Future potential horseracing stars to go under the hammer
The National Two Year Old Sale will take place at the TBA complex soon.
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The catalogue for the 2018 National Two Year Old Sale is now available for viewing online at www.bsa.co.za.
This year’s auction at the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of South Africa (TBA) complex in Gosforth Park will take place on August 16 and 17.
Trading will commence at 11am on both days.
Traditionally one of South Africa’s best value for money sales, the National Two Year Old Sale has a long and proud honour roll, comprising some exceptional performers.
Among the stellar performers sold off at this sale are multiple G1 winning young sires Jackson and The Apache, outstanding sprinter JJ The Jet Plane, Singapore champion Lizarre, G1 QE II Cup winner Irridescence, New Zealand G1 heroine Dane Julia, and local G1 winners/champions Arabian Beat, Asylum Seeker, Fez, Rock Opera, and tough as teak G1 J&B Met winner River Jetez.
Recent G1 winners sold off at the National Two Year Old Sale include the exported Cape Guineas winner Noah From Goa and Equus Champion Bela-Bela.
The majority of South Africa’s top breeders are represented at this year’s sale, which also includes lots by outstanding stallions Captain Al, Dynasty, Gimmethegreenlight, Querari, Silvano, Trippi, Twice Over and Var.
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Galileo’s outstanding son Nathaniel, sire of Horse Of The Year and five-time G1 winner Enable, is also represented at the auction by a colt (Lot 304) by the name of Rain In England (whose dam is a half-sister to champion Dancer’s Daughter).
Another outstanding international sire represented at this year’s sale is seven-time G1 winner and Horse Of The Year, Rock Of Gibraltar.
A stallion with more than 100 stakes winners to his name, Rock Of Gibraltar will be represented by both a colt (Lot 386) and filly (Lot 53) at the National Two Year Old Sale.
His filly is from the same family as Breeders’ Cup Mile hero Tourist, while the Rock Of Gibraltar colt on offer is from the same family as champions El Gran Senor and Try My Best, and their full brother Northern Guest – a multiple champion sire/broodmare sire in South Africa.
Sires represented by their first local crop of two-year-olds at the National Two Year Old Sale include Capetown Noir, Captain Of All, Divine Jet, Flower Alley, Kingsbarns, Linngari, Soft Falling Rain, Time Thief, Vercingetorix and Wylie Hall.
There are many other potential star lots on the sale.
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