Excitement Building For BBAG With Spencer Sales Set To Offer Quality Draft

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After getting the yearling sale season up and running in style when selling two colts for significant profit at the Premier Yearling Sale at Goffs UK, Hetty Spencer is optimistic about keeping the momentum going at Baden-Baden, where the young consignor will offer one of the biggest drafts at BBAG. 

The English native, who is now based in Ireland, set up her own consignment last year. Things have gone from strength to strength throughout the past 12 months for Spencer Sales and the 30-year-old is relishing the opportunity to sell 12 yearlings on behalf of clients at the premier sale in Germany. 

“I think this is a sale that holds its own and needs more recognition for what it produces,” Spencer said. “We have to support these middle-distance and staying pedigrees, especially when the market is flooded with so much speed. That's a big thing for me. I am fascinated about these staying pedigrees.”

She added, “Last year was my first year consigning at BBAG and I actually sold a Study Of Man colt to Liberty Racing [for €50,000]. I tried very hard to buy some horses to sell at this sale this year but, annoyingly, the one horse I couldn't bring happened to be my own. 

“So the draft is made up of outside horses. Some are on behalf of clients based in Germany and others are on behalf of British and Irish clients. It's not just staying horses either – I've got an Ardad and a Victor Ludorum to sell as well. But what previous graduates – the likes of Tamfana and Lazy Griff – of this sale have gone on to do on the track, it's been a big eye-opener and I hope other people can see that as well.”

A vital cog in the wheel of Jamie Railton's consignment for over 10 years, Spencer also spent time working with Con Marnane. 

The standing in which she is held within the bloodstock world is evidenced by the mammoth support she has received since taking the plunge in setting up her own consignment but, according to Spencer, it is not the ambition to ever become bigger than a select operation. 

She explained, “I set up on my own literally a year ago. I had a successful store season and we had a very good Premier Yearling Sale at Donny last week as well. I had two very nice colts there – one [by Ubettabelieveit] was bought for £3,000 and he made £27,000 while the Starman was bought for £48,000 and made £82,000. So it has kicked off pretty well so far and hopefully we can keep it going in Germany next week.”

Spencer added, “I'm delighted. Don't get me wrong, when you don't have a constant income anymore, the pressures are there but you just have to keep turning up and fighting for those nice horses and the good results. I don't want to be a massive consignor. That was never the angle I wanted to go down. But I wanted to create a service where I sold a small handful of horses that were produced to perfection.”

Spencer will undoubtedly be one of the busier consignors with yearlings by Churchill, Australia, In Swoop, Stradivarius, Alson, Amaron and more featuring within her draft. 

Speaking about her expectations, she concluded, “I absolutely love it at Baden-Baden. As a draft of horses, some of them have exceptional pedigrees and there are some very nice-looking horses in there as well so fingers crossed.”

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