Cape Thoroughbred Sales

Leading the way at Cape Racing's Ready To Run and Unbroken 2-Year-Old Sale at Hollywoodbets in Durbanville on Sunday was a colt (lot 48) by freshman sire One World (SAf) (Captain Al {Saf}). He went to One World's former trainer Vaughan Marshall for R1.4 million (£60,593/€69,590/$73,683). The colt, who breezed very well earlier in the day, is out of a stakes-winning Silvano (Ger) mare. "He is a lovely colt with good conformation, and he put up an excellent piece of work," said Marshall. "We are very pleased to have secured...

Tattersalls has joined forces with Cape Thoroughbred Sales (CTS) in a joint venture focussed on the 2023 CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. This association will coincide with the return of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). Officially branded the Cape Premier Yearling Sale powered by Tattersalls, that sale and the CTS Farm Yearling Sale and CTS Ready To Run Sale will also be conducted under the same partnership. Grant Knowles, MD of CTS, said, "The new association with...

The Cape Premier Yearling Sale, which has previously taken place in Cape Town in late January and was this year scheduled for Jan. 28 at De Grendel Estate, has been postponed to a provisional date of Mar. 14. The delay is due to Covid-19 lockdown measures. The Cape Premier Yearling Sale has in the past drawn an international audience. Grant Knowles, marketing and bloodstock director of Cape Thoroughbred Sales, said, "This has taken a great deal of thought and consideration. After consultation with the majority of vendors, I believe that...

A colt by South African champion sire Silvano (Ger) took top billing at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale staged in Cape Town on Thursday. Offered as lot 99 by Drakenstein Stud, the bay was bought by Nicholas Jonsson for R3-million (£159,394/€187,124). He is the second foal out of Song of Happiness (SAf) (Giant's Causeway), a winning daughter of champion Captain's Lover (SAf) (Captain Al {SAf}), who is herself a half-sister to Classic winner and triple Group 1 winner Ebony Flyer (SAf) (Jet Master {SAf}). Jonsson had earlier in the session...