Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale date change to 27th and 28th April

Please note that we have moved the dates of the 2014 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale to Sunday 27th and Monday 28th April.
This is to fit in with the Easter Holidays the week before and to allow buyers more time to view during the week.
Remember Monday 28th is a Public Holiday.
Please make a note of this date change in your diaries. There is a world class day of racing at Champions Day and will help build an electric atmosphere for the leading Yearling Sale in Africa.

EXCITING ENTRIES FOR 2014 NATIONAL YEARLING SALE 27th and 28th April:

An exceptional and exciting group of thoroughbreds are amongst the early entries for the 2014 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale.While last year’s National Sale was a strong and deep catalogue, there are strong early signs that the 2014 sale could be even stronger! Whilst we still have to go through a stringent selection process the entries are looking like the sale will be one of real quality and value.

The country’s top farms are strongly represented on South Africa’s premier yearling sale, and the pedigrees on offer are truly world class. South Africa’s leading sires Captain Al, Dynasty, Fort Wood, Judpot, Kahal, Silvano, Var and Western Winter have all strong drafts entered for the sale, while such exciting and promising sires as Antonius Pius, Greys Inn, Horse Chestnut, Jay Peg, and Rebel King all promise to be well represented at the 2014 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale.

Leading sire Captain Al has 35 well bred yearlings entered. These include a half-sister to top Singapore performer Lizarre, a full sister to Gr2 winner Fragrant Al, a full brother to this season’s smart 3yo Zambezi Torrent, and a half-sister to the rags to riches filly, King’s Temptress.

Former BSA buy (and current leading sire) Dynasty is always popular at the National Sale. His 2014 21 strong draft includes a full-sister to promising 3yo Legislate, a colt out of a stakes winning half sister to champion Argonaut, and a half-brother to former Summer Cup hero Wagner. Dynasty also has an exceptionally well bred colt out of G1 winner Sarabande-the colt on offer is a three parts brother to the July placed Chesalon.

Dynasty’s sire Fort Wood could be represented by 18 yearlings on the sale. His entry includes a filly out of the very quick Gr3 winner She’s A Winner, and a colt out of the classy mare Lan Air Cel.

Last season’s Equus Outstanding Stallion Judpot has a classy draft of 27 entered. They include a filly out of the brilliant Gr1 winning racemare Duchess Daba, and a colt out of Badger Land’s classy daughter, Bushra.

KZN’s main man, Kahal, is one of South Africa’s best sires. Bush Hill Stud’s leading man has 34 yearlings entered, including a half-sister to last season’s Nursery hero Flash Drive, a full brother to the top-class Grade One performer Tales Of Bravery, a colt out of G1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship heroine Legally Blonde, and a half-brother to US Gr1 Matriarch Stakes winner, Gypsy’s Warning.


Champion sire Silvano is one of the best sires to have stood in South Africa for many a year. He has 42 lots entered for the sale, including a filly out of Elliodor’s well performed daughter Park Lane, a half-sister to Gr1 Golden Horse Casino Sprint winner Contador, a full-sister to Gr2 Derby hero Silvano’s Jet, and a filly out of former Champion 2YO filly Consensual.

When Var gets a good one, he really gets something special. The sire of dual Horse of the Year Variety Club has 28 yearlings entered on the sale. They include a full brother to champion Val de Ra, a daughter of the stakes winner Treaj Pot, and a half-sister to the high-class current performer, Glorious Jet.

There will be few opportunities to buy the stock of the late, great Western Winter. However, the former champion sire has 19 entered for the National Sale, including a half-sister to this season’s feature winner She’s A Pippa, a full brother to impressive winner La Chouette and fillies out of the high-class racemares Townsend and Sweetie Pie respectively.

Intriguingly, some of the world’s best, and most fashionable, sires have youngsters entered on the sale. The likes of Exceed And Exceed, High Chaparral, Giant’s Causeway, and Medaglia D’Oro (whose youngsters are in great demand the world over) all have yearlings entered on the sale.
Sires with their first yearlings on offer include Bankable, Blue Tiger, Great Britain, Just As Well, King’s Chapel, Noordhoek Flyer, Querari, Rock Of Rochelle, Russian Sage, Visionaire and Warm White Night.

No fewer than 16 Grade One winning mares have offspring entered on the 2014 National Sale, while there are also siblings to such notables and Gr1 winners as All Is Secret (by Jay Peg), Captain’s Lover (by Western Winter), Contador (by Silvano), Ebony Flyer (by Western Winter), Forest Indigo (by Captain Al), Gypsy’s Warning (by Kahal), James Jaguar (by Lateral), Kildonan (by Tiger Ridge), Link Man (by Toreador), Rabiya (by Dynasty), Seventh Rock (by Medaglia D’Oro), Talahatchie (by Trippi), The Apache (by Miesque’s Approval), Val de Ra (by Var), Wagner (by Dynasty) and War Horse (by Black MInnaloushe).

There are also siblings to current stars Highly Decorated (a half-sister by Visionaire), In The Fast Lane (a half-brother by Western Winter), Master Of My Fate (a half-brother by Captain Al), Flying Comfort (by Parade Leader), Captainofmysoul (a half-brother by Black MInnaloushe) and the impressive debut winner La Chouette (by Western Winter) entered on the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale.The great racemare, Mother Russia, has a colt by Tiger Ridge entered – this colt is bound to be in demand!