Gelykfontein Stud/ Farm

09/05/2026

08/04/2026

GELYKFONTEIN STUD - NATIONAL YEARLING SALES DRAFT 2026

Gelykfontein Stud heads to the National Yearling Sale with a tight, quality draft. Interestingly, the stud has been breeding horses since 1935 and have supported these National Sales since then. The same family, the Van Der Walts, have owned and operated the farm during this 91 year time frame and would rank as one of the oldest farms in existence still breeding race horses.

In this year's draft two yearlings are presented by Gelykfontein including an Erik The Red and a Kommetdieding.

Erik The Red has already made early headlines after his sons Red Spice and Roskilde ran 1-2 in the G3 Cape Of Good Hope Nursery, while Kommetdieding, the “People’s Champion,” won both the G1 Vodacom Durban July and G1 Cape Town Met.

Schalkie Van Der Walt is particularly upbeat about their pair on offer.

Lot 85 (f Kommetdieding – Limpopo River)
“She is a very classy, racy looking filly, who is strong, longbodied, and has good hind quarters. This filly is correct and has a deep body.”
A half-sister to G1 Gold Medallion third No Laying Up, she comes from the same family as Lammtarra and Snow Bride.

Lot 285 (c Erik The Red – Zada)
“This is a big, tall c**t with good depth. He is already 16 hands high, and is rangy and very correct.”
His dam is a half-sister to four black-type horses, including champion Almah, dam of G3 winner Sensible Lover.

Both yearlings are in Block E at the TBA Complex in Germiston.

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20/08/2025

Gelykfontein Thoroughbred Stud offering a draft of 5 Visionaire (USA)
2yr olds at the August Bloodstock South Africa sales 2025. Starting with a spectacular Filly
Lot 1 Zadanaire Visionaire (USA) xZada.

17/08/2025

10/08/2025

Long time Bloodstock South Africa supporter, Gelykfontein Stud, will once again be bringing a smart string to this year’s August Two Year Old Sale.

Gelykfontein, which has been in the Van der Walt family since 1884, will be offering two-year-olds by a pair of G1 winning and G1 siring stallions in the form of Elusive Fort and Visionaire respectively.

The G1 King’s Bishop Stakes winning Visionaire, Leading First and Second Season Sire of his year, has five two-year-olds on offer. Zadanaire (Lot 1) is a half-sister to 2 winners and out of a half-sister to three graded stakes winners led by champion Almah. Rebel’s Vision (Lot 19) is a speedily bred c**t, whose dam is a Rebel King half-sister to G2 Umkhomazi Stakes runner up My Jelly Bean. Other appealing Visionaire sired two-year-olds on offer include Magical Dreamer (Lot 71), a half-brother to G2 Debutante Stakes winner Ecstatic Green from the great Soho Secret family, and Maggies Vision (Lot 153), a filly whose granddam is dual G1 winning champion Lady Windermere.

Champion Elusive Fort, the sire of such stars as Kommetdieding and Siren’s Call, is the sire of Elusive Dragon (Lot 102), a filly out of a four time winning daughter of Gimmethegreenlight. The well bred Elusive Dragon hails from the same family as the Elusive Fort sired G1 Vodacom Durban July/G1 World Sports Betting Cape Town Met winner Kommetdieding, making this filly a three-parts sister to that star performer.

This draft can be found in Block E at the TBA Complex in Germiston.