Warrawee Needy Tops Mixed Sale

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Published: May 31, 2015 12:19 pm EDT

Warrawee Needy was the sale topper with a six-figure bid at the 2015 Meadowlands Spring Mixed Sale that took place on Sunday at Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey.

Warrawee Needy, selling as Hip #106, was purchased for $260,000 by one of his former owners and trainer Mark Ford. The six-year-old son of E Dees Cam-Great Memories is a 28-time winner with over $1.2 million in purse earnings. The world champion is one of the fastest horses in the sport with a record race mile of 1:46.4, taken in his 2013 William Haughton Memorial elimination at The Meadowlands. The stallion was also bred last year and has five foals on the ground.

Three-year-old pacer My Hero Ron, Hip #41, also sold for six-figures as Ron Burke, acting as agent, placed the winning bid of $130,000. The Well Said-Erma La Em gelding has compiled a career summary of 2-5-3 in 16 starts while earning $73,187. He took his 1:54.4 mark at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono as a two-year-old in the Pennsylvania Stallion Series.

A total of 101 horses were sold for $2,379,200, producing an average sale price $23,556. To view the complete sale results, click here.

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