s sire Al Mu�i) Taipan (Nadeson Park) #185 third foal, half brother to a winner; dam Servilia is Gr2 placed SW by Caesour, SILVANO the la�er close kin to Danehill. The female line also has Riverman, sire of Amour Dual Champion Sire de Fleuve who has a double Nasrullah (3x3) (Millstream Stud) of 20 Gr1 winners, his #189 filly out of Irish dam by Exceed And Excel, giving the yearling a 3x3 Danehill offspring have won the double. The female line has a background of Hyperion and Nasrullah (Nadeson July 4 times Park) Lot 47 – this colt is out of #239 half brother to two winners, out of a Galileo mare whose dam is close kin to a stakes winning daughter of Redoute’s Choice (both with Danehill, Bletchingly, Sir Ivor, etc.) (Nadeson Park) Captain Al and Gr1 Thekwini #277 half brother to a mul�ple winner; dam is by Jallad, who provides mul�ple kinStakes winner Roxanne, the links to Time Thief (Nadeson Park) family of Horse Of The Year #300 filly, first foal of 3-�me winning dam; second dam is by Danehill Dancer Legislate (Danehill) out of a mare by Sir Tristram (Sir Ivor) out of Cap�va�on (by Vain, Lot 154 – this colt is a and very close kin to Time Thief’s significant third dam Rainbeam, also by Vain). half-brother to 5 winners, Good stuff. (Nadeson Park) headed by Gr3 winner Super #321 half brother to a 4-�me winner; dam is by Al Mufi, whose dam Lassie Dear Elegant comes with Buckpasser and My Babu, both relevant as kin-links (Dr Ian Heyns) Lot 206 – bred on the highly successful Silvano/ (find all the stallion’s detail on the Sporting Post website - https://www.sportingpost. co.za/sire/time-thief-aus/ ) Jet Master cross, this colt (a ½ or full brother to 3 TIME THIEF • The sales story so far for 2018 First Season Sire winners) is closely related 16eskimo Inn c Eskimo Inn Greys Inn 40.000 0.69 T & L Racing to high class Silvano sired 16dear Sissy c Dear Sissy Halo Sunshin 160.000 2.77 Pound Bloodstock runners Platinum Prince and 16District Six c District Six Mujadil 400.000 0.78 SRB Pla�ner Dingaans hero Silver Flyer 16Uptothemoon f Uptothemoon Victory Moon 150.000 0.28 Sharon Kotzen

Pick of the Bunch

TIME THIEF

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Not everyone has the knack to spot a diamond in the rough.

But for those in the know, CTS has a proven track record for successful pin hookers, many of whom have successfully turned shrewd yearling purchases into valuable ready-to-run graduates.

Last year’s top 20 pin hooks at the 2017 CTS Ready to Run Sale raked in profits in excess of R7,4 million for speculators, with the average profit for the top 20 being R380,000. Top pin hook Khopesh (Jackson x Ruby Heart) was a R45,000 purchase at the 2017 CTS Emperor’s Palace Select Yearling Sale who sold at the RTR Sale for R700,000 – a profit of R655,000 within a matter of months.

Whether you’re speculating or purchasing with the intention to keep, the 2018 CTS April Yearling Sale promises great value and choice plus, of course, entry to the lucrative CTS incentive races.

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C T S Lot 321 – a half brother to a 4 time winner, this colt is out of a ½ to Gr2 winner Park Lane, second dam is top racemare Hancock Park

TRIPPI

The Gr1 winning champion sire is sire of more than 130 stakes horses headed by Gr1 winners Inara, R Heat Lightning, Deo Juvente, Real Princess, For The Lads and Afrikaburn Lot 7 – this filly, full – sister to 2yo stakes winner Flying Myth, is out of a Gr3 winning Captain Al half-sister to champion sprinter Mythical Flight Lot 104 – a half-brother to a multiple winner, this colt is out of former Fillies Guineas runner up Generous Anna and his third dam is Gr1 winner Lady Madonna

TWICE OVER

Four time Gr1 winning champion has made a bright start, with his first crop producing Gr1 winner Sand And Sea, Derby second Do It Again and Gr3 winner Doublemint Lot 25 – a half brother to 2 overseas winners, this colt is out of a mare by legendary broodmare sire Darshaan from the family of 2017 Gr1 winner Capla Temptress Lot 67 – this colt is a ½ brother to 2 winners, including stakes placed Outlander and he is out of a stakes placed ½ to Gr1 winning 2yo Zeeno Lot 68 – this filly is out of a stakes placed four time winning daughter of Captain Al Lot 70 – this filly is out of a winning ½ sister to Daily News second Rake’s Chestnut Lot 89 – a ½ to 3 winners, this filly is out of a 3 time stakes winner Lot 94 – a half to 2 winners, this filly is out of a winning Thunder Gulch ½ sister to Argentine Gr1 winner, and sire, Emergente Lot 105 – this filly, out of a winning Rock Of Gibraltar ½ to a Gr2 winner, is from an outstanding family which includes Irish Oaks winner Margarula and champion US sire Elusive Quality, third dam won the now Gr1 Ashland Stakes Lot 108 – bred on the same cross as Sand And Sea, this colt is out of a ½ sister to Gr1 winner On Her Toes, herself dam of 2 stakes horses

A p r i l

Lot 111 – a ½ to 2 winners, this colt is out of a smart winning daughter of champion sire Exceed And Excel, from the family of champion Spook Express, and former leading SA sire Elliodor Lot 189 – inbred to Roberto, this colt is out of a winning Al Mufti ½ to Horse Of The Year National Colour – the dam of Gr1 winners Rafeef and Mustaaqeem Lot 241 – this filly is from the same family as Gr1 winning sprinter Noble Heir (dam of Aus Gr3 winner Crown Witness) and smart 3yo Noble Secret

VAR

Last season’s Champion Sire of 2YOs has again some very promising 2yos to his name this season headed by the likes of Top of The Class, Carioca, Zinedine and Val-La-Ree Lot 66 – out of a winning daughter of six time Gr1 winner Dylan Thomas, this colt is from the same family as Arc winner Suave Dancer and top broodmare sires Habitat and Northfields Lot 84 – this filly is out of a winning ½ to Gr1 winners Rafeef and Mustaaqeem and her second dam is champion sprinter/Horse Of The Year National Colour Lot 213 – a sister to a winner, this filly is out of a daughter of a stakes winning daughter of Complete Warrior (damsire of Var’s Gr1 winner Villandry) Lot 287 – this filly is out of a stakes winning Rock Of Gibraltar ½ to a Gr1 winner

VERCINGETORIX

The son of champion sire Silvano was an unbeaten Equus Champion in South Africa and won the Gr1 Jebel Hatta in Dubai where he also finished second in the Gr1 Dubai Duty Free Lot 24 – a ½ brother to a winner, this colt is out of a ½ to Gr2 winner Polar Moon Lot 59 – this colt is out of a stakes placed Captain Al ½ sister to stakes winner Beloved Country, the family of French 1000 Guineas winner Houseproud Lot 72 – this colt is out of a ½ to 7 time stakes winner Jettatura, from the family of classic winners Grande Jete and Joshua’s Princess

Pick of the Bunch

WYLIE HALL

An A$205.000 yearling, Wylie Hall won six races from 1400m to 2450m, at three to five. His wins included the Gr1 SA Derby and Gr1 Champion’s Challenge. He was first past the post in the Gr1 Vodacom July, only to be placed second following an objec�on. He rated MR 119.

Wylie Hall started his stud career at Cheveley Stud, his 2015 fee set at R20.000.

Breeders Handbook suggests that suitable lines for Wylie Hall could include kin-links to the kin-breeding from his sire Redoute’s Choice. This leads to Buckpasser (notably Northern Guest, National Assembly, Lassie Dear), Nijinsky (notably Dancing Champ), Danehill (Caesour, Requiem). Given Wylie Hall’s Australian female line, elements from Marauding combined with the female line could be interesting, leading to Jallad and more generally multiple Hyperion (notably Flower Bowl), Alycidon, Aureole, Donatello. Danzig might count, in the context of National Assembly, Maroof.

There are four yearlings on offer who catch the eye given Breeders Handbook’s views. #88 colt, first foal of 2-�me winning Encosta de Lago mare who brings two lines of Lalun (Fairy King, Riverman) and one of Aureole (Normandy Stud) #98 half sister to 2 winners; dam, half sister to Tatler, brings lines of Nijinsky (Silvano) and Aurole (Contraband) (Normandy Stud) #201 half sister to a winner, out of winning full sister to Gr1 Guineas winner Solo Traveller, whose dam is by Jallad out of Strawberry Lane. The la�er is by Centaine (Vain, Todman, Helios) out of a mare by Whiskey Road (Nijinsky, Flower Bowl). A pedigree full of opportunity in kin-breeding terms. Good stuff. (Summerhill) #258 filly, first foal of Australian-bred mare by Bernardini (AP Indy); the yearling is kinbred through Wylie Hall’s 3rd dam and the mare’s 3rd dam (both by Sovereign Edi�on), with added Buckpasser from the dam (AP Indy, Try My Best who is same female line as Redoute’s Choice). Good ma�ng in kin-breeding terms. (Normandy Stud) (find all the stallion’s detail on the Sporting Post website - https://www.sportingpost.co.za/ sire/wylie-hall/ ) 16Lavender Bells 16Danish Zealot 16kiss From A Rose 16Princess Aura 16Queen’s Command 16Dieu Te Garde 16Kimberley Club Miss Kylie 16Valhalla 16Essenelles

c Lavender Bells c Danish Zealot c Kiss From A Rose c Princess Aura c Queen’s Command f Dieu Te Garde f Kimberley Club f Miss K f Valhalla f Essenelles

Al Mu�i Danehill Express Eyeo�he�ger Fort Wood Commands Argonaut Fort Wood Kahal Fort Wood Encosta de Lago

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Lot 85 – this filly is out of a Galileo sister to a US winner, and her second dam is a stakes winning daughter of Danehill and Gr2 winning 2yo Golden Reef, 1st 3 dams are by Galileo, Danehill and Mr Prospector!

Lot 102 – bred on a similar cross to Gr1 winners Marinaresco and Nightingale, this colt is out of a Fort Wood sister to Gr2 performer Pylon, and ¾ sister to Gr1 performer Service Act Lot 119 – a ½ to 2 winners, this filly is out of a winning ½ to Fillies Guineas winner Rei Rei, also the family of fellow Fillies Guineas winner Star Award Lot 144 – this filly is out of a Captain Al ¾ sister to 2yo stakes winner Leeward Lot 146 – this filly is out of a Sadler’s Wells daughter of a French Stakes winner, from the family of top class sire Inchinor and St Leger winner Harbour Law Lot 159 – out of a winning daughter of Captain Al, this colt is from the same family as Gr1 winners Bilateral, Priceless Asset and champion Tara’s Touch Lot 200 – this colt is from the same family as graded stakes winner Silver Age, Alexis, and Weston Paint Lot 202 – out of a winning daughter of Dynasty, this filly’s relatives include SA Nursery winner Vacherin and she is directly descended from the great mare Marchetta Lot 222 – closely inbred to National Assembly (damsire of Vercingetorix) this colt is out of a 3 time winning ½ to dual Aquanaut Hcp winner Cool Chardonnay Lot 265 – this filly, whose granddam is a full sister to champion Historic Lady, is out of a 3 time winning ½ sister to Gr3 performer I Travel Light Lot 266 – inbred to Nijinsky II, this colt is out of a mare by outstanding broodmare sire Royal Academy and his third dam is US Gr1 winner and millionaire Sangue Lot 297 – this filly is out of a four time winning mare by AL Mufti (whose daughters have done well when mated to Vercingetorix’s sire), this filly is from the same family as Vercingetorix himself and is thus inbred to the mare Scarteen Lot 310 – this filly is a ½ to 3 winners including recent Ipi Tombe winner Ashton Park

VISIONAIRE

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WYLIE HALL • The sales story so far for 2018 First Season Sire

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Leading First Crop sire who has sired Fillies Guineas winners in two of his first three full local crops Lot 291 – this filly, whose dam is a sister to a Gr2 winner and UK Gr3 producer, is out of a Fort Wood mare who was second in the (now Gr3) UAE Oaks, second dam is Gr1 winner Fanciful

WARM WHITE NIGHT

Dual Gr1 winner and sire of graded winners Hard Day’s Night and Harlem Shake Lot 127 – this colt (closely inbred to both Gone West and the mare Thousand Nights) is out of a stakes placed winner, from the same family as Warm White Night himself!

WHAT A WINTER

Equus Champion and Leading First Crop sire, his best include graded winners Dutch Philip and Magical Wonderland, Gr1 performer Warrior’s Rest and Kuda Sprint winner Agent Of Fortune Lot 18 – this colt (bred on the same cross as stakes winner Fort Winter) is out of a ¾ sister to Horse Of The Year Celtic Grove and to the dam of July winning champion Marinaresco Lot 43 – a ½ to 4 winners, one of whom won 8, this colt is out of a winning daughter of successful broodmare sire Qui Danzig (sire of What A Winter’s champion ½ brother) and is intensely inbred to multiple champion sire Western Winter Lot 46 – this colt is out of a winning ½ to 3 stakes horses including Gr2 winning sprinter Splash Gold

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Lot 51 – a ½ brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a ½ to Gr1 winning 2yo Morisco, from the great Party Time family of high class Dubai stakes Gr3 winner Light The Lights (who shares his sire with What A Winter) Lot 63 – this colt, a ½ to 2 winners, is out of a ½ to the dam of Gr2 winning millionaire Whiteline Fever, from the family of champions Jay Peg and Kochka Lot 112 – this filly is out of a full sister to Gr2 winning sprinter Happy Forever and a half-sister to Gr1 winning 2yo Happy Valentine, who won in France Lot 116 – this colt is out of a 3 time winning own sister to Oaks third Bastille Belle and ½ to Gr3 filly Winter Blush (who shares her sire with What A Winter), third dam is Gr1 winner Saintly Lady Lot 186 – out of a half-sister to a stakes placed 3 time winner, this colt is from the same family as current high class performers Bull Valley, Star Express and Star Burst Galaxy Lot 207 – this filly is out of a 3/3 sister to multiple Gr3 winner Depardieu, from the family of champions Mother Russia (dam of Gr1 winner Nother Russia) and Winter Solstice (with the latter sharing his sire with What A Winter) Lot 217 – this filly is from the family of recent Selangor Cup hero Rocket Countdown and globetrotting multiple feature race winner Nocturnal Affair Lot 243 – a ½ to 2 winners, this colt is out of a ½ to Gr2 filly Real Red, family of top sprinters Shoe Express and Al Nitak, as well as champions Politician and Ragusa Lot 309 – this colt is out of a winning ½ to champion female sprinter Texan Summer Lot 318 – this filly is out of a Jallad ½ to Gr2 filly Rebel To The Fore Lot 333 – closely inbred to Gone West, this filly is from the family of Gr1 winning sprinter Carmine Lake

WHERE’S THAT TIGER

Guineas placed son of Storm Cat, whose best local runners include stakes winners Supertube, Tiger Quest, and Tiger’s Touch, first full crop includes debut winner Temp The Tiger Lot 136 – this filly is a ¾ sister to a four time winner and ½ sister to smart filly Moikavano, and she is from the immediate family of Gr1 winner Captain America

Seventh Rock ................... (Gr1) Trippi ................................. (Gr3) Seventh Rock .................... (Gr1) What A Winter .................. (Gr3) Royal Air Force .......................(L) Elusive Fort ....................... (Gr1) Horse Chestnut Elusive Fort Jay Peg .............................. (Gr3) Lateral ............................... (Gr2) Black Minnaloushe ........... (Gr1) Antonius Pius .................... (Gr3) Pathfork Tiger Ridge ........................ (Gr2) Right Approach ......................(L) Judpot ....................................(L) Casey Tibbs Elusive Fort ....................... (Gr3) Dynasty ..................................(L) Dupont Scarlet Le�er Horse Chestnut Elusive Fort ....................... (Gr1) Horse Chestnut Querari Antonius Pius .................... (Gr2) Tiger Ridge .............................(L)

Lot 181 – inbred to Crimson Saint, this colt is out of a winning daughter of top broodmare sire Royal Academy – closely related to Storm Cat, second dam is a ½ sister to multiple Gr1 winner and champion sprinter Sacred Kingdom Lot 191 – this filly is out of Gr3 performer Sioux Shee Lot 286 – this colt is out of a winning ½ sister to Gr3 winner Harlem Shake Lot 288 – out of a winning daughter of champion US sire El Prado, this colt’s second dam is a Gr3 placed ½ sister to US stakes winner Leading Lioness

WYLIE HALL

Multiple Gr1 winning son of the great sire Redoute’s Choice, whose son Snitzel Australia’s reigning champion sire is Lot 35 – this filly, out of a close relative to speedy filly Forecast, is out of a daughter of Western Winter and Gr3 Elliodor mare Burnt Savannah Lot 88 – bred on a similar cross to Gr1 winners Musir and Peeping, this colt is out of a winning Encosta De Lago to Gr1 winner Aqua D’amore (by Redoute’s Choice’s sire Danehill) Lot 98 – this filly is from the same family as filly standouts Tatler, Just Sensual, Consensual, Give Me Five and In Camera Lot 143 – this filly is a ½ to 5 winners, out of a sister to 10 time stakes winner Byblos Lot 201 – a ½ to a winner, this filly is out of a 3 time winning sister to dual Guineas winner Solo Traveller, the dam of Gr2 winner Flying Ice and Acacia Hcp second Redberry Lane Lot 258 – out of a mare by US champion and emerging broodmare sire Bernardini, this filly’s second dam is a ¾ sister to Blue Diamond winning sire Knowledge Lot 281 – inbred to Danzig, this colt is out of a daughter of leading sire/broodmare sire Red Ransom and speedy stakes winner Gathering Storm

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NORMANDY STUD & OSCAR FOULKES

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Normandy Stud’s Oscar Foulkes recently completed the personal milestone of a second Cape Epic. The triumph comes weeks after his horse, the home-bred Sergeant Hardy, won the Gr1 Cape Flying Championship on Sun Met day 2018 and Oscar jokingly said Sergeant Hardy was his Cape Epic sponsor.

hile Oscar prefers marathon events and Sergeant Hardy is a sprint specialist, the two have had to do more than simply beat the competition as each has a significant breathing impairment.

You Get The Horse You Need Sergeant Hardy was led through the ring at the 2015 Cape Premier Yearling Sale and knocked down to Oscar’s younger brother. Unusually, he was found to be suffering a paralysed right vocal chord – the condition normally affects the left.

Oscar’s impairment came courtesy of his long-running battle with throat cancer and scarring from the numerous operations and treatments. Tragically, they also lost his younger brother in 2015.

Offered again on the 2015 Ready To Run Sale, Sergeant Hardy found no takers, so the Foulkes’ bought him back for R70k and Oscar decided to race the horse in partnership with his mother.

Journey Oscar refers to the horse as his ‘laryngeal brother’ and the two have walked an interesting and emotional journey together.

If horses don’t know how they’re bred or what they cost, it stands to reason that they probably don’t bother much with how they stack up against their competition. Despite his physical drawback, Sergeant Hardy has flourished in the hands of Snaith Racing, achieving 8 wins and 5 places from 17 career starts for earnings of R 1,823,375 and culiminating in that scintillating Gr1 Cape Flying Championship victory.

“It’s wearing your heart on your sleeve, it’s living the brand and somewhere in the middle is me and Sergeant Hardy and mountain biking – but I’ve always believed he had a WFA Gr1 in him. He’s just the most magnificent horse. In everything he does, there’s something special about him – he’s just that kind of horse. If you look at his 2yo form and his early 3yo form, that’s the kind of merit he was showing, he just didn’t have a good Durban season. It was great to have him demonstrate what he was capable of.”

Sergeant Hardy also received a tip of the hat from the Longines Worlds Best Racehorse Rankings Panel and was ranked joint 12th in the first edition of the rankings for 2018.

Cape Campaign Asked to talk us through the build up, Oscar comments, “Firstly I think the programme for sprinters over the Cape summer season is a bit cockeyed. He ran in everything this season – he had no choice. On 31 October, he won a 1200m Pinnacle Stakes, then there was a big break to 2 December and the Cape Merchants which is a handicap.

For a horse like him, a handicap is exactly the sort of race you want to

try and miss. On 23 December, he won the South Easter Sprint (also a handicap) - and I think he won it pretty impressively. Then it was the Diadem on 13 January, which is a Weight-for-Age plus penalties.

It’s the kind of race that suits him, but it’s just 2 weeks before the Cape Flying Championship which is Weight-for-Age. There are only 3 WFA sprints in the country – the Cape Flying Championship, the Computaform Sprint and the Mercury Sprint - so the few horses at the top of the ratings are basically stuffed and then they go and put in a programme where two ideal races are spaced 2 weeks apart!” he exasperates. “He couldn’t go from the Merchants to the Cape Flying without a run, so from 23 December to 27 January he had three runs.

The timing really wasn’t ideal.”

“Justin and Jono were a little concerned that it was a lot of racing, but it all worked out well in the end and he came through the season with a Gr1 to his name,” he says proudly.

Gr1 Glory Asked what was going through his mind on Met day, Oscar admits, “To be honest, I was working, dealing with crises and putting out all kinds of fires, so I was a bit distracted.

It’s a big thing to have a runner in that whole theatre. One thing I can tell you vividly is it had been a stressful few months leading up to that day, but the moment Sergeant Hardy was leading the field, nothing could detract from it. Hymie Maisel always used to quote Rothschild – it’s the moment the owner becomes one with the horse. That moment transcends anything.”

“Sergeant Hardy for me is talismanic for so many things.

We’ve never been in the position to

have to decide on an offer – I don’t think anyone would be brave enough, even now that he’s proven what he can do – but it would be a very difficult decision. There is so much emotion tied in and one shouldn’t have emotion in this. For an average Joe like me to own a horse worth millions is insane - there is so much risk involved. But it’s an emotion and feeling that you can spend a lot of money and not replace. It probably explains why so many men and women pour millions into chasing that dream – and we’re living that dream. We don’t know where it’s going to go, but for me it’s living the dream and giving rein to it whatever direction it’s going to go.”

Looking ahead

Green, has represented South Africa at the Olympics. She was amazing and to draw a parellel on the experience, Justin gave Sergeant Hardy a massive amount of work to get him as fit as possible and basically Erica did the same to me – she worked me to death!” he says cheerfully. “On Monday I could have got on my bike and done it again.”

“Another bit of cross over is on Sunday, we started with climbing from Wellington to Du Toits Kloof Pass and it’s an hour and a half of pain. The day before Justin had sent a video of Sergeant Hardy rolling in the sand at Summerveld.

Riding up the hill, I replayed this video in my head. He was so happy, having a roll, looking around, freshing. It took my mind off what I was doing.”

“I’ve just received an email from my cycling partner, Piet Viljoen.

He crunched some numbers on our performance from last year to this year and it’s interesting - all the big things come down to small gains.”

Oscar cycles with Piet Viljoen as the two man ‘Hoarse Power’ team in pink colours to match Sergeant Hardy’s racing silks. Poignantly, the first three nights of the Cape Epic were spent in the paddocks at Normandy, where Sergeant Hardy was born.

“My breathing is still impaired, but it’s not as bad as last year. We were fitter and stronger and every day of Epic was better than the day before. Our coach, Erica

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“It’s not dissimilar to the pursuit of breeding and owning race horses. On average, 3% of horses will be stakes winners. One foal in 500 or 0.5% is a Gr1 winner. My mother outperforms that by a very wide margin. If you can do things that skew things in your favour and instead of 3%, you can get that up to 8, 9 or 10%, you’re still going to fail 90% of the time, but you’ll be right three times more than the average.”

“One of the strengths of the way my mother runs her operation is that she works with families that produce good individuals. It takes 10 – 15 years to work out which mares are producing the kind of stuff you want to keep in your stud, but you work it out until you end up with a few mares where you’re happy with what they produce on a consistent basis and she gets a high percentage of winners from her mares.”

Sales

For anyone who fancies taking on the odds, Normandy field a 20 strong draft for the CTS April Yearling Sale.

“We have quite a few from the first crop of Wylie Hall – both for ourselves and as agent. They’re nice individuals.

Someone called them trainers’ horses.

Everything is put together nicely and PHILANTHROPIST colt x Happy Jean (Charismatic) they give the impression PHILANTHROPIST colt x Royal Jubilee (Trippi) they will turn into decent PATHFORK colt x Bergfrue (National Emblem) horses.

We have a PHILANTHROPIST colt x Centre Court (Sportsworld) couple of Queraris as agent, quite a few PATHFORK colt x Dance With Tigers (Tiger Ridge) Philanthropists and PHILANTHROPIST filly x En Prive (Dupont) Pathforks and all out of PHILANTHROPIST colt x Genteel Approach (Right Approach) really nice mares.”

POMODORO colt x Westwardly (Silvano) Asked to name a few WYLIE HALL colt x Costly Romance (Encosta De Lago) highlights, he selects Lot QUERARI filly x Key To Heaven (Elliodor) 98, a filly from the Tatler family who is closely MASTER OF MY FATE filly x Nantucket (Badger's Drift) related to Tahini and Lot WYLIE HALL filly x Noble World (Noble Thatch) 109, the half brother to QUERARI filly x Spanish Vixen (Al Mufti) Crowd Pleaser, who is PATHFORK filly x Tropical Dance (Luhuk) likely to draw attention.

WYLIE HALL filly x Cashel Leaf (Bernardini) “Lot 180 is out of Royal Jubilee, a filly we WYLIE HALL colt x Durbanite (Red Ransom) bought for stud. She’s a QUERARI filly x Flowering Peach (Horse Chestnut) daughter of a Gr1 winner (Colonial Girl) and sister to Peggy Jay. She’s a young mare we’re optimistic about.”

“Lot 260 (Philanthropist – Centre Court) is from a family founded on a Royal Affair mare my parents bought from Mordaunt Milner called Lese Majesty back in the 80’s. This is not a smart damline like Mother Russia, but has always produced speedy horses and it’s been in the family for the best part of 40 years now.

These are not big ticket horses and we have realistic expectations of what they are going to fetch in the ring.

While no-one makes money selling a horse for R50k, if you buy a horse at that price and it’s a decent individual, you have half a chance of making your money back.”

“If you look at Sergeant Hardy’s catalogue page, by no means was Hard Lady the most glamorous mare covered by Captain Al that year. In fact, she’d probably have been in the lower percentage of his book.

She was a 4 time winner and the granddam only produced 2 foals. It’s a family from the Jan de Clerq days – not smart, but plenty of winners that’s eventually going to crack something.

Not dissimilar to the families of quite a few we’re selling here!”

Sergeant Hardy is currently settling in at Summerveld getting ready for Champions Season.

He will have a prep in APRIL YEARLING SALE DRAFT Durban before heading to Turffontein for a tilt at 9 JACKSON colt x Marry For Money (Hard Up) the Computaform Stakes 80 PATHFORK filly x Carmina (Var) and then be aimed at the 98 WYLIE HALL filly x Family Silver (Silvano) Mercury Sprint.

Epic Journey

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It starts before the schooling and training, before their first gallop or arrival in our sales ring.

At Cape Thoroughbred Sales, we’ve built a world-class reputation for painstakingly selecting only the finest bloodstock, ensuring only the utmost conformation, pedigree and class passes through our hands.

But don’t just take our word for it – the statistics don’t lie: More than 70% of CTS graduates are winners, including no fewer than 10 Equus Champions and multiple international stakes winners.