A Capetown Noir colt trained by Justin Snaith has won very impressively this afternoon at Durbanville, with Kamadeva, a juvenile half-brother to Gr1 winner Love Struck, leading from almost the start to win going away by over 3,5 lengths 0ver 1250m.

He appeared to enjoy the further and his pedigree indicates he will enjoy more, after placing twice in both of his previous starts over 1000m.

The Summerhill-bred is owned by Mr A Gujadhur and sold for R225 000 off the 2018 Cape Premier Yearling Sale. This is the female line of Anytime Baby and Thandolwami.

Capetown Noir has had 2 winners and 17 places from his first crop, with his daughter Brandina already Black Type and missing her first feature win by a whisker.

Capetown Noir has 4 Lots on the upcoming Nationals, including a Clifton-bred colt out of a Galileo mare, Piemonte have a beautiful filly who is a half-sister to Black Type Raise The Bar (dam of Rose In Bloom) and to 6-time winner High Altar, whilst Henham Stud have a Capetown Noir sibling to Gr1 Empress Club Stakes runner up Running Brave, and Summerhill have the first produce of Black Type Supercede on offer.

The sale takes place from 24-26 April.

A beautifully-bred Crusade colt sold for R700 000 at the recent CTS Ready To Run Sale in Durbanville, consigned by Beaumont Stud and purchased by Mayfair Speculators.

Consigned as Lot 50, the colt named Wheels Are Up is out of Gr3 winner Aquataine, herself a three parts sister to Gr1 winner Captain America. She is a daughter of Requista by Fortwood, from the damline of Cruise Collection, Captainofmysoul and Dacha.

The first crop of Gr1 Middle Park Stakes winner Crusade are now two years old and the sprinting son of Mr Greeley out of La Traviata by Johannesburg, recently saw his Galileo half-sister Seventh Heaven win her second Gr1 in Ireland, the Irish Oaks.

Crusade’s yearlings and two year olds have been very well received at sales in 2016, averaging a very impressive R160 000 for each of the 18 yearlings sold at the National Yearling Sale in April. Crusade has stamped his progeny powerfully and he has been Equinome tested as a C:C, likely to produce sprinters.

From the dam La Traviata’s first three progeny to date, she has produced Black Type from all three – her first foal being Gr1 winner Crusade, second foal Gr2 placed Cristoforo Columbo (by Henrythenavigator) and thirdly dual Gr1 winner Seventh Heaven. La Traviata (by Johannesburg) has been sent back twice more to Galileo to be covered in years following.

The black stallion stands for a fee of R20 000 at Scott Bros.

View Lot 50’s gallop below: