Ontario-eligible yearlings were extremely well received during the second session of the Standardbred Horse Sales Company's Select Yearling Sale.
On Tuesday, 37 Ontario-eligible yearlings went through the sales ring at Harrisburg. Those yearlings amassed a gross total of $1.852 million, resulting in an average sale price of $50,054. Over the two days thus far, 47 Ontario-sired yearlings have sold with a $2.44 million gross and $51,915 average.
A total of 309 yearlings sold on Tuesday for gross sales of $12.166 million, averaging $39,372 per yearling. All told, 479 yearlings have been auctioned off at Harrisburg over two days with gross sales exceeding $25.54 million and an average of $53,322 going into Wednesday.
There were 21 yearlings with final price tags of $100,000 or more. Hip 221 Casual Cool fetched the highest price of Tuesday's yearlings. The son of American Ideal - Sight To See is the first foal from a sister to the likes of Glowing Report, Perfect Union and Must See -- the dam of Well Said. Ken Jacobs collared the Fair Winds Farm-consigned colt for $165,000.
Hip 221, Casual Cool tops the second session of the Standardbred Horse Sales Co.'s Select Yearling Sale (Ryan Randolph)
Nutcracker Sweet sold as Hip 252. The son of Bettors Delight - Sweet Future is a full brother to Breeders Crown champion Bettor Sweet and a half-brother to world champion Sweet Lou. Bernie Noren, acting as agent, signed the $150,000 sales slip on the Concord Stud Farm-consigned colt.
Hip 252, Nutcracker Sweet -- the brother to Sweet Lou and Bettor Sweet, sells for $150,000 (Ryan Randolph)
Also leaving the sales ring after a $150,000 bid was the next horse, pacing-bred filly Youaremycandygirl. The American Ideal filly, also consigned by Concord Stud, is from a half-sister to the aforementioned Bettor Sweet and Sweet Lou. Florida's Bill Donovan was the successful bidder.
A striking roan Kadabra filly by the name of Uvie Hanover was also collared for $150,000. From the stakes winner Upfront OBs Janet, Uvie Hanover was purchased by Serge Godin's Determination stable of Quebec.
“She is a high caliber filly,” said Luc Blais, who will train the filly. “Her conformation was very good. I liked everything about her. She looks like a very strong filly. She is beautiful, beautiful. That’s why we like her.”
Rounding out the top five yearlings of the Tuesday session was P Livi Blue Chip. The son of American Ideal - Fox Valley Shaker was purchased by Richard Hill for $145,000. P Livi Blue Chip is a half-brother to former world champion freshman filly Pretty Katherine.
“We’re very happy,” Standardbred Horse Sales Company President and CEO Pete Spears said. “We think the sale continued very strong after a fantastic sale yesterday. There was still a great deal of enthusiasm. We had a number of $100,000 horses. I still had many people coming up to me saying they hadn’t been able to buy yet, they’d been shut out. We’re very optimistic that tomorrow will be strong as well.
“To be honest, if we sold any for $200,000 today they were misplaced because we wanted those kinds of horses the first day,” Spears said. “The bottom line is right now we’re very, very happy. We have momentum going into tomorrow and a lot of people still need to buy.”
The 2016 Standardbred Horse Sales Company Annual Sale will offer more than 1,700 harness racing horses for public auction at the PA Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg from Monday, November 7 through Friday, November 11.
The Select Yearling Sale in Harrisburg continues Tuesday through Wednesday, followed by the Mixed Sale on Thursday and Friday. Monday's session kicks off at 12:00 p.m. with the remaining sessions all starting at 10:00 a.m.
The yearling portion features a total of 899 yearlings –- 478 by Pennsylvania sires, 269 by New York sires, 126 by Ontario sires, 19 by Ohio sires, 4 by New Jersey sires, and 3 by Indiana sires. Yearlings by first year sires including A Rocknroll Dance (25), So Surreal (11), Betterthancheddar (10), Possess The Will (3), Wishing Stone (3), and Pet Rock (2) will be presented.
The Mixed Sale has a total of 768 entries, including 197 broodmares and broodmare prospects, 24 weanlings, 32 yearlings, 58 stallion shares, and 457 racehorses. The Mixed Sale features top quality dispersals from Peninsula Farm selling broodmares from William Weaver Estate, Concord Stud Farm selling Katz/Libfeld broodmare reduction, and Concord Stud Farm selling stallion shares from William Weaver Estate; Little Miss Dragon p,3, 1:50.2 ($767,634), dam of Delightful Dragon p,5, 1:50 ($475,411) and in foal to Roll With Joe; Symphony In Motion p,6, 1:49 ($1,065,949), dam of Normandy Beach p,2, 1:52.1f-16 ($160,000) and in foal to Sweet Lou; Venus Delight p,5, 1:49.4 ($1.1 million); Charmed Life 4, 1:52.2 ($1.1 million); Bettor Be Steppin p,3, 1:50f ($793,210).
Pedigrees and yearling videos are available online on theblackbook.com. The roster may be searched by trotters and pacers, colts and fillies, as well as by consignors, sires, and state of eligibility.
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Live Video Stream (active during the sale)