CTS Sale figures fall

Last Friday’s CTS Ready To Run Sale showed a 12.7% fall in average to R205 252 even though the number of horses going through the ring was down by a fifth.

“This was the first Ready To Run sale in Cape Town in the post-Mayfair era,” was the telling comment of sales boss Wehann Smith.

Top price was R1.1 million paid by Brett Crawford on behalf of a 20-strong syndicate for a colt by the 2012 dual Derby winner Camelot.

Defending champion Cheval Grand stayed on well to finish fourth while European raiders Capri and Thundering Blue ran unplaced after finding themselves at the rear of the field after the first furlong of the race.

The win potentially sets up a mouth-watering clash between Almond Eye and John Gosden's champion mare Enable in next year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2400m) at Longchamp. – into my company. I plan on hiring people soon so hopefully I’ll score a winning ticket in the coming weeks,” he laughed.

“I want to supply bricks around my town and to nearby towns. There is not a single company that does that around here, which is why I think we’ll be successful.”

He struggled to get funding because, as he explains: “Most funding companies do not want to fund start-ups companies. So my wish is to see my company running and creating jobs to eradicate poverty in my small town, Parys.” his last jump in South Africa.

National Gold was covered and she produced I Like It, of whom Moffatt says: “She has plenty of ability and her second in the Grade 3 came as no surprise to us.”

Moffatt will be aiming her at the 2019 Triple Tiara, with the Fillies Guineas as her first aim.-