Lot 82 is by Querari and is a half-bother to the dual Gr 2-winning stalwart Rascallion (Vercingetorix), who is pictured above (Picture: Wayne Marks)
by Sarah Whitelaw
With South African thoroughbreds continuing to enjoy success on the track and at stud overseas, and the buying market remaining hugely competitive, prices are likely to remain strong at the 2025 Two Year Old Sale.
All of the country’s top stallions are represented at this sale, and there should be plenty of interest for the auction which takes place at Hollywoodbets Durbanville on October 25th.
The following ten lots are bound to attract attention -on pedigree terms alone:
Lot 9: f Gimmethegreenlight -Hollywoodboulevard
By a multiple champion sire, whose daughters include such G1 winners as Bless My Stars, She’s A Keeper, Gimme A Nother and VJ’s Angel, this filly is a half-sister to five winners including Listed In Full Flight Handicap winner On That Boulevard. Her dam not only won the G3 Three Troikas Stakes and G3 Fillies Mile, but also beat July winning champion Igugu when victorious in the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup.
Lot 13: f Vercingetorix -Intergalactic
A daughter of South Africa’s reigning champion sire, this filly is bred on the same Vercingetorix/Kahal cross as champion filly Mrs Geriatrix. She is out of G2 Ipi Tombe Challenge winner Intergalactic, whose dam Nojoom was sired by the mighty Galileo. Intergalactic herself descends directly in female line from none other than La Troienne.
Lot 20: c Rafeef -Jin-Go-La-Ba
By the same sire as champion Thunderstruck and fellow G1 winners Aragosta, Master Archie and William Robertson, this colt, a full-brother to 2 winners, is a half-brother to G3 Three Troikas Stakes winner and G1 SA Fillies Classic runner up Sprinkles. He is out of a mare by Tiger Ridge, who also ranks as the broodmare sire of such champions as Isivunguvungu and Gimme A Nother.
Lot 35: c Master Of My Fate -Maleficent
This colt shares his inform sire with recent Equus Champions Golden Palm and Jan Van Goyen, as well as four other G1 winners. A half-brother to the smart Handsome Prince and two other winners, this colt is out of a Listed Devon Air Stakes winning full-sister to G1 SA Derby runner up Rocketball and half-sister to Listed Michaelmas Handicap winner Blackball.
Lot 70: c Gimmethegreenlight -Sentbydestiny
By the sire of champions Got The Greenlight, Green With Envy, Gimme A Nother and Sandringham Summit, to name a few, this colt is out of the Master Of My Fate sired G1 Premiers Champion Stakes winner Sentbydestiny. A full-sister to Listed World Sports Betting East Cape Derby winner American Princess, Sentbydestiny is a half-sister to two graded stakes winners, including the dam of champion Double Grand Slam.
Lot 79: c Futura -Silver Stripe
Former Horse Of The Year Futura, whose progeny include champion Future Pearl as well as the likes of Future Swing and Pink Tourmaline, looks to have come up with another smart sort in the form of Future Free. The colt on offer is a half-brother to both the US based champion One Stripe and last season’s G3 Langerman third Vapour Trail, and his dam is a Listed Spook Express Handicap winning own sister to G3 winner Gifted For Glory.
Lot 82: c Querari -Sofala
Querari continues to make his presence felt, with his flagbearers last season including such high-class performers as Cosmic Speed, Rainbow Lorikeet and I Am Giant. This colt is a half-brother to four time graded stakes winner, and 2024 G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met runner up, Rascallion as well as to Kuda Sprint winner Agent Of Fortune.
Lot 91: f Vercingetorix -Thunder Dance
A full-sister to 2025 Listed Irridescence Stakes winner Ukuduma, this filly is bred on the same Vercingetorix/Jet Master cross as the likes of Greaterix, Quickstepgal, Rascallion and African Warrior.
Her dam is a dual G1 winning daughter of Jet Master, while Thunder Dance herself is out of dual G1 winner Shadow Dancing, a Fort Wood half-sister to champion sire Captain Al. This filly is also very closely related to the Vercingetorix sired G1 TAB The Premier’s Champions Challenge winner Astrix -with the latter produced by a daughter of Shadow Dancing.
Lot 132: f Vercingetorix -Champery
A filly with tons of paddock value, she is a full-sister to G1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas winner Chansonette and the useful Champagne Kisses. Out of a speedy, stakes placed daughter of Querari, this filly’s granddam is a Mr. Greeley half-sister to G1 Las Virgenes Stakes winner Eden’s Moon. This is a superb family, whose numerous high-class members include champions Theatrical and Paradise Creek and champion sire Wild Event.
Lot 147: f Vercingetorix -Flight Zone
Bred on the same Vercingetorix/Jet Master cross as such graded stakes winners as Greaterix, Quickstepgal, Rascallion and African Warrior, this half-sister to the useful Meetatthewindsor is out of a six time winning half-sister to globetrotting Equus Champion, and G1 Vodacom Durban July winner, Bold Silvano. The latter, like Vercingetorix, was sired by Silvano, which makes this filly very closely related to that star as well as to the Silvano sired millionaire Silvan Star.
