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1 MARCH 2026
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BSA Cape Yearling Sale # 63 – His name is As Good Once, a Narrow Creek Stud-bred son of Buffalo Bill Cody (IRE) out of the Parade Leader mare, Rydethecreek. He is a halfbrother to 7 winners, notably KRA Gr2 Fillies Guineas/Gr2 Tibouchina Stakes winner, Alexis. Romi Bettison took the photograph.
Times may have changed, but champion Pocket Power was one of the illustrious graduates of the Cape Yearling Sale | Credit: Supplied
22 YEARS ONTHE POWER’S STILL IN YOUR POCKET!
The BSA Cape Yearling Sale remains one of the best value-for-money thoroughbred auctions in South Africa.
Looking back a year ago, the BSA Cape Yearling Sale reaffirmed its wide spectrum market position with value-for-money consistency from top to tail, and a horse to suit most every pocket.
The 2025 stats showed that 99 of the 109 catalogued lots (versus 132 of 156 catalogued in ’24) sold for an aggregate of R22 505 000 (up 21% from R27 265 000 in ’24) at an average of R227 323 (up 10% from R206 553 in ’24). The median remained consistent at R180 000.
The 2026 renewal of the sale is set to take place again at the SARDA Centre in Constantia on Sunday 1 March, with the action getting underway at 12h00.
This time-honoured platform has a proud and impressive roll of honour, with past graduates ranging from the likes of champions Pocket Power and Mother Russia, to recent graded stakes
winners Buffalo Storm Cody, Main Defender, One Fell Swoop, Pistol Pete, and Rascova.
For interest’s sake, Pocket Power was a R190 000 buy at the 2004 Cape Yearling Sale, and during his career he earned over R9 million in prize money.
Many of the Cape’s top stud farms will be represented at the 2026 Cape Yearling Sale, and leading stallions Gimmethegreenlight, Master Of My Fate, One World, Querari, Rafeef, Vercingetorix and What A Winter all have at least one yearling on offer.
The sale will also offer yearlings from the first crops of such exciting prospects as Digital Age, Jet Dark, Kommetdieding and Master Archie.
The Sprint Cape Yearling Sale supplement is interactive – please click here to read our snapshot of each lot.
UNDER THE HAMMER!
PROGENY OF QUALITY QUARTET OF YOUNG SIRES
A number of blue-blooded and well performed stallions will be represented by yearlings from their first crop at the upcoming BSA Cape Yearling Sale. From Digital Age and Kommetdieding, to Jet Dark and Master Archie, there will, no doubt, be plenty of interest in the yearlings of these high-class Gr1 winners.
Digital Age, who earned more than $1,263 million in his career, won five of 13 starts, including the 2020 Gr1 Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs. He is one of more than 20 Gr1 winners sired by Invincible Spirit, whose more than 150 stakes winners include such outstanding sires as Kingman and I Am Invincible.
Digital Age has five members of his first crop on offer at the Cape Yearling Sale, including a colt (Lot 55) out of Listed Syringa Handicap winner Persian Rug and a half-sister (Lot 105) to the smart Demanding Dave whose dam is a winning half-sister to the Gr2 winning dam of Charles Dickens.
Digital Age (Invincible Spirit - Willow View) | Credit: Supplied
JET DARK (TRIPPI - NIGHT JET)
A five-time Gr1 winner and Equus Award winning champion, Jet Dark won nine of 19 starts, with his five Gr1 victories including back to back wins in both the L’Ormarins Gr1 Queen’s Plate and HKJC World Pool Gr1 Champions Cup.
Jet Dark, who also triumphed in the 2023 World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met, is a son of Trippi, Champion Sire in South Africa in 2015-2016. A three-parts brother to Gt1 Mercury Sprint runner-up Night Trip, Jet Dark is from the same female line as
such standouts as Peintre Celebre, Stradivarius and Protectionist.
Understandably, Jet Dark has proven very popular and he has some well-bred yearlings on offer at the Cape Yearling Sale. This draft includes a three-parts brother (Lot 4) to Gr3 Summer Fling Stakes winner Hold My Hand, a close relation (Lot 81) of the Trippi sired Listed Golden Loom Handicap hero Graduation Day, and a colt (Lot 128) out of a winning daughter of champion Lady Windermere.
Jet Dark (Trippi - Night Jet) | Credit: Chase Liebenberg
Kommetdieding (Elusive Fort - Adorable) |
KOMMETDIEDING (ELUSIVE FORT - ADORABLE)
One of the most charismatic horses of his generation, Kommetdieding won his only start at two, before going on to win his first three starts at three, culminating in a victory in the 2021 Gr3 Politician Stakes.
He went on to win both the 2021 Vodacom Durban July and 2022 World Sports Betting grCape Town Met, and ended his career having earned over R4,255 million.
A son of Fort Wood’s champion son Elusive Fort, Kommetdieding, a direct descendant of
the influential mare Queen Of Light, is out of a stakes placed three-parts sister to triple Gr1 winner Captain America.
His first crop members on offer at the Cape Sale include a colt (Lot 3) whose granddam is a Gr2 winning daughter of Captain Al (the broodmare sire of Kommetdieding), a filly (Lot69) from the family of G1r winning fillies VJ’s Angel, Bilateral, Tara’s Touch and Little Miss Magic, and a colt (Lot 71), inbred to Captain Al, whose granddam is a four time winning daughter of champion Consensual.
Credit: Freeman Stallions
MASTER ARCHIE (RAFEEF - LA VOLTA)
A grandson of legendary Australian sire Redoute’s Choice, the speedy Master Archie won seven of 14 starts, including both the 2022 Gr1 Computaform Sprint and 2022 Gr3 Man O’War Sprint.
Master Archie is a son of prominent sire Rafeef, whose progeny also includes champion Thunderstruck and the remarkable William Robertson. Master Archie, bred on the same Rafeef/Var cross as Thunderstruck,
is out of Listed Bauhinia Handicap winner La Volta, a full-sister to the Gr1 placed Valeta and half-sister to graded stakes winners Chesalon and Mardi Gras.
Master Archie has two lots on the Cape Yearling Sale - a filly (Lot88) whose 7 time winning dam was sired by Var, the broodmare sire of Master Archie, and a filly (Lot 140) whose third dam is Steinhoff Gr3 Magnolia Handicap winner Lee Danzig.
Master Archie (Rafeef - La Volta) | Credit: Candiese Lenferna
The magnificent Soetendal Estate – starting place of many a champion | Credit: Supplied
SOETENDAL DUO WILL TURN HEADS
Soetendal Estate’s growing list of star alumni continues to impress all over South Africa. Among the current top performers associated with Soetendal are the likes of The Real Prince, Gimme What I Want, Dave The King, Regulation and Splittheeights.
Equus Champion One Stripe, a runner-up in the Gr1 Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes, is yet another outstanding performer to have begun his career under the tutelage of Soetendal’s staff.
Julia Pilbeam will be offering two choicely- bred yearlings at the upcoming Cape Yearling Sale. Sired by the exciting Kommetdieding and the proven Pathfork respectively, both yearlings look to be attractive prospects.
Lot 71: c Kommetdieding - Second Voice
This colt hails from the first crop of the charismatic Vodacom Gr1 Durban July/ World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met winner Kommedieding.
Closely inbred to legendary sire Captain Al, this colt’s granddam is a four time winning half-sister to champion Consensual.
Lot 138: f Pathfork - Deputy Ryder
By the same sire as high-class fillies of the ilk of Mighty High, My Friend Lee and Olivia’s Way, this filly is out of the smart racemare Deputy Ryder. The latter, a half-sister to two other stakes winners as well as to the dam of G2 KRA Fillies Guineas winner Alexis, won five races, including both the Listed Queen Palm Handicap and Listed East Coast Cup. “She has plenty of scope,” adds Julia excitedly.
These two yearlings can be found in Block B at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
BARRY’S BEAUTY!
THE LONG ESTABLISHED RIVERTON STUD IN ROBERTSON REMAINS ONE OF THE TOP STUD FARMS IN SOUTH AFRICA. AMONG THE NUMEROUS STARS BRED BY THE FARM ARE CHAMPION AND SUCCESSFUL SIRE CAPTAIN OF ALL, AS WELL AS THE LIKES OF DOMINO MAN, ASTRIX, CIRILLO AND POTENT POWER.
The latest flagbearer for Riverton is the classy sprinter The US Of A, winner of this season’s Listed Southeaster Sprint.
Duncan Barry will be offering two well related fillies at this year’s Cape Yearling Sale, and he had the following comments to make about his pair.
Lot 49: f Soqrat - Nutcracker Sweet
By a prolific source of winners, this filly is a half-sister to two winners including Listed Spook Express Handicap winner She’s A Cracker, and this is also the family of recent Cartier Gr2 Sceptre Stakes winner Gimme
What I Want. This is a big,strong and correct filly.
Lot 99: f Captain Of All - Yata
By the Riverton bred sire of Gr1 winners Fiery Pegasus and Linebacker, this filly’s granddam is a stakes placed full-sister to Gr1 Computaform Sprint winner Noble Heir, the dam of Australian Gr3 winner Crown Witness. She is an attractive, well balanced, good walking filly.
These two fillies can be found in Block E at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
Horsey heaven! | Credit: Supplied
DON’T BE LATE – NARROW CREEK EARLY TYPES STAND OUT!
Narrow Creek Stud’s Cape Yearling Sale graduates have been in fine form of late.
This tally includes star sprinter Buffalo Storm Cody, the promising Cognac, and Heath House. The latter, a R240 000 buy from last year’s auction, is unbeaten in two starts and looks to be a two-year-old of real promise.
Narrow Creek will be offering ten quality yearlings at the 2026 Cape Sale, with their draft including lots sired by the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody, Digital Age, Erik The Red, Jet Dark and Rafeef.
John Everett had the following to say about his draft for this year’s Cape Yearling Sale: “We have a nice bunch across the board and they are a few nice, early types in the draft.”
One filly bound to attract attention is Right On Time (Lot 96), a daughter of top sire Rafeef and
the Jet Master sired Gr3 Acacia Handicap winner Whatalady. Narrow Creek have enjoyed plenty of success with the progeny of Rafeef, with the farm having not only bred the stallion’s smart son Cognac, but also Rafeef’s Listed TAB Perfect Promise Sprint winner Who Do You Love.
The ever popular Rafeef is also represented here by a filly (Lot 80), whose granddam is the stakes placed La Poppet, with this filly hailing from the same family as champion Mark Anthony, among others. Other appealing sorts on sale include As Good Once (Lot 63), a Buffalo Bill Cody halfbrother to KRA Gr2 Fillies Guineas winner Alexis, Moonlit Dark (Lot 75), a daughter of champion Jet Dark and the smart racemare Shivers, and the Digital Age colt (Lot 79), whose dam is a stakes placed daughter of Flower Alley.
This draft can be viewed from Block D at the SARDA Centre.
TRUE BLUE KAROO!
The Blue Karoo Stud is a relatively young farm, whose early history has was focused around Bloodstock South Africa’s online auctions.
Blue Karoo’s Dr Marni Strauss is a vet with plenty of experience with thoroughbreds. Marni has worked extensively at farms in the Karoo, and this will be the fourth year that Blue Karoo Stud will be offering horses for sale.
The farm will be bringing forward four classy yearlings at the upcoming Cape Yearling Sale in Constantia.
Blue Karoo Stud’s draft consists of fillies sired by Danon Platina, Digital Age, and Elusive Fort, as well as a colt by Erupt.
Marni had the following to say about her Cape Sale draft: Musou (Lot 10) is an athletic, black Elusive Fort filly
out of Furnace, who is a half sister to the Gr1 winner Fiery Pegasus and Gr2 winner Shango.
Second up is Ka Ching (Lot 47), a strong sprinting filly by the exciting new stallion Digital Age, out of the Captain Al mare New Money.
Kimikoyama (Lot 94) is an exceptional Danon Platina filly, out of the imported New Approach mare Vul Indlela. Her full brother Okayama was very well liked on last years auction and expected to make his debut soon under the watchful eye of Des McLachlan. This filly will make you look twice!
Last is Volcatraz (Lot 121), an early maturing impressive Erupt colt out of the Captain Al mare Catraz who is half sister to Equus champion Aslan. A stunning colt not be missed.
This draft can be found in Block A at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
Dr Marni Strauss turns the Blue Karoo yearlings out beautifully | Credit: BSA
DRAKENSTEIN – SET TO DAZZLE AGAIN
Drakenstein Stud made headlines at the recent World Sports Betting Cape Town Met race day.
The champion farm’s See It Again took his earnings to more than R8,675 million when he won the 2026 Met, becoming the second consecutive Met winner for his breeders. The Drakenstein Stud bred champion Eight On Eighteen won the World Sports Betting Gr1 Cape Town Met in 2025.
Drakenstein Stud will be offering two quality yearlings at the upcoming BSA Cape Yearling Sale, and both horses look to be exciting prospects. Kevin Somerville had the following comments to make about the Drakenstein pair:
Lot 4: Fill My Heart c Jet Dark - Fly To The Moon
He’ll be the second Jet Dark to go through the ring
and he’s a lovely medium sized colt with plenty of strength, muscle tone and a good athletic walk. He is a 3 parts-brother to the Grade 3 winner and multiple Grade 1 placed, Glen Kotzen trained, Hold My Hand (Gold Standard).
Lot 37: Looking At Winter c What A WinterLooking At Stars
By outstanding sire What A Winter, Looking at Winter is a big strapping individual with plenty of substance and size, as you would expect from a What A Winter and from the family of the outstanding Equus champion Lady Windermere.
The duo can be viewed in Block F at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
Drakenstein - place of champions | Credit: Drakenstein Stud
PROBABLY… WITHODDSRACEHORSES, ARE EVERYTHING!
So you bought a Gimmethegreenlight. Will it win? Probably. Stats show 75% do. Will it be a top horse? Probably not. Stats show less than 15% will be. Still, that’s odds of 8/1 or more. Nice bet for a racing man. Stats are a great thing to have when you want to buy a horse.
But you have to do the homework. That’s surprising fun to do.
Now for the BSA Cape Yearling Sale on 1 March.
First there’s the sale catalogue with pedigree pages. The more black type, the better the family.
How good? Black type ought to put a number to it, but it can’t.
Mothers, aunts, brothers, sisters, cousins – who knows how good they really are. What’s more, how many of them there are.
The pedigree page is a selling tool, so it doesn’t talk about the evil twin in the attic.
Which one? Do your homework! | Credit: Romi Bettison
“I bought a racehorse.” “Wow, that’s amazing! Is it good?”
“I don’t know.”
“How do you mean, you don’t know?” “It hasn’t raced yet.” “Why not?”
“It’s only one.”
“So when will it race?”
“When it’s two. Probably.”
Luckily the Buyer’s Guide goes a long way in putting numbers on it. All of a dam’s progeny with race record, aptitude and sale prices. Delving deeper with a click.
Now look at the sire. Lots to choose from.
Highest rated runners, with sire, dam and damsire you’ll find on the Sires’ page under ‘affinity’.
In the Sale Toolkit go to the Nick-finder to see sire x damsire stats. There are a few stand-outs for this sale, with over 80% winners to runners. Nick-finder It also shows the distance aptitude, giving an idea of what to expect.
Then there’s Sire and Broodmare Sire Aptitude.
See who the leaders are by distance. And what a sire and broodmare tends to produce ability-wise.
It all adds up.
Then for the known-unknown – new sire progeny.
This sale is the first for the Class of 2024.
Digital Age. Jet Dark. Kommetdieding. Master Archie.
The Sire Book summarises their racing career, pedigree, aptitude and makes predictions of what female lines might suit their pedigrees.
How they’ll do, who knows. Probability suggests long odds.
Second season sires, the ones whose runners are current 2yo’s are different.
Trainers know what they have in their yards, so there will be focus at this sale on progeny of Malmoos and Real Gone Kid.
You can go to last year’s prices to check what their popularity was then, and compare to what happens in the ring here. You’ll probably have to be on your toes!
For homework, on the Raceform website check SIRES and in STATS find the Sales Toolkit, Sire Sale Prices – and more.
You’ll probably love it!
www.raceform.co.za
NDORO – THE DUKES OF WELLINGTON!
Ndoro Stud continues to produce high-class winners around South Africa. From 2025 HKJC World Pool Gr1 Premier’s Champions Challenge winner Fire Attack to promising filly Fiery Rose, the Wellington-based farm has consistently made its presence felt on South African racetracks. The farm also recently made news when the Ndoro Stud bred Master Mtoto became the first winner for exciting young stallion Real Gone Kid.
Ndoro will be bringing four smart yearlings to this year’s Cape Yearling Sale, set to take place at SARDA Centre on March 1st. Ndoro’s draft consists of thoroughbreds sired by Kommetdieding, Malmoos, One World and Real Gone Kid.
Captain Al’s Triple Crown winning son Malmoos is the sire of a filly (Lot 8) out of a stakes-placed granddaughter of the Gr1 winning champion Kimberley Mine. Further back, this is the family
of top-class Japanese racehorse and sire Heart’s Cry.
One World, another top-class son of Captain Al, is also a high-class stallion represented here. The Drakenstein Stud based star is the sire of a wellbred colt (Lot 50), whose speedy dam Ostinato won four times and ran second in the Gr3 Champagne Stakes. Former July/Met winner Kommetdieding is represented by his first yearlings this season, and he is the sire of a filly (Lot 69) from the family of such Gr1 winning fillies as Bilateral, VJ’s Angel and Tara’s Touch, to name a few.
Last, but by no means least, in this draft is the Real Gone Kid colt (Lot 108) out of the Pathfork mare Beautiful Rosa. The latter is a half-sister to the Gr3 winning dam of classy Gr2 World Sports Betting Camellia Stakes winner Schippers.
This draft can be found in Block E at SARDA.
Ndoro – beauty in the heart of the Boland | Credit: Supplied
A wonderful part of the world! | | Credit: Romi Bettison
WINTERBACH RUN SET TO CONTINUE
Winterbach Stud enjoyed some tremendous results at last year’s August Two Year Old Sale.
Winterbach ended the August Sale having sold three two-year-olds for R2,38 million while the farm, acting as agent, sold a further four lots for R2.325 million. The top lots sold by the farm at the 2025 August Two Year Old Sale was the Rafeef colt Disco Jet, who was knocked down for R1,15 million.
With sires represented in their Cape Sale draft including the likes of Erik The Red, Hawwaam, Jet Dark and Querari, Winterbach, offering eight yearlings as agent, look set to enjoy more sales ring success at the 2026 Cape Yearling Sale.
One lot bound to attract attention is Appaloosa (Lot 91), a filly by consistently top-class sire Querari and out of the high-class racemare Tzigane. The latter won six races, including the
Gr3 Sycamore Sprint, and has already produced three winners. War Front’s blue-blooded son Declarationofpeace has three lots in this draft, and they include a three-parts sister (Lot 12) to the useful Golden Operator as well as a colt (Lot 131) out of G3 Kenilworth Fillies Nursery winner Cousin Liz.
Other attractive prospects include Hannah Go (Lot 16), a Fire Away colt whose first two dams won 18 races between them, Red Web (Lot 23), an Erik The Red colt closely related to top sprinter Dyce, and the Jet Dark colt (Lot 81) whose relatives include such US Gr1 winners as Discreet Cat, Discreetly Mine and Pretty Discreet.
This draft can be viewed from Block F at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
VARSFONTEIN – MORE BIG WINNERS
Varsfontein Stud enjoyed a big day at the recent L’Ormarins Gr1 King’s Plate race meeting.
Not only did Varsfontein foal and raise both L’Ormarins King’s Plate winner The Real Prince and the same day’s Anthonij Rupert Gr2 Premier Trophy winner Okavango, but the farm’s homebred filly Gimme What I Want won the Cartier Gr2 Sceptre Stakes on the same day.
The farm, whose stallion band include such star sires as Gimmethegreenlight and Master Of My Fate, will be offering a high-class draft at the upcoming Cape Yearling Sale.
Varsfontein’s champion resident sire Gimmethegreenlight, whose progeny include the aforementioned pair of The Real Prince and Gimme What I Want, is the sire of To Camelot (Lot 127), a colt whose dam is a Camelot half-sister to Turkish champion Tenerife Song.
The Varsfontein Stud bred trio, and close relatives, Erik The Red, Malmoos and Master Of My Fate, are strongly represented here. Master Of My Fate, whose growing list of stakes winners include the aforementioned Okavango as well as this season’s Hollywoodbets Gr1 Cape Guineas winner Jan Van Goyen, has some very well bred yearlings on offer. This group includes a filly (Lot 13), whose six-time winning dam is a half-sister to this season’s L’Ormarins Gr1 King’s Plate runner up Questioning, and Mansa Musa (Lot 106), a half-brother to this season’s high-class three-year-old Randolph
Hearst. Leading First Season Sire of 20242025, Erik The Red’s draft includes Red Kite In Flight (Lot 28), a full-sister to recent debut winner Scarlet Starlet, Eric The Memorable (Lot 38), a half-brother to the Gr3 winning dam of champion Bless My Stars, and Sherifflawfulmoses (Lot 59). The latter is a colt out of a winning full-sister to Australian Gr1 winner Yulong Prince, as well as to recent Listed War Of Athena Handicap winner, Charge It.
Other appealing prospects on offer include Hopkinson (Lot 18), a The United States half-brother to impressive debut winner North Star, Katabatic Wind (Lot 92), a Kommetdieding colt from the family of champion Dave The King, and Pure Jade (Lot 58), a Jet Dark filly whose Gr3-placed dam is a full-sister to Durban July winner Belgarion and 3/4 sister to this season’s Ownpay Gr3 Peninsula Handicap winner Regulation.
This draft can be found in Block A at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
THE POWER OF PROSPER!
Prosper Stud will be bringing another highquality draft to this year’s Cape Yearling Sale. Jikkie De Wet will be offering buyers the opportunity to acquire stock by a range of different sires, with stallions represented in this draft including Captain Of All, Elusive Fort, Fire Away, Futura, Kommetdieding, Master Archie and Pathfork.
With yearlings hailing from some classy female lines, this consignment looks sure to find favour with buyers!
Jikkie had the following to say about his draft for the 2026 Cape Sale:
Lot 2: All A Lady f Captain Of All - Fantastic Lady
A well-built, athletic filly with a strong frame and good depth. She has a powerful hindquarter.
Lot 24: f Fire Away - Kantara Queen
She is a sharp, athletic filly with a real speedy look, well built, balanced and forward moving. She has a strong hindquarter.
Lot 30: c Futura - La Callisto
He is a powerful and athletic colt, with a strong frame and hindquarter. Correct and balanced.
Lot 40: c Kommetdieding - Manousckas Beaut
This is a strong, well built colt with powerful muscles. He has correct conformation and real presence.
Lot 44:c Kommetdieding - Morethanthat
This is an athletic colt with presence, excellent conformation and natural speed. He is a great racing prospect!
Lot 64: Lydia’s Lady f William LongswordSadler’s Lass
She is a powerful, athletic filly with excellent balance and a strong, well-defined hindquarter. A quality racing prospect.
Lot 67: Adeje c Pathfork - Sakura Trick
He is an athletic, well balanced colt with a strong frame and fluent movement.
Lot 72: c Futura - September Bloom
An athletic colt with good, strong conformation. He has a powerful hindquarter, with a solid, wellbalanced frame.
Lot 88: f Master Archie - Trimontium
She is a well balanced, strongly-built filly, with excellent conformation and a powerful engine. She has natural presence, athleticism and correct structure throughout.
Lot 111: f Elusive Fort - Bianca
An athletic, correct filly, with excellent overall conformation. She has good length, a well-set shoulder, and powerful hindquarter.
This draft can be found in Block F at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
The grass is green on the Prosper side! | Credit: Suppled
HEUNINGSFONTEIN’S EXCELLENT EIGHT
South African champion and BSA graduate
Quid Pro Quo made a big impression when she ran second in the 2026 Gr2 Cape Verdi at Meydan recently.
The dual Gr1 winner made an eye catching Dubai debut when lunging late to grab second place, and while sadly picking up an injury recently, won’t race at the Dubai World Cup again this term.
Heuningsfontein Stud will be offering a number of well-bred yearlings sired by Quid Pro Quo’s blue-blooded sire Lance at this year’s BSA Cape Yearling Sale. The farm will also be offering yearlings by the likes of Canford Cliffs and Rebel King.
Heuningsfontein’s Leon Lotz had the following comments to make about his draft:
Lot 54: Dragon Burst c Lance - Peronzada
Very good looking, well balanced colt. The Computerform Sprint is waiting for him!
Lot 15: Clifton Fan Club c Canford CliffsHammie’s Fan
Typical of the stallion. He stands over ground and has a good length of rein.
Lot 21: Rock This Country c Rebel KingInspiring Rebel King’s stakes winning half-siblings, Uncle Tommy and Rebel Queen, were both
Team Heuningsfontein is ready to welcome you on 1 March | Credit: Supplied
by Kahal. We tried the Kahal cross. The end product is a magnificent colt. He will grow into a good size and is a well-muscled colt with a super temperament.
Lot 25: Rebellious c Rebel King - Karoo Mist
We trained the mother. I thought she would win first time out. However, monkeys got into the stables at Fairview and she injured herself badly one day before racing. This colt is very strong and big. Difficult to fault him!
Lot 33: The Key c Lance - Legal Appeal
He is a late foal, a miler staying type. In time he will grow into himself. Toureiro won us four races and was speedy.
Lot 41: Lord Lancelot c Lance - Mifid Two
He was selected for the National Sale but it is difficult for us to go with one yearling.
This is a classic racy type. The closest one can get to Quid Pro Quo. Come and have a look!
Lot 45: Bottle Of Dreams c Rebel KingMy Dream Chaser
We hear lot of good things about his half sister in training. This is a short-coupled, strong colt, I think he is an out and out sprinter, who is made for the 400m dash in KwaZulu-Natal. The Song of Songs damline shows in his making.
Lot 51: Galeas c Lance - Pam’s Princess
His female line is full of group winners. A very well muscled colt. Looks a speedy type but there is nothing stopping him from training on.
This draft can be found in Block A at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
VALE REBEL KING
Equus Champion Sprinter of 2009 and an eight-time Grade 1 winner, Rebel King was humanely euthanized on Tuesday.
“He was 24 years old and his health was going backwards quickly. We did the kind and best thing with heavy hearts,” Heuningsfontein’s Leon Lotz told the Sporting Post.
“The three colts on the BSA Cape Yearling Sale are his penultimate that will be for sale. He had 6 foals at foot and only one mare in foal for coming season,” added the veteran.
A son of ARCSA Champion and Champion sire of 2yo’s in 2003/4, National Emblem,
Rebel King won or placed in 17 graded races when trained by the now retired Charles Laird.
An unbeaten winner of The Gr2 Nursery in new race-record time at 2, he was a tough, genuine and fast racehorse who raced from 2-5 years and his eight Grade 1 strikes included the Cape Flying Championship.
Rebel King got nominal support at stud and produced 5 stakes winners. He stood at Gelykfontein after leaving Klawervlei Stud, and then five years ago he moved to Heuningsfontein, his final resting place.
Oldlands – the wow factor! | Credit: Supplied
OLDLANDS STUD’S DRAFT LOOKS GOOD FOR YOU!
Zarina. Ambiorix. Rocket Countdown. English Garden. These are just a few of the top-class horses bred by Oldlands Stud over the years.
The latest high-class graduate of Oldlands is this season’s top-class three-year-old Good For You. Winner of last season’s Gr1 Gold Medallion, and a R300 000 buy from the 2024 National Sale, Good For You showed his class when defying 60kgs to win the recent Race Coast Gr2 Cape Punters Cup.
Oldlands Stud will be offering a trio of wellbred colts at the 2026 Cape Yearling Sale. The three colts were sired by proven stallions Elusive Fort, Pathfork and Royal Mo, making them a must-see at this sale.
Fortress (Lot 97) shares his sire Elusive Fort with such stars as Kommetdieding, Siren’s
Call and Out Of Your League. This well-bred colt, bred on the same cross as July/Met winning sire Kommetdieding, is a half-brother to Listed Zimbabwe Guineas winner Jacky Sparrow, and the stakes-placed Tiger Play.
Irish champion Pathfork is another top-class sire represented in this draft. His son Event King (Lot 133), a half-brother to the useful Arverni Princess, is out of a Gr3 placed halfsister to Listed Olympic Duel Stakes winner Hanabi, the dam of the smart Hotarubi.
Mystic Mo (Lot 102), as his name suggests, is a colt by the hugely underrated stallion Royal Mo. This colt is out of a six-time winning fullsister to Swallow Stakes runner-up Margot On Stage, and this is a high-class German family.
Oldlands’ Cape Sale string can be found in Block F at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
WILGERBOSDRIFT
SEEK A WARM RECEPTION ON 1 MARCH
Among the farm’s recent stakes winning graduates is Listed Betway Mother Russia Stakes winner Warm Reception. A smart winner on debut, Warm Reception has won three of just four starts to date and she looks to be another high-class galloper bred and raised by Wilgerbosdrift.
Excitingly, Warm Reception has a highly regarded half-sister, in the form of Pendet Flower (Lot 5), one the sale. Wilgerbosdrift will also be offering yearlings sired by the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody, Fire Away, Hawwaam, Rafeef and The United States.
The farm’s Shane Van Zyl is delighted by the draft that he is bringing to the BSA Cape Yearling Sale, and mentioned the following lots as particularly exciting:
Lot 36: Pepin Island - Fire Away x Long White Cloud
This colt is a first foal, but he is nicely grown with a strong hindquarter. He stands over ground, is correct in front and has a good walk on him.
Lot 46: Triton Moon - Hawwaam x Neptune’s Rain
Attractive looking colt with lots of presence. Has a lovely way of moving and uses himself well when he walks. Very good front legs and ample hindquarter.
Lot 5: Pendet - Flower Alley x Folk Dance
This is an athletic filly with lots of flash and a big blaze. She has a good shoulder on her and has a lovely topline. She is a filly with a lot of quality.
Lot 82: Creature Comforts - Rafeef x Sybaris
She is a big, strong and well-grown filly with good depth of girth. Very relaxed when she walks and covers a lot of ground.
Lot 110: Yoga Asana - Hawwaam x Bend Not Break
A good looking, racey filly. Very correct in front with a strong hindquarter.
Lot 123: Pocket Change - Fire Away x Centimes
She is a good-sized filly with substance. She has an attractive head and moves well.
This draft can be viewed in Block E at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
Wilgerbosdrift – land of legends | Credit: Sal Wilson
MAURITZFONTEIN - MORE MAGIC
Mauritzfontein, one of South Africa’s top producers of high-class thoroughbreds, has enjoyed a wonderful few months, even by their own high standards.
Mauritzfontein bred the champion Gimme A Nother to win the Gr2 John C. Mabee Stakes in North America last year, and the top farm also bred the 2025 Betway Gr1 Summer Cup winner, Mocha Blend.
The latter is a daughter of Mauritzfontein’s highly successful sire Ideal World, who is represented in Mauritzfontein’s Cape Yearling Sale draft by Galway Bay (Lot 122). A full-brother to Listed Wolf Power 1600 winner Irish Pride, this colt is also bred on similar lines to stakes-winner, Persian Rug.
Mauritzfontein’s exciting young Invincible Spirit sire Digital Age is doubly represented in this draft. Current State (Lot 55) is a colt out of the aforementioned, Listed Syringa Handicap winning
Persian Rug, while Digital Age filly Mistletoe Magic (Lot 125) granddam is a half-sister to international Gr1 winners Lily Of The Valley and Mubtaahij.
Top-class racemare Fort Ember, who won the Gr2 Prosport International Gold Bracelet and ran second in the Gauteng Sansui Gr1 Summer Cup, has a Malmoos filly (Lot 6) called Ember Isle on sale, while perennially leading sires Rafeef and What A Winter are also represented here.
Rafeef is the sire of Simon Templar (Lot 65), a colt out of a winning Master Of My Fate half-sister to the smart Ponte Pietra, while What A Winter is responsible for Button Up (Lot 109). The latter, a filly bred on the same cross as the What A Winter sired Gr1 winner Humdinger, hails from the immediate family of recent L’Ormarins Gr1 King’s Plate runnerup Questioning, among many others.
Mauritzfontein’s Cape Sale draft can be viewed in Block C at the SARDA Centre.
Always delivering the quality! | Credit: Candiese Lenferna
VOLMOED’S FLYERS SET FOR TAKE-OFF
Volmoed Stud’s consignment for the Cape Yearling Sale contains yearlings by a host of different stallions.
From such proven Gr1 producers as Fire Away, Flower Alley and Rafeef, to exciting young sprinters Master Archie and Real Gone Kid, this draft looks to have something to appeal to every buyer.
Understandably, Inel Bekker is very upbeat about her draft, and has the following comments to make about Volmoed’s Cape Yearling Sale stars:
Lot 60: Sundown Raider c Erik The Red - Red Centre
A strong first foal, looks to be a speedy early type. By last season’s Leading First Season Sire Erik The Red, HE is bred on similar lines to Betway Gr3 Fillies Mile winner World Of Alice.
Lot 70: Jophiel f Rafeef - Santa Vittoria
A well-grown very imposing filly with a good walk. A daughter of one of South Africa’s top stallions, Jophiel is from the family of Australian champion Samantha Miss -who, like Rafeef, was sired by Redoute’s Choice.
Lot 77: c Fire Away - Silver Winter
A very correct and well balanced first foal. The son of Fire Away has a lot to like about him. By the same sire as Gr1 winners Confederate and Fire Attack, he is out of a three-time winning daughter
Lot 98: Lady Liya f Rafeef - Work Ethic
Lovely filly, well grown and athletic. Lady Liya, who shares her sire with such top-class fillies as Reet Petite, Mon Petit Cherie and Frances Ethel, is out of a three-time winning half-sister to Listed Derby Trial winner, Gift Of The Gap.
Lot 116: Floral Princess f Flower Alley - Burgundy Rose
Well balanced filly, very correct. Beautifully topped. By the same sire as the likes of Princess Calla and I’ll Have Another, Floral Princess is out of a mare who won ten races.
Lot 137: Tony The Pony c Real Gone Kid - Dark Journey
This colt moves like a panther and has a lot going for him. By an exciting young sire already off the mark, he is a half-brother to three winners, including the Gr3-placed Desolate Road and the useful Clever Trevor.
Lot 140: Golden Majesty f Master Archie - Dubawi Princess
Lovely filly, very strong moves well and should show a lot of early speed. From the first crop of Gr1 Computaform Sprint winner Master Archie, she is out of a speedy three-time winner.
This draft can be found in Block B at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
of What A Winter from the same female line as champion Imperious Sue and recent L’Ormarins Gr1 King’s Plate winner, The Real Prince.
Volmoed – living up to the name | Credit: Supplied
Lammereskraal serenity | Credit: Supplied
LAMMERSKRAAL’S QUALITY QUARTET
Lammerskraal Stud’s Lindi Garlicki is delighted with the four yearlings that the top farm will be bringing to this year’s BSA Cape Yearling Sale.
With the four lots hailing from outstanding families, and sired by four Equus Champions, it is easy to see why Lindi is confident of a bold showing by Lammerskraal’s draft at the Constantia auction.
Here is what he veteran Stud Manager had to say about these four yearlings:
Lot 85: Wise Days f Soqrat - The Good Old Days
This is a strong, medium-sized, filly from the superb Mystic Spring family. Her dam is an own sister to multiple stakes winner Gimme Six.
Lot 103: Freeway c Futura -Amber Orchid
He is a very nice Futura colt out of the stakes winning Dubawi mare Amber Orchid. He is the half brother to multiple graded stakes-placed Time Fo Orchids.
Lot 113: One Belle f One World - Blizzard Belle
She is a classy One World daughter of the very speedy nine-time winner Blizzard Belle. She is a half sister to multiple winners, including stakes placed Slalom Queen and The Mauritian.
Lot 128: Dark Lord c Jet Dark - Comedy Of Manners
This is a very smart, scopey colt out of the winning Var daughter of Champion, Lady Windermere. One for the notebook.
The Lammerskraal draft can be viewed from Block F at the SARDA Centre in Constantia.
R20 MILLION! BSA’S 2026 SALES INCENTIVES
FOLLOWING A YEAR OF INCREDIBLE SALES RESULTS AND RENEWED BUYER CONFIDENCE IN 2025, BLOODSTOCK SOUTH AFRICA UNVEILED A SERIES OF NEW BENEFITS DESIGNED TO GIVE BACK TO THE BREEDERS, VENDORS, AND BUYERS WHO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ITS AUCTION SALES.
These initiatives include a new Vendor Loyalty Incentive Programme, as well as enhancements to the Maiden Juvenile Programme. BSA’s new incentives give breeders and vendors innovative rewards while reducing direct costs of entry and making participation easier than ever.
The total benefits in the ever-popular Maiden Juvenile Programme covering the BSA Cape Yearling Sale, National Yearling Sale, KZN Yearling Sale & August 2YO Sale now amount to a staggering R16,8-million, (up from R12-million in 2025). This bears testimony of BSA’s ongoing commitment to creating accessible, rewarding sales platforms for all participants of all ambitions.
The new and innovative Vendor Loyalty Incentive programme will see a direct cash benefit in excess
of R3-Million back to the vendors/ breeders, of which the details are as follows:
Cape Yearling Sale, SARDA, Constantia on 1 March 2026
1. Entry and Acceptance Fee of R3 000, was unchanged for the past 5 years
2. Introduction of a new and exciting Vendor Loyalty Incentive Programme whereby vendors receive an amount of R1 750 per horse presented for sale
3. All Entry and Acceptance fees in addition to other sales related costs are now deductible from sales proceeds – no upfront payments are required, creating a welcome cash flow benefit for the vendor
4. Vendor buy-in for the Maiden Juvenile programme remains unchanged from 2025, at R1 750 (ex. VAT)
National Yearling Sale, TBA Sales Complex on 16 & 17 April 2026
1. Entry Fee of R3 000 and Acceptance Fee of R3 000, remains unchanged for the past 5 years
2. Introduction of a new and exciting Vendor Loyalty Incentive Programme whereby vendors will receive an amount of R2 500 per horse presented for sale
3. All Entry and Acceptance fees in addition to other sales related costs are now deductible from sales proceeds – no upfront payments are required, creating a welcome cash flow benefit for the vendor
4. Vendor buy-in for the Maiden Juvenile programme remains unchanged from 2025 at R2 000 (ex. VAT)
KZN
Yearling Sale, Suncoast on 2 July 2026
1. Entry and Acceptance Fee of R5 000 remains unchanged for the past 5 years
2. Introduction of a new and exciting Vendor Loyalty Incentive Programme whereby vendors will receive an amount of R1 750 per horse presented for sale
3. All Entry and Acceptance fees in addition to other sales related costs are now deductible from sales proceeds – no upfront payments are required, creating a welcome cash flow benefit for the vendor
4. Vendor buy-in for the Maiden Juvenile programme remains unchanged from 2025, at R1 750 (ex. VAT)
August 2 Year-Old Sale, TBA Sales Complex on 20 & 21 August 2026
1. Entry and Acceptance Fee of R3 000, remains unchanged for the past 5 years
2. Introduction of a new and exciting Vendor Loyalty Incentive Programme whereby vendors will receive an amount of R2 500 per horse presented for sale
3. All Entry and Acceptance fees in addition to other sales related costs are now deductible from sales proceeds – no upfront payments are required, creating a welcome cash flow benefit for the vendor 4. Vendor buy-in for the Maiden Juvenile programme remains unchanged from 2025, at R1 750 (ex. VAT)
BSA’s newly revamped Maiden Juvenile Programme receives an injection of R4.8-Million bringing the total benefits to R16,8Million and will offer the following:
1. 120 Races are on offer for a Juvenile to attain their maiden win whether in 2 year old or open company (existing terms and conditions apply)
2. Owner Benefit: now R120 000 (R90 000 Cash and R30 000 BSA SALES VOUCHER (incl. VAT))
3. Trainer Benefit: now R20 000 (R10 000 Cash and R10 000 BSA SALES VOUCHER (incl. VAT))
NB: Vouchers are valid until 31 August 2027 and redeemable at all 2027 BSA yearling and/ or twoyear-old physical sales only.
BSA CEO Michael Holmes commented: “We’re excited and looking forward to being of service to all our customers in 2026 and are grateful for the continued support of our breeders, vendors and buyers. BSA remains committed to providing national sales platforms that serve the entire industry, with all proceeds reinvested in it, to strengthen South African breeding and racing.”
Entry forms can be downloaded from the Bloodstock SA website on www.bsa.co.za and for all queries, please contact Ashley de Klerk at Bloodstock SA.
