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2013 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale Catalogue Launched


2013 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale Catalogue Launched

There is strength in depth for the 2013 KZN Yearling Sale, which will be held at the Suncoast Casino on the 4-5th of July. The catalogue features 291 yearlings, from a range of studs, with pedigrees to suit every buyer.

The yearlings that pass through the ring this year (‘tick the box’) will be eligible for the KZN Breeders Juvenile Million race to be run on Vodacom Durban July day 2014. Out of the 291 horses, 16 will line up for the chance to win a R1-million next year.

A log is currently available for last years’ graduates lining up to run in the R1-million incentive taking place in the last race of the day on Vodacom Durban July day, the KZN Breeders Juvenile Million.

The 2012 Suncoast KZN Yearling Sale last year first made headlines when the record books were shattered after the first R1-million yearling was sold at this particular sale, a Trippi colt named Tiger Territory. To date the sale last year has produced a Gr 1 winner with Allan Robertson Championship winner Happy Valentine, and Gr 2 winners’ Virgo’s Babe and Colour Of Courage. Gr placed horses to date include Ace Antonius and the speedy Jimmi Choo.

Some of South Africa’s leading sires are represented this year. They include Captain Al, Casey Tibbs, Count Dubois, Dynasty, Go Deputy, Greys Inn, Jet Master, Kahal, Mogok, Muhtafal, National Emblem, Silvano, Tiger Ridge, Trippi and Var.

A number of this year’s leading first season sires have yearlings on offer. These include the country’s leading first crop sire Antonius Pius, as well as the likes of Admire Main, Horse Chestnut, Jay Peg, Judpot, Kildonan, Rebel King, Royal Air Force, Sail From Seattle and Seul Amour.

Stallions with their first yearlings on sale include such well bred and classy performers as A P Answer, Brave Tin Soldier, Elusive Fort, Fort Beluga, Ideal World, King’s Apostle, Lateral, Mambo In Seattle, Seventh Rock and Strategic News.

The sale also offers buyers the chance to acquire siblings to proven, high-class performers.

Top-class, stakes winning athletes with full or half-siblings on the KZN sale included Arbe Keseve (Judpot half-sister), D J Detzky (Announce full brother), East Beach (A P Answer half-brother), Got a Hold On Me (Fort Beluga half-sister), Hard Astern (Casey Tibbs half-sister), Indiscreet Fantasy (Fort Beluga half-brother), Jimmi Choo (A P Answer half-sister), Master of Note (Mogok half-sister), Orbison (Miesque’s Approval half-brother), Pacific Breeze (Carpocrates half-sister), Patchouli Moon (Fort Beluga half-brother), Press King (Overlord half-sister), Roman Wall (Count Dubois full sister), Scented Ash (Argonaut half-brother), Secret Obsession (Kildonan half-brother), Splash Gold (Argonaut half-brother), Straight Set (Lateral half-brother), Tetelestai (Bezrin full brother), Tuscan Lass (Antonius Pius half-sister), and a Second Empire half-brother to this season’s RA Champion 2yo filly Virgo’s Babe.

There is also a Miesque’s Approval half-brother to the smart Big City Angel, a Trippi half-sister to promising 2yo Alascan Maiden on offer, a Kahal half-brother to promising 3yo Patriotic Rebel, a King Of Kings half-sister to the G1 placed Shimmer And Shine, a Rebel King half-sister to this season’s G3 placed Sioux Shee, a Mon Sang half-brother to top stayer Mirage Drive, and a Miesque’s Approval half-sister to this season’s top-class 2yo Princess Julietta all on offer at this year’s sale.

The sale has also got a number of yearlings out of stakes winning mares. The following stakes winning mares all have yearlings on sale:

Bravo Bamby (Greys Inn colt), Dancing Penny (Tiger Ridge filly), Dolphin Beach (A P Answer colt), Haute Cuisine (Silvano colt), Just Do It Joey (Seul Amour colt), Linnett (Way West filly), Mitra (Var filly), Oceana (Jay Peg colt), Queen of Kiwi (Right Approach filly), Rambo’s Flirt (Seventh Rock colt), Readallaboutit (Argonaut colt), Running Wild (Jay Peg colt), Russian Nature (Fort Beluga filly), School for Chefs (Fort Beluga filly), The Seventh Star (Woodborough filly), True Tempo (Tiger Ridge filly) and Victoria Bay (Fort Beluga colt).

The catalogue is available online. For more information regarding the 2013 KZN Yearling Sale, please contact the TBA office on (011) 323 5700.

– Extract Sarah Whitelaw

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