There are 223 yearlings, including a Japan (GB) half-brother to G1 Preis der Diana heroine Miss Yoda (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) (lot 81), catalogued for the BBAG Premier Yearling Sale on August 30, the sales company announced on Thursday.
A total of 51% of the catalogue are either out of black-type mares or are siblings of black-type horses, with 29 siblings of group winners set to sell through the Iffezheim ring. Stallions represented include Gleneagles (Ire) (3), Soldier Hollow (GB) (7), Sea The Moon (Ger) (16), Zarak (Fr) (3), Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (5), Amaron (GB) (5), Guiliani (Ire) (2), Galiway (GB) (2), Teofilo (Ire) (2), Wootton Bassett (GB) (3), and Australia (GB) (2). The following stallions each have one yearling in the catalogue: Camelot (GB), Churchill (Ire), Dark Angel (Ire), Havana Grey (GB), Kingman (GB), Kodiac (GB), Lope De Vega (Ire), Mehmas (Ire), New Bay (GB), Night Of Thunder (Ire), Sea The Stars (Ire), and Too Darn Hot (GB).
Some notable lots include the first foal, a Wootton Bassett (GB) colt, out of the aforementioned Miss Yoda as lot 192; lot 67 is a son of Camelot out of Preis der Diana victress Diamanta (Ger) (Maxios {GB}); Sea The Moon, who is well-represented by 16 progeny at the sale, has lot 75, a son of the G3 Deutsches St. Leger winner Hey Little Gorl (Ger) (Sternkoenig {Ire}); and German Classic winner Lancade (GB) (Areion {Ger}) has a Japan colt as lot 189.
The sale will begin at 10 a.m. local time and is part of Baden-Baden's Big Week. All yearlings are nominated for the 19 BBAG auction races. Six of the past 10 G1 Deutscher Derby winners hail from BBAG auctions.
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