The August Two Year Old Sale has strong claims to being the best value for money thoroughbred auction in South Africa. Boasting a long list of outstanding alumni, the August Sale turns up a host of top-class prospects every year.

In 2021, graduates of the August Two Year Old Sale to make their mark in black type races included the likes of Ekoria, Galla Vanting, Ipso Facto, Jimmy Don, Machete Man, Taikonaut, and the luckless Feather Boa, to name but a few.

Last year has already produced a number of exciting gallopers headed by such promising performers as Guy Gibson, Rani Of Kittur, and White Pearl, with, no doubt, a host of other potential stars yet to be unveiled.

This year, the sale is set to take place at the TBA Complex in Germiston on Saturday August 26th and Sunday 27th of August, and the catalogue for the 2023 August Two Year Old Sale can now be viewed online at www.bsa.co.za.

Saturday’s session will get underway at midday, while the second and final day of the August Sale has been set to commence at 11:AM sharp. Many of South Africa’s top farms have strong drafts on offer, and hopes are high that the positive trends seen at recent thoroughbred auctions will continue at the Two Year Old Sale.

Prominent stallions represented at the 2023 August Two Year Old Sale include Gimmethegreenlight, Master Of My Fate, Querari, Rafeef, Trippi, Var, Vercingetorix and What A Winter, while top British sprinter Twilight Son, who stands at Cheveley Park Stud in Newmarket, has a well bred filly on the sale.

Sires to be represented by their first two-year-olds at this sale include Buffalo Bill Cody, Last Winter, One World, Soqrat and Talk Of The Town.

Potential #kznbred standout lots on offer at the 2023 August Two Year Old Sale include:

Lot 29 -a Master Of My Fate half-brother to millionaire Matador Man (Summerview)
Lot 45-an Act Of War half-sister to G2 winner Gimme A Shot (Blue Sky Thoroughbreds)

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