{"id":2330,"date":"2006-05-02T04:18:58","date_gmt":"2006-05-02T04:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2330"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=2330","title":{"rendered":"The SAF Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a great two weeks for South African racing, beginning with an international grade 1 victory by a filly and ending with records breaking at our premier yearling sale.<\/P>

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Irridescence in Hong Kong<\/st1:place><\/o:p><\/U><\/B><\/P>

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I\u2019ll begin with the superb performance by this four year old daughter of Caesour in the Gr1 QEII Cup at Sha-Tin. Following closely in the footsteps of her older full sister (Promise From My Heart) who won a Gr1 in Australia<\/st1:country-region> against the colts, this South African bred, trained, and ridden filly did the same in Hong Kong<\/st1:place> last weekend. She won under a perfectly judged ride, scoring narrowly from a flying Best Gift and the highly rated international race mare, Ouija Board.<\/P>

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Sim pedigree of Irridescence(Saf): Caesour x Dancing Champ x Elevation<\/P>

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Ilha Da Vitoria retires in style<\/o:p><\/U><\/B><\/P>

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Back on our own shores, Mike De Kock trained yet another filly to Gr1 success against the colts. In an interview during the sale this weekend, he said that he would choose Ilha Da Vitoria over Irridescence if he had to, showing how highly he rates her. Having done everything an owner could hope for, she will now be retired to stud where she is likely to be mated to Right Approach, a winner on the big night in Dubai<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> last season. A future pairing with Fort<\/st1:PlaceType> Wood<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> also seems likely.<\/P>

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Ilha Da Vitoria shot to stardom recently with a facile victory in the Summer Cup, then Africa<\/st1:place>\u2019s richest race, coming from 17 lengths off the pace to win by five. On Saturday she won the Gomma Gomma Challenge which, at R3 million, takes over the mantle of the richest race in Africa<\/st1:place>. She cruised to victory under a hands ride and boosted her earnings to a South African record of over R5 million. She ends her career with a record of (26) 10 \u2013 10 \u2013 3.<\/P>

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Sim pedigree of Ilha Da Vitoria(BRZ): Candy Stripes x Equalize x Propicio<\/P>

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National Colour blitzes Gr1 field <\/o:p><\/U><\/B><\/P>

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This three year old filly ran such an incredible race in the Computaform Sprint over 1000 metres on Saturday that she must get a mention here. She shot out of the gates, took a clear early lead, had a breather mid race but still lead comfortably, was asked with the hands only to run at the 300 and scorched home by five lengths, fractionally outside the track record of 55.49 seconds. The second horse, also a three year old filly, was well clear of the rest of the field which was made up of the tried and tested top older sprinters in the country, multiple Gr1 winning colts included. National Colour, by the same sire as the top class speedster National Currency, now has a career record of (8) 5 \u2013 1 \u2013 1, and I would be surprised if plans aren\u2019t being made for an international campaign.<\/P>

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Sim pedigree of National Colour(Saf): National Assembly x Mr Eats x Marazion<\/P>

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National Yearling Sale<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/o:p><\/U><\/B><\/P>

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Many records were broken at our premier yearling sale this weekend as 549 youngsters went through the ring. The aggregate and averages were up around 30%, as was the number of horses sold for a million or more, though the record price fetched by Wonder Lawn last year of R3.3m wasn’t threatened. In all, 472 lots were sold for a total of R136m at an average of R288 000.<\/P>

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The foals that fetched a million rand or more were:<\/P>

R2.4m Officer Wales (c) => Fort Wood x Elliodor x Dancing Champ<\/P>

R2.0m Sweet Allegra (f) => National Assembly x Complete Warrior x Northern Drive<\/P>

R2.0m Tirade (c) => Western Winter x National Assembly x Instrument Landing<\/P>

R2.0m Lubricator (c) => Jallad x Ringaro x Logical<\/P>

R1.6m First (c) => Fort<\/st1:PlaceType> Wood<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> x Secret Prospector x Peacetime<\/P>

R1.6m Field Event (c) => Western Winter x Northfields x Stage Door Johnny<\/P>

R1.6m Gaily Goes West (f) => Western Winter x National Assembly x Pompeii<\/st1:City><\/st1:place> Court<\/P>

R1.4m unnamed (c) => Al Mufti x Harry Hotspur x Alleged<\/P>

R1.4m Cornucopia (f) => Fort<\/st1:PlaceType> Wood<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> x Northern Guest x Averof<\/P>

R1.3m Thomas Crown (c) => Rich Man\u2019s Gold x Commodore Blake x Joy II<\/P>

R1.2m Imperial Cossack (c) => Western Winter x Russian Fox x Royal Prerogative<\/P>

R1.2m Petrus (c) => Rakeen x Al Mufti x Fair Season<\/P>

R1.1m Sam Magee (c) => Western Winter x Kenmare x Taj Rossi<\/P>

R1.1m Galaxy Glory (c) => National Assembly x Foveros x Capriole<\/P>

R1.0m Honeysuckle (f) => Fort<\/st1:PlaceType> Wood<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> x Royal Chalice x Super Concorde<\/P>

R1.0m Da Vinci Code (c) => Fort<\/st1:PlaceType> Wood<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> x National Assembly x Bold Forbes<\/P>

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The top sires by aggregate, with averages in brackets, were:<\/P>

R17.4m (R697 400) Western Winter => Gone West (Mr. Prospector) x Vice Regent<\/P>

R15.7m (R681 522) Fort<\/st1:PlaceType> Wood<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> => Sadler\u2019s Wells (Northern Dancer) x Pretense<\/P>

R13.3m (R339 744) Jallad => Blushing Groom (Red God) x Imposing<\/P>

R12.8m (R355 972) Al Mufti => Roberto (Hail To Reason) x Buckpasser<\/P>

R11.2m (R398 750) National Assembly => Danzig<\/st1:place> (Northern Dancer) x Buckpasser<\/P>

R\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7.7m (R351 591) Silvano => Lomitas (Niniski) x Beau\u2019s Eagle<\/P>

R\u00a0 <\/SPAN>6.8m (R422 188) Rich Man\u2019s Gold => Forty Niner (Mr Prospector) x Honest Pleasure<\/P>

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Super horses and super sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}