CAPE YEARLING AUCTION
O’Kelly’s Irish luck lands superstar sale
Auctioneer John O’Kelly drawn to sell all three-yearlings by superstar racehorse Frankel at the Cape Premier Yearling Sale
Put it down to Irish luck. Auctioneer John O’Kelly, who sells horses all over the world, arrived in SA at the weekend to be greeted by exciting news.The Irishman has drawn to sell all three-yearlings by superstar racehorse, Frankel, which will be offered on the first session of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale on January 21.Frankel retired unbeaten in 14 races and was given the highest rating of 147 by Timeform. He stands at stud at a fee of £125,000 and last month had his first grade1 winner when Soul Stirring won in Japan.O’Kelly has sold many top horses, including the mare, Magical Romance, who was sold for what was then a world record of 4.6-million guineas.Four of Frankel’s progeny are on the sale and Australian Grant Burns will be on the rostrum when a filly comes under the hammer on the second evening of the sale on Sunday.The first Frankel O’Kelly will be selling is an early foal out of the unraced Fastnet Rock mare, Daffodil. All four of the progeny have been consigned by Kla...
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