The BSA National Yearling Sale got off to a flyer with Lot 1, a Hemel ‘N Aarde Stud-bred Vercingetorix colt out of the Gr 1 Garden Province Stakes winner Zarina (Master Of My Fate) going for R3,250,000. (Candiese Lenferna Photography)
The BSA National Yearling Sale had a good first day, even if it did not quite match the fireworks of the Cape Racing Sales March Sale Day 1, where the average was R757,734.
The average for the 179 lots sold after day one of Nationals is R555,391.
It must be remembered that the BSA Nationals do not have an elite day, like the Cape Racing Sales March Sale has.
The March Sale’s Day 2 had an average of only R218,438.
However, the average today at Nationals was actuallly slightly down on last year, so no records have been smashed yet.
The highest price was for an Avontuur Estate-bred Rafeef colt called October Rush, who is out of the Var mare Miss October. This colt is a half-brother to two Gr 1 winners, Tempting Fate (Master Of My Fate) and October Morn (Trippi). Form Bloodstock went to R4,250,0000 to secure him.
The first lot on the Sale was second highest at R3,250,000, a Hemel ‘N Aarde Stud-bred Vercingetorix colt out of the Gr 1 Garden Province Stakes winner Zarina (Master Of My Fate).
24 Lots went for seven figure prices.
Vercingetorix was the leading Sire as expected and his 12 lots fetched R18,800,000 for an average of R1,566,667.
Eight of his 12 lots fetched seven figure amounts and the lowest price for a Vercingetorix was R600,000.
