The R7m price tag of the Silvano colt Celestial City easily tops sale with a price just R2m below the record
The saying “one swallow doesn’t make a summer” aptly sums up the 2020 Emperors Palace National Yearling Sale which concluded in Germiston on Saturday night.
A full-brother to Hawwaam and half-brother to Rainbow Bridge, the bay colt, born at the end of October, was knocked down to Summerhill Equestrian. This operation is owned by Henning Pretorius, who has bought the legendary Summerhill Stud in Mooi River previously owned by Mick Goss. Pretorius has big shoes to fill.
Bloodstock expert Robin Bruss, seen in the company of Pretorius at the sale, did not respond to messages on the subject. The reason for the decline is virus-related: though the catalogue had been out since early April, some breeders made the decision to sell off their farms. This resulted in 184 lots of the 479 catalogued being either withdrawn or not sold.
In the sires department, the progeny of champion sire Silvano were pursued as if a ticket to riches, and that is fair enough if you look at the top horses he has produced in recent years. Apart from Hawwaam, the German-bred stallion has also sired Heavy Metal, Vercingetorix, Marinaresco, Power King and Nightingale — three of this quintet are Durban July winners.
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