Tattersalls launches new association with Cape Premier Yearling Sale

Tattersalls is to join forces with Cape Thoroughbred Sales in a joint venture focussed primarily on the 2023 CTS Cape Premier Yearling Sale.

The association will coincide with the return of the auction to the Cape Town International Convention Centre in January 2023. The 2023 renewal will be branded the ‘Cape Premier Yearling Sale powered by Tattersalls’, and the 2023 CTS Farm Yearling Sale and the 2023 CTS Ready To Run Sale will also be conducted under the same partnership banner.

Grant Knowles, the managing director of CTS, said: "The new association with Tattersalls is a marvellous endorsement of the Cape Premier Yearling Sale.

"The original concept of an inner-city racehorse sale in one of the world’s most beautiful locations was hugely popular with buyers from around the globe, and the Tattersalls support is a great addition to the fixture. A boutique Select Sale will be held with approximately 150 yearlings, which will be stabled in the convention centre."

Knowles continued: "The sale will follow on from Gaynor Rupert’s L’Ormarins Queens Plate Day at Kenilworth. The sales calendar suffered during the difficult Covid period, and with international travel now pretty well back to normal, 2023 appears to be an ideal opportunity to re-introduce the quality of our bloodstock, and the magic of Cape Town, to international buyers.”

Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said: "Tattersalls has enjoyed a long and valued relationship with Cape Thoroughbred Sales and South African racing and breeding, and our new association with CTS, and particularly their world-renowned Cape Premier Yearling Sale in January, reinforces the Tattersalls commitment to the South African thoroughbred industry.

"The Cape Premier Yearling Sale quickly established itself as a unique and prestigious fixture in the global sales calendar, and Tattersalls is proud to be assisting with the 2023 renewal which promises to showcase many of the best yearlings to be found in South Africa to a global audience."

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