Cruise Control. Miss Cool. Just Reckless. Jimmy Don. Just Reckless. Russian Rock. William Robertson. Boland Stud will be offering siblings to these classy gallopers at this week’s August Two Year Old Sale.
When taking into account, that Boland Stud will be offering two-year-olds by the likes of Gimmethegreenlight, Hawwaam, One World, Querari, Rafeef, Trippi, and Vercingetorix, it is safe to say that this is a truly exceptional draft!
The 2020 G1 Cape Racing Presents The Cape Guineas winner Russian Rock has a Vercingetorix half-sister (Lot 109) on sale, with this filly also hailing from the female line of such standout G1 winning fillies as Minding, Tuesday and Lillie Langtry.
The brilliant Vercingetorix, whose daughters include the likes of Mrs Geriatrix, Vernichey and Chansonette, is also represented here in this draft by a half-sister (Lot 173) to G3 Magnolia Handicap runner up Dancing Queen, with this filly’s dam Jet Princess, a winning full-sister to G3 Matchem Stakes winner Thundering Jet. This filly is bred on the same Vercingetorix/Jet Master cross as the likes of African Warrior, Rascallion and Padre Pio.
Boland will also be offering, as agent, a very well bred son of Vercingetorix in the form of a half-brother (Lot 209) to multiple graded stakes winner William Robertson and three other winners. This colt, who sports a stallion’s pedigree, is out of a three time winning own sister to CTS Million Dollar winner Illuminator, and his granddam, Pacific Lights, is a stakes placed half-sister to G1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship winner Silver Arc.
South Africa’s reigning champion sire Gimmethegreenlight is represented in this draft by a half-sister (Lot 312) to the classy Quasiforsure, while dual graded stakes winner Miss Cool has a Trippi half-sister (Lot 133) on sale, with this blue blooded filly’s dam French Rose a half-sister to Horse Of The Year and successful sire Futura.
The Boland Stud bred Just Reckless won both the G2 World Pool With Gold Circle Debutante and G3 Tabgold Strelitzia Stakes last season, and she has a Rafeef half-brother (Lot 294) on the August Sale.
Other attractive sorts to be found in this compelling consignment include the Querari full-sister (Lot 119) to the very smart Cruise Control, the Querari half-sister (Lot 176) to Listed Secretariat Stakes winner Jimmy Don, and the One World colt (Lot 9) out of G2 SA Fillies Nursery winner Virgo’s Babe.
This draft can be found in Blocks B and C at the TBA Complex in Germiston.