Vaughan Marshall trained the great racehorse and sire Captain Al, he trained the latter’s son, the Met-winning One World, and he went to R1,4 million yesterday (Sunday) to buy a son of One World at the Cape Racing Sales Ready To Run and Unbroken 2YO Sale at Hollywoodbets Durbanville.
The colt, consigned by Soetendal Estate as agent and named One Stripe, is out of the Silvano mare Silver Stripe, who won three races including the Listed Spook Express Handicap over 2450m. Silver Stripe is a fulll-sister to Gr 3 Winter Derby winner Gifted For Glory and a three-quarters sister to the Silvano pair Clematis and Flying Silver, who are Listed-placed horses. Silver Stripe is a daughter of the Gr 1 Paddock Stakes winner Badger’s Gift (Badger’s Drift). One Stripe displayed a big action and some zip in his breeze up.
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The Drakenstein Stud-based One World’s other five lots went for R300,000, R200,000, R200,000, R160,000 and R70,000 to give him an aggregate of R2,330,000 and an average of R388,000.
Twice national champion sire Gimmthegreenlight’s three lots aggregated R1,752,000 and averaged R575,000.
His top lot was a filly bought by Sandy Arundel for R800,000.
This filly is out of twice-winning Var mare Varsity Girl. The latter is a half-sister to the twice Gr 2 winner and Gr 3 winner MyFunnyValentine; they are out of the Gr 1 Allan Robertson winner Give Me Five (Goldkeeper). The filly is from the family of Gr 1 winners Attenborough, Consensual and Just Sensual and also from the family of Gr 1 runner up Al Sakeet.
The Gimmethegreenlight filly was also consigned by Soetendal Estate as agent.
She showed speed in her breeze up.
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The Kommet Syndicate bought a R500,000 Gimmethegreenlight filly bred by Klawervlei Stud. She is out of Captain Al mare Pure Power, a twice Listed winner.
Gimmethegeenlight’s other lot called Green Street was bought by Sean Tarry for R425,000. Consigned by Soetendal Estate as agent, this filly is out of a twice-winning Philanthropist mare who is in turn out of twice Gr 3-winner Trinity House (Captain Al), who is a half-sister to none other than Vercingetorix.
Vercingetorix had a below par sale by his standards, but nevertheless his three lots aggregated R1,140,000 and averaged R380,000.
His top lot was Bodacious Secret, a Maine Chance Farms-bred chestnut colt who is out of Best Kept Secret (Captain Al), a twice winner who is a full-sister to two Gr 1 winners in All Is Secret and The Secret Is Out. He was purchased by Spencer Cook for R600,000.
What A Winter aggregated R1,210,000 for an average of R302,500.
Bass Racing not surprisingly bought his top lot, a colt consigned by Soetendal Estate as Agent, for R425,000. He is out of an unraced Duke Of Marmalade mare who is a half-sister to the Candice Bass-Robinson-trained Gr 1-winning stalwart Trip Of Fortune.
Fire Away’s five lots were popular and he aggregated R1,295,000 and averaged R259,000.
His most expensive lot was bought by Form Bloodstock for R525,000.
This colt consigned by Target Acquired CC is called French Flame and is out of an unplaced Vaar mare, who is a half-sister to Listed-placed Baroness Mary (Dynasty). He showed a nice big action in his breeze up.
The overall results for the Sale are below:
| CATALOGUED | 112 |
| OFFERED | 89 |
| SOLD | 84 |
| AGGREGATE | 18,670,000 |
| AVERAGE | 222,262 |
| MEDIAN |
