Top pacer sold online for $534,000

The trainer spent over $2 million to acquire seven yearlings for Bill Pollock and Bruce Areman on the opening day of the Standardbred Horse Sales Company's yearling auction that grossed $15.2 million (down 23 per cent from last year) and averaged $99497 (down 17 per cent). by Ray Cotolo Rumors are arising that he now be called Andrew Harrisburg…

An international search for the next high-class performer begins again from Monday, when the five-day Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale kicks off. Recent Randwick Group 1 winner Just Fine changed hands 12 months ago, while Zaaki, Salute The Soldier and Al Qareem are others to have been sourced from an auction which has become something of…

Many hands make light work. Or in this case, it was many feet and steps that allowed Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock to find and then secure the Sea The Stars (Ire) colt who topped the final session of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Wednesday at 425000gns. It was Juddmonte's Sam Guyette, shortlisting for the top bloodstock…

The top lot on the second day of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale was the son of HAVANA GREY consigned by Kilminfoyle House Stud, who lit up the sales ring when selling for 425000 guineas to the bid of Stroud Coleman Bloodstock's Anthony Stroud with Qatari Mohamed Al Mansour a persistent underbidder. The Whitsbury Manor Stud bred…

Godolphin Strike for Lodge Park Stud's Dubawi Filly at 725000 Guineas The top price on the opening day of Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale came early in the day when Lodge Park Stud's DUBAWI filly from the family of their great racemare and producer PARK EXPRESS sold for 725000 guineas to Godolphin. The sale represented the second highest priced…

An introduction first planted with a runner-up finish in the German Derby has, four years later, blossomed into a fully fledged German-Australian partnership which claimed victory in the European Classic on Sunday. Fantastic Moon, a three-year-old colt by Sea The Moon, came with a surging finish on the stands' side of the Hamburg track to claim an…

I have never met Dr. Nena Winand. However, we have "known" each other for the last few years through the sometimes-demonic entity called Facebook. Demonic, because sometimes it seems like Facebook insidiously takes over much of one's being and causes one to spend much more time on it than is good for one's well-being. Through this acquaintanceship,…

It's not necessary to pay six figures (or more) to get a Kentucky Derby horse. But shelling out for a price tag like that sure doesn't hurt. Truth is, the Derby typically features contenders from different backgrounds with owners that offered up varying prices to secure them. The reality is that it pays to pony up at auctions, if landing a spot in…

Pierre Jean Amestoy Jr. has never been to the Kentucky Derby. Not even as a spectator. However, the 2023 renewal may very well change that fact after Practical Move (Practical Joke), who he owns in partnership with his wife Leslie and Roger Beasley, stamped himself a major Classic contender with a victory in last weekend's GII San Felipe S. at…

Harness racing breeder Paul Bielby always feels excited around the time of the Christchurch Yearling Sale and after twenty fiveyears nothing has changed. Under the Carrera brand Bielby will again put his breeding theories to the test with seven well bred youngsters entered for the mid February Sale. Sara Famularo from Dancingonmoonlight Stable is…

Horses purchased by Derby-winning owner Saleh Al Homaizi during a blockbuster £20.5 million (€23.3m) spending spree last autumn have not been paid for and are set to be resold privately and at the sales in the spring. Sales companies have been forced into the awkward position of having to contact potential purchasers for the horses only months…

If Morocco was a surprise in beating Belgium at the World Cup, another was in store at the November two-year-old sale in Germiston with a new name at the top of the buyers list. JASM Solutions were the biggest spenders outlying R2.635m on 11 lots. Similar to Brazil heading the betting market at World Cups, Form Bloodstock are nearly always the top…

Midnight Bisou. Keeneland Photo Keeneland Press Release LEXINGTON, Ky. - Keeneland concluded its premier November Breeding Stock Sale on Wednesday with bullish results that reflected positive market trends: robust commerce among the world's deepest buying bench; exceptional offerings that yielded 13 lots sold for seven figures, led by…

Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sales Ends With Robust Results From the Keeneland Media Team: Keeneland concluded its premier November Breeding Stock Sale on Wednesday with bullish results that reflected positive market trends: robust commerce among the world's deepest buying bench; exceptional offerings that yielded 13 lots sold for seven…

Midnight Bisou at $5.5 million, North America's highest-priced weanling lead auction Keeneland concluded its premier November Breeding Stock Sale on Wednesday with bullish results that reflected positive market trends: robust commerce among the world's deepest buying bench; exceptional offerings that yielded 13 lots sold for seven figures, led by…

Standardbred Horse Sales Company tops $44 million in gross at its yearling sale for the first time. by Ray Cotolo In the climb back from economic recession spurred by the pandemic shutdown, the Standardbred Horse Sales Company in Harrisburg saw a stabilization of growth in 2022 which propelled the yearling portion of the sale to an all-time…

Over the past months there is not too much we don't know about Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play). Aside from being the fastest harness racing Standardbred of all time, he is putting his 11-race winning streak on the line this Sunday (Oct. 9) in the $153000 Allerage Farms Open Pace at Lexington, Kentucky's Red Mile. The race is generously sponsored by…

Over the past months there is not too much we don't know about Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play). Aside from being the fastest harness racing Standardbred of all time, he is putting his 11-race winning streak on the line this Sunday in the $153000 Allerage Farms Open Pace at Lexington, Kentucky's Red Mile. The race is generously sponsored by Jeff &…

The opening session of the 2022 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale blew away last year's record-breaking first session by more than $3.5 million. The gross was up 24 per cent and the average increased by 17 per cent. story by Dave Briggs, quotes by James Platz and Dave Briggs If last year's opening session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale was…

Here are the sport's two most unbreakable records: 1. Stars Pride sired 10 Kentucky Futurity winners in an 18-year span from 1957-1974): 1957-Emilys Pride 1958 Diller Hanover 1964 Ayres 1965 Armbro Flight 1968 Nevele Pride 1969 Lindys Pride 1971 Savoir 1972 Super Bowl 1974 Waymaker 1976 Quick Pay 2. Why doesn't ANYONE ever talk about this one? It…

By Emma Berry and Brian Sheerin KILDARE, Ireland-The victory of Blackbeard (Ire) in Saturday's G1 Juddmonte Middle Park S. was really just gilding the lily of his sensational juvenile season which has also given a tremendous boost to his yearling sister, who topped the opening day of the Goffs Orby Sale at €2.6 million. From a start to proceedings…

Harness racing trainer Alvin Miller knows what it's like to bring a longshot to the Dan Patch Stakes. He also knows that anything is possible, even for a longshot. Last year, Miller's Tellmeaboutit (Tellitlikeitis -Portia Blue Chip) was 68-1 from post nine in the annual event for older male pacers at Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino but came…

The thousands of Southern Motorway commuters who stream past Karaka every day will be largely oblivious to the fact next week they will be just 100m from sporting greatness. The only problem is the greatness at the thoroughbred racing's National Yearling Sales is still to be discovered, hidden inside horses a year or usually more away from starring…