BBAG held its breeze-up sale at Iffezheim on Friday with consignors for the 64-horse auction hailing from Britain, Ireland, France, Sweden, and of course Germany.
From a strong clearance rate of 77% in 2016, this figure dropped by ten points this time around, prompting falls in all other sectors, with the aggregate of €413,200 for 43 lots sold representing a 25% reduction in turnover. At €9,609, the average was down by 18%.
Haras de Saint Arnoult, a leading French consignment run by Larissa Kneip, was responsible for the top lot (33), a filly by Areion (Ger) out of the dual winner Estella (Ger) (Acetenango {Ger}) who was bought by Richard Venn for €43,000.
“The plan is for the filly to go into training in Deauville with Stephane Wattel, hopefully to take advantage of the fact that she is eligible for French premiums,” said the agent of the relation of Group 1 winners Empoli (Ger) and Elle Danzig (Ger). “She's been bought for a British client, Pat Betts, who also has jumpers in training in the UK with Lucy Wadham, Brendan Powell and Nick Gifford.”
A first-crop son of Maxios (GB) (lot 77) was the top-priced colt of the sale, with Bjorn Olsson going to €30,000 for the colt out of the Swedish juvenile champion filly Danila (Swe) (Silvano {Ger}).
The sale's highest-profile graduate remains the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. heroine Dandream (Get) (Lomitas {GB}), who sold for just €9,000 as a 2-year-old at BBAGl in 2010.
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