Bloodstock SA Cape Yearling Sale 2025

Photo credit: Romi Bettison

The Bloodstock South Africa 2025 Cape Yearling Sale has always been touted as a value sale with something for everyone’s budget and this year delivered just that for vendors and buyers alike.

With only 109 lots catalogued this year, 99 lots were sold through the ring with a phenomenal clearance rate of 98%!
The aggregate sold totalled R22,250,000 with an average of R227,000 which was up 11% and the median of R180,000 remaining flat year-on-year.

Special thanks to all the vendors for their support at this sale with the top vendor being Wilgerbosdrift followed by Varsfontein and Hemel ‘n Aarde.

For a sale of this size, a whopping 53 individual buyers signed for the 99 lots sold by the 17 vendors.

“What was most encouraging, was the diverse buyer bench that arrived en masse from Gauteng, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, or via the online platform. It was fantastic to see so many attendees at the sale in person at SARDA, the new home of the BSA Cape Yearling Sale” said Michael Holmes, CEO of BSA.

Thanks must also go to 4Racing who introduced a horse transport incentive for this sale that enabled owners to subsidize the trip back to Gqeberha and Johannesburg. Many trainers and owners were encouraged by this initiative which has led to the start of boosting the horse population in these regions.

The next Bloodstock SA sale will the prestigious National Yearling Sale held at the TBA Complex in Germiston, Johannesburg on the 10th and 11th of April 2025. An exceptional catalogue has been drawn up and is now online and can be viewed at www.bsa.co.za. The majority of South Africa’s top stud farms will be represented at the sale, as will South Africa’s top stallions. Among the leading sires represented at the 2025 National Sale are Gimmethegreenlight, Master Of My Fate, One World, Querari, Rafeef, Trippi, Vercingetorix and What A Winter.

The 2025 National Yearling Sale is not an auction any serious buyer can afford to miss!

For more information on the Bloodstock SA National Yearling please contact Ashley de Klerk at ashley@bsa.co.za