Emperors R2R will be a quality sale

THE high-class catalogue for the 2019 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale is now online and can be viewed at www.bsa.co.za

The one day sale is set to take place at the TBA complex on Germiston on November 3rd, with the pre-sale gallops set to be filmed and distributed via social media.

No fewer than 145 lots have been catalogued for this year’s sale, with such popular sires as Duke Of Marmalade, Dynasty, Elusive Fort, Kingsbarns, Master Of My Fate, Pomodoro, Oratorio, Querari, Soft Falling Rain, Trippi, Var, Vercingetorix and What A Winter all represented.

The 2019 Ready To Run Sale will also be offering twoyear-olds from the first crops as such exciting prospects as Dynasty’s Cape Guineas winning son Act Of War, Tapit’s well performed son Coup De Grace, the regally bred Galileo horse Flying The Flag, Horse Of The Year Futura, Galileo’s multiple graded stakes winning son Global View, Horse Of The Year Legislate, and Dubai’s very talented SA Nursery winning son Willow Magic.

Among the numerous attractive lots on offer at this year’s sale are:

-an Act Of War half-brother to former Ready To Run Cup winner Winter Star
-a Kingsbarns filly out of millionaire Winter Star -a Coup De Grace half-sister to millionaire and multiple graded stakes winner African Warrior
-a Var filly out of top racemare and producer Azabu Park -a Coup De Grace half-brother to the dam of recent G3 winner Brave Move
-a Vercingetorix half-brother to Michaelmas Handicap winner Celtic Captain
-a Visionaire colt out of Golden Slipper winner Dignify
-a Var half-sister to G3 winner Cat And The Moon
-an Oratorio filly out of Cape Fillies Guineas winner Emerald Beauty -a Flower Alley half-brother to 2 graded stakes winners
-a Futura colt out of G3 winner Extra Zero
-a Master Of My Fate half-sister to graded winners Fanzene and Joan Ranger
-a Willow Magic half-sister to SA Derby winner Hero’s Honour
-a Duke Of Marmalade half-sister to Equus Champion Hot Ticket
-a Dynasty filly out of G2 Merchants winner Jackodore -an Act Of War half-brother to dual G1 winning sire Rabada
-a Capetown Noir colt out of G3 winner La Pucelle -a Willow Magic half-brother to G1 SA Fillies Classic winner Takingthepeace
-a Trippi half-sister to G3 winner Wheredowego
-a Willow Magic half-brother to Ready To Run Cup winner Vi Va Pi Pa
-a Capetown Noir half-brother to G2 winner The Thinker
-an Act Of War half-sister to G3 Strelitzia Stakes winner Royal Pleasure -an Act Of War filly whose G2 winning dam is a halfsister to Imbongi
-a Coup De Grace filly out of Oaks Trial winner Tuscan Lass

Bloodstock South Africa also recently announced that the twelfth renewal of the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup, to be run on Charity Mile day at Turffontein, received a handsome shot in the arm with the news that the stake for the 1400m event has been boosted to R1 million with immediate effect.

The 3yo contest, run on 2 November, is restricted to eligible graduates of the 2018 Emperors Palace Ready to Run Sale and the news that the stake – payable all the way down to tenth finisher in a likely capacity sixteen horse field – has been effectively doubled, will be well received by all stakeholders.

This exciting announcement provides buyers with yet more reason to support the 2019 Emperors Palace Ready To Run Sale!