The catalogue for the 2024 Cape Yearling Sale catalogue is now online and can be viewed at www.bsa.co.za.
Long regarded as one of the best value for money thoroughbred auctions in South Africa, the Cape Yearling Sale has been the launch pad for many outstanding thoroughbreds, with the lengthy list of stars sold off this auction in past years including the likes of Pocket Power, Mother Russia, Sparkling Gem, Zarina, and Astrix.
The latter, winner of the 2022 G1 TAB The Premier’s Champions Challenge, was a R60 000 buy from the 2018 Cape Sale, while Sprinkles, who earned more than R750 000 in stakes, cost just R50 000 when sold off the 2020 Cape Yearling Sale. The 2022 G2 East Coast Radio Tibouchina Stakes winner, Homely Girl, is another wonderful example of the value to be found at this auction, with that Querari daughter knocked down for just R40 000 in 2020.
Successful young sire Gold Standard was a R725 000 purchase from the 2015 Cape Sale, while subsequent Australian G1 winner and sire Surcharge was offered for sale at the 2016 auction.
Last year’s sale saw Palancar, a Wilgerbosdrift consigned colt by The United States, make R850 000 to top the sale, with six lots making R500 000 or more at the 2023 Cape Yearling Sale. Palancar has a Buffalo Bill Cody half-brother on offer at this year’s sale in the form of Cavalry Scout.
Many of the top farms in the Cape are offering yearlings at this year’s one day sale, with such high-class sires as Flower Alley, Futura, Ideal World, Legislate, Master Of My Fate, Pathfork, Querari, Rafeef, The United States, Vercingetorix and What A Winter all represented here.
Stallions with their first yearlings on offer here include Declarationofpeace, Erik The Red, and Hawwaam, while One World and Talk Of The Town, who have both made such promising starts to their stud careers, are also well represented at the 2024 Cape Yearling Sale.
Potential standout lots on offer include:
Lot 2 -a Talk Of The Town half-brother to dual G3 winner Sunshine Silk
Lot 17 -a Rafeef filly out of a five time winning half-sister to G1 Summer Cup winner Flying Carpet
Lot 32 -a Vercingetorix filly whose granddam is a half-sister to a Kentucky Derby winner
Lot 35 -a Soqrat half-brother to G3 Umkhomazi Stakes runner up Desolate Road
Lot 39 -a Master Of My Fate filly out of G3 Magnolia Handicap runner up Dolomiti
Lot 60 -an Erik The Red half-sister to Listed Champion Juvenile Cup winner Questor
Lot 61- a Buffalo Bill Cody filly out of a half-sister to former Horse Of The Year Igugu
Lot 66 -an Erik The Red colt out of a five time winning own sister to Green Keeper
Lot 67 -a full-sister to this season’s Listed Sophomore Sprint runner up Captain Arrow
Lot 70 -a half-brother, by The United States, to Listed Ibhayi Stakes runner up Blackberry Malt
Lot 77 -a Master Of My Fate filly out of a daughter of dual G1 winner Europa Point
Lot 80 -a One World colt out of a half-sister to G1 winning sprinter Sergeant Hardy
Lot 81 -a Pathfork half-sister to Langerman runner up Big Pleasure
Lot 83 -a Potala Palace half-sister to graded stakes winners Capoeira and Folk Dance
Lot 97 -a Buffalo Bill Cody half-brother to Listed Swallow Stakes winner Freed From Desire
Lot 110 -an Erik The Red half-brother to debut winner Whistle The Tune
Lot 112 -a Twice Over half-sister to smart fillies Just Be Lekker and Fort J’Adore
Lot 113- a One World colt out of a six time winning daughter of Master Of My Fate
Lot 117 -a Master Of My Fate colt out of a Milkwood Stakes winner
Lot 130 -an Erik The Red colt out of a stakes placed own sister to the dam of G1 winner She’s A Keeper
Lot 131 -a Danon Platina filly out of a multiple stakes winning daughter of Var
Lot 135 -a Master Of My Fate filly out of a half-sister to G2 winner Dash For Gretna
Lot 138 -a Futura half-sister to BSA Sales Cup winner Certainly
Lot 141 -a Querari filly from the family of champion Al Shemali
Lot 143 -a Talk Of The Town half-sister to useful performers Lady Sanza and Lady Mistico
Lot 145 -an Erik The Red filly out of a G1 placed daughter of Trippi
Lot 149 -a Rafeef colt out of a daughter of G1 winner Gluwein
The 2024 Cape Sale has been scheduled to take place at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth on Sunday, February 25th, with the sale set to get underway at 12:30 sharp.