Sea The Stars filly takes centre stage at BBAG

Mayfair Speculators dig deep for top lots in Germany

The Sea The Stars filly who topped trade at Baden-Baden at ?500,000Credit: Marc Ruehl (marcruehl.com)

Lively trade propelled by South Africa's Markus Jooste, who purchased an elegant Sea The Stars filly for a sale-topping €500,000 along with six other yearlings under his Mayfair Speculators banner, boosted the BBAG yearling auction in Baden-Baden on Friday well past last year's levels.

When the single-session sale ended, BBAG reported that 185 horses had been sold of the 235 offered for a total of €8,426,500, up a substantial 31 per cent compared to last year, when 156 yearlings were sold for a combined €6,433,250. The average price also increased a healthy ten per cent to €45,549.

Without doubt, the Sea The Stars filly - an Irish-bred half sister to German Group 1 winner Empoli and to a pair of other stakes horses - was the focal point of the sale, holding a crowd gathered in the pavilion at rapt attention as she paraded around the ring.

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Michele MacDonald

Published on 5 September 2016inSales reports

Last updated 20:43, 5 September 2016

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