South Africa’s longest established thoroughbred sales company Bloodstock SA have taken a quantum leap into a new era in their proud history with the establishment of a digital online sales platform that will revolutionise the way horses are bought and sold in South Africa.

The inaugural BSA monthly digital sale will commence on Friday 5 June and close at noon on Thursday 11 June.

Monthly sales will be held thereafter on the first Friday of every month, closing the following Thursday at midday, and will be open to the entire spectrum from weanlings, yearlings, broodmares to unraced and horses-in-training.

Yearling graduates of the online sales can also qualify for BSA’s popular Value Added Stakes Incentive Scheme, while an exciting diversification is the added component of sport horses from other equestrian disciplines.

“We believe that in this day and age, there is a need for a convenient and user-friendly platform that allows breeders, owners and trainers to readily trade their stock as their dynamic needs dictate. It also enhances the attraction of the liquid commodity aspect of the thoroughbred, and potentially opens the bloodstock market to a wider range of investors,” said BSA CEO Michael Holmes.

The concept of virtual sales is not new in the 21st century.

But the COVID-19 pandemic has upped the pace of change and development dramatically, and recent excellent results in Australia and Europe have shown that resistance to change is inconsequential when vendors and buyers experience the newly discovered benefits that can be derived from the use of the new-age medium.

The BSA digital sales platform was designed and developed with industry input and in collaboration with Gold Circle.

“The entire world is undergoing an evolution of change. From schooling to socialising to shopping, the global pandemic has expedited the transition from yesterday to tomorrow and changed the way we do things. And our business is one of those that will have to adapt. It is pleasing to note the recent international examples of success with the digital selling of horses and we are very proud to have developed a 100% South African product,” added Michael Holmes, who also thanked Gold Circle for their enthusiastic input and assistance.
Gold Circle CEO Michel Nairac said that collaboration and working together through exchanges of skills and expertise was long overdue in the industry.

“The various components of this industry are inexorably linked and as Aristotle said, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The Gold Circle team are privileged and honoured to have assisted BSA in this exciting project that will bring them in line with best international practise. Ultimately, every sector needs to succeed for racing to prosper and COVID-19 has reinforced many fundamental lessons for us all,” he concluded.
The 100% local content of the platform means that costs have been contained without compromising on quality and suitability for our market.

The broad financial framework of the online sale is:

· Entry fee – R500 (excl.VAT)
· Sales commission – 5% (excl.VAT)
· Reserve commission – 0%
· Roll-over fee to next sale -R250 (excl.VAT)
· Minimum Floor price – R5 000

Holmes added that the platform still allowed innovation by the vendor and transparency for the buyer.

“It is clear that international collateral indicates that buyers bid with more confidence when information is disclosed with the support of high-quality media. We are very excited about the enormous possibilities of this rand-based product and are set to go live, with our first sale just days away.”

How it works:

· Entries open on Thursday 28 May
· Entries close at 12h00 on Monday 1 June
· Auction opens at 10h00 on Friday 5 June
· Auction closes at 12h00 on Thursday 11 June

Entry forms for the monthly online sales will be available on www.bsa.co.za.

Inquiries may be addressed to:

Alistair Gordon: Mobile – +27(0)82 551 5462 / Email: alistair@equine.co.za
Ashley de Klerk: Mobile – + 27(0)84 514 1723 / Email: ashley@equine.co.za

Please visit our website – www.bsa.co.za for more information

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Clifton Stud’s Peter and Jenny Blyth have produced some outstanding racehorses over the years, with their star performers including former Horse Of The Year Classic Flag, Charity Mile hero Bezanova and Fillies Guineas winner Glenrossal.

Based in Rosetta, Clifton Stud will be offering four yearlings, two as agent, at the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, due to take place at the TBA complex from April 24^th-26^thnext month.

What A Flight (Lot 382) is the first of the Clifton draft to come forward for sale. This filly is a daughter of triple Equus Champion and increasingly successful stallion What A Winter, whose notable daughetrs thus far includ G1 Majorca Stakes winner Clouds Unfold, multiple graded stakes winner Magical Wonderland and smart debut winner Fly Away.

The filly on sale is out of a winning Jet Master mare who is bred on very similar lines to the Jet Master sired multiple G1 winner Ebony Flyer (dam of the smart performers Captain Of Tortuga and Cot Campbell).

Equus Champion and triple G1 winner Capetown Noir (like What A Winter a son of Western Winter) has made a pleasing start with his first runners including the very smart filly Brandina. He is represented in the Clifton draft by a beautifully bred colt (Lot 450) whose winning Galileo sired dam is an own sister to the stakes winning Eye Of The Storm and half-sister to multiple group winner Satchem.

The world’s premier sire Galileo is also to be found in the pedigree of the chestnut colt (Lot 516) out of the G3 performer Sauna’s Rose. From the immediate family of Horse Of The Year and sire Legislate, this colt is from the first crop of Galileo’s G3 winning son Flying The Flag, a regally bred own brother to the G1 winners Magical and Rhododendron.

Gold Ensign (Lot 557) is a colt by Equus Champion Sprinter, and promising Captain Al sire, Captain Of All. This colt is out of the G3 performer Theta –a full-sister to KZN Breeders 1600 winner Carbon Leader.

View the draft on www.bsa.co.za.

Bruce Le Roux once again brings an outstanding draft of yearlings to the Nationals at the end of April, including progeny by Querari, Flower Alley, first season sire Flying The Flag, Futura, Mogok, Twice Over, Legislate, Crusade, What A Winter and Master Of My Fate amongst others.

The Flying Flag and Eightfold Colt pictured scored 9 on physical inspection.

Images: Candiese Marnewick

Bloodstock South Africa are proud to announce that the catalogue for the 2018 Ready To Run Sale is now online and can be viewed live at www.bsa.co.za

Traditionally one of South Africa’s most popular auctions, the Ready To Run Sale is due to take place this year at the TBA complex in Germiston on 4th of November, and will be held on the same day as the Johannesburg Mixed Sale.

The catalogue is made up of 111 well bred 2yos, and this strong looking sale looks sure to produce its share of high class runners!

The Ready To Run Sale has a long and proud of history of producing outstanding athletes, many of whom were acquired for very reasonable prices. Recent past graduates of this sale include former Horse Of The Year Igugu, as well as such graded stakes winning stars as Pierre Jourdan, Redcarpet Captain, Chestnuts And Pearls, Rich Girl, Tamaanee, and Dylan’s Promise.

Top sires represented at this year’s auction include all of Captain Al, Duke Of Marmalade, Dynasty, Elusive Fort, Gimmethegreenlight, Pomodoro, Querari, Silvano, Trippi, Var, Visionaire and What A Winter.

Young stallions represented by members of their first local crops this year include triple G1 winner and Equus Champion Capetown Noir, the Captain Al sired Equus Champion Captain Of All, Jet Master’s well bred G2 son Divine Jet, multiple G1 winner Linngari, globetrotting Equus Champions Soft Falling Rain and Vercingetorix, and Redoute’s Choice’s multiple G1 winner Wylie Hall.

There are a large number of well bred lots on offer at the 2018 Ready To Run Sale notably:

Lot 2 –a Capetown Noir ½ sister to Merchants winner The Thinker

Lot 6 –a Capetown Noir ½ brother to 8 winners including stakes winner Onehundredacrewood

Lot 7 –a Capetown Noir ½ brother to G3 winner Royal Pleasure

Lot 14 –a Capetown Noir colt out of Gerald Rosenberg Stakes winner Spring Garland

Lot 16 –a Capetown Noir ½ brother to G2 winner Winning Leap

Lot 17 –a Silvano colt out of G2 winner Surabi

Lot 19 –a Visionaire ½ brother to 4 stakes horses including Summer Cup second Shogunnar

Lot 20 –a Var colt out of Oaks winner Sweetie Pie

Lot 21 –a Dynasty filly from the family of G1 winning siblings Ectot and Most Improved

Lot 22 –a Visionaire ½ sister to multiple stakes winner Salutation

Lot 25 –a Silvano colt out of G2 winner Waywest Goddess

Lot 29 –a Visionaire ½ brother to champion Comanche Brave

Lot 33 –a Gimmethegreenlight colt out of a G3 winning Dubawi mare

Lot 43 –a Visionaire filly out of G2 winner Bridal Paths

Lot 50 –a Soft Falling Rain ¾ brother to record breaking stakes winner In Like Flynn

Lot 63 –a Soft Falling Rain colt out of a G2 placed daughter of Hard Spun

Lot 73 –a Visionaire half-brother to SA Derby winner Hero’s Honour and G1 filly Railtrip

Lot 84 –a Visionaire filly out of Syringa Handicap winner Ithala

Lot 85 –a Trippi half-brother to multiple G1 winner and sire Rabada

Lot 91 –a Duke Of Marmalade half-brother to G1 winner and star filly Takingthepeace

Lot 98 –a Var own sister to G1 filly Schiffer

Lot 100 –a Soft Falling Rain filly out of G2 performer Mombasa

Lot 101 –a Captain Al colt from the family of Red Ray and Set Afire

Lot 104 –a Visionaire half-sister to Mauritian champion Solar Star

Lot 108 –a Pomodoro filly out of stakes winner Pacific Breeze

Bloodstock South Africa is proud to announce an extension to its added value stakes program. In addition to recognizing their qualifying Graded Stakes Winners, all qualifying Bloodstock South Africa 2017 Graduates who win a Maiden Juvenile Race during their Two Year Old career will receive an added stakes bonus.