Bloodstock South Africa

The catalogue for Bloodstock South Africa's National Yearling Sale, which takes place at the TBA complex in Germiston on Apr. 15 and 16, is online. The catalogue includes half siblings to a pair of Horses of the Year who were also National Sale graduates in Do It Again (SAf) (Twice Over {GB}) and Legal Eagle (SAf) (Greys Inn). Stallions represented by their first yearlings in the country include a few familiar names in Europe in Canford Cliffs (Ire), Erupt (GB) and Wings Of Desire (GB). Colts by Oasis Dream (GB)...

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

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

A colt by recently pensioned South African champion sire Silvano (Ger) took top billing during the first of two sessions of the Bloodstock South Africa National 2-Year-Old Sale on Thursday. Offered by Wilgerbosdrift Stud as lot 100, the fourth foal out of the dual Group 1 winner Europa Point (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) was bought by Form Bloodstock for R1.1 million ($70,494/£53,710/€59,723) and was the only seven-figure transaction of the day. The colt's third dam, Sheroog (Shareef Dancer), is a full-sister to Colorado Dancer (Ire), the dam of Dubai...

Saturday's second and final session of the Bloodstock South Africa National Yearling sale saw seven additional seven-figure (Rand) lots added to the top of the price list. Maine Chance Farms's champion sire Silvano (Ger) had been the star of day one, responsible for the top four lots including the sale-leading R7-million colt (£313,406/€348,135), and he once again provided the top two on Saturday. The leading light was Maine Chance's colt (lot 329) bought by Anthony Beck for R2.3-million (£102,976/€114,387). He is the second foal out of the G1 SA Oaks...

Bloodstock South Africa's National Yearling Sale, delayed from its original April calendar date, at last got off and running for its two-day stand on Friday. Topping trade during the opening session was Wilgerbosdrift Stud's Silvano (Ger) colt out of local wondermare Halfway To Heaven (SAf) (Jet Master {SAf}) (lot 185), whose first two foals are the triple Group 1 winner Rainbow Bridge (SAf) (Ideal World) and champion 3-year-old and five-time Group 1 winner Hawwaam (SAf) (Silvano {Ger}). Hawwaam had been a R1-million yearling purchase by Shadwell South Africa, but his...

Bloodstock South Africa has launched its digital online sales platform, with the inaugural monthly BSA digital sale slated to begin June 5 and continue through noon, June 11. Entries opened yesterday (May 28) and close at noon, June 1. The sale will be held on a monthly basis: the first Friday of each month, and will close on the following Thursday at midday. The sessions will vary from weanlings, yearlings, which will qualify for BSA's Value Added Stakes Incentive, and broodmares, in addition to unraced and horses-in-training. Included in the...

Bloodstock South Africa's National Yearling Sale in Johannesburg, initially put off until May from its traditional mid-April calendar slot, has been postponed to July 30 to Aug. 1. Depending on COVID-19 restrictions, the sale will either be staged in a traditional format with no restrictions, with limited attendees or virtually if a lockdown is still in place. The National Two-Year-Old Sale will be held Nov. 11 to 13 and will see all horses previously entered for the KZN Yearling Sale transferred across. The sale will be limited to 600 horses....

Emperor's Palace National Yearling Sale, originally on the calendar for Apr. 22-24, will be moved back a month to May 21-23, Bloodstock South Africa announced on Tuesday. Depending on how the COVID-19 pandemic plays out in South Africa, this policy will be reviewed on Apr. 16.

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