THE CAPE PREMIER YEARLING SALE AND J&B MET 2012

Cape Town
(Photo : Cape Town Tourism)

It's sizzling in the City!

Cape Town may be in temperate climes but the racing action this next week is really heating things up!

The CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale starts off on Thursday the 26^th of January through Friday the 27^th with a very strong catalogue of very well bred and well-related yearlings on offer. There is a lot of depth across the 350 lot book and it is bound to attract a strong buying market. We expect to see some exceptional horses and some record-breaking prices!

To view the catalogue:

http://www.capethoroughbredsales.com/lots/view_by_catalogue/1/Cape-Premier-Yearling-Sale-Book-1

Saturday the 28^th of January brings the running of the J&B Met! As always, it is the place to be on the last Saturday of January. The field could be quite open except for the presence of sparkling jewel, Igugu! The champion filly has run second only twice in her career and it will be thrilling to see if she can once again hold off the boys, as she did in the Vodacom Durban July!

J&B MET (Grade 1) Kenilworth, Turf, 2000m 28 January 2012 FINAL FIELD
N0	Horse	Kg	MR	Dr	Jockey	Trainer
1	BRAVURA	60.0	113	12	A Marcus	Joey Ramsden
2	THE APACHE	59.5	114	11	R Danielson	Gavin van Zyl
3	TALES OF BRAVERY	58.0	113	15	M Byleveld	Vaughan Marshall
4	ILSANPIETRO (BRZ)	58.0	111	2	W Marwing	Mike de Kock
5	LION IN WINTER	58.0	109	3	G Hatt	Joey Ramsden
6	SMANJEMANJE	58.0	108	9	* G van Niekerk	Tyrone Zackey
7	CASK	58.0	107	6	tba	Stephen Page
8	FABIANI	58.0	107	14	S Cormack	Glen Kotzen
9	SUPER STORM	58.0	104	13	K Neisius	Mike Bass
10	CHESALON	57.5	110	16	K Teetan	Mike Bass
11	RUN FOR IT	57.5	106	4	B Fayd'Herbe	Justin Snaith
12	IGUGU (AUS)	57.0	117	7	A Delpech	Mike de Kock
13	EMERALD COVE	57.0	106	1	F Coetzee	Justin Snaith
14	BEACH BEAUTY	55.0	108	5	A Forbes	Dennis Drier
15	GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT (AUS)	54.0	117	8	P Strydom	Justin Snaith
16	ASTRO NEWS	52.0	107	10	R Fourie	Greg Ennion
www.jbmet.co.za

SUMMERHILL NATIONAL SALES YEARLINGS EXCEPTIONAL

Charles Laird viewing the Summerhill yearlings at Block A
(Photo : Summerhill Stud/TBA/Jean Stanley)

"GREAT EXPECTATIONS"

The title of a Classic book but the feeling that the Vuma and Summerhill teams have as the National Yearling Sales get underway.

The Summerhill draft of yearlings has settled in to the TBA complex at Germiston and are strutting their stuff as they get viewed by prospective buyers.

These  are proud and anxious moments for us knowing that they are on the brink of their racing careers and willing them to be successful in every way.

Apart from their impeccable handling and rearing, from a Vuma perspective we know that they have had the best foundations possible. The nutrient dense Vuma Vigour will have ensured that from conception to weaning they have received the best nutrients from their mothers and once weaned, they have had the best possible foundations for optimal growth and development.

The proof is in the pudding, as they say, and the Summerhill draft is exceptional.

It’s an exciting weekend ahead as the sales start at 6pm on Friday evening and then SA Derby Day takes centre stage on Saturday. Among the contenders for the main race are graduates of the Summerhill paddocks, sold at the Ready to Run sales, including Pierre Jourdan, Smanjemanje and Nyakatho and you can be assured that we will be there to see them lead the field home!

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READY TO RUN A ROUSING SUCCESS

 Havasha
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Ready to Run towards the Summer Cup?

Well the dust has settled and the 2009 draft of Ready to Run horses have been sold and are on their way to their new lives. Some are heading back to Summerhill to take it easy for a while longer before they get down to the real business of racing.

The sale on 8 November exceeded expectations by achieving a growth of 9.5% overall and the top lots sold were 2 Galileo fillies sold for R2.1 Million and R1 Million respectively by Summerhill.

As the feed suppliers of the Summerhill draft, the Vuma team watched with pride as these young horses were put through their paces everyday, walked twice and taken out of their stables numerous times to be viewed by prospective buyers. In the sales ring they impressed, as the figures show, and we look forward to taking them into their racing careers.

These strong foundations are vital, so it is with great anticipation that we await Saturday’s Sansui Summer Cup day, especially with four graduates of last year’s sale competing in the Grade 2 Dingaans. Two Kahal colts, Havasha (trained by Mike de Kock) and Smanjemanje will be up against two Labeeb colts in the form of Khethani and Nyakatho.

The two sires will be up against each other again when the Mike de Kock trained Fisani (Kahal) meets Hypatia (Labeeb) in the Grade 3 Fillies Mile.

All in all Saturday will see the Vuma and Summerhill teams focused on racing at Turffontein.