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I see JESSICA MOTAUNG has bought a horse - Maybe some Cheifs fans will garner some interest -

SILVANO COLT TOPS DAY ONE OF NATIONAL 2YO SALE

The progeny of recently retired five times South African champion sire Silvano continue to prove hugely popular with South African buyers, a fact which was underlined once again on the first day of the Emperors Palace National 2YO Sale on Thursday.

The Silvano colt Lord Heathfield topped proceedings on day one, when the Wilgerbosdrift consigned two-year-old was knocked down to Form Bloodstock’s Jehan Malherbe for R1 100 000.
Catalogued as Lot 100, Lord Heathfield, a half-brother to two winners, is out of the top class Rock Of Gibraltar mare Europa Point, whose nine wins included both the G1 President’s Champions Challenge and G1 Empress Club Stakes.

From the same female line as former South African champion sire Fort Wood, Europa Point’s dam Gorband is also responsible for unbeaten Richmond Stakes winner Harbour Watch, sire of this year’s high-class three-year-olds Pyledriver and Baron Samedi.

Silvano also provided Thursday’s top priced filly, with the Ridgemont Highlands consigned Look Homeward (Lot 54) sold to John Freeman for R360 000. A three-parts sister to the Silvano sired G1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Silver Mountain, Look Homeward is out of Spectrum’s three time winning daughter Careful Hiker –who ran third to champion All Is Secret in the 2012 G1 Thekwini Stakes.

Earlier in the year, Silvano supplied the top five lots at the Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale, where his son Celestial City topped the sale when knocked down for R7 000 000.

With some exceptionally well related lots still to come up for sale tomorrow, expectations are hopeful for Friday’s day of trading.

The second day of the 2020 National 2YO Sale gets underway at 10:30 AM on Friday, and a full list of prices for the first day can be viewed online at www.bsa.co.za

What does it cost the breeder for the upkeep of the horse before it reaches the sale. Who pays for the transport for the horse to get it at the sale. What is the approximate transport cost from KZN Midlands.

On another note, broodmares in the USA the Keeneland breeding stock sale saw huge prices for broodmares.

Monomoy Girl sold for $9.5 million
Rushing Fall sold for $5.5 million
Uni sold for $4.1 million

....nice to see the no bid, no reserve lots being sold for the floor min. R15K way after the hammer has fallen....some of my picks snapped here....2 went to okes I would not approach for a chop....:may get them when the keep bills are not covered....S .....at least they are safe from the predator parks for now....:dry:

Some of the lots I liked from the catalog; 38 - 42 - 45 - 51 - 108 - 204

Will watch their careers with interest.

162 was a steal in my opinion

......would never have pulled the GTGL sales topper from a box....as on paper has a ped that is very thin....but accidentally bumped into him when he was giving his groom a bit of a torrid time....but this boy was clearly the best conformed horse I got to see at the sales ground....

CTS gallops live in TT on Monday

Tigershark wrote: Some of the lots I liked from the catalog; 38 - 42 - 45 - 51 - 108 - 204

Will watch their careers with interest.

I also fancied 38 on paper - obviously not the best confirmation as it went for 15k :dry:

Then I see Mr Gray bought the 2 Bezrin fillies (buy-back?) which I aIso liked in the catalogue; anyway my (ex) trainer bought a couple of cheapies (the one we both liked went for 190k) - let's see what happens

....I feel for a few of those out of town trainers that have been up here for 5-6 days and were put up at Emperors Palace and came away with nada.....will they have to now pay their own expenses because they did not purchase a single lot.....or will their expenses be covered for chasing up the bids......:huh:

Amazing sale in many ways - some people surely know something that the rest of us don't :dry:

Frodo wrote: Amazing sale in many ways - some people surely know something that the rest of us don't :dry:

we still don`t know the stakes we are racing for in December