Horses sold off past renewals of the KZN Yearling Sale have enjoyed fantastic success on South African racecourses in the past few months.
Star three-year-old Purple Pitcher, a R170 000 purchase off the 2022 KZN Yearling Sale, stamped his Equus Award claims this season when victorious in all of the G1 TAB SA Derby, G1 TAB SA Classic, and G2 Jonsson Workwear Dingaans, with the classy sophomore having already taken his earnings to over R2.536 million with the promise of plenty more to come.
Fellow star three-year-old Frances Ethel, a R160 000 buy from the 2022 KZN Sale, showed her class when following up a score in this season’s Listed Ormond Ferraris Oaks Trial when storming home to land the G2 Wilgerbosdrift Bridget Oppenheimer SA Oaks and she looks destined for even bigger and better things.
Crimson King, purchased for R200 000 at the 2019 sale, is another current flagbearer for the KZN Sale. The son of Dynasty, victorious in both the 2021 G3 World Sports Betting Pocket Power Stakes and 2023 G3 SplashOut 2200, has had a fine season in 2023-2024 with Crimson King having won both the Listed TAB Aquanaut Handicap and Listed TAB Gold Bowl this season.
Yet another KZN Sale purchase, Celtic Beauty captured this season’s Listed World Sports Betting Scarlet Lady, while promising two-year-old filly Just Reckless, bought for R500 000 off last year’s auction, won the 2024 G3 Tabgold Strelitzia Stakes in tremendous style.
Bloodstock South Africa are proud to announce that the catalogue for the 2024 KZN Yearling Sale is now online and can be viewed at www.bsa.co.za.
This year’s sale looks to be a strong one, with many of the country’s top farms and leading stallions represented. Among the promising, proven and popular stallions with yearlings on offer are Danon Platina, Elusive Fort, Fire Away, Futura, Gimmethegreenlight, Ideal World, Legislate, Master Of My Fate, New Predator, One World, Pathfork, Querari, Rafeef, The United States, Trippi, Vercingetorix, and What A Winter.
Stallions represented for a first time at the KZN Yearling Sale include Declarationofpeace, Erik The Red, Hawwaam and Summa Cum Laude.
A few potential standout lots on offer include:
Lot 5 -a Vercingetorix filly out of a G3 placed half-sister to champion Hammie’s Hooker and dual G3 winner Gem King
Lot 9 -a colt by The United States out of Ready To Run Cup winner Winter Star
Lot 16 -a Rafeef filly out of the G1 placed Admiral’s Eye
Lot 21 -a Rafeef colt out of a four time winning daughter of Querari
Lot 23 -a Querari own-sister to G2 winner Caya Coco
Lot 25 -a What A Winter half-brother to G3 TAB J J The Jet Plane Stakes winner Mover And Shaker
Lot 38 -a One World colt out of a stakes placed winner of three
Lot 40 -a What A Winter filly out of a stakes winning daughter of Jet Master
Lot 54 -a Querari half-brother to Listed Syringa Handicap winner Way Of The World
Lot 61 -a filly by The United States from the family of Breeders’ Cup Mile winners Karakontie, Miesque and Six Perfections
Lot 65 -a One World filly out of Listed Winter Oaks winner Duchess Of Bourbon
Lot 72 -a Gimmethegreenlight three-parts sister to G3 Politician Stakes winner Universal
Lot 75 -a Pathfork filly out of G3 Sycamore Sprint winner Extra Zero
Lot 77 -a Master Of My Fate filly out of G2 winner Fairyinthewoods
Lot 80 -a Master Of My Fate colt out of a full-sister to triple G1 winner Jackson
Lot 94 -a Vercingetorix filly out of G2 Fillies Guineas winner Heaps Of Fun
Lot 96 -a Hawwaam filly out of a stakes winning daughter of Danehill Dancer
Lot 101 -a Gimmethegreenlight filly out of G3 Strelitzia Stakes winner Inverroche
Lot 111- a Captain Of All half-brother to Listed World Sports Betting Scarlet Lady winner Celtic Beauty
Lot 116 -a Trippi colt out of Equus Champion Lady Windermere
Lot 117 -a Vercingetorix full-brother to the smart Mia Moo
Lot 124 -a Vercingetorix filly out of a G3 winning half-sister to champion Mythical Flight
Lot 130 -a Rafeef filly out of a half-sister to G1 winners Eden Roc and Sandringham Summit
Lot 134-a Pathfork half-sister to Listed Jockey Club Stakes winner Flower Of Saigon
Lot 161 -a half-brother, by The United States, to G3 Acacia Handicap runner up Queen Of Shadows
Lot 165 -a Rafeef colt out of a stakes winning daughter of Kahal
Lot 171 -a Rafeef half-sister to KZN Yearling Sale Million winner Lunar Rush
Lot 175 -a Vercingetorix half-sister to Listed KwaZulu-Natal Stakes winner Mirage
Lot 194 -an Act Of War half-brother to the classy Talk Of The Town
The 2024 KZN Yearling Sale will take place at Suncoast Casino on July 4th, with the auction set to get underway at 10:00 AM sharp.
