Lammerskraal Stud’s exciting young sire Visionaire has enjoyed another good run over the past few days with his recent winners including Lala, Missibaba and We’re Watching You. Another of the sire’s sons, Africa Rising, ran a cracking second in last Saturday’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup Presented by CTS –and took his earnings to over R680 000 in the process.
Africa Rising is one of a number of top class three-year-olds representing Visionaire this season –with others including the G1 filly Visuality and the undefeated Aggressive. To date, 27 of Visionaire’s 37 3yos to start have either won or finished in the money, and this statistic looks sure to improve still further over coming months.
Visionaire has an exceptional draft of two-year-olds on offer at the upcoming CTS Johannesburg Ready To Run Sale, with his 29 strong draft including:
Lot 16 – inbred to Mr Prospector, this colt is out of a three parts brother to multiple stakes winning millionaire Mannequin, and his second dam is a Model Man half sister to G1 SA Fillies Classic runner up Kalami
Lot 21 – a half brother to Kimberley star Lebeoana and the smart Noble Star, this well related colt’s winning dam is a full sister to stakes winning 2yo Al Karama and this is the family of classic winners Grande Jete and Joshua’s Princess
Lot 28 – out of a six time winning daughter of outstanding sire Kahal, this filly’s second dam is a winning daughter of champion sire Northern Guest (damsire of Heaps Of Fun) and a stakes winning daughter of breed shaping sire Raise A Native. Family of St Leger hero Lucarno
Lot 42 – a half sister to a winner, this filly is out of a winning daughter of top class broodmare sire Model Man, and her second dam is a daughter of G1 Germiston November Handicap heroine Please Be True
Lot 50 – a half brother to 2 winners (one of whom was stakes placed), this colt is bred on the same Visionaire/Northern Guest cross as classic winner Heaps Of Fun. A descendant of the great mare Drohsky, this colt’s dam is a half sister to the G1 winners Golden Peak and Record Edge, as well as to the dam of champion 2yo Warning Zone (herself dam of high class Aussie filly Pittsburgh Flyer)
Lot 57 – out of a winning own sister to a stakes horse and half sister to the smart Onehundredacrewood, this filly is from the same family as champions Harry Hotspur, Kiss Of Peace and Rotterdam, as well as recent Cambridgeshire winner Spark Plug
Lot 58 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a five time winning half sister to 3 stakes winners –who, between them, won 28 races. Another descended from Drohsky, this colt’s relatives include champion sprinter Senor Santa and ill-fated Guineas hero Flight Alert
Lot 65 – this colt is out of a Fusaichi Pegasus (damsire of Golden Slipper hero Capitalist and SA G1 winners Cloth Of Cloud and Silver Mountain) half sister to two Australian group winners and this is also the family of Australian classic winners Danendri and Faint Perfume
Lot 71 – a half sister to 2 winners (one of whom won four) this filly is out of an Elliodor half sister to 3 stakes winners –including 16 time winner and G2 hero Bound By Honour (who also won multiple times in Germany). Another from the Drohsky family
Lot 73 –another bred like Heaps Of Fun, this colt is a half brother to 7 winners, who won no fewer than 27 races between them. From the same family as graded winners Tuscan Elegance and Express Queen, this blue blooded colt’s second dam is a full brother to champion sprinter Thatching and former top class South African sire Golden Thatch, as well as Waterville Lake- sire of the great sprinter Flobayou
Lot 78 – inbred to the great Gone West, this filly is out of a winning half sister to G2 winner Fairyinthewoods (by a Gone West line horse) and the quick stakes winner Comet Chaser. The family of top class galloper Tarn Fairy
Lot 88 – a half sister to 2 winners, this filly hails from an outstanding family, also responsible for the G1 winning siblings Al Nitak and The Sheik, G1 winning sprinter Shoe Express and legendary South African champion Politician
Lot 105 – another inbred to Gone West, this colt is a half brother to 2 winners –one of whom won five. His dam is a winning half sister to G2 winner Wild Aster (dam of 13 time stakes winner Vauclair) and his Oaks placed second dam is a three parts sister to former Met hero Wild West
Lot 115 – a half sister to a four time winner, this filly is out of a winning daughter of seven times champion sire Jet Master and her second dam is a winning half sister to G1 Empress Club Stakes winner Legality and G3 Flamboyant winner Precedent
Lot 121 – this filly is out of the G1 mare Lisa Anne (by proven G1 broodmare sire Rambo Dancer) and this is the same family as such high class fillies as Joan Ranger and Fanzene
Lot 126 – out of a winning own sister to a stakes performer, this filly’s third dam is the wonderful Bold Broad –dam of G1 winners Golden Peak and Record Edge, and second dam of champion Warning Zone. Also the family of G3 Tommy Hotspur Handicap winner Magico –who, like the filly here, is by a Gone West line sire
Lot 136 – a half sister to 3 winners, one of whom won five, this striking grey is out of a half sister to top class G1 performers Rodoille and Blue Tiger (now at stud), as well as to the dam of champion and G1 Cape Guineas winner Pointing North. The family of the great G1 Queen’s Plate winner Wainui
Lot 139 – a half brother to top class G2 filly Pej, this colt is out of a Model Man half sister to the dam of high class 2yo Juan Two Three and this is also the family of former champion National Bay
Lot 143 – a half brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a winning three parts sister to G3 Jubilee Handicap winner Bless This Day and this is the same family as Derby winner and G1 sire Eli’s Star
Lot 153 – a half brother to G1 filly Intergalactic, this well related colt is out of unraced Galileo daughter of the stakes winner Hulachine and this colt (a descendant of the great La Troienne) hails from the same family as G1 Kentucky Derby winner Go For Gin and the latter’s champion half brother Pleasant Tap
Lot 167 – a full brother to brilliant G1 filly Visuality, this colt (also a three parts brother to Guineas winner Heaps Of Fun) is out of a mare who won three and this is the mighty Party Time family responsible for champions In The Fast Lane, Let’s Rock ‘n’ Roll and Trademark
Lot 173- this colt is out of a three time winning own sister to the talented stakes winner Paris Perfect –who finished third in the G1 Dubai World Cup
Lot 177 – a half sister to 3 winners (one of whom won 6), this filly is out of a winning daughter of G1 sprinter Rain Shower, and this is the family of talented fillies Proud Classic, Proud Peyton and Jabulani Jive
Lot 178 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a four time winning half sister to the dam of champion and G1 winner Catch The Mad and G1 winner Locasa Nistel
Lot 193 – a half brother to 2 winners, this colt is out of a National Emblem (National Assembly) half sister to 2 graded winners including champion Special Key (dam of G2 winning millionaire Thunder Key), and this is the same family as G2 winner Narc (National Assembly)
Lot 201 – a full brother to a winner, this colt’s dam is closely related to the dam of G3 winning 2yo Thekkady and this is the same family as classic winner and breed shaping sire Kalamoun. This colt traces back directly in female line to one of the all time great broodmares –Mumtaz Mahal
Lot 202 – a half brother to a winner, this colt is out of a three time winning half sister to G3 2yo Legislature. His second dam was placed in the Oaks and this is also the family of US G1 winner Happyanunoit
Lot 210 – a half brother to 3 winners, this colt is out of a mare who won five, and this is the same family as champion and Epsom Derby winner Reference Point and G1 winner and sire Mount Nelson
Lot 216 – a full brother to top class G1 performer Africa Rising, this colt is out of a winning half sister to 2 stakes winners –who between them won 16 races. The family of ill-fated G1 SA Classic winner Last Watch and classic winner Spring Wonder