Missisippi Burning wins the Gr2 KZN Fillies Guineas (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)

The Rathmor-bred Missisippi Burning, who was raced here by Mario Ferreira and trained by Adam Marcus – she was his first Gr1 winner – is a dual Guineas winner, having also won the WSB Gr2 Fillies Guineas at Hollywoodbets Greyville.

A daughter of multiple champion Captain Al (Al Mufti) , she is out of the Australian bred Hussonet mare Spitfire Lady and won 5 races from 1000m to a mile.

Missisippi Burning was a R380 000 BSA National Yearling Sale purchase.

Yulong’s Sam Fairgray said of the Newgate Consignment, Aberdeen, NSW (As Agent) lot:

“Missisippi Burning’s supposed to be carrying a colt, we saw last week those couple of Frankel colts sold very well as weanlings, but we’ll most likely keep them and race them. She’ll probably go to Tagaloa next.Size-wise, she probably just needs a little bit of leg, which he’ll give and the pedigree works on paper.”

See Missisippi Burning’s (# 1016) catalogue page – click here.

Yulong’s Sam Fairgray speaks to the media (Pic – Magic Millions)

One of their high profile purchases was the featured Lot 910, an English-bred mare carrying a cover to Frankel (GB).

Yulong parted with A$1 375 000 to secure the beautifully prepared mare out of Arrowfield Stud’s draft and Sam Fairgray was very clear on the appeal to Great Vibes (GB), “She was a beautiful mare, probably the best-looking mare in-foal to Frankel, so we’re really pleased to be taking her home. It’s a nice early service, if it comes out looking like her it’ll be a good sort!”

“It is very difficult but with the mares that you really want, the quality, you’ve got to pitch up and go for them because at the end of the day you’ll get rewarded on the other side,” Fairgray observed.

“You’re better off buying the mares that you really want and know that are going to leave you the right physical down the track because you’ll get the results in the sale ring with their yearlings.”

Besides Missisippi Burning, on Thursday Yulong also purchased the dam of Stradbroke fancy Yellow Brick, Magical Mist (NZ), in foal to Maurice (JPN) for A$775,000.

They also purchased Elliptical’s dam Marquise Dar Rossa in foal to So You Think for A$675 000 and four mares in foal to northern hemisphere superstar Frankel, Siyouni (FR) mares Pledged (GB) and Small Print (GB) for A$700 000 each and Murasaki (GB) for A$500 000.

-sportingpost.co.za

Monthly sales will be held hereafter 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.

Top seller of the inaugural edition was the ‘select mare’ of the June sale catalogue in many people’s opinion.

Petala seen winning the Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery in 2015

Petala (#23) is a stakes winning Captain Al half-sister to the well performed Doublemint and was snapped up by Summerview Stud for R114 000.

Petala won three races, including the 2015 Gr3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery, in the care of Justin Snaith.

She is out of the Tale Of The Cat mare, Nepeta and was bred by Alec Foster, who also raced her in the family’s very familiar scarlet and gold silks.

Summerview’s Colleen de Klerk was thrilled with the purchase and said that the decision to buy was motivated by an intention to upgrade  their current broodmare band.

She gave a thumbs up to the new online platform and said it was ‘both user friendly and exceptionally convenient’.

The scenically beautiful Summerview Stud is nestled in a quiet lane in the middle of Summerveld, and is owned by Colleen and her husband, Gary De Klerk.

The De Klerk’s neighbour, leading breeder Lee Scribante of Piemonte Stud, said that Petala ticked all the boxes and congratulated them on an astute buy.

Scribante also said that the streamlined simplicity and convenience of the sales platform means that even the ‘senior generation’ could use it without aggravation or fear of complications.

“Internationally, it’s been proven to be the way of the future and once market acceptance is there and conditions improve, I have no doubt that it will become the norm,” said Scribante.

Please see the sales price list here

Bloodstock South Africa graduate Missisippi Burning showed her class, when romping home to a facile and hugely impressive win in the G1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas at Kenilworth on Saturday.

Bred by Rathmor Stud, the three-year-old daughter of Captain Al was given a superb ride by Craig Zackey, who bought his mount with a strong late challenge down the inside of the track before the pair bounded clear to post a facile three length win.

The Mario Ferreira owned Missisippi Burning provided trainer Adam Marcus with his first G1 success, and with a second graded race triumph on Saturday.

Now a winner of four of only seven races (she has won her last three in a row), the diminutive Missisippi Burning was a R380 000 buy (pictured above) from the 2018 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, and Saturday’s triumph took the filly’s earnings to R794 052.

A third Cape Fillies Guineas winner for deceased champion sire Captain Al, Missisippi Burning is out of the stakes placed Hussonet mare Spitfire Lady who was purchased by Kerry Jack on behalf of Rathmor in Australia – who won four times up to 1600 metres and who ran second in the Listed Flying Handicap.

Congratulations to all concerned!

Breeders of such standout performers Gypsy’s Warning, Surabi, Romany Prince and the G1 winning half-siblings Malteme and Wendywood, Rathmor Stud will be offering a superb consignment at the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale this month.

Rathmor’s draft includes yearlings by outstanding stallions Frankel, Captain Al, Dynasty and Var, as well as lots by such exciting and popular young sires Coup De Grace and Global View, while the blue blooded Unbridled’s Song horse Noble Tune has six in the Rathmor draft.

Noble Tune placed in the Gr1 Breeders Cup Juvenile on Turf, as well as the Gr2 American Turf Stakes winner and a Gr3 winner. His half brother Honor Code is a dual Gr1 winner, whilst his sire has produced the likes of Arrogate and Liam’s Map, amongst many others – a superb sire of sires, champion sire and broodmare sire.

A few lovely specimens from Rathmor’s foal crop of 2016 below:

(photos taken 18 January and the foals are losing their fluffy foal coats across the province).