High-priced broodmares were the headliners of the first day of the mixed portion of the Standardbred Horse Sale, held Friday (Nov. 7) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Selling for $200,000 was three-year-old filly Royalty Forever, the full sister to 2013 Hambletonian winner Royalty For Life. In foal to Muscle Hill, the #1,375 sales slip was signed by Robert Lindstrom of Sweden. She was sold by the same partnership group that owns Royalty For Life.

“She was very marketable; a beautiful filly in foal to the right stallion and everything seemed to fit,” said former co-owner Paul Fontaine. “It was time to move her, given the fact that the stallion is just going in to stud service and the stallion line has been very hot. Yearlings are selling well.

"We had her in foal to Muscle Hill and all the stars were aligned to sell her. She’s absolutely beautiful, which is much of the reason she sold so well; stunning, stunning looking filly.”

Also selling with a $200,000 price tag was Hip #1,417, Fancy Filly, a daughter of Western Hanover carrying her second foal, by Somebeachsomewhere. The Dan Patch and O’Brien champion two-year-old pacing filly is the sibling of eight winners out of her dam Fanciful Hanover, all of them in 1:55 or better. She’s headed to White Birch Farm in Allentown, New Jersey.

The day’s offerings were a mixed bag of stallion shares, broodmares, weanlings and some yearlings. The 276 horses collectively sold for $5,636,000, producing an average of $20,420. Last year, a total of 405 horses were sold during the first mixed session for $8,252,500, with an average price of $20,377.

Selling resumes Saturday morning at 10 a.m. with racehorses.

(With files from HRC)

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