The Champions Center in Springfield, Ohio was abuzz with talk of Uncle Peters Love for the opening of the two-day 2019 Blooded Horse summer sale.

The two-year-old trotting filly was coming off her third win in the Ohio Sires Stakes, and the new owners could enter her the next morning in the $300,000 Ohio Sires Stakes Championship.

Consigned by Spring Haven Farm for Erv Miller Stable, the classy bay daughter of Uncle Peter had already earned $65,144 and just won a Sires Stakes leg last week from post nine at Scioto Downs.

Bidding was spirited, but trainer Virgil Morgan, Jr. prevailed for owners Carl T Howard and Joyce Ann McClelland at $95,000. Uncle Peters Love drew post four and is the morning line co-favourite in the eight-horse Championship on Sunday at Northfield Park.

Burke Racing Stable brought a nice consignment that included the very consistent Open pacer Winwood Mac that was purchased by Adam Short of Ohio for $38,000 and the three-year-old conditioned claiming filly, Twinsburg, that sold to Nick Sodarao of NY for $29,000. Another competitive conditioned claiming filly, Mary Goodnight, from the William DeLong consignment was purchased for $35,000 by Mike Dimmers of Ontario.

Tuesday’s black type yearling session was topped by the Always A Virgin filly Angels Touch at $27,000. Burke Racing Stable purchased the beautiful dark Indiana bred from the Bold Bidder Farm consignment. Another Indiana bred filly, Fear The Heat by Whom Shall I Fear, was purchased by Ira Steinberg of IL for $21,000 from the Winterwood Farm consignment. Smooth Racer from the first crop of Racing Hill was purchased for $20,000 by Kelly O’Donnell from Spring Haven Farm’s consignment for Emerald Highlands Farm.

This was the strongest Blooded Horse Summer Sale in its 64-year history with a lot of satisfied sellers and optimistic buyers.

“The racehorse market is on fire and that also drives demand for breeding stock and yearlings,” said sale manager Jerry Haws. “People love to come to a horse sale, and consignors were well rewarded for bringing their horses. We continue to be real pleased with the new location, too. The stalls are safe and bright; the facility is accommodating and easily accessible.”

For complete sale results and information on the Fall Blooded Horse Sale Nov 19-21, visit www.bloodedhorse.com. Entries for the black type yearling session Tues. Nov. 19, close Oct 1.

(Blooded Horse Sale)