CRS Winter Yearling Sale Vendor Promotion: Maine Chance Farms
One of South Africa’s foremost breeding establishments as a Top Ten breeder for over 20 years, Maine Chance Farms despatch 15 yearlings to the CRS Winter Yearling Sale.
The auction takes place on the 6th June @ 11h00 at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.
Lot 6 should get things underway for the farm with a bang as bay colt Frequent Traveller is by high quality producer, Querari out of the accomplished G1 placed Silvano mare, Frequent Flyer. Querari over Silvano is a proven successful mating.
Lot 8 is a chestnut Quasillo filly ex Galadriel, a half- sister to Lochlorien. Quasillo, a son of European HOTY in 2009, Sea the Stars, was the Champion three-year-old in Germany in 2015. His filly is followed immediately by Good Omen, another Querari colt out of smart race mare, Goodtime Gal.
Maine Chance then offer Lots 23 – 27 in succession. The first in this batch is by speed sire, What A Winter – a filly out of the Irish mare Kitoko, with French blood mixed in through second dam, Breathe.
Lot 24 is a result of a mating between Querari, the son of European Champion, Oasis Dream, and La Calisto. Letter of Marque is thus a full brother to La Quinta, an attractive, way- above- average sprinter trained by Snaith Racing. Second dam La Calima produced 8 x winning speedball, Los Colmos. This is the same family as Silvano’s sire, Lomitas who rated a sky high 131 on the International Classification.
Querari, who was the top rated older German horse in 2010 with a Timeform figure of 121, has Lot 25 a bay colt out of La Chouette. Best of her progeny is the still- in- training Tout a Fait, a tough to pass 1400m exponent that has already won five times. Second dam, Night Diva was the Champion Older Stayer in SA twenty years ago, so this page has an intriguing blend of speed and stamina.
Lot 26, Life of Leisure is a bay filly by Gold Standard out of the Querari mare, La Collosa. Second dam La Calima’s accomplishments were acknowledged when previewing Lot 24, whilst third dam, La Colorada was rated the top filly on the 1983 German 2-year-old Free Handicap.
Lady Penny is a first foal for Lady Clarisse by home- town hero, Querari, who stands at Maine Chance. The female side of Lot 27 is absolutely laden with Black Type.
Rafeef was the leading first season sire in SA in 2020/21 and is proving an instant commercial success after 18 stakes winners – and counting. His daughter, Lilting Song is out of Silvano mare, Lip Service and this bay filly goes through the ring as Lot 34. Lip Service is a three quarters sister to Lyrical Linda, winner of the G1 Garden Province Stakes and brother to G1 winner and sire, Liege. This is a classic mating: Danehill and Lomitas delivered Arc hero, Danedream.
Lot 40 should generate a frisson of excitement when stepping into the ring. This Querari filly is out of the Dynasty mare, Maria Theresa, making her a full sister to well-performed Maria Querol, and related to an extremely promising Dean Kannemeyer trained, youngster, Rhydian.
Lot 51, an Hawwaam filly out of the German mare Perija (by Shamardal) has quality Euro bloodlines stretching back generations on the female side. To illustrate, third dam, Praia foaled 16 x winner, Potemkim, Joint Champion Older Male in Italy in 2016.
Lot 56 is a bay Querari colt ex Quena (by Silvano) called Quiet Place. He is inbred to the famous two and three-year-old German Champion Filly of 1992/93, Quebrada.
The last two offerings at CRWYS from Maine Chance are both by Erupt, an Irish bred son of Dubawi.
Lot 65, Surreal Moment’s third dam Scented Royal was the Champion 2-year-old-filly in SA in 1988/89 and is a renowned Maine Chance foundation mare, whilst Zen State’s (Lot 85) dam, Zeta Jones is a three-quarter sister to July victor Marinaresco, G2 scorer and G1 placed 10 x winner, Marina and high class, Bulsara.
Feel welcome to direct further enquiries to Dannielle Kuttel. Contact details are mobile 083 7007 351 or email danni@mainechance.co.za
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For racing queries and sales queries, contact Justin Vermaak at justin@caperacing.co.za or Janine van Blerk at janine@caperacing.co.za