FRANKEL and Dubawi are among the sires represented in the catalogue for next Friday’s Premier Yearling Sale which takes place in Iffezheim near Baden-Baden racecourse.

Last year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Torquator Tasso was bought for just €24,000 at the BBAG October Yearling Sale in 2018, while this year’s German Derby winner Sammarco was a €120,000 buy-back at the 2020 Premier Yearling Sale.

The Premier Sale has seen a top price of over €800,000 on a couple of occasions but the average price last year was €43,000, so there is definitely something to suit most budgets here.

The sale takes place towards the end of a festival week at the local track, which starts today (Saturday). There are Group 3 races today, tomorrow and Wednesday, along with some valuable auction races. Saturday. September 3rd is ‘ladies day’ and features a Group 2 contest, while the Group 1 Grosser Preis von Baden brings the racing week to a close on Sunday, September 4th.

Other notable sires with progeny in next Friday’s sale include Waldgeist (nine), Sea The Stars (eight), Soldier Hollow (11), Sea The Moon (10), Adlerflug (four) and Night Of Thunder. Among the first-crop sires with yearlings on offer is local stallion Best Solution. There are 13 lots in the sale by this son of Kodiac who won the Grosser Preis von Baden and Caulfield Cup, including a half-brother to this year’s Derby Italiano winner Ardakan.

Catalogue highlights

Lot 20: Areion colt out of Vertana (listed winner by Sinndar), who has already produced three winners from five foals to race.

Lot 22: World As One, a colt by Waldgeist, half-brother to Colonel Mustard and eight other winners.

Lot 25: Waldgeist filly out of Group 1 placed Aigrette Garzette, already dam of four winners.

Lot 38: Emerald Best, Best Solution colt out of a half-sister to Gold Cup winner Royal Rebel, from family of Getaway.

Lot 39: Sea The Moon colt out of a winning half-sister to champion German three-year-old colt Flamingo Road.

Lot 41: Wootton Bassett colt out of a Group 3 winner, already dam of five winners.

Lot 42: Sea The Moon colt from the immediate family of high-class Grocer Jack.

Lot 44: Sea The Stars filly out of listed winner Imagery, dam of four winners.

Lot 49: Sea The Stars colt out of Group 2 placed Meergorl, already dam of listed winner Mercedes.

Lot 53: New Bay colt out of a wining Manduro half-sister to Novellist and Magical Lagoon.

Lot 54: Nearcos, a Too Darn Hot colt out of listed winner Namera, already dam of champion German sprinter Namos.

Lot 58: Frankel colt half-brother to Italian joint-champion Potemkin.

Lot 59: Sea The Stars half-brother to five winners including German champions Querari and Quasillo and Group 2-placed miler Sharja Bridge.

Lot 62: Kingman colt out of five-time winner Sarandia.

Lot 64: Counterattack (by Redoute’s Choice) full-sister to this year’s Italian 2000 Guineas winner See Hector.

Lot 68: Sea The Stars colt out of an unraced daughter of Group 2 Prix de l’Opera winner Verveine.

Lot 75: Lope De Vega colt out of listed winner Anna Magnolia.

Lot 76: Best Solution half-brother to Italian Derby winner Ardakan.

Lot 79: Waldgeist half-brother to two winners including the prolific sprinter Blue De Vega.

Lot 133: Waldgeist half-brother to this year’s Grade 1 Beverly D Stakes winner Dalika.

Lot 148: Counterattack (by Redoute’s Choice), half-sister to high-class German performer No Limit Credit.

Lot 153: Starspangledbanner half-brother to dual-purpose winner Pythion.

Lot 157: Areion, half-brother to this year’s German Derby winner Sammarco.

Lot 160: Sea The Stars colt from the family of classic winners Salve Regina, Samum and Schiaparelli.

Lot 161: Frankel filly out of French winner Vagabonde.

Lot 162: Sea The Stars colt out of German Group 3 winner Virgina Sun, already dam of this year’s US Grade 2 winner Virginia Joy.

Lot 173: Lope De Vega half-sister to three winners including listed winners Celebrity, Chilly Filly and Cherry Lady.

Lot 174: Night Of Thunder three-parts brother to Japanese listed winner Vachement and German Group 3 winner Danelo.

Lot 178: Dubawi filly out of German Oaks winner Diamanta.

SALE INFO

Sale: BBAG Premier Yearling Sale at Iffezheim, Germany

Date/time: Friday, September 2nd. Starts 10am.

Lots: 223

Tel: 00 49 7229 1400

Email: info@bbag-sales.de

Web: bbag-sales.de

Half-sister to Derby winner tops sale

SALON Scarlet, a two-year-old half-sister to this year’s German Derby winner Sammarco, topped last weekend’s online sale with BBAG when selling for €72,000. The unraced daughter of Saxon Warrior was bought by French agent Florent Fonteyne. There were 29 horses sold online at an average price of €13,310.