Harrisburg Yearling Sale Results

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Published: November 2, 2015 08:46 am EST

The 2015 Standardbred Horse Sales Company Annual Sale will offer more than 1,850 harness racing horses for public auction at the PA Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg from Monday, November 2 through Friday, November 6.

Through two days at the Standardbred Horse Sale, a total of 650 horses were sold for an average of $39,396. The average is a drop of 15.7 percent compared to the average of $46,748 for 535 horses last year.

Trotting colt Kadillac was Tuesday’s sale-topper at the Standardbred Horse Sale. The Ontario-eligible yearling, a son of stallion Kadabra out of the mare Proactive Gal, was purchased for $260,000 by Clark Beelby. Kadillac’s family includes stakes-winner Bramasole, who also is the dam of this year’s Peaceful Way winner Caprice Hill.

On Monday, a total of 258 horses were sold for an average of $55,781. The average was a decrease of 8.49 percent from last year’s opening-day mark of $60,955, when 221 yearlings were sold.

Future Secured sold for a record-equaling $500,000 during Monday’s opening day of the Standardbred Horse Sale. The price equals the auction-sales record for a yearling filly trotter, which was set by Courtney Hall in 2003. It is tied for the fourth-highest auction price for any yearling and is the highest price for a yearling at auction since Detour Hanover sold for a record $825,000 in 2011.

The Select Yearling Sale in Harrisburg continues through Wednesday, followed by the Mixed Sale on Thursday and Friday. The main catalogue features 1,015 yearlings –- 615 by Pennsylvania sires, 261 by New York sires, 100 by Ontario sires, 31 by New Jersey sires, and eight by Ohio sires. Yearlings by first-year sires including world champion Chapter Seven (31), Russell Hanover (5), Archangel (2), and Winning Mister (1) will be presented.

An 25 additional yearlings will sell sequentially as a group at the end of the day on Tuesday, November 3, following the sale of Hip 647. These yearlings will have hip numbers 2,000 – 2,024. The supplement catalogue for these yearlings will be printed for distribution at the sale, and can be downloaded at Standardbred Horse Sales Company's website from a banner on the sale's home page, or directly from the downloads page at theblackbook.com. In addition, Standardbred’s popular ‘Black Book 1 for the iPad’ from equineline.com has been updated to include the supplemented horses. Customers who have previously downloaded Black Book 1 for the iPad should delete their old version and download the newly-updated version.

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.

Tuesday's session of the Black Book gets underway at 10:00 a.m.

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