Summerveld trainer Mark Dixon will be targeting his useful filly Silent Crusade at the Grade 3 Poinsettia Stakes over 1200m at Hollywoodbets Scottsville on April 26 and depending on how well she does there she might have a crack at the Grade 1 City Of Pietermaritzburg (SA Fillies) Sprint over the same course and distance six weeks later.

The Crusade filly won two of her three starts over 1200m early in her career.

She is out of the talented six-time winning Silvano mare Silver Fantasy, who won from 1400m to 1800m, including the Listed Scarlet Lady.

Dixon said Silent Crusade had just come back into work after being given a holiday after her good third behind Roy’s Riviera and Vistula in the Grade 3 Flamboyant Stakes over 1600m on Boxing day.

The five-time winner’s chief target for the SA Champions Season will either be the Grade 1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes or the KZN Breeders Million Mile. 

Editors note: Spring Valley Stud are offering a Toreador half-sister at the National Yearling Sale as Lot 397.

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Koos and Lorraine De Klerk’s Yellow Star Stud will be doubly represented at the Emperors Palace Yearling Sale this year.

The Mooi River based farm will be offering two high quality colts by triple Equus Champion and rising star sire What A Winter. A four time G1 winning son of triple champion sire Western Winter, and from the same female line as Hyperion and Sir Tristram, What A Winter made an instant impression at stud, and was South Africa’s Champion First Crop Sire in 2016-2017.

The champion’s first crop was headed by the graded stakes winners Dutch Philip and Magical Wonderland, while What A Winter’s second crop includes G1 Bidvest Majorca Stakes winner Clouds Unfold and Ibhyai Stakes hero Fabian.

High class racemare Maggie Kay, whose five wins included the G3 Magnolia Handicap, has already made her mark at stud as the dam of speedy Gardenia Stakes winner Queen Laurie and Yellow Star Stud will be offering a What A Winter half-brother (Lot 439) to Queen Laurie at the National Sale.

This colt’s second dam is a National Assembly half-sister to multiple G1 winner Ingleside and this is family of champions Dancing Danzig and Evening Mist.

What A Winter is also represented in this draft by a colt (Lot 465) out of a winning half-sister to millionaire and multiple graded stakes winner Kangaroo Jack, with this colt’s second dam being none other than G1 Garden Province Stakes runner up Rainbow Flag. Further back, this is the family of the July placed champion Dollar Fortune and Golden Slipper queen Gilded Minaret.

Yellow Star’s draft can be viewed live at www.bsa.co.za

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Bruce and Delia le Roux’s Spring Valley Stud will be offering 11 quality yearlings at this year’s Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale in Germiston.

One of the picks of the draft is the Querari filly (Lot 39) whose G2 SA Oaks winning dam Bedloe’s Island is a Fort Wood half-sister to two G1 winners.

Four time winner Kileigh, a three-parts sister to Triple Crown winner Abashiri, has a choicely bred Master Of My Fate filly (Lot 116), while Silver Fantasy, a stakes winning Silvano half-sister to G1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Indiscreet Fantasy, is represented in the draft by a  Flower Alley filly (Lot 217).

Master Of My Fate is also represented in this draft by a filly (Lot 103) out of a stakes placed winner of seven, while multiple Equus Champion What A Winter is also doubly represented, with his pair including a filly (Lot 309) out of a 3 time winning half-sister to G2 winner Silver Age.

Over The Bay (Lot 330) is a colt by champion and exciting sire Twice Over whose dam is a full-sister to the dam of East Cape champion Widow’s Lamp and this is also the family of Equus Champion National Bay.

Princess Phee (Lot 295) is a filly from the first crop of Horse Of The Year and four time G1 winner Futura, and this half-sister to the useful Aranjuez is out of a 3 time winning own sister to G2 winner Lazer Star.

Young Galileo sire Flying The Flag has two members of his first crop in the Spring Valley draft, including a filly (Lot 378) whose dam is a full-sister to top class racemare Cover Look.

Spring Valley are no strangers to producing high class racehorses, with the farm’s past star graduates including the likes of July winner Dunford and fellow G1 winners Buy And Sell, Count The Money and Indiscreet Fantasy.

The 2019 National Sale will take place from April 24^th-26^th, with each day of selling due to commence at 11:30 am.

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KZN will be represented by approximately 70 horses at the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, taking place 24, 25, and 26 April at the TBA Complex.

The eight farms represented include half-siblings to Gr1 winner Lady In Black, and Black Types Malak El Moolook, Angel’s Power, King Neptune, Stella Mia, Celestine, Amazing Strike, Exit Here, Eventual Angel, Extradite, Just As I Said, Lala, One Cool Dude, Royal Pleasure and Queen Laurie.

The first crops of the very exciting young sires Flying The Flag (a full brother to Gr1 winning sisters Rhododendron and Magical), Willow Magic (the first Gr1 winning son of Dubawi to stand in South Africa) and Act Of War (Gr1 winning son of the recently passed Dynasty) on offer.

Flying The Flag had his first yearlings represented at the recent Cape Yearling Sale, and in a tough economic market an outstanding colt from Wilgerbosdrift sold for R140 000, in a sale where the average was R66 000.

Bush Hill Stud have brought a yearling from their family that yields multiple winners in every generation, that of King Neptune and Stella Mia, going back to the brilliant Gr1 winners Zirconeum and Stellite. A family that never disappoints, the colt is by Flying The Flag who is putting serious quality into his babies with good size and bone. Amongst Bush Hill’s draft are yearlings out of Gr2 winners Go Indigo, Tempted, Gr3 winner Rhythmic Roxy and Gr1 placed Silent Call with stallions on offer by Var, Pathfork, Crusade, Jackson and Coup De Grace.

Clifton Stud topped the sale last year with their beautiful Esterel filly Montreal Mist (and placed on debut this week for owners Mrs Mary Slack and Mr Javett), and bring a Flying The Flag colt out of a Gr1 placed mare Sauna’s Rose that has produced 6 runners and 6 winners. They also have a beautiful Capetown Noir filly (who has already produced his first Black Type with winner Brandina) out of a Galileo mare Miss Coco.

Cathy and Jonathan Martin of Hadlow Stud are bringing three yearlings, including a Crusade out of the very good looking Var mare Anatevka. This is her second foal and the family of Captain America.

Piemonte have brought a well bred draught once again, and amongst them is a Vercingetorix half-brother to Gr3 placed Celestina. Vercingetorix is very well out of the starting blocks this year with four winners. They also have Flying The Flag colt Massimo, a half-brother to three times Gr2 placed Amazing Strike. Piemonte, sporting a winners to runners percentage of 32.8% also have progeny of Global View, Soft Falling Rain, Jackson, Oratorio, Wylie Hall, Captain Of All and Capetown Noir amongst them.

Rathmor have brought a very strong draft once again – not only a sibling to Gr1 winner Lady In Black, but the progeny of two of South Africa’s top selling broodmares at their respective CTS Mare sales purchased by Rathmor – with Almosthaditall (sadly now deceased) selling for R2,4-million and Queen Of Spain, herself a half-sister to Coolmore sire Mastercraftsman, knocked down for R2,6-million. Rumour has it that Rathmor also have a smashing Captain Al yearling on offer.

They have sons by Frankel – the only on the sale – and Dynasty on offer.

Spring Valley Stud always carry a yearling draft with plenty of weight, and amongst them is a very well grown handsome Twice Over colt out of a half-sister to Stakes Winner Juan Two Three. This is also the family of Widow’s Lamp and National Bay. Another impressive horse is that by Flying The Flag out of Harolds Gold – the mare produced another winner yesterday at Fairview with Scribo. The Flying The Flag yearling produced a 9.5 at the Nationals inspections and must not be missed.

Bruce also brings his good families to the sale – that of a cracking Querari out of Bedloe’s Island, making the yearling a half-sister to 5-time winner Kahula from the family of Buy And Sell and Count The Money. He also has a beautiful Flower Alley filly out of Silver Fantasy – this is another family that guarantees winners, and has produced the likes of Gr1 winner Indiscreet Fantasy and 11-time winner London Call. The dam Silver Fantasy has produced 3 runners and 3 winners with 8 wins between them.

Summerhill’s draft only consist of progeny of their first season sires Willow Magic and Act Of War. They have received smart mares – and progeny on offer include a Willow Magic filly out of a mare that has produced 4 winners from 5 runners, another Willow Magic out of Gr2 winning mare Fisani, a Willow Magic out of Galileo mare Mumtazah from the immediate family of Gr2 winner Intergalactic, and an Act Of War half-sister to Gr3 winner Royal Pleasure. A farm that has produced 10 National Champion Breeders titles, they have had 3 – Black Type winners this season and lying 3rd on the National log behind breeding giants Mauritzfontein & Wilgerbosdrift and Klawervlei Stud.

Yellow Star Stud are back at Nationals this year and bring two yearlings by Gr1 producing sire What A Winter. They include a half-sibling to Listed winner Maggie Kay.

#kznbreds registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme are still to be confirmed, but they will be prominent at the sale with posters on stable doors and hip stickers in the sales ring. These horses will qualify for the annual KZN Breeders Race Day, restricted to horses registered with the KZN Breeders Premium Scheme.

The list below of KZN yearlings at the Nationals. Bold Black Type denotes yearlings to Black Type siblings.

Piemonte-bred Brandina by Capetown Noir has made it two wins from only three starts – her only other place was third by a head in the Listed Tattersalls Summer Juvenile Stakes at Kenilworth.

Brandina was bought back for just R20 000 at the 2018 KZN Yearling Sale – TBA Chairman Lee, and Dino Scribante, offer everything they breed at auction and retain whichever horses have not sold at sales.

Raced by breeder Lee Scribante and his brother, the filly is out of Var mare Bedouin, a half-sister to Gr2 winner Fair Brutus bred by Yellow Star Stud. This is also the family of Grand Format and National Dance.

Triple Gr1 winning son of Western Winter, Capetown Noir, had his highest price 2yo sell at the 2018 Ready To Run Sale for R500 000, a half-brother to Gr1 placed Railtrip and Gr1 winner Hero’s Honour, he has been exported to Kenya for owner Michael Spencer.

Capetown Noir has now had 2 wins and 7 places from just 6 runners, and stands at Summerhill Stud for Khaya Stables.

Capetown Noir has two yearlings being consigned to Nationals from Summerhill – one out of Nojoom by Galileo (the dam of Gr2 winner Intergalactic), and the other out of Supercede (a half-sister to Talitha Borealis) by Stronghold, from the family of The Sheik and Shoe Express.

Spring Valley Stud are currently sitting on a winners to runners percentage of 30%, with 16 wins for the season including a Black Type Win with Just As Well filly, Just Chaos, who took home the Racing Association Listed.

Bruce Le Roux always knows how to breed a good horse and we spotted 11-time winner multiple Stakes Placed London Call at work during the week.

Bruce currently stands Just As Well and Eightfold Path at his farm in Mooi River. Both stallions haven’t received full books but their progeny perform admirably and consistently on the tracks.

Bruce has another exciting draft headed to the Emperors National Yearling Sale this year, and inspections took place with Jane Thomas and Alistair Gordon doing the rounds on their last leg for 2019.

Amongst Bruce’s draft for Nationals are a few sharp prospects:

Querari – Bedloe’s Island by Fort Wood

A half to multiple winner Kahula (feature image), this Querari is from one of Spring Valley’s leading families. The second dam is Trade Enquiry, who produced the likes of Count The Money, Buy And Sell and the dam, Bedloe’s Island.

Flower Alley – Silver Fantasy by Fort Wood

By an exciting stallion, the dam is a half-sister to London Call from one of Bruce’s leading families of Spring Valley. This is the damline of Gr1 winner Indiscreet Fantasy, Personal Fantacy, Malinga, Roy’s Taxi and Vasilisa.

Flying The Flag – Harold’s Gold by Fort Wood

First season well related son of Galileo, out of a mare that is a full sister to Cover Look. The dam has produced six winners to date. It is also the family of Winter Fever.

Eightfold Path – Discordia by Western Winter

Half to Stakes Winner Just Chaos. This is the damline of Abashiri, Yard Arm and Donya.

Master Of My Fate – Kileigh by Go Deputy

Out of a Go Deputy mare that is closely related to the above family Abashiri, Yard Arm, Donya, Drift Ice and Flichity By Farr.

Futura – Beautiful Princess by Toreador

By an exciting #kznbred first season sire. The dam is a full sister to multiple winner and Stakes Winner Lazer Star. The dam has produced a 3-time winner from her first foal, Aranjuez. Furua’s first yearling consigned in January sold for R1,2-million.

Crusade – Silver Nun by Silvino

Family of Gr1 winner Bold Ellinore. The dam has produced two winners.

Flying The Flag – I Said Hey by Alami 

First crop of Flying The Flag out of a mare that has produced a Black Type and multiple winner, Just As I Said. Family of Sarabande and Name The Key.

What A Winter – Call Me Maybe by Fort Beluga 

By a leading sire out of a mare from the family of Winona, Thunder Creek and Hawaaiian Wahoo. The dam is a half-sister to Gr2 winner Silver Age.

Legislate – Pewter by Rakeen

This is the first crop by Legislate. This yearling is a half to Black Type Trippi filly Cotton Candy from the family of Villandry, Ravishing and Geordoba.

Noble Tune – The Angelus by Windrush

The second foal for the 7-time winning dam who is a Stakes Winner by Windrush. Family of Gr1 winner Simonside and Jet Goddess.

Mogok – Case Stated by London News

Half to consistent horse and winner Kilmokea. Family of Captain Harry.

What A Winter – Chattanooga Chuchu by Cataloochee

Dam has produced 5-time winner Dixie Express. The first dam is an own sister to Angus, family of Highborn, Dignify and Distinguished.

Twice Over – Crystal Bay by Western Winter

Out of a very exciting stallion, this is the family of Juan Two Three, Widow’s Lamp and National Bay.

Eightfold Path – Stellenbosch by Jet Master

Family of Gr1 Breeders Cup winner Spain, as well as Arniston and Strategic Choice.

The National Yearling Sale will take place on 24, 25 and 26 April at the TBA Complex. #kznbreds will be easily indentified with stickers in the sales ring and posters on their stable doors.

Whilst their places will only be confirmed after National Yearling Sales inspections have taken place in January, Rathmor Stud have a very strong draft beginning their sales preparations for the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale.

They include progeny by Frankel, Dynasty and Noble Tune – two of them out of sales topping mares purchased off the CTS Mare Sales in 2017, for R2,4-million (Almosthaditall) and R2,6-million (Queen Of Spain) respectively.

Whilst walking through the paddocks as the colts quietly concentrate on their feed after the breakfast run, Mike McHardy of Rathmor Stud comments that although the paddock is brimming with stock from superior stallions, its important not to ‘mollycoddle’ them and to raise them as normal horses, who dont know who their famous sires are.

Noble Tune has already earned Black Type with his smart grey son White Lightning, who was born and raised at Rathmor Stud. Rathmor have bred the likes of Gypsy’s Warning, Wendywood, Surabi, Romany Prince and Harry Lime amongst others.

Their National yearlings are out of mares bought specifically for Noble Tune, which include:

– Dynasty colt out of Guard The Lines by War Front
  Dam is a full sister to American Gr1 and Gr2 winner DATA LINK.

– Noble Tune out of Spitfire Lady by Hussonet
  Family of PINNACLES and PLANET ROCK.

– Noble Tune out of Mystery Dame by Jet Master
  Half-brother to Gr1 winner LADY IN BLACK, and to Nexus who sold for R1,7-million in 2017.

– Frankel out of Queen Of Spain by Holy Roman Emperor
  Dam a half-sister to MASTERCRAFTSMAN.

– Dynasty out of Almosthaditall by Henrythenavigator
  Dam a half-sister to JUMP START and closely related to MASTERY. Damline of sire MISWAKI.

– Noble Tune out of Golden Earings by Fort Wood
  Dam a half-sister to GYPSY’S WARNING, ROMANY PRINCE and SURABI. 2nd Dam Gypsy Queen has already       produced Black Type grand-children including SO VAR and QUEEN FOREVER. 

KZN farm Clifton Stud will be offering eight (three as Agent) two-year-olds at next month’s National Two Year Old Sale in Germiston.
The draft includes lots by such popular and promising sires as Capetown Noir, Noble Tune, Toreador and Visionaire.

The latter, South Africa’s Champion First Crop Sire in 2014-2015, has enjoyed plenty of success of late, thanks to his high class graded stakes winners Takingthepeace and The Thinker and he is represented here by Divine Vision (Lot 223). This chestnut colt, a half-brother to 3 winners including Oaks runner up Madam Madonna, is out of a half-sister to graded stakes winners Fort Vogue and Whatalady and this is the same family as champion Highland Night.

Equus Champion and triple G1 winner Capetown Noir has two members of his first crop in the Clifton draft. They are a colt (Lot 18) whose winning dam is a half-sister to G1 Cape Flying Championship hero O Caesour, and a filly (Lot 47) from the same Lily family as such G1 winners as Bold Thatch, Fort Defiance, Ravishing, Vega and Villandry.

Now deceased, Toreador was a consistently successful stallion whose best included champion Link Man, dual G1 winner Bull Valley and millionaire Matador Man. The son of Danehill is represented in this draft by Intrepid Fighter (Lot 187), a colt out of champion Casey’s Dance –and this is the family of G1 winning 2yos Fov’s Dancer and Potent Power.

Breeders’ Cup runner up Noble Tune has made a pleasing start with his first 2yos in 2017-2018, and the son of Unbridled’s Song is the sire of Golden Tune (Lot 276). This colt is a half-brother to six winners including Swallow Stakes runner up Bling Dancer.

Other interesting lots in this draft include an Eightfold Path colt from the family of champions Fearless and Festive Season (Lot 125), an Irish Flame ¾ sister to East Cape star Short List (Lot 354), and a Main Aim filly from the same family as G1 Travers Stakes winner Corporate Report (Lot 413).

The full draft can be viewed online at www.bsa.co.za