Slow start to Cape Sale

At the halfway stage of the CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale at the Cape Town International Conference Centre yesterday eight of the 124 lots reached a price tag of R1 million or better.

The humorously named Chestnut Bay was the early sales topper, fetching R2.2 million.

Lot 49 was a Captain Al colt consigned by Ridgemont High-lands, and is the second produce of the Irish bred Galileo mare Exotic.

He was purchased by international bloodstock agent Amanda Skiffington.

Second-best were two lots who went for R1.6 million.

The first was an unnamed Camelot filly out of the Irish-bred mare Egyptian Sky.

Sent down by Klawervlei, she was purchased by John Freeman for R1.6 million.

The second was Lot 75, an unnamed Dynasty filly out of Australian-bred mare Holly-woodboulevard.

She was bred by Klawervlei and bought by Ridgemont Stud.

Another notable purchase was the Uncle Mo (USA) fi lly sent down by Klawervlei, and the first foal of Smart Strike mare Care To Dance.

She was bought by Linda Shanahan and Deryn Pearson for R1.5 million.

An unnamed Frankel filly out of Irish mare Lost In Love touched the R1-million mark.

The vendor was Klawervlei acting as agents and was knocked down to Badgers Bloodstock. After 124 lots had been sold, the aggregate was R40,650,000 with an average of R390,865 and median of R275,000.

The sale takes place over just one day this year whereas last year it was over two nights. The catalogue, however, is not that much smaller.

At this stage the prices appear to be well down on last year when 254 horses were catalogued and 221 were sold for an aggregate of R111,475,000.

The average price was R504,411 with the median at R300,000.

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