The two-day 2026 London Classic Yearling Sale concluded on Wednesday, Oct. 14 with Shes So Sharp topping the final session held at the J-AAR Expo Centre at Western Fair District in London, Ont.
Shes So Sharp, selling as Hip 174, was the highest priced yearling of the day with a $122,000 winning bid from Ecurie CSL of Sorel-Tracy, Que. Consigned by Winbak Farm, the Betterthancheddar filly is the second foal out of the Roddys Bags Again mare Peak Of Chic, a half-sister to O'Brien Award winner Lauras Love and multiple Grand Circuit stakes winner Perfectly Chic. Shes So Sharp is half-sister to multiple Grand Circuit stakes winner World Of Wishes ($287,271 - 1:48.4) and recent New York stakes-winning two-year-old colt Global Choice ($356,045 - 1:50.2s).
Ecurie CSL also doled out $110,000 for Twin B Red Shores, Hip 258, another top selling yearling on day two of the London sale. Sired by Cattlewash, the filly from the Twinbrook Farms consignment is the eighth foal out of the unraced Rock N Roll Heaven mare Twin B Exquisite. Twin B Red Shores has two six-figure earning half-siblings, including Twin B Empress ($173,410 - 1:51s) and Twin B Kingston ($128,863 - 1:51.3s).
Bidding reached $100,000 on two other day two yearlings with Laughing Dancer, Hip 222, purchased by Tony O'Sullivan of Guelph, Ont., and Boudoir Seelster, Hip 224, going to J.B. Renaud of Guelph, Ont.
Laughing Dancer, a colt sired by Cattlewash, is the fourth foal out of the Thinking Out Loud mare Smiling Dialing, who is a half-sister to three-time O'Brien Award winner So Much More. Laughing Dancer is a half-brother to Ontario Sires Stakes Gold competitor Smiling Dancer ($75,356 - 1:52f). He was consigned by Dean & Ashley Wilson.
The Bulldog Hanover filly Boudoir Seelster is the fourth foal out of the Big Jim mare Big Thong, a multiple Ontario Sires Stakes Gold division winner. The filly consigned by Seelster Farms is full sister to Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots division winner Bikini Seelster ($69,503 - 1:52.4s) and half-sibling to multiple Grand Circuit stakes winner Boxer Seelster ($450,781 - 1:51.2s).
Purplex Seelster, Hip 182, rounded out the top five yearlings to sell during the second session with a bid of $95,000 from Pam Young of London, Ont. The Muscle Mass colt is the second foal out of the Ohio stakes-winning Creatine mare Purple Aura. She was consigned by Seelster Farms.
The overall 2026 sale toppers were sold during the London Classic opening session on Tuesday, Oct. 13 for $150,000 each, with the King Of The North-Shine Bright colt North Lite, Hip 55, purchased by Glenview Livestock of Arthur, Ont. from the Preferred Equine Marketing consignment, and the Bulldog Hanover-Violet Limelight colt Vaughn Seelster acquired by Pam Young from the Seelster Farms consignment. The pair was among seven yearlings that sold for six-figures on day one of the sale.
Over the course of the two days in London, a total of 262 yearlings passed through the sales ring, grossing $8,582,000. The average price was $32,756, up nearly 6.7 per cent from last year's sale when 289 yearlings were sold for $8,873,000 for an average of $30,702.
For the second year in a row, Bulldog Hanover was the leading sire with more than one yearling sold, with his 16 offspring in the sale averaging $70,267, while King Of The North's average of $43,563 from 32 offspring sold was second-best and led for trotting stallions again.
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