Clifton Stud has bred a large number of high-class gallopers over the years. From champions Classic Flag and Mrs Geriatrix, to recent G3 Godolphin Barb Stakes winner Cliff Hanger, the farm contines to churn out equine stars.
The latest top-class galloper bred by Clifton is up and coming three-year-old Flag Man. The latter put up a superb performance when finishing a close up second in the recent G1 Daily News 2000, beaten only by July favourite Green With Envy, and Flag Man looks to be a very exciting prospect indeed.
Peter Blyth will be offering buyers a chance to buy their own Flag Man when he offers the latter’s half-brother for sale at the 2024 KZN Yearling Sale. Lord Wimborne (Lot 103), a colt by Canford Cliffs, is a half-brother to not only Flag Man but to four other winners including the very smart Capetown Beauty. Lord Wimborne is out of the winning Mark Of Esteem mare Irresistible Chris, herself a half-sister to July winning champion Eyeofthetiger and G3 The Debutante queen Best Chris.
Clifton Stud will also be offering lots sired by the likes of Act Of War, Danon Platina, Fire Away, Master Of My Fate, and New Predator at this year’s KZN Yearling Sale, and will be acting as agent on four further lots.
One lot which will need no introduction is the filly (Lot 85) by sire sensation One World out of the five time winning Western Winter mare French Lass, with this filly a half-sister to recent Listed Milkwood Stakes winner Paris Lass with French Lass herself a half-sister to G2 winning filly Chant De Nuit.
The Met winning One World has two other lots on offer here. Brand New World (Lot 38) is a colt out of Listed East Cape Fillies Nursery runner up Brandina, while the four time winning Var mare Easybyfar has a One World filly (Lot 68) on sale.
This draft can be viewed in Blocks A and B at the Suncoast Casino in Durban.