2026 Standardbred Horse Sale Continues Today

Standardbred Horse Sales Company auction in progress
Published: November 5, 2026 09:30 am EST

Live video and results are available for the 2026 Standardbred Horse Sale, with the fourth of five sessions taking place today (Thursday, Nov. 5) at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The first mixed session gets underway at 11 a.m. and features Hips 951-1,296. The final mixed session will be held on Friday at 11 a.m.

Following in the hoofprints of her siblings, Coffeeshop Hanover topped the opening yearling session on Monday. Coffeeshop Hanover, served as Hip 43, provided an afternoon jolt in the auction ring with bidding peaking at $1,111,111 ($800,000 USD). Jeffrey Snyder of New York, New York purchased the Chapter Seven filly, who is the fourth foal out of the Father Patrick mare Crucial, a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes champion. Coffeeshop Hanover is a full sister to 2024 O'Brien and Dan Patch Award winner Maryland ($2,354,088 - Q1:51.2), a multiple Grade 1 stakes champion and the richest freshman trotter of all time ($1,675,697). Her half-siblings include stakes winner Climatic Hanover ($297,214 - 1:52.2s) and Breeders Crown finalist Cambridge Hanover ($60,003 - Q1:56.4), both opening day sale toppers the past two years. She was consigned by Hanover Shoe Farms.

Splendor Hanover was the highest-priced yearling to go through the sales ring during the second session of the Standardbred Horse Sale on Tuesday. Selling as Hip 503, Splendor Hanover was purchased for $284,722 ($205,000 USD) by Marc Vaillancourt of Montreal, Que. Sired by Bulldog Hanover, the colt is the third foal out of the Captaintreacherous mare Sail By, a full sister to Grand Circuit stakes winner Combustion. Splendor Hanover is a half-sibling to Baret ($236,708 - 1:50). Both his dam and half-sister are Kentucky stakes winners. The yearling was consigned by Hanover Shoe Farms.

Theo The King ruled the third day of Standardbred Horse Sale as the yearling portion of the five-day auction wrapped up on Wednesday. Theo The King, selling at Hip 724, topped the third yearling session with a winning bid of $208,333 ($150,000 USD) from Nikway Farms Ltd. of St. David's, N.L. Sired by King Of The North, the colt is the fifth foal out of the Guccio mare Hp Guccio Girl, a half-sister to two $700,000 career earners including multiple Ontario Sires Stakes Gold winner HP Royal Theo. Theo The King is a half-brother to Indiana Sires Stakes Super Final champion Black Gold ($326,206 - 1:54s) and multiple Ohio Fair Stakes winner Asian King ($381,568 - 1:53f). The yearling was consigned by agent Concord Stud Farm.

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