Godolphin Lands Sale-Topping Frankel Colt at BBAG

Given the exploits of Godolphin's 3-year-old middle-distance colts Adayar  and Hurricane Lane  this season, few will have been surprised to see Anthony Stroud go to €350,000 for a son of Frankel  on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed's operation at the BBAG Yearling Sale Sept. 3.

Oozing presence as he strode into the ring, the bay colt was immediately the object of sustained and persistent bidding from across the floor, a competition that was ultimately won by Stroud, whose business partner Matt Coleman had signed on behalf of Godolphin for the €820,000 record-breaking top lot at this sale in 2019.

Stroud said: "Frankel needs no introduction and this colt was an athletic walker. He'll go back to England and they'll decide who trains him."

Consigned by Gestut Haus Ittlingen, the April-born colt named Carlton is out of the listed-winning Lando mare Chantra and is a half brother to the multiple group and listed-class Pivotal  filly Calyxa. Further down the page is champion German juvenile Cheirokratie, the stakes-winning Charismatique, and the multi-talented flat and hurdles performer Cherub.

Frankel has been represented by few runners in Germany, although his progeny's exploits around the world this season need little retelling with six new individual top-flight winners to add to his CV, including Cazoo Derby (G1) hero Adayar, Irish Derby (G1) scorer Hurricane Lane, Star Australian Oaks (G1) heroine Hungry Heart, and Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes (G1) winner Snow Lantern .

Kredel Strikes Back for Miss Yoda's Sister

Gestut Etzean's Ralf Kredel expressed delight in buying out the Sea The Stars  full sister to last year's German Oaks (G1) winner Miss Yoda , a filly bred in a foal share with Sea The Stars' owners the Tsui family, for €280,000.

A mid-May foal, an athletic chestnut filly out of the champion German 2-year-old Monami , she took in the hectic surroundings with aplomb and will now return to Etzean's farm before being broken in and sent into training early next year.

Kredel said: "She'll come back to the farm as she was a late foal and we'll give her a bit of time. She'll be broken at home and will go into training in February."

Monami is out of the listed-placed Dashing Blade mare Monbijou and is a half sister to Italian Oaks (G1) heroine Meridiana . She has a 2-year-old colt by Kingman  in training.

Frank Dorff's renowned nursery Gestut Rottgen was once again to the fore when the Reliable Man  half sister to this season's Blue Riband Trial winner Wirko  was hammered down to Jurgen Sartori for €220,000.

Out of the listed-winning Mount Nelson mare Weltmacht, herself a daughter of EuropaChampionat (G2) winner Wild Side  and a half sister to DFS Park Hill Stakes (G2) heroine Wild Coco , the February-born filly hails from a typically strong German family, with domestic champions Win For Us and White Rose both under the third dam.

Wirko, a son of Kingman and a graduate of this sale when selling to Godolphin for €700,000 (US$774,060) in 2019, has played his part in adding valuable black type to his sibling's page, winning the Epsom listed event, while the pair's half sister by the much-missed Adlerflug has gone into training.

Rottgen's Sea The Stars half sister to German Derby winners Windstoss and Weltstar had looked to be one of the standout lots of the sale but ultimately was led out of the ring unsold at €680,000.

Gestut Fahrhof's Lope de Vega  filly out of the group 3-winning Duke of Marmalade mare Quaduna, in turn a daughter of Schwarzgold-Rennen (G2) scorer Quelle Amore , sold to Andreas Suborics for €200,000 in a private deal after her spin in the ring.

Good Results for First-crop Sires

Saxon Warrior  continued his excellent sales results with his first crop of yearlings when Gestut Park Wiedingen's filly out of a daughter of Preis der Diana (G2) winner Flamingo Road sold to Panorama Bloodstock for €160,000.

The March-born filly is out of the winning Faizeh, a Soldier Hollow  half sister to the dual group-winning Flamingo Fantasy, who was also second to Getaway in the Deutschland-Preis (G1), and the stakes-placed Nayef colt Frantic Storm. She will race in the colors of Stall Mandarin for trainer Hans Bierkamper.

A colt from another first-crop sire in Dalham Hall Stud resident and dual Qipco Champion Stakes (G1) winner Cracksman  sold to IVA-Alles earlier in the day for €75,000.

The Rauscher-consigned chestnut is the first foal out of Preis der Winterkonig (G3) second Pemina, a Soldier Hollow half sister to Diana Trial (G2) runner-up Pagella and out of a winning half sister to German Derby (G1) and Prix Ganay (G1) winner Pastorius  and champion German 2-year-old Parthenius.

Statistics

The sale ended on an upbeat note with 155 lots selling from 195 offered for a 79% clearance rate, up 13% from last year and turnover of €6,734,500 (up 4% on 2020). The average price rose 5% to €43,448, while the median was up a healthy 10% to €43,193.