Bold Dreamer's yearling tops opening session at $360,000

The first session of the Standardbred Horse Sales Company's annual yearling auction in Harrisburg concluded early Monday evening, with 272 horses sold for an average price of $51,432. This year the yearling portion of the sale is spread over four days--Monday through Thursday--instead of just three, so 96 fewer horses were sold in this year's opening session than in 2008. Last year's opener generated an average price of $43,933 for 368 yearlings.

 

Overall, 35 horses sold for $100,000 or higher; last year, with 368 yearlings selling during the opening session, 34 were sold for $100,000 or higher.

 

Fillies were attracting big bucks in the opening session. First a Rocknroll Hanover sister to this year's top pacing colt Well Said brought a bid of $300,000 from Emilio Rosati, a major yearling buyer from Australia, and about 30 horses later a filly by Andover Hall out of Bold Dreamer was sold to Jeffrey Snyder for $360,000.

 

Look And Listen, a filly by Rocknroll Hanover out of Must See, was sold in the Fair Winds Farm, agent, consignment for Fair Winds Farm and Steve Jones. Fair Winds and Jones own the prolific Must See, who in addition to Well Said has also produced See And Be Seen.

 

Look And Listen was hip number 67. Hip number 99 was The Queen, a daughter of the prolific Bold Dreamer, who has produced the $1.6 million winner Pampered Princess and the colt stakes winner Was It A Dream, who earned $713,441. Snyder, who has campaigned Well Said this year, bought the filly out of the Peninsula Farm consignment. Peninsula was acting as agent for Bill Weaver's Valley High Stable.

 

Hip number 166, Rock Camroller, a colt by Rocknroll Hanover and the first foal of the Camluck mare Camadian, sold for $310,000 to Thomas Cancielliere. Bred by Perretti Farms, Rock Camroller's dam is a half sister to the $1.9 million-winner Glowing Report, the $723,000-winner Perfect Union, and the $487,000-winner Must See, she the dam of Well Said.

 

Peninsula, again acting as agent for Bill Weaver's Valley High Stable, sold a Chocolatier colt out of the mare Carrigan Hall for $235,000 to trainer Greg Peck. The colt is a half brother to world champion Cash Hall T1:51.1h as well as multiple stakes winners Capetown Hall and Cartier Hall.

 

A Windsong's Legacy filly out of the Act Of Grace mare Graceful Touch, she a Pine Chip full sister to World Trotting Derby winner Cobol, sold for $250,000 to trainer Jimmy Takter. Bred by Perretti Farms, the filly is a half sister to world champion Muscle Mass. 

 

The Standardbred Horse Sales auction got underway at 10 am Monday and yearlings will continue to be sold through Thursday. Mixed horses will go through the auction ring on Friday and Saturday.