THERE'S A HORSE FOR EVERYONE AT THE READY TO RUN

EMPERORS PALACE SUMMER READY TO RUN SALE
School Of Excellence, Summerhill Stud, Mooi River
20 February 2013

THERE’S A HORSE FOR EVERYONE AT THE READY TO RUN.
This is true. And it applies more to the Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run than to any other sale. VALUE is our watchword, and you need only go to www.summerhill.co.za and click on SALES for a reminder.

The Summer Sale is all about those that were left behind, the immature, the injured, and the unsold. Like J&B Met hopeful Black Wing; Imbongi, Bold Ellinore and Emperor Napoleon in the past, and the likes of the Sophomore Sprint aces, Rooi Nooi (R60 000) and Sithela (R40 000); as well as FlyFirstClass (R180 000), I Got You Babe (R7 000), Tomorrow’s Miss (R80 000), Corredor (R60 000), Chili Pepper (R55 000), No Worries, Coming Up Roses (R80 000), Gida R35 000), Golden Dynasty and Maluti (R5 000) among the latest lot.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A MILLIONAIRE:
ALL CAN PLAY, ALL CAN WIN.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg +27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za

HEY BOET, GET YOURSELF A BOMBER!

Emperors Palace
Summer Ready To Run Sale
Summerhill Stud, 22 February 2012

Those that were left behind at Summerhill, have done the talking for us.
Unwanted in the sales ring, they sold off the farm. And they spoke well.

PARIS PERFECT
R5.5 million earner in 3 countries
Cost R65,000

BOLD ELLINORE
Equus Champion
Cost R60,000

VANGELIS
Millionaire
Cost R75,000

EMPEROR NAPOLEON
Millionaire
Cost R60,000

HEAR THE DRUMS
Winningmost racehorse in history
Cost R42,000

AMPHITHEATRE
Champion Stayer and Millionaire
Cost R30,000

IMBONGI
Group Winner 3 countries
Cost R140,000

YOU SEE BOET, CAN STILL GET LUCKY.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg 27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za

BOB YEARHAM COMES TO THE PARTY

Bob Yearham (left) - Emperors Palace COO
(Photo : Tab Online)

EMPERORS PALACE
SUMMER READY TO RUN SALE
22 February 2012

Mick Goss
Summerhill Stud CEOTime was when we traded racehorses off the farm. Those that thrust their hands into the remnants of the farm barrel, came away with Imbongi (Dual Guineas hero, Group winner in three countries and R8.8million earner;) Paris Perfect (the first “South African” to pick up a cheque in the world’s richest race, and the earner of R5.5 million;) Bold Ellinore (Champion race filly;) Emperor Napolean (millionaire and rated in the top three of his generation;) South Africa’s winningmost racehorse, Hear The Drums; Champion Stayer and millionaire, Amphitheatre, and millionaire and thirteen time winner, Vangelis. That’s for starters; the list is long, the achievements enduring.

It occurred to us that we should build a second Ready To Run for those horses which, for whatever reason, missed the Spring edition. Igugu and Pierre Jourdan, the nation’s leading earners for the past two seasons reminded us that we owed this to those that were left behind, and besides, our customers have voted with their feet. They love a Ready To Run.

Already, last year’s experiment has reaped its rewards. The graduates include a string of quality performers (costing as little as R7,000 and no more than R60,000) including the Sophomore Sprint ace, Sithela, who was robbed of favouritism for the R2million Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup by a fatal intervention.

There’s little point though, in running a Summer version if it’s not going to be done properly, and especially if it’s not built to last. It’s just not the Summerhill style. So we’ve decided to hold the sale in the world’s most unique venue; we’re going to get the country’s Number One restaurant to cater, and we’re going to have a helluva time. And we’re going to remember that at the Ready To Run, there’s a horse for everyone.

By the way, we’ve an old pal who’s got the best eye for a gap we know. It only took Bob Yearham of Emperors Palace a split second to put his company’s name to the sale. He knows the history, and he knows Summerhill. So welcome to the Emperors Palace Summer Ready To Run Sale.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg 27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za

DON'T MISS YOUR SECOND CHANCE AT FIRST PLACE

South African Equus Champion Breeder Award 2005 - 2011
(Photo : Summerhill Stud Archives)

WANT TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

Summerhill’s renowned for it’s
seven consecutive Breeder’s Championships;
it’s also famous for its Ready To Run programme,
and those that were left behind.
Vangelis, Imbongi, Bold Ellinore, Emperor Napoleon
and Amphitheatre, millionaires to a man.

22 FEBRUARY 2012 ON THE FARM.

Enquiries :
Tarryn Liebenberg 27 (0) 83 787 1982
or email tarryn@summerhill.co.za
www.summerhill.co.za

SITHELA : STREET URCHIN COMES WELL

Sithela wins the Sophomore 1000
(Photo : JC Photos / Summerhill Stud)

THE EMPERORS PALACE READY TO RUN SALE
Sunday 6th November 2011

If you’re old enough, you’ll remember Anthony Sher’s wonderful rendition of the role of Fagan in the Oliver Twist of the 1960’s, before the South African actor went on to even bigger things in Shakespeare’s Richard III, which played for extended seasons in London’s West End.

Oliver Twist was an unwanted urchin of the London streets, though he did once have a sprinting namesake in the racing world, who like Oliver, could run like hell.

At Summerhill we’ve known our share of unwanted urchins, though ours were different, as they were rejects of the salesring. R8 million plus earner, Imbongi, who made the 2010 Dubai Racing Carnival his own as their biggest earner; Amphitheatre, who went on to become a millionaire, Paris Perfect, Bold Ellinore and Emperor Napoleon are just a few that spring quickly to mind. You could’ve bought everyone of them for as little as R60,000 at some point or other, and several of them were turned away by the market at two sales, never mind one.

The latest “victim”, is Sithela, who romped off with the spoils in the Sophomore Sprint at the big meeting at the Vaal on the weekend, putting down a highly competitive field, including a Group One performer or two in the process. He was engaged in last year’s Emperors Palace Ready To Run sale, failed to make his money at R60,000, and then was the subject of a failed sale in the Ready To Run section of Michael Holmes Horses In Training sale at Shongweni in February, where the final money as a paltry R50,000.

His trainer, Roy Magner, relates that he was as “dumb” as could be in his first two starts, and that he didn’t know what the game was about when the gates opened on him. He was left trailing as a result, but ran on resolutely in the closing stages for place money on both occasions. Last time, over an extended 1200m he came rattling home by 3,75 lengths, giving Roy the pluck to make him an entry in the Sophomore.

This time, Piere Strydom got him out smartly, and for a horse that can “heat up” a little, rode a perfecting waiting race just off the pace. When the chips were down, and the sticks came out, the “Master” simply steered him home to a comfortable going-away victory.

His next assignment? All being well, he’ll be lining up for R2 million at the Emperors Palace Ready To Run Cup on Saturday 5^th November. Rags to riches? That’s the story of so many Ready To Run horses. For previous bargain buys that have gone onto fame and glory, CLICK HERE.

For more information please visit :
www.summerhill.co.za