Quality is the name of the game in Klawervlei Stud’s draft for the 2026 Premier Yearling Sale. Not only is Klawervlei offering, yearlings sired by such top-class stallions as Vercingetorix, Gimmethegreenlight, Rafeef, and One World, the farm will also be offering yearlings from some of the best families in the stud book. Another notable factor in this draft is the number of high-quality yearlings from Klawervlei’s exciting young sire Kommetdieding’s first crop. Kommetdieding’s first yearlings include a half-sister (Lot 17) to the classy North Point, a filly (Lot 92) out of a stakes winning daughter of Silvano, and a colt (Lot 249) out of Gimmethegreenlight’s multiple graded stakes winning daughter Green Plains. A number of the July/Met winner’s first crop’s pedigrees have duplications of either, or both, Al Mufti and Fort Wood as well as duplications of the mighty Captain Al. Klawervlei will be offering a number of offspring out of top-class stakes winners, with the likes of Gibraltar Blue, Green Plains, Heaps Of Fun, Moon In June, Return Flight, Thunder Dance, Trinity House and Witchcraft all represented. Potential standout lots in this draft are:
Lot 123: Unnamed c Vercingetorix – Thunder Dance
A full-brother to Listed Irridescence Stakes winner Ukuduma and three-parts brother to the stakes placed She’s A Rainbow, this colt’s first two dams are both multiple Gr 1 winners. His dam Thunder Dance won both the Gr 1 Empress Club Stakes and Gr1 Paddock Stakes, while his granddam, Shadow Dance, a half-sister to Gr 1 Cape Guineas winner and outstanding sire Captain Al, won the Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas and Gr1 Majorca Stakes. This colt is also bred on very similar lines to the Vercingetorix sired Gr 1 TAB The Premier’s Champions Challenge winner Astrix.
Lot 64: Unnamed c Gimmethegreenlight – Return Flight
By multiple champion sire Gimmethegreenlight, whose progeny includes stars as Gimme A Nother, Yulong Prince, and The Real Prince, to name a few, this colt is out of a top-class racemare in the form of Return Flight. Equus Champion 2YO Filly of 2017-2018, Return Flight was an exceptional performer at two when she won three of five starts (by an aggregate of more than 20 lengths) including the Gr 1 Thekwini Stakes. At three, Return Flight won two legs of the Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara namely the Gr 1 Wilgerbosdrift SA Fillies Classic and Gr 2 SA Oaks.
Lot 241: Unnamed f Vercingetorix -Gibraltar Blue
By the Klawervlei Stud bred champion and champion sire, this filly is a full sister to the stakes placed Cullinan Blue and to recent course record breaker I’m A Fireball. A half-sister to the smart pair of Battleoftrafalgar and Pillar Of Hercules, she is out of the outstanding racemare Gibraltar Blue, whose five black type wins include a triumph in the Gr 2 KRA Fillies Guineas.
Lot 60: Unnamed f Vercingetorix -Quite Frankly
By last season’s champion sire who is again heading the South African sires premiership, this filly is out of a Frankel half-sister to Gr 2 Post Merchants third Teflon Man, who recently ran second to the highly rated All The Rage. Quite Frankly, also a half-sister to the smart Love In Winter, is out of a Dark Angel half-sister to two stakes winners, one of which produced Gr 1 winning two-year-old Sudirman. This is the family of legendary Japanese champion Gentildonna among others.
Lot 102: Vauxhall Cross c Vercingetorix -Sovereign Secret
By the sire of recent Gr 1 winners Double Grand Slam and Quickstepgal, Vauxhall Cross hails from one of the best families in the South African stud book. His first three dams are all stakes winners, with his stakes winning dam Sovereign Secret a three-parts sister to champion Bela-Bela. His granddam, triple Gr 1 winning Equus Champion All Is Secret, is a full-sister to Gr 1 winner The Secret Is Out and a three-parts sister to dual Gr 1 winner Snowdance (dam of Gr 1 Hollywoodbets Cape Guineas winner Snow Pilot) and to the dam of Horse Of The Year Eight On Eighteen.
For more information on this draft, please speak to Tracey Nash on (066) 185 7197
