Blue Sky Thoroughreds’s Race Coast Premier Yearling Sale draft will be presented immaculately (Picture: Race Coast Sales)
Blue Sky Thoroughbreds recently enjoyed a notable feature race double when the Blue Sky bred pair of Legal Counsel and Disting won the Gr 3 Cape Mile and Listed Laisserfaire Stakes on the same card. The farm also bred Spirit Of Gabz, the first winner for promising young sire and Gr 1 Tsogo Sun Sprint winner, Chimichuri Run. The KZN outfit will be offering a six strong draft at the 2026 Premier Yearling Sale, with Blue Sky set to bring forward yearlings sired by all of Eden Roc, Erupt, Fire Away, One World and Twice Over.
Lot 4: Unnamed f One World – Kileigh
By the sire of globetrotting champion One Stripe and high-class fillies She’s My World and World Of Alice, this filly is a half-sister to three winners notably this season’s Gr 2 Mike De Kock Ipi Tombe Challenge runner up Minogue (the latter is now a five-time winner). Her dam is a four-time winning three-parts sister to Triple Crown winner Abashiri and this is also the family of champion Yard-Arm.
Lot 55: Unnamed c Fire Away – Private Dancer
Fire Away has sired a growing number of high-class performers including Confederate, Fire Attack, My Best Shot and Warm Reception. This colt is a half-brother to Castle Tankard winner Action Zone, and his dam is out of Gr 2 Gold Bracelet winner Dance Along.
Lot 140: Unnamed f Twice Over – We’re Watching You
By a champion and four-time Gr 1 winner, whose progeny includes stars Do It Again and Double Superlative, this filly is bred on the same Twice Over/Visionaire cross as multiple Gr 1 winner See It Again. Her dam won five times, and this filly hails from the immediate family of dual Gr 1 winner, and sire, Crimson Waves.
Lot 230: Hot Rox c Eden Roc – Flame Cat
From the first crop of Gr 1 Gold Medallion winner Eden Roc, Hot Rox is a three-parts brother to a winner and half-brother to Gr 2 Pospack SA Fillies Nursery third Rapid Fire. His Tale Of The Cat sired dam won five and finished second in the Gr 3 Pretty Polly Stakes.
Lot 252: Unnamed c Erupt – Guide You Home
By the sire of such stakes winners as Karangetang, Moonlight Trader and Buster Barnes, this colt is out of a Gimmethegreenlight three-parts sister to the Gr 2 Gold Bracelet third Catchafallingstar. His granddam, by Var, won six races including the Gr 2 Kuda Gold Circle Oaks and she is a half-sister to the Oaks winners Arcola and Ash Cloud.
Lot 206: Unnamed f Twice Over – Diva’s Daughter
This filly shares her sire with such top-class performers as Do It Again, Double Superlative and See It Again. She is a half-sister to four winners notably Gr 1 Allan Robertson Championship winner Miss Florida and hails from the family of international Gr 1 winners Atlantic Jewel, Embassy and King’s Apostle.
For more information on Blue Sky Thoroughbreds’ Premier Sale draft, please contact Bruce Le Roux or Tinus Gericke on info@blueskytb.co.za
