EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN SALES WRITE UP
18 September 2013
Bloodstock South Africa are proud to announce a world-class catalogue for the 2013 Emperors Palace Ready to Run Sale.
The sale is set to take place at the TBA’s Germiston complex on November 1st and 3rd, where some 248 exquisitely bred horses are up for sale.
The first session, which kicks off at 16:00, will see lots 1-110 go under the hammer. The second day of trading, which starts at 14:00, will see 111-248 be knocked down.
All horses sold at this sale will automatically qualify for the rich and prestigious Emperors Palace Ready to Run Cup of 2014 where graduates of the sale will race for R3m. Buyers remember to tick the box!
Ready To Run graduates have built up a tremendous record over the years, as a look back at past sales’ stars will indicate. From the likes of Horse of the Year Igugu and champion Pierre Jourdan, to this season’s promising 3yos Dover Beach, Winter Star and Admiral’s Eye, the Ready To Run Sale annually produces its share of high-class performers.
Other notables to have graduated from the RTR Sale include last season’s Oaks winner Dylan’s Promise, Gr1 SA Derby runner up Gothic, Gold Bowl hero Winning Leap, and star international miler Imbongi – to mention just a few of the top-class athletes bought off the sale.
Last year’s sale has also produced its share of smart winners, including the classy Duly Ordained (AUS), eye catching debut winners Pej and Yeoville, potential Guineas horse Solar Star , Grade One horse Umgiyo (AUS), and the progressive colt Mount Hillaby.
This year, many of the country’s top farms will offer lots at the Ready to Run Sale and the overall quality of the catalogue shows how this sale has grown in status and class and rates up there with the best sales in the land. The list of stallions with progeny on sale includes South Africa’s very best sires, such as Captain Al, Dynasty, Fort Wood (USA), Jet Master, Kahal (GB), Silvano (GER), Trippi (USA) and Var (USA) all have attractive individuals due to pass under the hammer.
There are also offspring by the late, great Western Winter (USA) on sale – and these individuals are bound to prove popular.
Promising sires Antonius Pius (USA), Argonaut, Jay Peg, Judpot (USA), Kildonan, Rebel King and Sail From Seattle (CAN), to name but a few, are also strongly represented at the 2013 Emperors Palace Ready to Run Sale.
Sires with their first 2yos selling include Brave Tin Soldier (USA), Elusive Fort, Fort Beluga, Ideal World (USA), Lateral (GB), Mambo In Seattle (USA), Oracy (NZ), and Seventh Rock (AUS).
The Ready to Run Sale also offers South African buyers a rare opportunity to acquire well bred thoroughbreds with top-class international pedigrees. Some of the world’s leading sires have prized lots on offer.
World-class sires represented on the sale include Bernardini (USA), Danehill Dancer (IRE), Encosta De Lago (AUS), Hussonet (USA), Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE), Tale Of The Cat (USA) and Teofilo (IRE).
While the catalogue is rich in well bred individuals, a few lots really stand out:
Lot 4 Chilli Affair – a colt by the ill-fated champion sire Western Winter (USA) out of Gr3 winner Rambo’s Love. This colt is a half-brother to the talented, Dubai bound, Journeyman.
Lot 6 Soviet Line – a son of leading sire Kahal (GB) and classy filly Real Red
Lot 14 An Encosta De Lago (AUS) filly out of a Redoute’s Choice (AUS) mare – this is the reverse cross of international globetrotting champion Musir (AUS)
Lot 24 Queen of Thrones – a half-sister, by champion sprinter Rebel King, to Gr1 Tsogo Sun Medallion hero Captain Of All and smart filly Intimateconnection.
Lot 27 Crete – a Kahal brother to the Grade One placed Fenerbahce
Lot 36 A Trippi (USA) half-sister to the ill-fated, Grade One performer, Lostintranslation
Lot 38 Varlotone – a Var (USA) filly from the family of the great sire Storm Bird (CAN). Intriguingly inbred to South Ocean.
Lot 60 Sweet Singer – a daughter of champion sire Jet Master and the high-class Elliodor (FR) mare Traviata
Lot 71 Trust The Pink – a half-sister, by promising young sire Mullins Bay (GB), to Gr1 winning sprinter Disappear
Lot 78 Vision Quest – a colt by champion sire Fort Wood out of the Qui Danzig mare Winning Eyes. He is a half-brother to the stakes winner Albert Mooney.
Lot 104 Intandokazi – an Encosta de Lago (AUS) colt out of a stakes placed Flying Spur (AUS) mare.
Lot 112 Paris Princess – a Kahal half-brother to the Dubai World Cup placed Paris Perfect
Lot 113 A filly by champion and leading sire Teofilo (IRE) out of a half-sister to the top Australian sprinter I Am Invincible (AUS)
Lot 116 Firth of Clyde – a Right Approach half-brother to Equus Champion, and promising young sire, Kildonan
Lot 124 Close Relative – a Kahal half-sister to champion sprinter, and promising sire, Rebel King
Lot 142 Captain’s Orders – a Captain Al brother to three stakes winners.
Lot 144 Triple Apology – a colt by leading sire Trippi (USA) out of the top-class, but ill-fated, Jet Master mare Escapology. The dam won 4 four, including the Gr3 Algoa Cup.
Lot 154 Lava Flow – a Western Winter (USA) half-brother to the top-class filly Chant de Nuit
Lot 155 Fear The Fire – a colt by leading sire Kahal. He is a full brother to Fillies Guineas winner Festival Of Fire.
Lot 159 A Hussonet (USA) colt out of a daughter of an Australian Group One winner
Lot 165 Dreamuponadream – a colt by sensational sire Judpot (USA) whose second dam was a Gr1 winner in Australia
Lot 185 Eurozone – a Judpot colt out of a full sister to champion filly Historic Lady
Lot 193 Unconditional – a filly by the great Irish sire Danehill Dancer (IRE), from the family of such stars as Encosta De Lago, Night Shift, Holy Roman Emperor and Flying Spur. As a granddaughter of Danehill (USA), this filly is bred on very similar lines to Flying Spur (AUS) and Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)
Lot 194 A colt by reigning champion sire Silvano (GER) out of the beautifully bred mare Making Whoopee (AUS). Dam is a sister to two Australian Group One winners.
Lot 206 A Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) filly out of a daughter of prolific broodmare sire Giant’s Causeway (USA)
Lot 216 Captain Coyote – a Captain Al half-brother to Equus Champion 3yo Vercingetorix, who will campaign in Dubai next year. The colt is also a full brother to top filly, Trinity House.
Lot 223 Kosava – a Kahal half-sister to champion filly Icy Air and top Mauritius runner, Ice Axe
Lot 245 Strawberry Pink – a filly by Dynasty, who is the sire of the great mare Beach Beauty. She is a half-sister to the good filly Jabulani Jive, and is out of the smart racemare Proud Peyton
These are just some of the highlights of the 2013 Emperors Palace Ready to Run catalogue – which is truly world class!
The online, and Ipad, catalogues will be available on Friday. The pre-sale gallops will take place on the following dates:
9th October Turffontein 1pm
11th October Summerhill Stud 11 am Summerhill, Far End , Ambleway, Mauritzfontein, Maine Chance
18th October Yellow Star Stud 11 am Balmoral and Connigton
A CD displaying the various gallops will also be made available, and the gallops will also be shown on the loop on Tellytrack, and can also be viewed online at
www.tba.co.za
For more information regarding the 2013 Emperors Palace Ready to Run Sale, please contact the TBA Office on (011) 323 5700.
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