The 60th annual Blooded Horse Winter Sale, featuring sale topper Striking Count, was held on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at the Champions Center in Springfield, Ohio.
Four-year-old trotting gelding Striking Count, Hip 99, sold for $36,000. The son of Full Count out of the Chip Chip Hooray mare Hooray Katie was purchased from the Burke Racing Stable consignment by Cory Stratton of Middleton, New York. A four-time winner with a mark of 1:55.2 taken last year at Scioto Downs, Striking Count has hit the board a total of 15 times in 34 career starts while earning more than $50,000. Acquired by the Burke stable in mid-January, he has been racing at The Meadows, where he finished second in a conditioned trot last time out on Feb. 9.
Among the top priced horses was five-year-old pacer Bet On Blake, Hip 95, purchased for $25,000 by John Wagner of Fairfax, Virginia. Also from the Burke consignment, the Betterthancheddar-LadyLynnly gelding is an eight-time winner with a mark of 1:51.2 taken over Pocono Downs last year and has banked more than $150,000 from 61 career starts.
Consigned by agent Spring Haven Farm, the broodmare Pine Creek, Hip 86, also sold for $25,000 and the winning bidder was Mahlon A Miller of Sugarcreek, Ohio. An unraced six-year-old trotting mare, she is a half-sister to Grand Circuit stakes-winning filly Flawless Country ($567,819 - 1:53). Pine Creek is sired by Uncle Peter out of Aleah Hanover, a half-sister to international stakes-winning stallion Cruzado Dela Noche ($1,383,640 - 1:53.3). Bred to Indiana sire Dover Dan, Pine Creek is carrying her second foal.
Various links for information and complete results from the Winter Speed Sale are available below.
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