G3 Winner Adrian Tops BBAG Sale

Recent Group 3 winner Adrian (Ger) (Reliable Man {GB}) was the top-priced lot at €110,000 at the BBAG's first August horses in training sale, which was incorporated to target horses with high levels of form and entries in Baden-Baden's feature meeting that runs from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1. Adrian (lot 2), a 4-year-old entire, was picked up by Tom Malone. Trained thus far by Henk Grewe for Gestut Auenquelle, Adrian was a listed winner last year at three going 2200 metres and has won two black-type races this year, most recently the 2400 metre G3 Furstenberg-Rennen on July 18.

There were a high number of buybacks out of the boutique sale, including the two horses that drew the highest bids of the day: French listed-winning 2-year-old Best Sixteen (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}) (lot 26), who was led out unsold at €210,000, and the listed-winning 4-year-old Only The Brave (Fr) (Iffraaj {GB}) (lot 7), who was bought back at €140,000. Of those sold, the next highest price was €34,000 for Sir Vulcano (Ger) (Polish Vulcano {Ger}) (lot 40), who has run four times this year for trainer Andreas Wohler.