A quality catalogue with plenty of depth and variety ensured that there was some spirited bidding at the fourth CTS Lanzerac Ready To Run Sale held at Durbanville on Friday. The highest price of the day was the R1,5 million paid by Mayfair Speculators for a magnificent Bernardini filly.

With the Ready To Run concept now a sought after and popular route for many owners and trainers, and on the eve of the R2,5 million Lanzerac Ready To Run Stakes to be run at Kenilworth on Saturday, there was plenty of interest from a wide spectrum of the racing community – and, as always, Cape Thoroughbred Sales added the touches with a slickly hosted show.

This Black Minnaloushe filly (Lot 72) was sold by Far End Stud (agent), for R220,000.

170 of the 192 lots catalogued were sold, realising an aggregate of R38 930 000.

The average was R229 000, with a median of R140 000.

The R1,5 million paid for the beautiful Bernardini filly lot 100, looks spot on.

Well presented by Julia Pibeam of Soetendal, Pilbeam , the daughter of a Nureyev-mare from an impressive US family that has produced six individual winners from seven previous foals, she has that winning look. An elated Julia said; “I’m excited about her, she has a lovely action.”

Kerry Jack Bloodstock paid R1,4 million for the highest priced colt from a family that has captured the Ready To Run imagination.

That was Lot 65 is Bishop’s Bounty, a son of Western Winter from Nacarat. He’s a full-brother to both Brutal Force and Red Ray, who were runners-up in the past two runnings of the RTR race. He was considered by a few in the know to be the potential sales-topper, and he only fell just short.

The top five buyers:

MAYFAIR SPECULATORS spent R6,845,000 buying 12 lots at an average of R570,417

RAINBOW BEACH TRADING spent R4,140,000 buying 8 lots at an average of R517,500

KERRY JACK BLOODSTOCK spent R2,430,000 buying 7 lots at an average of R347,143

JOHN FREEMAN spent R1,805,000 buying 11 lots at an average of R164,091

CENTRAL ROUTE TRADING spent R1,655,000 buying 6 lots at an average of R275,833

Click on this for all the results – RTR-2015 Results