Siblings To Classic Winners Feature In BBAG Yearling Catalogue

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The 2025 BBAG September Yearling Sale catalogue, featuring siblings to several Classic winners spread across Germany and Italy, is now online. Set for Friday, September 5 at 10 a.m., the sale has attracted 210 yearlings, with 51% of the catalogue either out of black-type mares or  full- or half-siblings to black-type horses. There are also 28 siblings to group winners ready to go under the hammer, while all yearlings are nominated for the 19 BBAG auction races.

Some of the highlights from leading German stud farms and consignors include: lot 46, a full-brother to G3 Italian 2000 Guineas hero See Hector (Counterattack); while lot 61 also has strong ties to Italy, being a New Bay half-brother to G2 Italian Derby victor Ardakhan (Reliable Man); Protectionist's lot 76 is a half-sister to G1 Preis der Diana victress Erle (Reliable Man); while lot 77 is a Sottsass half-sister to G2 German 1000 Guineas winner Lancade (Areion). Sea The Stars has a pair of yearlings with connections to the German 1000 Guineas in lot 129 (a filly out of a winner) and lot 160 (a colt who is a half-brother to a winner). Palladium (Gleneagles), a winner of the 2024 G1 Deutsches Derby, is represented by his Japan half-brother as lot 130; and Japan is also the sire of a filly (lot 168) who is a half-sister to Preis der Diana heroine Miss Yoda (Sea The Stars). Also among the yearlings is a full-brother to German Derby victor Sammarco (Camelot). Camelot, besides siring last year's top lot, is also the sire of lot 167, a half-brother to Group 1 winner Mendocino (Adlerflug).

In 2024, 154 (73%) of the yearlings offered sold for a gross of €7,410,500. The average was €48,120 and the median was €48,306.

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