National Yearling Sale 2024
Date: Thu, 18 April 2024
Venue: TBA Sales Complex
Sold: 344
Not sold: 20
Withdrawn: 29
Colts Mean price: R673,441
Fillys Mean price: R451,796
Colts Median price: R450,000
Fillys Median price: R300,000
| Horse | Sire | Dam | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man Of His Word | Gimmethegreenlight | Honorine | R6,000,000 |
| Trip To Camelot | Trippi | Grail Maiden | R5,250,000 |
| Sparkling Rose | Hawwaam | Espumanti | R5,000,000 |
| Ms Sakura | Vercingetorix | Cherry On The Cake | R3,600,000 |
| 22Cinnas Ransom | Vercingetorix | Cinnas Ransom | R2,800,000 |
| Ferryman | Vercingetorix | Halfway To Heaven | R2,800,000 |
| October Storm | Vercingetorix | Miss October | R2,800,000 |
| Greenandgold | Gimmethegreenlight | Seattle Gold | R2,600,000 |
| Pure As Snow | Futura | Snowdance | R2,600,000 |
| 22Thunder Dance | Vercingetorix | Thunder Dance | R2,600,000 |
| Vendor | Sold | Total Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Wilgerbosdrift | 19 | R25,525,000 |
| Drakenstein Stud (pty) Lt... | 19 | R18,650,000 |
| Mauritzfontein (pty) Ltd | 19 | R17,475,000 |
| Varsfontein Stud | 27 | R17,400,000 |
| Klawervlei Stud (pty) Ltd... | 20 | R14,660,000 |
| Maine Chance Farms (pty)... | 20 | R10,200,000 |
| Lammerskraal Stud | 11 | R9,225,000 |
| Avontuur Thoroughbred Far... | 13 | R7,900,000 |
| Nadeson Park Stud | 16 | R6,140,000 |
| Blue Sky Thoroughbreds (p... | 12 | R5,885,000 |
| Buyer | Bought | Total Spent |
|---|---|---|
| Form Bloodstock | 18 | R25,325,000 |
| Hollywood Syndicate | 24 | R17,265,000 |
| Jonathan Snaith | 27 | R14,435,000 |
| J Vermaak | 14 | R11,175,000 |
| Srb Plattner Farming | 6 | R10,100,000 |
| Hong Kong Jockey Club | 4 | R9,050,000 |
| Brett Crawford | 7 | R5,625,000 |
| Greg Bortz | 8 | R5,425,000 |
| Sandy Arundel | 1 | R5,250,000 |
| Jane Thomas | 10 | R4,330,000 |
| Sire Name | Sold | Total Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Vercingetorix | 42 | R39,475,000 |
| Gimmethegreenlight | 42 | R35,450,000 |
| What A Winter | 28 | R14,380,000 |
| Rafeef | 22 | R11,415,000 |
| Trippi | 8 | R11,300,000 |
| One World | 23 | R10,475,000 |
| Querari | 24 | R9,005,000 |
| Futura | 21 | R8,635,000 |
| Master Of My Fate | 23 | R8,500,000 |
| Hawwaam | 9 | R8,325,000 |
Buyer's Guide
We have compiled a buyers guide for the National Yearling Sale 2024.
Each lot for sale includes an overview of the dam's racing history, alongside a record of all
her offspring.
Understand the quality and potential of the offspring each dam produces, enabling informed and
strategic purchasing decisions.
Aptitude
This is shown as (for example) 67/71/82/73/0
It reflects the highest Ability Rating shown in five distance categories -
from left to right: up to 1400m/1400-1600m/1700-1950m/2000-2350m/2400m and up
Sale price
This is shown as (for example) 125k Ns (SI 0.48)
It reflects the price at which the horse was sold as a yearling
from left to right: price in ‘000, sale venue, sales index (which is the
price of the yearling compared to the average price of a yearling of the same
sex at the same sale - 1.00 means the price is exactly average)
Sale venue
ns – National Sale gw – original Cape January sale nt – KZN sale ty – National 2yo sale tt – original Ready to Run Sale bk1 – Cape Premier Yearling Sale bk2 – Cape Yearling Sale vint – Vintage Sale nms – KZN mare & weanling sale hb – Highveld Breeders sale crtr – Cape Ready to Run sale crs – Cape Regional Yearling sale