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Visit the BOYS AT TOSCANOVA TDN Website: OUT OF HOLY BULL www.thoroughbreddailynews.com p5 THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011 For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. ZENYATTA TO BERNARDINI Cape Premier Horse of the Year Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}-- Vertigineux, by Kris S.) will be bred to Darley's Yearling Sale Bernardini (A.P. Indy), owners Jerry and Ann Moss announced yesterday. Bernardini, represented by CAPE PREMIER YEARLING SALE DEBUTS Grade/Group 1 winners A Z Warrior and Biondetti, as Cape Town plays host to the inaugural Cape Premier well as the very promising MGSW To Honor and Serve, Yearling Sale, which begins its two-day run today at from his first crop to race in 2010, stands the 2011 the Cape season for $75,000. AHe's the best son of A. P. Indy, Town Interna- and has had an impressive debut,@ Jerry Moss told New tional Conven- York Times. Zenyatta is boarded at Lane's End Farm tion Centre. near Versailles. Click for the brisnet.com five-cross pedigree. Representing 2012, BERNARDINI--ZENYATTA the first major Bold Reasoning yearling sale Seattle Slew My Charmer to be held in A. P. Indy Cape Town Convention Centre Secretariat the centre of Weekend Surprise Lassie Dear South Africa=s largest city, the event is hosted by Bernardini Fappiano Bloodstock SA, the marketing division of the Thorough- Quiet American Demure bred Breeders Association. The concept behind the new Cara Rafaela Spectacular Bid sale is to combine the beauty and quality of lifestyle Oil Fable Northern Fable that exists in the Cape with a mainstream sale of Mr. Prospector top-class Thoroughbreds. The catalogue consists of Machiavellian Coup de Folie 290 yearlings, with 150 selling today. The remainder go Zenyatta Street Cry (Ire) Troy (GB) under the hammer Friday. The sale begins daily at 4 Horse of the Year, Helen Street (GB) 3x Ch. Waterway (Fr) p.m. (SAf time). Older Female Vertigineux Roberto Kris S. AThis is a new venture for Bloodstock SA, and I am 20-19-1-0, B’mare of the Year, Sharp Queen confident that it will be a hugely successful event,@ said $7,304,580 7-2-0-0 5Fls, 1Ch, For The Flag *Forli Jan Naude, CEO of the TBA. AThere has been interest in 2GISW, 1SW 13Fls, 3SW In the Offing the Premier Sale from all over the world, and we are expecting visitors from 13 different countries. A special emphasis has been made to attract a new clientele. We have already received many compliments in the set-up of the sale, which allows visitors easy access to the sales arena from their hotels. Our team is doing a great job.@ South African horses have been competing success- fully at the highest level in international company over the last few years, led by J J The Jet Plane (SAf) (Jet Master {SAf}). Out of the South African-bred mare Majestic Guest (SAf) (Northern Guest), the R70,000 ($9,900) juvenile purchase won the G1 Hong Kong Sprint in December, and currently has earnings of over R12 million. Other notable horses with strong South African ties to excel on an International arena over the last year include Lizard=s Desire (SAf) (Lizard Island {Aus}), winner of the G1 Singapore Cup; GI Matriarch S. heroine Gypsy=s Warning (SAf) (Magok); and last year=s GII Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf winner Pluck (More Than Ready), who is out of the South African- bred mare Secret Heart (SAf) (Fort Wood). Cont. p2 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/27/11 • PAGE 2 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Cape Premier Sale cont. No fewer than eight Group 1-winning or champion racemares are represented by yearlings at the sale, while many of South Africa=s leading stallions are also listed in the Premier catalogue, including Jet Master (SAf), Captain Al (SAf), Silvano (Ger), Jallad, Fort Wood, Dynasty (SAf) and Western Winter. Additionally, yearlings by a strong selection of international stallions are also available, including Florida=s former leading sire, Trippi, as well as European standouts Choisir (Aus), Rock of Gibraltar (Ire), Pivotal (GB), Danehill Dancer (Ire) and Royal Academy. AThe sale has been a much talked about concept,@ offered Tom Goff of Blandford Bloodstock, who was among the foreign visitors impressed by the arrange- ments and layout of the sale. @It=s fantastic to see the reality being up and running, and it seems sure to be a huge success. A number of the horses on offer seem to be really precocious stock, and I have been impressed by the quality of the year- lings on offer.@ For complete results, visit www.capepremiersale.co.za. Hip Happenings Cape Premier Yearling Sale THURSDAY=S SESSION: Lot 9, c, Trippi--Celebrate Life (SAf), by Jet Master (SAf) Consigned by Klawervlei Stud From the first South African crop of Trippi (End Sweep), this colt has been described by Klawervlei=s Grant Knowles, as a Awow horse.@ The striking bay is the second foal of a winning Jet Master mare, who is a half-sister to the useful juvenile filly Summer Mist (SAf). The colt is from a powerful family, whose members include champion filly Prairie Oyster (SAf) and Guineas winner Savonarola (SAf). Lot 14, c, Western Winter--Classique Story (SAf), by Elliodor (Fr) Consigned by Avontuur Thoroughbred Farm This is a son of former champion sire Western Winter (Gone West), whose son Solo Traveller (SAf) is a warm fa- vourite for Saturday=s G1 Investec Cape Derby. The bay is out of SA Fillies Guineas runner-up Classique Story, already THE dam of the useful filly Journal (SAf) (Saumarez {GB}). Avontuur Stud Man- ager Pippa Mickleburgh re- www.capepremiersale.co.za marked, AHe=s a big upstand- ing, good-legged colt. He moves well, and is one of the nicest colts in my draft.@ Hip Happenings cont. p3 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 1/27/11 • PAGE 3 of 7 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Hip Happenings cont. Lot 19, f, Captain Al (SAf)--Cry for the Lion (SAf), by Elliodor (Fr) Consigned by The Alchemy Without question, this is one of the best bred fillies on offer. Her sire currently leads the South African general sires list, having recently been represented by Group 1-winning filly Emerald Cove (SAf). She is a half to G1 Summer Cup winner Aslan (SAf) (Silvano {Ger}). Lot 22, f, Jet Master (SAf)--Dame Kiri (SAf), by Flaming Rock (Ire) Consigned by Klipdrif Stud, agent The first yearling by Klipdrif=s champion sire Jet Mas- ter to be offered is out of a winning Flaming Rock (Ire) mare. The filly is a half to Group 1 winner Talahatchie (SAf) (Jallad). @She is a very nice, well balanced filly,@ said Klipdrift=s Bennie Marais. AShe is a very likable sort and is a very good walker.@ Lot 30, c, Royal Academy--Dubai=s Fairy (GB), by Medicean (GB) Consigned by Cheveley Stud This is just one of only two Royal Academy yearlings on offer here. The GI Breeders= Cup Mile hero has done extremely well in South Africa, siring a pair of Group 1 winners in Express Way (Brz) (Bloodstock SA Cape Guineas) and champion Eyeofthetiger (Brz) (Vodacom Durban July). Dubai=s Fairy is a half-sister to the high-class British performer Just James (GB) (Spectrum {Ire}), winner of the G2 Challenge S. Cheveley pur- chased the mare carrying this foal from Australia. @He is Lot 66, c, Silvano (Ger)--Happy Ever After (SAf), by an athletic sort, who is racy, but is a good-sized individ- National Assembly ual,@ said Cheveley=s Vaughan Koster. Consigned by Maine Chance Farms A magnificent son of leading sire and GI Arlington Lot 35, c, National Emblem (SAf)--Enchanted Dollar, by Million winner Silvano, this colt is a full-brother to Spend a Buck G2 SA Oaks winner Happy Spirit (SAf). The latter was Consigned by Highlands Farm subsequently sent to Dubai. A son of proven sire National Emblem, sire of the top-class sophomore Shea Shea (SAf), he is out of one 76, c, Victory Moon (SAf)--Inspired (Ire), by Fasliyev of Highlands= most successful broodmares, who has Consigned by Maine Chance Farms already produced ill-fated champion sprinter National This is a son of the ill-fated 2003 G2 UAE Derby hero Currency (SAf) (National Assembly). The latter ran second to Silent Witness (Aus) in the G1 Hong Kong Victory Moon (Al Mufti), who died after siring four Sprint. National Assembly is also the sire of National crops. The pedigree received a boost when his half- Emblem (SAf), a champion on the racetrack and a for- sister Illumiere (Aus) (Giant=s Causeway) won a listed mer leading sire of juveniles. race. His dam is a full sister to Group 3-winning juvenile Kings Point (Ire), and this is the family of the popular Lot 57, c, Trippi--Girl in Every Port (SAf), by Captain Al British champion Sergeant Cecil (GB) (King=s Signet). (SAf) John Slade, Maine Chance=s stud manager, said, @He is Consigned by Klawervlei Stud a lovely individual, very solid. The sire has been in great A colt by the sire of last year=s GI Spinaway S. hero- form with his three-year-olds, and it=s a shame we lost ine R Heat Lightning, he has been described by connec- Victory Moon.@ tions as a Aproper horse.@ His dam was a very talented Hip Happenings cont. p4 race filly, who won five races and was stakes-placed. This colt is her first foal. Girl In Every Port, a full-sister to the stakes winning sprinter Mainbrace (SAf), is a TDN TODAY descendant of South Africa=s greatest broodmare Headline News....................