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SATURDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2021 STARMAN PRIMED FOR CUP DOUBLE MIDDLE MARKET STRONG AS Bidding to follow in the steps of Harry Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel FRANKEL COLT HEADS BBAG {Ire}) and Dream Ahead (Diktat {GB}), Starman (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) is the latest G1 July Cup hero to attempt a notable double in Saturday=s G1 Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock. Only third behind Marianafoot (Fr) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) on unsuitably soft ground in the 6 1/2-furlong G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville Aug. 8, David Ward=s homebred is back on his favoured fast surface over the six-furlong trip of his July 10 Newmarket victory. Trainer Ed Walker is happy that the stars have aligned for the 4-year-old and said, AI am quite surprised to be here really. We always wanted to come to the Sprint Cup, but historically we thought it would be unlikely given the horse=s preference for good ground. It=s a real bonus to be going into the race with conditions likely to be in his favour.@ Cont. p6 The sale-topping Frankel colt out of Chantra | BBAG IN TDN AMERICA TODAY By Emma Berry FORZA DI ORO GETS ACID TEST IN JOCKEY CLUB GOLD BADEN-BADEN, Germany--After a day of a few false starts and CUP high-priced vendor buy-backs, BBAG's major yearling sale The GI Jockey Club Gold Cup is on tap at Saratoga on Saturday. presented its headline act late in the afternoon when Gestht Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. Haus Ittlingen's Frankel (GB) half-brother to the G3 Hamburger Meile victrix Calyxa (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) sold for i350,000 to Godolphin. From a smaller catalogue this year,195 horses went through the ring and though some of potential star acts were returned to their breeders, the day's clearance rate was greatly improved on recent years at 79.5%, with 155 yearlings sold. That upturn from 66.5% in 2020 led to a small boost in the figures for all sectors, with the average up by 5% at i43,448 and the turnover of i6,734,500 representing an improvement of 4%. "I'm delighted to see a very strong middle market, which is a really good sign for the German racing industry," said BBAG managing director Klaus Eulenberger as the sale concluded. Janet Ostermann's Gestht Haus Ittlingen offered the only two yearlings by Frankel in the catalogue, sons of mother and daughter Chantra (Ger) (Lando {Ger}) and Calyxa, and though the latter's colt was bought in at i475,000, later in the session, the bay son (lot 176) of 17-year-old dual listed winner Chantra hit the mark. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 4 SEPTEMBER 2021 BBAG YEARLING SALE SESSION TOTALS 2021 2020 $ Catalogued 223 257 $ Number Offered 195 236 $ Number Sold 155 156 $ Not Sold 40 80 $ Clearance Rate 79.5% 66.5% $ No. i500K+ 0 1 $ High Price i350,000 i820,000 $ Gross i6,735,500 i6,460,500 $ Average (% change) i43,448 (+5%) i41,413 $ Median (% change) i43,193 (10%) i39,237 BBAG Yearling Sale Cont. from p1 Anthony Stroud is a regular visitor to BBAG on behalf of Godolphin, which has enjoyed notable success with Frankel this year via its homebred Derby winner Adayar (Ire) and Irish Derby winner Hurricane Lane (Ire). "Of course Frankel goes without saying," Stroud noted. "This colt was a really good walker, very athletic. He'll go back to England." Godolphin are not only good supporters of the main German yearling sale but also regularly field runners over the road at Baden-Baden racecourse. The team's royal blue silks have made it to the winner's enclosure following the last three runnings of the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden and this Sunday Saeed Bin Suroor is set to saddle Passion And Glory (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), who will be ridden by Oisin Murphy. Cont. p3 Annie O=Rourke & Anthony Stroud | Emma Berry TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 4 SEPTEMBER 2021 BBAG Yearling Sale Cont. Among his opponents will be this year's G1 Deutsches Derby winner Sisfahan (Fr) (Isfahan {Ger}), the current leading light of Dr. Stefan Oschmann's Darius Racing operation. Oschmann's racing manager and agent Holger Faust was active at BBAG through the day and among his purchases was an Australia (GB) half-brother to another of the outfit's Group 1 Senior Vice President Gary King winners, Donjah (Ger) (Teofilo {Ire}). Sold for i240,000 as lot h Twitter: @garykingTDN 181, the colt was bred and consigned by Gest t Karlshof. [email protected] Miss Yoda (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) is one of the leading + 1.732.320.0975 graduates of the BBAG Yearling Sale in recent years. After selling for i280,000 to Georg Von Opel three years ago and sent into International Editor training in Newmarket she progressed to win last year's G1 Preis Kelsey Riley der Diana. Her breeder Gestht Etzean repeated that Classic Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN success with this year's winner of the German Oaks equivalent, [email protected] Palmas (Ger) (Lord Of England {Ger}), and took the decision to European Editor buy out Ling Tsui in the foal share agreement for Miss Yoda's Emma Berry yearling full-sister, offered as lot 192. Twitter: @collingsberry Ralf Kredel of Etzean went to the same price as her elder sister [email protected] had made, i280,000, to keep the chestnut daughter of G2 Diana Trial winner Monami (Ger) (Sholokhov {Ire}). He said, "She Associate International Editor is a May foal and she'll go back to the stud. We'll take our time Heather Anderson and break her in in the spring." Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] Contributing Editors Alan Carasso Christina Bossinakis Cafe Racing Sean Cronin Tom Frary [email protected] Irish Correspondent Daithi Harvey Ralf Kredel and Miss Yoda=s full-sister | Emma Berry Regular Columnists Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake h Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele One of the potential box-office lots, Gest t Rottgen's Sea The Stars (Ire) half-sister to Derby winners Windstoss (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}) and Weltstar (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), was led out unsold at i680,000 but the next lot into the ring (55), a half-brother to Godolphin's Listed Blue Riband Trial winner Wirko (Ger) (Kingman {GB}) from the same stud, was the leading light for much of the day when knocked down at i220,000 to second-season Berlin trainer Friederike Schloms. Cont. p4 Our recipe for success Lot: 43 B Filly Lope De Vega x Quaduna Consignor: Stiftung Gestüt Fährhof Purchaser: I.A. Andreas Suborics Price: €200,000 Lot: 135 Br Colt Protectionist x Izzy Lot: 84 Ch Filly Sea The Moon x Morning Mist Consignor: Ronald Rauscher (Agent) Purchaser: Grove Stud Consignor: Gestüt Ohlerweiherhof Purchaser: Stall Torjäger Price: €100,000 Price: €80,000 SUPPORT SCIENCE SERVICE SUCCESS FEED THE DIFFERENCE Call a member of our dedicated specialist Thoroughbred team. POLLY BONNOR Tel: +44 7973 802 210 CLARE ROBERTS Tel: +44 7714 768250 DANIELA NOWARA Tel: +33 676 17 88 99 or contact the Office Tel: +44 1488 73456 or visit www.saracenhorsefeeds.com/thoroughbred working with TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 4 SEPTEMBER 2021 BBAG Yearling Sale Cont. The son of Reliable Man (GB) out of the treble listed winner Weltmacht (GB) (Mount Nelson {GB}) was bought for owner Jurgen Sartori, who later added lot 43 to his string for next year. The Lope De Vega (Ire) filly from Gestht Fahrhof had earlier been led out of the ring unsold until a private deal was struck by Andreas Suborics to buy her on Sartori's behalf for i200,000. Moritz Becher of Stall Hanse stepped in to buy lot 63, a Lord Of England colt, whose illustrious family has been enhanced further this year by the Derby and King George winner Adayar, at i120,000. His Sea The Stars half-sister had set a new BBAG record when selling to Godolphin for i820,000 in 2019. Now named Anne d'Autriche (Ger), she is as yet unraced. Her younger sibling will remain in Germany to be trained by Peter Schiergen. Gestht Park Wiedingen's sister to Group 1 winner and young sire Dschingis Secret (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) caused a flurry of excitement when bringing the hammer down at i700,000 before it was confirmed by breeder Helmut von Finck that she had been bought back. The stud did however provide a notable result for Coolmore's freshman sire Saxon Warrior (Jpn) when lot 72 was signed for at i160,000 by Peter Brauer of Panorama Bloodstock. The agent confirmed that the second foal of Faizeh (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) had been bought for owner Hans Bierkamper of Stall Mandarin. A granddaughter of Von Finck's champion 3-year-old Flamingo Road (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}), she will be trained at Mulheim by Yasmin Almenrader. The Deutsches Derby winner Sea The Moon (Ger) may stand in Newmarket at Lanwades Stud but he retains his popularity in his native country and was the leading sire at the sale with 11 yearlings sold at an average of i64,364. Cont. p5 Plenty of people were on hand enjoying BBAG=s hospitality as they shopped the sale | BBAG TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 15 • THETDN.COM SATURDAY • 4 SEPTEMBER 2021 BBAG Yearling Sale Cont. Tom Whitehouse, Roger Marley and Johnny Collins all appeared on the buyers' sheet, as did Brendan Holland of Grove Heading that group was a filly from the sire's breeder Gestht Stud, who made three purchases on the day.