The Birch Bros’s Vogel Vlei Stud has a long and proud tradition of breeding top-class horses.
The farm prides itself as having been a nursery for champions for more than 100 years. Buyers will have a chance to buy their own Birch Bros champion this August, when Vogel Vlei Stud bring a five strong string to the August Two Year Old Sale.
Trippi’s G2 Selangor Cup winning son Gold Standard has enjoyed notable success despite having had relatively small crops. The sire of high-class stakes winners Oxalis Gold, Hold My Hand, and Gold Poker Game is responsible for four of the five thoroughbreds in this draft.
First In Line, a Dynasty sired three-parts sister to champion Lady In Black, is represented here by a Gold Standard filly (Lot 24), and this filly’s other notable relatives include G1 winner Talahatchie and Singpore champion Lizarre.
Gold Standard’s three colts on offer include a half-brother (Lot 54) to the smart Globetonic, and a colt (Lot 315) from the family of champions Greys Inn and Smart Call. However, perhaps the pick of the Gold Standard colts in this draft is the son (Lot 199) of Star Fusion, a half-sister to dual South African Horse Of The Year Legal Eagle and the dam of current high-class galloper Jet Force.
Western Winter horse Red Ray, whose progeny include the likes of Red Saxon and Alula’s Girl, has a single lot on offer. This filly (Lot 321), bred on the same cross as multiple graded stakes winner Alula’s Girl, is out of a three time winning daughter of Captain Al and the G1 placed Hello Margarita.
This draft can be viewed from Block B at the TBA Complex in Germiston.
