Emperors Palace - NYS

The catalogue for the 2019 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale is now online and can be viewed at www.bsa.co.za .

The sale – at the TBA complex from 24 to 26 April offers buyers the chance to buy some of South Africa’s best-bred yearlings, from the best breeders. A total of 565 blue blooded yearlings have been handpicked for this auction.

As in 2018, the NYS has been separated into a first and second session.

Held at the Germiston complex for a first time in 1977, the National Sale’s honour roll includes some of the finest thoroughbreds ever produced in South Africa. Past graduates include Horse Of The Year and subsequent outstanding stallion Dynasty, and fellow Horse Of The Year winning champions Futura, Legislate and Legal Eagle – as well as Equus Champion Do It Again, whose wins include the 2018 G1 Vodacom Durban July and 2019 G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate.

The top sires of recent times will all be represented, with the likes of Captain Al, Dynasty, Gimmethegreenlight, Querari, Silvano, Trippi and Var in evidence.

Exciting stallions with yearlings on offer for a first time include Dynasty’s Cape Guineas winner Act Of War, Tapit’s brilliant son Coup De Grace, Galileo’s blue blooded son Flying The Flag, Dynasty’s Horse Of The Year sons Futura and Legislate, Dubawi’s SA Nursery winner Willow Magic, and Galileo’s multiple graded stakes winner Global View. The latter has already proved a crowd pleaser, with Global View’s first yearlings having already made up to R1.3 million.

The sale will also have an international flavour, with stock by such stallions as unbeaten legend Frankel, multiple Classic winner and hot young sire Camelot, champion Rock Of Gibraltar, sire of more than 100 stakes winners, and multiple Australian Group 1 winner Press Statement.

There are at least 20 Grade 1 winning mares with progeny on the National Sale, which also offers buyers the chance to buy half or full siblings to the following G1 winners: Arabian Beat (SA Nursery), Antonoe (Just A Game Stakes), Athina (SA Fillies Classic), Attenborough (Computaform Sprint), Bela-Bela (Equus Champion), Big City Life (Equus Champion), Coral Fever (Champions Challenge), Edict Of Nantes (Equus Champion), French Navy (Equus Champion), Gulf Storm (Cape Flying Championship), Heavy Metal (Equus Champion), King Of Pain (Gold Challenge), Lady In Black (Equus Champion), Legislate (Horse Of The Year, sire), Liege (Summer Cup), Link Man (Gold Medallion), Nightingale (Majorca Stakes), Rabiya (Cape Guineas), Snowdance (Cape Fillies Guineas, Majorca Stakes), Val De Ra (Equus Champion), Viva Maria (Woolavington 2000), Wagner (Summer Cup) and Wavin’ Flag (Gold Cup). – BSA

velvet green baby the stand out for me. lot 242

global view quite a few babies. Most amazing pedigree of any stallion in SA.

......also like the ped of 242.....and although Global View appears to have a nice ped he is only a 3 time winner at Gr2 and Gr3 level 1600 & 1700m ....and is standing in an area devoid of the mares that will really click with that nice ped pic.... .

Massacre at the CYS today loads of skint breeders

Prices are not good at all but maybe very realistic as too many average mares are being breed for a saturated market .

gg wrote: Prices are not good at all but maybe very realistic as too many average mares are being breed for a saturated market .

.....yet from some very average mares there have been Champions..... so who is to qualify that something in this lot is not the next Vin Fizz.....who started with a few that could only snag a win in PE......and now her progeny are highly sought after.....before that a 2 time winner French Muse who threw some goodies too(have many more examples but these spring to mind)......a mare does not necessary have to have black type to get better progeny.....she just has to have a certain genetic predisposition to propagate greatness......find that in even in some horses that could not get to the track.....:huh:

But also gives people opportunity

Paul Peter bought 24 for peanuts

[bhe even got several on my list.... wonder where he is going to put them all[/b]

Averaged out Bob the horses cost lets say R50 000 each, all in. The new owner will then pay 6 months farm/pre-training at R40 000 and then 6-9 months training before the horse runs plus Vet costs for a year. So the new owner is in for R160 000 before the first run on a horse that cost peanuts.

It is fair to say that obviously the breeders are out of pocket and certainly the horses that sold for R15 000 are an exercise in loss making.

The said horse, if you are lucky wins a race in its fourth start, by now you are in for R200 000 and the winners stake check of R52 000 after the jockey & trainer have taken 10% each is far cry from breaking even. That being said if you approach this as a purely a fun exercise then the numbers don't matter as you know that you are going spend 200k over 18 months to have fun.

Muhtiman wrote:

gg wrote: Prices are not good at all but maybe very realistic as too many average mares are being breed for a saturated market .

.....yet from some very average mares there have been Champions..... so who is to qualify that something in this lot is not the next Vin Fizz.....who started with a few that could only snag a win in PE......and now her progeny are highly sought after.....before that a 2 time winner French Muse who threw some goodies too(have many more examples but these spring to mind)......a mare does not necessary have to have black type to get better progeny.....she just has to have a certain genetic predisposition to propagate greatness......find that in even in some horses that could not get to the track.....:huh:

Back in the day I followed the progeny of the broodmare Star Dums. She produced Grade 1 winners, Planetary Music and Drum Star. To this day she can be found in the progeny of, Twist of Fate. Heavy Metal and Skin Tight also can be traced through Star Drums. Skin Tight was out of Tight Drums who was a hard knocking multiple winning PE mare who initially raced for Ferraris . Skin Tight produced, For The Lads (Won at any price on July Day). Star Drums was broodmare of the year though.

Tigershark wrote: Averaged out Bob the horses cost lets say R50 000 each, all in. The new owner will then pay 6 months farm/pre-training at R40 000 and then 6-9 months training before the horse runs plus Vet costs for a year. So the new owner is in for R160 000 before the first run on a horse that cost peanuts.

It is fair to say that obviously the breeders are out of pocket and certainly the horses that sold for R15 000 are an exercise in loss making.

The said horse, if you are lucky wins a race in its fourth start, by now you are in for R200 000 and the winners stake check of R52 000 after the jockey & trainer have taken 10% each is far cry from breaking even. That being said if you approach this as a purely a fun exercise then the numbers don't matter as you know that you are going spend 200k over 18 months to have fun.

Unfortunately these numbers are all too realistic - and certainly the small guys (of which I am one) certainly have to ask themselves if the 'fun' is worth 200k - and of course if you fork out a bit more for perceived 'quality', you can easily find yourself another 100k or so out of pocket :huh:

the lower prices are just a ' realigning' of the Industry after the thieves ruined it with stolen money,And there were a few of them if we remember Van Vuuren, Jooste, Moodley etc must be a few others?