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BLACK SWAN STUD SUMMER SALE 2025

Peter de Beyer’s Black Swan Stud send three Elusive Forts and a Canford Cliffs colt to the Summer Sale on 23 January 2025 at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth.

Lot 14 is an Elusive Fort, bay colt ex Ideal Lady (Ideal World). This is the family of Track and Ball Oaks winner, Zante and Listed race winner Helen’s Ideal. The good-value, versatile stallion has sired 17 SW’s, including G1 Durban July and Gr1 Cape Met hero, Kommetdieding and Gr1 winner Siren’s Call.

Pretty Betty won five times when trained by Mike Stewart and was a hard- to- pass, front-running filly whose career best was a victory in the Gr 3 Final Fling Stakes. Her first foal is a smart colt by Elusive Fort – Lot 44.Pretty Betty is a half sister to Gr3 winner Freedom Charter, and Listed winner Ernie, and both these speedsters were by Elusive Fort, making this colt a 3 parts brother in blood to those two.

Lot 94 a bay filly by Elusive Fort ex Drama Queen comes near the end of the Summer Sale. The dam won five races; and she was not far off the best of her generation, with close up places in listed juvenile races,  and was less than 4 lengths 5th in the Gr 1 WC Fillies Guineas. Second dam Taking it Deep, trained by the late James Lightheart, won six times.

Arguably, the pick of Black Swan’s draft is Lot 60 a Canford Cliffs colt by Sylvie, and thus a half- brother to the multiple winner, Celtic Rumours (Gr2 winner) and Sarah( Listed winner and Gr2 placed), as well as being a full brother to Ruffian Stakes winning filly, Almond Sea.

That’s a highly attractive page, with loads of precocious speed and class, so make a turn at Stable B25 to check out this good-looking September foal.

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For further information, contact

Vicky Minott vicky@caperacing.co.za

Janine van Blerk janine@caperacing.co.za

Phone: 021 700 1600