AUSTRALIAN-breds fetched the serious money at the Emperors Palace Johannesburg Ready To Run Sale held at the Inanda Club in Sandton on Sunday, accounting for five of the top six lots.
Joint top price was the R2 million paid by KZN owner Brian Burnard for a Myboycharlie(Ire) filly (# 115), while Mayfair Speculators paid the same for the sale’s talking horse, a Lonhro (Aus) colt (# 60).
Lot 188: Belle Rose, a half-sister to Pierre Jourdan from Summerhill Stud.
Form Bloodstock’s Jehan Malherbe bought four lots that will join Mike de Kock’s stable including Lot 188, a Golden Sword filly from Vin Fizz – a half-sister to Pierre Jourdan, secured for Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum’s Al Adiyaat.
The sale, held at the fashionable inner city venue, grossed an aggregate of R 36 065 000, with an average of R 225 406 and a median of R110 000, all figures well up on the 2014 results.
160 of the 199 catalogued lots were sold.
Top buyers, with number of lots, average and total spent, were:
| MAYFAIR SPECULATORS | 13 | R 600 385 | R 7 805 000 |
| RAINBOW BEACH TRADING | 11 | R 445 455 | R 4 900 000 |
| ADRIAAN VAN VUUREN | 11 | R 256 364 | R 2 820 000 |
| BRIAN BURNARD | 4 | R 670 000 | R 2 680 000 |
| FORM BLOODSTOCK | 5 | R 380 000 | R 1 900 000 |
| JOHAN JANSE VAN VUUREN | 5 | R 378 000 | R 1 890 000 |
Top 5 vendors, with lots sold, average and aggregate, were:
| SUMMERHILL SALES PROPERTY OF A PARTNERSHIP | 46 | R 262 065 | R 12 055 000 |
| BALMORAL STUD | 48 | R 214 271 | R 10 285 000 |
| KLAWERVLEI STUD (PTY) LTD | 8 | R 511 875 | R 4 095 000 |
| SUMMERHILL SALES | 15 | R 172 333 | R 2 585 000 |
| FAR END | 14 | R 182 500 | R 2 555 000 |
Top 5 sires, with lots, average and aggregate, were:
| VISIONAIRE (USA) | 16 | R 272 813 | R 4 365 000 |
| CAPTAIN AL | 4 | R 731 250 | R 2 925 000 |
| GOLDEN SWORD (GB) | 21 | R 117 381 | R 2 465 000 |
| MORE THAN READY (USA) | 2 | R 1 150 000 | R 2 300 000 |
| LONHRO (AUS) | 1 | R 2 000 000 | R 2 000 000 |
| MYBOYCHARLIE (IRE) | 1 | R 2 000 000 | R 2 000 000 |
