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Gimmethegreenlight Leads National Yearling Sale

The two-day Bloodstock South Africa National Yearling Sale drew to a close on Friday with trade at a satisfactory level despite the ongoing pandemic and political anxieties in the country. The aggregate of R102,470,000 (€5,974,884/£5,175,174) was up from R87,065,000 (€5,075,345/£4,397,155) in 2020, and while the average dipped 6% to R276,946 (€16,144/£13,986), the median was up to R200,000 (€11,658/£10,100) from R160,000 (€9,327/£8,080).

Young More Than Ready sire Gimmethegreenlight (Aus), currently the leading sire in South Africa, was the sale's leading sire by aggregate and supplied three yearlings who made in excess of R1,000,000 (€58,308/£50,504), including a colt out of triple Group 1 winner All Is Secret (SAf) (lot 351) who topped the sale on day two at R2,800,000 (€163,264/£141,412) when bought by Jehan Malherbe of Form Bloodstock. All Is Secret, South Africa's champion 2-year-old filly of 2012, is also the dam of the listed-winning Sovereign Secret (SAf) (Dynasty {SAf}). Gimmethegreenlight also supplied a seven-figure filly on the day in the form of Varsfontein Stud's lot 232, who was also bought by Malherbe. She is the first foal out of the listed-placed Scandola (SAf) (Fort Wood).

Also featuring on Friday was a colt by Twice Over (GB) who fetched R1,400,000 (€81,611/£70,706) from John Freeman. Lot 407, the son of Group 3 winner Cash Register (SAf) (Casey Tibbs {Ire}), is a half-brother to three stakes winners as well as the Group 1-placed Chat Ching (Saf) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}).

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National Yearling Sale Catalogue Online

The catalogue for Bloodstock South Africa's National Yearling Sale, which takes place at the TBA complex in Germiston on Apr. 15 and 16, is online. The catalogue includes half siblings to a pair of Horses of the Year who were also National Sale graduates in Do It Again (SAf) (Twice Over {GB}) and Legal Eagle (SAf) (Greys Inn). Stallions represented by their first yearlings in the country include a few familiar names in Europe in Canford Cliffs (Ire), Erupt (GB) and Wings Of Desire (GB). Colts by Oasis Dream (GB) and Myboycharlie (Ire) are also on offer. The sale likewise includes a plethora of yearlings out of Group 1-winning mares, and siblings to Group 1 winners.

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Silvano Stars Again At National Sale

Saturday’s second and final session of the Bloodstock South Africa National Yearling sale saw seven additional seven-figure (Rand) lots added to the top of the price list. Maine Chance Farms’s champion sire Silvano (Ger) had been the star of day one, responsible for the top four lots including the sale-leading R7-million colt (£313,406/€348,135), and he once again provided the top two on Saturday. The leading light was Maine Chance’s colt (lot 329) bought by Anthony Beck for R2.3-million (£102,976/€114,387). He is the second foal out of the G1 SA Oaks winner Pine Princess (SAf) (Captain Al {SAf}), who has an as-yet unraced 2-year-old full-brother.

Wilgerbosdrift sold the sale’s two highest-priced colts on Friday and they provided another highlight on Saturday in the form of lot 251, a Silvano half-brother to Group 3 winner Folk Dance (SAf) (Tiger Ridge) and the Classic-placed Capoeira (SAf) (Oratorio {Ire}). He was bought by Form Bloodstock for R1.6-million (£71,635/€79,573).

Young sire Gimmethegreenlight (Aus) was the one to break up Silvano’s momentum on the leaderboard, with a colt (lot 366) sold for R1.4-million (£62,681/€69,627) to Form’s Jehan Malherbe. Malherbe paid the same price for lot 453, a rare offering in this country by Uncle Mo. The colt is the second foal out of Ubiquitous Mantle (Ire) (Alhaarth {Ire}), a three-time winner in Ireland the U.S. and a granddaughter of the G1 Yorkshire Oaks winner Roseate Tern (GB) (Blakeney {GB}).

Unsurprisingly in the COVID era, figures were slightly off from last year’s returns. From 478 yearlings catalogued over the two-day sale, 341 were offered and 294 sold for an aggregate of R86,915,000 (£3,891,393/€4,322,601). Last year, 438 had been sold over three days for R139,380,000 (£6,240,377/€6,931,877). The average dipped 7.2% to R295,629 (£13,236/€14,702), while the median was down 8.6% at R160,000 (£7,163/€7,957).

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Silvano Colts Dominate National Opener

Bloodstock South Africa’s National Yearling Sale, delayed from its original April calendar date, at last got off and running for its two-day stand on Friday. Topping trade during the opening session was Wilgerbosdrift Stud’s Silvano (Ger) colt out of local wondermare Halfway To Heaven (SAf) (Jet Master {SAf}) (lot 185), whose first two foals are the triple Group 1 winner Rainbow Bridge (SAf) (Ideal World) and champion 3-year-old and five-time Group 1 winner Hawwaam (SAf) (Silvano {Ger}). Hawwaam had been a R1-million yearling purchase by Shadwell South Africa, but his full-brother far outpointed that pricetag when bringing R7-million (£312,679/€347,508) on Friday from Summerhill Equestrian.

In fact, it was sons of Silvano who dominated trade on the day, in the end responsible for the top four prices. Jehan Malherbe of Form Bloodstock signed for the session’s second and third highest-priced colts at R4.5-million (£201,008/€223,384) and R1.8-million (£80,390/€89,353): lot 106, a grandson of multiple champion mare Dancer’s Daughter (GB) (Act One {GB}), and lot 186, whose dam is a half-sister to Horse of the Year Futura (SAf) (Dynasty {SAf}).

John Freeman purchased the fourth Silvano colt, the only other yearling in the session to crack seven figures: lot 109, the third foal out of Group 2 winner Demanding Lady (SAf) (Dynasty {SAf}) and half-brother to the G1 Cape Derby second Charles (SAf) (Trippi) made R1.3-million (£58,059/€64,533).

From 230 yearlings catalogued on the day, 158 were offered and 121 sold for an aggregate of R37,250,000 (£1,663,640/€1,849,127), an average of R307,851 (£13,749/€15,283) and a median of R150,000 (£6,700/€7,447). Comparative statistics will be published after Saturday’s second session of the sale.

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