One of the best value for money auctions in the country, the Cape Yearling Sale has a rich history of unveiling future stars of the track.
Notable recent graduates of this sale include such graded stakes winners as G1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes winner Zarina and the likes of Bold Fortune, Hoedspruit, Mr Flood, Netta, Springs Of Carmel, and impressive recent G3 Three Troikas Stakes queen Sprinkles, while subsequent Australian G1 winner and sire, Yulong Prince, was offered for sale at the 2016 Cape Sale.
This year’s sale will take place at Kenilworth racecourse on Sunday February 27th, with the auction set to get underway at 12:30. More than 170 yearlings have been catalogued for sale, with many of the Cape’s top stud farms well represented at the Cape Sale.
Among the proven G1 sires represented at this year’s sale are Captain Of All, Duke Of Marmalade, Flower Alley, Gimmethegreenlight, Ideal World, Judpot, Master Of My Fate, Oratorio, Pathfork, Pomodoro, Potala Palace, Querari, Time Thief, Trippi, Twice Over, Var, Vercingetorix, Visionaire, and What A Winter, as is last season’s Leading First Season Sire, Rafeef.
The likes of Danon Platina, Fire Away, Heavenly Blue, Horizon, and the sadly deceased Lancaster Bomber all have members of their first crop on offer.
Some of the potential standout lots at this year’s sale include:
Lot 4 -the Var own brother to G1 Golden Horse Sprint winner Normanz
Lot 7-the Gimmethegreenlight colt out of a G3 placed own sister to champion Talktothestars
Lot 14 -the The United States half-sister to G2 winner Rosier
Lot 18- the Erupt half-brother to speedy dual G3 winner True To Life
Lot 20 -the Erupt half-sister to BSA Cape Yearling Sale Cup winner Mounia
Lot 23-the Flower Alley colt out of G3 winner Neptune’s Rain
Lot 31 -the Lancaster Bomber half-brother to Champion Juvenile Cup winner Peace In Our World
Lot 41-the filly by The United States out of G3 winner Queen’s Command
Lot 42 -the Fire Away half-brother to the talented Oomph
Lot 52-the Querari half-sister to G1 filly Scented Mistress
Lot 62- the Twice Over half-sister to top-class galloper Rascallion
Lot 63-the Vercingetorix colt out of a G3 winning daughter of Trippi
Lot 81-the Oratorio half-sister to G3 winner Negroamaro -dam of talented three-year-old Outofthedarkness
Lot 89- the Vercingetorix filly out of a stakes winning sister to dual G1 winner Snowdance
Lot 101 -the Gimmethegreenlight half-brother to Swallow Stakes winner All At Once
Lot 132-the Querari colt out of Winter Oaks winner Cymbeline
Lot 134-the Danon Platina colt out of a stakes winning daughter of Querari
Lot 142-the Flower Alley half-sister to US graded stakes winner Can’thelpbelieving
Lot 148-the Oratorio filly out of a G3 winning daughter of Fort Wood
Lot 151-the Rafeef filly out of a stakes placed daughter of Ideal World
Lot 156-the Trippi colt whose dam is a half-sister to July winner Pomodoro
Lot 160-the Querari colt out of a half-sister to SA/US G1 winner Gypsy’s Warning
Lot 164-the William Longsword colt out of G3 winner Hot Affair
