Brett Van Laun is over the moon with Camargue Stud’s draft for the 2023 November Two Year Old Sale. Camargue will be offering buyers the chance to buy two-year-olds sired by the likes of Act Of War, Captain Of All, Erupt and Querari to name but four.

Brett is particularly keen on Captain’s Dynasty (Lot 84), a colt by Captain Of All out of the twice winning Dynasty mare Desroches. This colt, who is from the immediate family of G1 Wilgerbosdrift HF Oppenheimer Horse Chestnut Stakes winner MK’s Pride, is “a smart colt who walks like a cat”.

The Querari filly (Lot 102) out of the smart racemare Felicity Flyer is certainly bred to be precocious. A daughter of a twice leading sire of two-year-olds, this “is a precocious filly whose mother won the first baby race of the season and she could follow in her steps!”

Camargue will also be offering a choicely bred colt (Lot 137) by Cape Guineas winner Act Of War out of former Equus Champion, and G1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship winner Legally Blonde, with this colt a three-parts brother to the smart Act Of War sired gelding Blonde Act.

Buyers can find Camargue’s draft for this year’s November Sale in Block E at the TBA Complex in Germiston.

Blue Sky Thoroughbreds (Pty) Ltd will be offering two-year-olds sired by some of South Africa’s most exciting stallions around.

This draft includes two-year-olds sired by the likes of Danon Platina, Lancaster Bomber, Rabada, Rafeef, Querari and What A Winter to name but a few.

Japanese champion Danon Platina is represented here by a colt (Lot 17) whose dam won seven and ran third in the G2 Gold Circle Oaks, while consistently successful sire Querari is the sire of a filly (Lot 101) whose dam won four times and hails from the family of G1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Indiscrete Fantasy.

Dual G1 winner Rabada has two lots on offer, including a colt (Lot 44) out of G3 Umzimkhulu Stakes runner up Twice As Smart, while the sensational Rafeef’s sole offering is Rafa’s Choice (Lot 35), a colt from the family of champions Better Than Ever, Wavering Girl, Singspiel and Glorious Song.

Lancaster Bomber’s death was a major setback to the South African thoroughbred industry and that G1 winning son of War Front is responsible here for a filly (Lot 51) whose dam is a winning half-sister to Hong Kong G3 winner Chefano.

Buyers can find Blue Sky Thoroughbreds’ consignment in Block C at the TBA Complex in Germiston.

Piemonte Stud will be strongly represented at the upcoming November Two Year Old Sale.

The KwaZulu-Natal farm will be offering a consignment headed by the offspring of such notable sires as Act Of War, Captain Of All, Global View, Ideal World, Master Of My Fate,  The United States and Twice Over at the November auction.

Four time G1 winner and proven G1 sire Twice Over is represented here by a filly (Lot 3) out of G3 Fillies Mile runner up Fire Wheel, with this filly’s granddam a full-sister to champion Yard-Arm. 

Dynasty’s Guineas winning son Act Of War is one of South Africa’s most exciting young sires, and he is represented in this draft by Mio Presto (Lot 65) -a colt out of a three time winning daughter of multiple champion sire and broodmare sire Jet Master.

Gimme Now, a winning Gimmethegreenlight half-sister to G3 Gold Bowl winner Don’t Look Back, has a colt (Lot 8) by Master Of My Fate on offer, while Master Of My Fate, whose progeny include three individual G1 winners, is also the sire of Who Are You (Lot 58) -a filly bred on similar lines to exported G1 Champions Cup winner Master Plan.

Former Leading First Season Sire Global View is doubly represented in the Piemonte draft -Giovana, a mare from the family of champions Horse Chestnut and Monyela, has a Global View filly (Lot 9) here, while Sanctuary, a four time winning daughter of National Emblem, has a colt (Lot 75) by Global View on the November Sale.

Global View is a son of legendary sire Galileo -as is Flying The Flag, who has three lots on sale. They include a colt (Lot 72) from the same family as top-class sire Alzao, and a colt (Lot 107) from the same female line as champion Senor Santa and smart Hong Kong galloper Chefano.

Galileo’s G1 winning son The United States has made an explosive start to his stud career, and Sheela’s promising sire is represented in Piemonte’s string by a filly (Lot 45) from the same family as champions Colonial Girl and Edict Of Nantes, with her dam a winning half-sister to high-class two-year-old Brilliant Cut.

Other attractive lots in this draft include the Ideal World filly (Lot 18) out of a half-sister to champion Icy Air, the Captain Of All colt (Lot 68) whose dam is a daughter of US champion Big Brown, and the Gold Standard colt (Lot 79) out of Listed East Cape Nursery heroine Scripture.

Piemonte Stud’s draft for the 2021 November Two Year Old Sale can be viewed online at www.bsa.co.za

Watching Closely (Lot 3) is a filly by short-lived G1 Middle Park Stakes winner, and prolific sire of juvenile talent, Crusade.
This filly, a half-sister to two winners, is out of a four time winning Kahal own sister to Sea Cottage Stakes winner Fenerbahce, and Watching Closely is bred on the same Crusade/Kahal cross as the very classy Butchie Boy.

The well related Crusade (he was a half-brother to a dual Oaks winner) is also sire of Northern Warrior (Lot 113), with the latter being a son of classy stakes winner Roc ‘N Rose.

Champion Action (Lot 24) is a colt by Eightfold Path, with the latter sharing his sire Giant’s Causeway with current sire sensation Shamardal. This colt is a half-brother to five winners notably Queen Palm Handicap heroine Roc ‘N Rose and further back this is the family of Met winning champion Mark Anthony.

Proven sire Philanthropist, who has been responsible for stakes winners in all of Canada, Hong Kong, South Africa and Zimbabwe, is responsible for a colt (Lot 89) whose dam is a ¾ sister to multiple Equus Champion Nhlavini, while proven G1 sire St Petersburg is sire of Winter Monarch (Lot 92) –a filly whose dam is a half-sister to Woolavington Cup winner Music Of Time.

Dynasty sired Horse Of The Year Irish Flame is the sire of Irish Bru (Lot 111), a half-brother to two multiple winners including the smart Pillaroftheearth. This colt’s granddam was an Australian stakes winning daughter of Golden Slipper victor Pago Pago, and this is the family of G1 Perth Cup winner Meliador.

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The following KZN-breds will be up for auction on 24 – 25 November at the CTS Ready To Run Sale, taking place at Randjesfontein.

The Gallops take place on 21 November.

First season KZN sires with progeny on sale include Crusade and Await The Dawn, whilst Linngari has progeny on offer and the last two year olds by Kahal – consistently a national top 5 sire – will be up for auction.

KZN-breds can be identified with stable door posters and hip stickers on during the sale.

They qualify exclusively for the KZN Breeders Race Day taking place on June 2017 at Greyville, where stakes of R2,6million can be won on the day, incorporating the KZN Breeders Million Mile and eight races consisting of the KZN Breeders Series – for a stake of R200 000 each.

It pays to buy KZN-bred!

In alphabetical order of vendor:

A Tapit  colt that is a half brother to champion and Lane’s End stallion Honor Code and Rathmor’s Noble Tune sold to Chris Baccari for $1.05 million during the 9 November session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, the highest-priced weanling at the time of his selling.

Consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales, the dark bay colt is out of the top-producing Storm Cat mare, Serena’s Cat, whose offspring have been extemely popular in recent years.

A half sibling to the Tapit colt sold for $2.6 million at last year’s Keeneland November sale with a full sibling bringing a then-North American record weanling price of $3 million at the 2014 exercise.

Given those prior levels, Baccari felt he got one of the steals of the sales in the colt he purchased in the name of his Baccari Bloodstock on behalf of a partnership.

“That’s a very very hard pedigree to get into,” said Baccari, who said the partnership could race the colt or resell him. “I happened to see the colt on the farm ahead of time so I had the ability to see what I was going to get into. He’s just a very special horse. Very hard to find that kind of pedigree with that kind of sire power.

“I just felt like he could have brought a lot of money here,” Baccari continued. “But it’s like anything, he’s a younger foal and he’s been here for several days. When I first saw him he was very sharp and the last two days he was probably a little sluggish for some people. But I remembered what he looked like. That’s why I thought if I have the ability to get him, I’m going to try.”

In addition to Honor Code, the Tapit colt is also a half brother to multiple Graded Stakes winner and Gr1 Breeders Cup placed Noble Tune.

“I think the horse was a great value to the buyer,” said Hill ‘n’ Dale’s John Sikura.

Mares due to foal this year include Gypsy Queen, the dam of American and South African Gr1 winner, Gypsy’s Warning.

– extract bloodhorse.com