Crowds thronged the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio, Monday, May 9 for the 53rd annual Blooded Horse Spring Sale.

The 440-horse catalogue attracted buyers from across the United States and Canada, as well as from Europe. Racehorses were in high demand, and the four-year-old Swan For All gelding Chines For All topped the sale at $35,000. Frank Chick of Delaware consigned the solid conditioned trotter that was purchased by Rene Allard of Pennsylvania.

Jackie Goldstein was another high-class trotter that generated a lot of excitement. Racing competitively at Yonkers Raceway and the Meadowlands Racetrack, the six-year-old son of Credit Winner, consigned by Jean Drolet, agent, was purchased by James Ellison of Illinois for $30,000. Michael Jurczykowski, also from Illinois, got the nod on the solid conditioned pacer Chip Again for $29,000 from the Mark Goldberg consignment. The five-year-old Intrepid Seelster gelding had recently paced in 1:50.4, :27 finishing second at the Meadows.

Chad Foulk of Delaware waited all day to sign the ticket for the hard-hitting upper-class pacer Fashion Delight at $26,000. Racing very competitively at Hoosier Park, the eight-year-old winner of over $917,000 was consigned by Giberson Racing. Among the other top sellers was the Sportswriter son, Grantland that went to Harla Renee Loney of Ohio for $25,000, Tonka Girl went to Delaware on a $24,000 bid from Frank Chick, and Flirtnwithdisaster also headed that way with Dylan Davis for $23,000.

It was the strongest Spring Blooded Horse Sale in 53 years with 41 horses selling for over $10,000.

The next sale is August 29-30, with a special black-type yearling session on Monday, August 29. The deadline for black-type yearlings is July 1. All other horses need to be entered by July 25. Visit bloodedhorse.com for additional information.

(Blooded Horse Sales Company)