The Corne Spies-trained Potala Palace filly Singforafa wins the Gr 1 SA Fillies Sprint in 2021 and now has her first foal, a Rafeef colt, at the Race Coast Premier Yearling Sale Day 1 on March 13 (Candiese Lenferna Photography)
Ten Potential Premier Sale Stars!
Sarah Whitelaw
The 2026 Premier Yearling Sale has attracted some very well bred yearlings indeed, and there will no doubt be plenty of interest in the two day auction.
With South Africa’s leading stallions and many outstanding broodmares represented on the Premier Sale it is not easy to single out a few individual lots, but the ten lots selected could perhaps pay to follow:
Lot 12: Dark Storm c Jet Dark -Lady In Black
Dark Storm hails from the first crop of multiple Equus Champion and five time G1 winner Jet Dark, whose yearlings made up to R450 000 at the recent Cape Yearling Sale. This colt, bred on a similar cross to another multiple Equus Champion in the form of Charles Dickens, is a half-brother to G3 Byerley Turk winner and Hong Kong scorer Mid Winter Wind, and his dam is a champion daughter of outstanding sire and broodmare sire Dynasty. Jet Dark’s sire Trippi has already enjoyed success with this family, through his Listed Lady’s Slipper Stakes winning daughter Jane S Piddy.
Lot 30: Mongolian Quest c Querari -Marcheline
Querari, whose progeny include such G1 winners as Bavarian Beauty, Cosmic Speed, Querari Falcon and champion Rio Querari, is enjoying another fine season in 2025-2026 thanks to his high-class offspring Star Major, Rainbow Lorikeet, and Questioning. The versatile Querari, whose progeny range from champion sprinter Rio Querari to G3 World Pool Gold Cup winner Master Redoute, also ranks as one of the leading sires of 2YOs in South Africa. Mongolian Quest is a half-brother to seven runners including Listed Lonsdale Stirrup Cup winner Field Marshal and impressive recent debut winner Marchland.
Lot 94: Rafa’s Tune c Rafeef -Singforafa
Redoute’s Choice horse Rafeef continues to go from strength to strength as a sire, and is also poised to make his mark as a sire of sires through his G1 Computaform Sprint winning sons Master Archie and Thunderstruck. Rafa’s Tune is out of a top-class racemare in the form of Singforafa, whose six career wins (four black type) included a victory in the G1 South African Fillies Sprint. Singforafa is closely inbred to Sadler’s Wells, whose influence shows no sign of waning.
Lot 112: Mystic Flame c Fire Away -Sweet Ohanna
Fire Away is a stallion who has made a big impression with his first three crops of racing age. His small first crop produced a pair of graded stakes winners in the form of Egyptian Mau (subsequently a winner in the US) and My Golly Molly, as well as star Eastern Cape runner Luna Halo. Fire Away’s second crop produced a pair of G1 winners in the form of Confederate and Fire Attack, as well as another top-class Eastern Cape performer in the form of My Best Shot, while his third crop includes the likes of Warm Reception, Coco’s Hero and the promising Pop Chart. His son Mystic Flame is out of a half-sister to G1 Hollywood Gold Cup winner Rail Trip, with Mystic Flame’s numerous other high-class relatives including US classic winner and sire Palace Malice, Japanese star Justin Palace and G1 King’s Stand Stakes winner Flirting Around (the sire of South African legend Wolf Power).
Lot 113: f Jet Dark -Sweet Repeat
By one of South Africa’s most exciting young stallions, and multiple Equus Champion, in the form of Jet Dark, this filly is from one of the best families in the South African stud book. She is out of Sweet Repeat, a Twice Over full-sister to Horse Of The Year, and dual G1 Vodacom Durban July winner, Do It Again and three-parts sister to this season’s G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met winner See It Again. Sweet Repeat, also a half-sister to dual Hong Kong G3 winner Horse Of Fortune (Strongman), and Listed East Cape Oaks winner Virginia Sweet, is out of triple graded stakes winner Sweet Virginia and this is the family of such top-class fillies as Dancewiththedevil, Mill Hill and Smart As Paint.
Lot 115: f Kommetdieding -Sylvie
From the first crop of charismatic G1 Vodacom Durban July/G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met winner Kommetdieding (who was unbeaten at two), this filly is a half-sister to no fewer than three stakes winning fillies (by three different stallions). Her dam Sylvie, a winning three-parts sister to multiple graded stakes winner Depardieu, is the dam of G2 Betway Joburg Spring F and M Challenge winner Celtic Rumours, Listed Swallow Stakes winner Sarah and the speedy dual Listed winner Almond Sea. This is the family of champion fillies Mother Russia, Nother Russia and Gimme A Nother as well as this season’s G3 1Voucher Victress Stakes winner Sukhumvit.
Lot 144: Windmeetsfire c Rafeef -Wind Chill
This colt is a half-brother to two winners notably this season’s G1 Lucky Fish Cape Derby/G1 Cartier Paddock Stakes winner Wish List. Bred on the same cross as G3 TAB J J The Jet Plane Stakes winner Mover And Shaker, Windmeetsfire is out of the Silvano sired G2 SA Oaks winner Wind Chill. The latter, in turn, is out of a four time winning full-sister to G2 John Skeaping Trophy winner Grey Arrow. Further back, this is the family of legendary sire Zabeel as well as Arc winning mother and son Detroit and Carnegie.
Lot 158: Uvongo c Vercingetorix -Amanzimtoti
A three-parts brother to impressive recent Listed OTT Cape Fillies Classic winner Beach Verse, Uvungo is out of G2 Western Cape Fillies Championship winner Amanzimtoti, a full-sister to G2 World Sports Betting Guineas winning sire Wild Coast. The pair are two of five stakes winners produced by five time G1 winner, and dual Equus Champion Beach Beauty, whose progeny not only include the aforementioned Beach Verse, but also star racemare Beach Bomb. The latter won the G1 Cartier Paddock Stakes and G1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas in South Africa before going to the US where she won the G3 The Very One Stakes and G3 Orchid Stakes.
Lot 197: Caesar’svastghost c Vercingetorix -Come Fly With Me
By the sire of such stars as Double Grand Slam, Quickstepgal, Oriental Charm, Gladatorian, and Cousin Casey, this colt is a half-brother to four winners notably G1 Cape Guineas/G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met winning sire Double Superlative. Bred on the same Vercingetorix/Jet Master cross as the likes of African Warrior and Rascallion, Caesar’svastghost is out of a G3 placed full-sister to G1 Mercury Sprint winner Fly By Night.
Lot 218: Call To Arms c Gimmethegreenlight -Eros’s Girl
By multiple champion sire Gimmethegreenlight, Call To Arms is a three-parts brother to the Gimmethegreenlight sired G3 Politician Stakes winner and G1 Jonsson Workwear Cape Derby runner up Universal. Out of a stakes winning daughter of Captain Al (closely related to the Captain Al sired champion Captain’s Lover), Call To Arms’ Listed East Cape Oaks winning dam is a half-sister to champion, and G1 L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate winner Vardy. This colt is bred on the same Gimmethegreenlight/Captain Al cross as champions Proceed and Sandringham
