The
Harrisburg sale was down 5.1% through the first three days, when most of the
yearlings were sold. I’ll take a look at how individual trotting sires fared.
There was a supplemental group sold at the end of Tuesday’s sale and another
bunch sold on Thursday morning. I stuck with the official sale average, but
used those yearlings in the price breakdown.
Muscle Hill averaged almost $53,000 for 17 sold
this year. That’s down 18% from the 31 sold last year. Many of the Muscle Hills
were shifted to the Lexington Selected Sale; 49 were sold there for an average
of more than $86,000—39% higher than at Harrisburg. That certainly didn’t help
the overall average. While only two topped $100,000 in PA, fifteen did in
Lexington, including a $350,000 half- brother to Father Patrick and three other
$200,000 plus purchases. Muscle Hill stands in PA and these are all New Jersey
eligible colts and fillies, but he gave Lexington Selected a big boost. Less
than half of the Harrisburg offering sold for more than $50,000; 80% did top
$25,000. The fact that Kadabra averaged 25% more than Muscle Hill speaks
volumes about the value of a lucrative sire stakes affiliation. This is Muscle
Hill’s last New Jersey eligible crop.
Kadabra had a terrific sale; 20 averaged a
shade under $80,000—up 46% from last year when 38 sold. Three of each topped
$100,000, with a colt going for $260,000. 62% brought at least $50,000, and 81%
topped $25,000. Kadabra is a confirmed filly sire; last year his colts averaged
$22,000 and his fillies $58,000. However, this time at Harrisburg the colts
averaged $68,000 and the fillies almost $62,000. Did Super Final winner Tony
Soprano turn the buyers around? Muscle Mass, who sells his last Ontario crop
this year, has been Kadabra’s primary competitor in the OSS, but with him out
of the way it’s pretty much Kadabra and the Seven Dwarfs, until the new
stallions come on line. Aside from BAM, he keeps a low profile on the Grand
Circuit, so OSS cash is on the minds of these buyers.
Cantab Hall bucked the trend at Harrisburg as
his average jumped by 35% over last year. 37 sold during the three day yearling
portion of the sale for a $64,351 average. He also sold five others in the
Supplemental sale and on Thursday morning. Cantab, who has the highest
published fee for a trotting stallion in North America, is up 43% since 2012 at
this sale. Last year it was Father Patrick and this year we have Wild Honey. A
filly brought $500,000 and another $270,000, while a colt sold for $300,000. On
the other hand, only 26% topped $50,000. 71% sold for at least $25,000. Cantab
clearly outperformed his rival Muscle Hill at this sale, but the latter
averaged $28,000 more than he did in Lexington.
Sixteen-year-old
Andover Hall had great success in
the aged ranks, with Euro star Nuncio and BC winner Creatine. However, it wasn’t
one of his better years with younger stock. His average at Harrisburg was down
23% as 26 sold for an average of $31,808. Back in 2011, the year Detour Hanover
fetched $825,000, Andover averaged almost $58,000. He’s down 45% since then. Last
year a brother to Donato Hanover brought $200,000 and a couple of others topped
$100,000. There weren’t any in that range this year. 27% sold for at least
$50,000, while 54% topped $25,000. Ten sold in Lexington for a $39,500 average.
Chapter Seven, who averaged a weighty $61,000 for the
26 from his first crop sold in Lexington, averaged $30,000 for 30 sold at the
Standardbred Horse Sale. A couple brought at least $200,000 at Lexington while
three others brought at least $100,000. Only two colts hit the $100,000 mark in
Harrisburg. 27% topped $50,000 and 53% topped $25,000. That’s quite a divide
between the two sales.
Conway Hall, the leading sire of two and three-year-olds
in the NYSS and the sire of freshman hot shot Allerage Echo, averaged $26,167
for ten sold. That was down 28% from last year. When including a filly sold in
the supplemental portion, six of the ten brought at least $25,000.
Crazed, who returned to New York from
Pennsylvania this year, sold 32 for an alarming $12,700 average. That’s down
42% from last year. This crop is PA eligible; the 2014 bunch were destined for
the NYSS. 62% failed to bring more than $15,000. JL Cruze and Crazy Wow had
good years, but the buyers apparently weren’t impressed.
Explosive Matter had crack sophomore Pinkman, the can’t
miss Dan Patch winner, carrying the banner for him all season, but the buyers
apparently weren’t impressed. 39 averaged $17,564—down 33% from last year. None
brought $100,000 and two fillies were the only ones that topped $50,000. And
only 20% sold for at least $25,000. 61% failed to top $15,000. Talk about
dismal numbers. 15 averaged more than $31,000 at Lexington Selected. He stands
for $7,500 in Pennsylvania.
Donato Hanover averaged $38,744 for 40 sold, plus there
were three in the supplemental offering. That was down 16% from 2014. More than
half sold for at least $25,000, while a third brought $50,000 or more. A pair
topped $100,000. He was nothing special at Lexington, averaging under $40,000
for 39 sold. The sire of Broadway Donna and D’One only sold one for $100,000
there and just 35% topped $50,000.
Lucky Chucky, who stands for $6,000 in New York,
down from $7,500 in 2014, averaged a miniscule $8,810 for 21 sold. There were
also a couple of others. 87% of them failed to surpass $15,000. None of them
brought $25,000.
Muscle Mass, who has outdone his younger, more
accomplished brother, sold four from his last Ontario crop. They averaged
$35,750, up 45% from last year. He has never before averaged more than $20,000
at this sale. Muscle Massive
averaged under $15,000 for 37 sold. 60% failed to crack $15,000.
Eight by RC Royalty averaged $21,188—down 60%
from 2014. He’s done fine in the NYSS, but Royalty For Life may be a one-off.
Yankee Glide sold nine colts and seven fillies
for an average under $20,000. He’s down 49% at this sale since 2013. 44% failed
to top $15,000. 30 averaged more than $30,000 in Lexington, where a brother to
All Laid Out brought $150,000 and a sister to Aperfectyankee sold for $130,000.
Milligan’s School won splits of the Bluegrass and ISS. Yankee Glide was strong
at both sales in 2013, then things changed.
Credit Winner averaged $28,700 for 35 sold—down 57%
from 2014, and down 63% from 2013. Only one went through the sale for $100,000
and that was a buy back. Only 14%—five colts—sold for $50,000 or more. 36%
topped $25,000 and 28% failed to sell for more than $15,000. He’s third on the
NYSS freshman money list and second on the sophomore list, but the trotting
sires in the Empire State are so bad that those placements don’t mean much. It’s
old reliable Conway Hall and the Who brothers. Credit Winner sold 58 for a
$51,474 average in Lexington. A colt and three fillies topped $100,000 in
Lexington. He hasn’t given us much to get excited about in recent years, but
they look like a million dollars.
Dewey averaged $15,000 for nine plus one sold
from his first New York eligible crop. Half of them failed to top $15,000. A
couple brought at least $25,000.
Broadway Hall, who now stands in Ohio, averaged
$16,404 for 26 Pennsylvania eligibles. That was down 23% from last year. 63%
failed to sell for more than $15,000.
Joe
FitzGerald
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