Varsfontein Stud, long one of South Africa’s top thoroughbred nurseries, has had another outstanding season in 2025-2026.
Not only did the Varsfontein Stud-bred Note To Self win the 2026 G1 Hollywoodbets Durban July, but Varsfontein-bred thoroughbreds won a total of 21 black type races in South Africa in 2025-2026.
Varsfontein Stud will be offering an exceptional draft at the upcoming August Two Year Old Sale, with their consignment including the progeny of such outstanding sires as Gimmethegreenlight, Master Of My Fate, Rafeef and Vercingetorix.
Reigning champion sire Vercingetorix has two blue blooded offspring in this draft. Ragazzino (Lot 316), a colt with a stallion’s pedigree, is out of a G2 winning daughter of Gimmethegreenlight and multiple G1 winning champion Bela-Bela. This colt is bred on similar lines to Vercingetorix’s high-class sons Aquae Calidae (who is out of Bela-Bela), Roland Garros and Roman Agent. Varsfontein, as Agent, are also offering the beautifully bred Vercingetorix colt (Lot 124) out of the speedy Nous Voila. This colt is another with a stallion’s pedigree, with Nous Voila herself hailing from the same female line as such breed shaping sires as Danehill, Machiavellian and Northern Dancer among others.
Varsfontein’s champion resident sire Gimmethegreenlight also has some well bred two-year-olds on offer. They include Capital Call (Lot 93), a three-parts sister to G2 Cartier Sceptre Stakes winner Gimme What I Want, Planet Friendly (Lot 201), a three-parts brother to champion Bless My Stars, and Gala Event (Lot 311),a three-parts brother to Listed East Cape Paddock Stakes winner Gimmethatpearl.
Fellow Varsfontein resident Master Of My Fate continues to impress, and his flagbearers this season include star filly Anotherdanceforme and such graded stakes winners as Aladdin’s Lamp, Atticus Finch Errol Flynn and Jet Force. Master Of My Fate’s representatives here include Master Knotter (Lot 61), a half-brother to Listed World Sports Betting East Cape Derby runner up Ardabil and the smart filly Kensal Green, Whathappensontour (Lot 239), a filly from the family of champion Proceed, and Noble Truth (Lot 288). The latter is a full-sister to 2026 G2 TAB SA Derby third Master Spy.
Other exciting prospects on offer include Redskyinthemorning (Lot 216), an Erik The Red three-parts brother to promising two-year-old Roskilde, Jetliner (Lot 264), a Jet Dark half-brother to the high-class performers World Of Alice and Alice B Toklas, and Aitsa (Lot 128), a Rafeef colt out of G1 Allan Robertson Fillies Championship winner On Her Toes.
This draft can be viewed from Blocks A, B and C at the TBA Complex in Germiston.
