Today marks Day 3 of the Standardbred Horse Sale in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The six-day sale will be offering its final yearling session today, as hip numbers 765 through 1,137 will pass through the ring.
The sale will get underway at 10:00 a.m.
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The highlight of yesterday's session (Day 2) was when Tony Alagna -- of Steger, Illinois, who was acting as agent -- signed the sales slip for Two Timer, an Andover Hall daughter that topped Day 2 as a $180,000 buy.
Two Timer is the second foal out of Gracious Marla, a Malabar Man sister to the dam of Snow White (1:52.4 - $1,443,551).
A total of 364 horses sold in Day 2 for a gross of $10.5 million. The average was $28,846. In 2007, the sale's second-day average rang in at $36,187.
To read a recap of Day 2, click here.
Muscle Massive, a full brother to Muscle Mass (1:53.4 - $229,000), topped the Monday session (Day 1) when trainer Jimmy Takter bid $425,000 to land him. Muscle Massive is by Muscles Yankee and out of Graceful Touch.
A total of 368 yearlings went through the ring on Day 1, resulting in a gross of $16,167,200 and an average of $44,039. In 2007, the opening-day average was $62,361. In 2006, the opening-day average was $54,178.
To read a recap of Day 1, click here.
A total of 731 horses have been sold through the first two sessions for an average price of $36,493. The two-day average is down 25 per cent from the same period in '07, which saw an average price of $49,091.