See Hector

Group Winners See Hector and Off Un Zo Headline BBAG Online Sale

The group winners See Hector (Ger) (Counterattack {Aus}) and Aff Un Zo (Ger) (Kallisto {Ger}) are among a bumper 136-lot catalogue for the BBAG Christmas Sale. The online auction takes place this Sunday, December 3, with the bidding process opening from Friday at noon. The four-year-old See Hector won the G3 Fritz Henkel Preis in August for Henk Grewe having also won last year's G3 Premio Paroli (Italian 2,000 Guineas). He features as Lot 131, just ahead of the juvenile colt Wikinger (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns), winner of the valuable BBAG...

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Seven Days: Sharing The Joy

The first Classics of the year are in the book: four in total, in Britain and Italy. Charlie Appleby sends out major winners with such metronomic regularity that it is easy to forget that there was a time when the Godolphin blue silks were a scarcity in Classic fields.  Having gone so close in last year's 2000 Guineas with Master Of The Seas (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who was narrowly denied by the Jim Bolger-trained Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}), Appleby left nothing to chance this year when aiming both...

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