Zoetry drew a winning bid of $357,143 ($250,000 USD) to top the fourth and final session of the 2026 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Ky. on Thursday, Oct. 8.
The daughter of Volstead is the first foal from the Walner mare Walner Payton, a New Jersey champion who finished second in the Kentucky Filly Futurity and Breeders Crown and took a career mark of 1:51.4. Zoetry’s third dam, Cocktail Hour, produced Breeders Crown champion and successful trotting stallion Bar Hopping. Armitage Farm of Wilmington, Dela. purchased the filly, Hip 728, from consignor Hunterton Sales Agency.
Paulas Master Plan brought the second-highest price of the session, $271,429 ($190,000 USD), on a bid by Patricia Stables of Massapequa, N.Y. The Downbytheseaside colt is out of the stakes-placed Betting Line mare Paulas Bet Hanover, herself a half-sister to stakes winner Pirouette Hanover, the dam of North America Cup champion Nijinsky. Paulas Master Plan, Hip 743, was consigned by Anvil and Lace Farm.
Sugar Beach, a half-sister to recently crowned two-time Ohio champion Seaside Shuffle, was purchased for $214,286 ($150,000 USD) by Odds On Racing LLC of Boca Raton, Fla. From the Alliance Bloodstock consignment, Sugar Beach, Hip 714, is a daughter of Pebble Beach and the Santanna Blue Chip mare Hula Shuffle. In addition to Seaside Shuffle ($966,057, 1:50.4f), she is a half-sibling to stakes winners Twenty ($325,514, 1:52h) and Twenty Five ($309,572, 1:50.2f).
The fourth-highest price of the day was $207,143 ($145,000 USD), shelled out by Bet The House of St. Petersburg, Fla. for Sky Mirror. The second offspring of Downbytheseaside in the top five of session four, she is out of the Sweet Lou mare Iridescent, out of Pennsylvania champion Rainbow Room and a descendant of dual 2004 Horse of the Year Rainbow Blue. Sky Mirror was consigned by Concord Stud Farm.
All About Power rounded out the top five with a $200,000 ($140,000 USD) winning bid. The Swan For All colt is out of the Credit Winner mare Pink Power and a half-brother to stakes winner Super Duper Cooper ($733,079, 1:52.2f) and New York champion Steel ($353,361, 1:54.1h). Let It Ride Stables Inc. of Boca Raton purchased the Hunterton Sales Agency-consigned colt.
The final session of the sale brought in $7,111,429 ($4,978,000 USD) from 125 yearlings sold, averaging $56,891 ($39,824 USD). The total was an increase of 14 per cent over the 2025 fourth session, and the average was up 77.8 per cent from the previous year's figure of $22,400 USD.
Throughout the four days, 746 yearlings changed hands for $86,664,286 ($60,665,000 USD) in gross sales, averaging out to $116,171 ($81,320 USD) per purchase. Total revenue was a marginal decrease from the 2025 number of $60,891,000 USD, while the average went up by 18.9 per cent from last year's per-yearling price of $68,417 USD.
Walner led the trotting stallions in gross sales for the third consecutive year, bringing in $16,005,714 ($11,204,000 USD) from 75 offspring, while his sire, Chapter Seven, had the top average of $248,470 ($173,929 USD) across 56 yearlings. Confederate’s first crop brought in $6,142,857 ($4,300,000 USD) from 51 sales, putting him atop the pacing sires. Huntsville led the pacers in average price, with his 23 offspring sold bringing in $133,354 ($93,348 USD) per yearling.
The 2026 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale got underway on Monday, Oct. 5, with the Walner colt Kountry Prince topping the opening session as he went through the sales ring for $1,178,571 ($825,000 USD). Selling as hip 79, Kountry Prince was purchased by Ake Svanstedt of Wrightstown, New Jersey. Kountry Lane Standardbreds consigned the colt, who is out of world champion Plunge Blue Chip (1:49.4 - $1,596,841), and is a three-quarter brother to the undefeated New York Sire Stakes champion, Kountry Plunge (1:54.1 - $399,827).
The hammer dropped for $714,285 ($500,000 USD) on Hey Bulldog as the son of Bulldog Hanover garnered the highest price of day two of the sale on Tuesday. The colt is out of the Captaintreacherous mare Coronet, out of O'Brien and Dan Patch Award recipient American Jewel. Coronet is a half-sister to millionaire and 2024 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final champion and Lynch Memorial winner Odds On Platinum. Her latest foal, Dame Frances (by Pebble Beach) won a Kentucky Sire Stakes leg and final this season, with a 1:50.4 track-record performance at Oak Grove Racing in the latter. Hey Bulldog, Hip 198, was consigned by Hunterton Sales Agency and purchased by Andrew Harris of Allentown, New Jersey, acting as an agent for Punisher 11 Stable.
Creole Queen brought the highest winning bid of the third session on Wednesday. Marcus Melander of New Egypt, New Jersey, acting as agent, made the $392,857 ($275,000 USD) buy on the filly, Hip 429. The daughter of Tactical Landing is out of Father Patrick Mare Bayou, a half-sister to Breeders Crown champion Bond and stakes winner Midwind Chimp. Creole Queen’s third dam is Bella Dolce, who produced Bella Bellini, the 2022 Dan Patch Trotter of the Year and two-time Breeders Crown winner. The filly was consigned by Alliance Bloodstock.
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