Ontario stakes winner Baroness Hill and Foxy Hill sold for six figures in an online auction on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 29.
Owned by Tom Hill, five-year-old trotting mare Baroness Hill 4,1:52.1s-'24 was purchased for $465,714 ($326,000 USD) by Kountry Lane Standardbreds via onGait.com. A career winner of more than $400,000 while trained by Chantal Mitchell and Virgil Morgan Jr., the Kadabra mare is out of Secret Passion, a half sister to world champion mare Manchego. Baroness Hill is a half sister to the Chapter Seven colt Spencer Hanover, who sold for more than $600,000 at the Standardbred Horse Yearling Sale last fall.
Hill also sold four-year-old pacing mare Foxy Hill p,3,1:48.4-'24 on Wednesday for $171,429 ($120,000 USD) with Dana Parham of Florida being the winning bidder. Foxy Hill has earned $122,620 in her career under the care of Morgan and Chris Ryder. She is a daughter of Captaintreacherous out of My Little Delight, who is a half sister to millionaires Stay Hungry and Treacherous Dragon.
(With files from onGait.com; photo of Baroness Hill)