National Yearling Sale – Two Day Results

National Yearling Sale – Two Day Results

The National Yearling Sale continued its momentum yesterday with the South African record set for a filly [pictured bottom right] sold at R4,750 000 to Mike Rattray, purchased from Lammarskraal Stud – the farm he had sold a few months back.

The filly by Fort Wood is out of a half-sister to Western Winter, oozing plenty of paddock value before she begins to race.

KZN had a successful day once more starting with Rathmor’s beautiful chestnut Silvano filly, Judy Silvano. Sold as Lot 179, the half-sister to Gr1 USA and SA winner Gypsy’s Warning went to Philip Kahan for R500 000.

She was the second top-priced Silvano of the sale, the stallion currently leading the stallions stats of the sale.

The top-priced KZN-bred colt came from Clifton Stud, with their stunning and imposing Fort Wood colt [pictured below] out of La Sirenne as Lot 233, a half-brother to Gr3 winner Flash Drive, being knocked down for R425 000 to Kuda Insurance.

The other top colts to be sold for R400 000 each – came from Scott Bros and Piemonte Stud respectively. The first from Piemonte, Lot 188, a magnificent son of Western Winter out of Honour And Glory by Hermitage sold to Hassan Adams.

The second joint top-priced KZN-bred colt of the day by Mogok, is a full-brother to Oaks Trial winner Markofdistinction. Named Takaduma and bred and consigned by the Scott Bros, the good looking dark bay was purchased by Mario Ferriera.

Bush Hill Stud sold the top priced Kahal, a handsome colt out of Miss Andrea for R375 000, purchased by Duncan Howells. The unnamed colt hails from the family of Rebel King and Uncle Tommy.

Lee and Dino Scribante of Piemonte Stud have had a successful National Yearling Sale, selling the top-priced Miesque’s Approval out of Love Torn(AUS) for R225 000.

Interesting news to come through is that Love Torn has visited Frankel since the foaling of the chestnut filly sold.

KZN’s young sires King’s Chapel and Golden Sword saw each of their top progeny sell for R200 000 respectively. Lot 242, a colt who is the splitting image of his sire sold to Mark Tarry from Bush Hill Stud.

Out of Gr3 winner Lee Danzig, he is a half-brother to three winners by King Of Kings – the sire of King’s Chapel.

The top priced Golden Sword of second day was Lot 163 Sabre Charge, bought by Alesh Naidoo for R200 000. Out of Jet Master mare Fuselage the bay colt is from the family of Sovereign Seas and Vistula.

Kevin Woolward of the TBA commented after the closing of another successful day at the National Yearling Sale: “Another record breaking top seller, and in fact the two consecutive lots bought, I believe is the record in SA for R6,450 000.

With regards to the sale, the trainers at both ends of the market are battling to get horses, at the top end there are a lot of buyers wanting the same horses and at the lower end, trainers want decent horses but cant afford them.

“We sold 27 lots less than last year, and the aggregate is up from from the previous year. There are some very nice horses coming through tomorrow and we are pleased that the live streaming online has been excellent with no breakdowns.”

The thrid and last day of the Nationl Yearling Sale commences on the 24th from 1pm, which will see Lots 331 – 449 fall under the hammer.

Visit link to watch the live sale stream.