Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted June 1, 2018 Journalists Share Posted June 1, 2018 A trying breeze-up season for European consignors reached a satisfactory plateau in the BBAG Sale at Iffezheim on Friday, with indices recovering from a tough session last year. The sale of 52 lots from 77 offered almost exactly replicated the clearance rate in 2017, at 67.53%, but both average and median inched forwards to €10,052 (up 4.6%) and €10,014 (up 1.5%) respectively. With only 43 lots sold last year, however, much the biggest gain was in turnover of €522,700, up 26.5%-albeit still not quite back to the levels of the three preceding years. At €55,000, the top price of the day was paid by Blandford Bloodstock for a Maxios (GB) colt. Consigned by Philip Prevost Baratte as Lot 22, he is out of the listed winner Sarabia (Ger) (One Cool Cat)–previously responsible for a scorer at the same level in Simba (GB) (Teofilo {Ire})–and had changed hands in the same ring last September for €28,000. The top filly was Lot 84, by Camelot (GB) out of an unraced daughter of Pivotal and G1 Golden Jubilee S. runner-up Danehurst (GB) (Danehill). Presented by Huggan Bloodstock, she raised €49,000 from Adelresort. Andreas Lowe meanwhile gave €43,000 for Lot 39, a colt by Adlerflug (Ger) out of Burning Heart (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}). And if the majority of the other lots sold made just four figures, then their purchasers will all know that subsequent Arc winner Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) changed hands here for just €9,000 in 2010. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.