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Total Truth sells for $900,000

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January 22, 2008

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The 5-year-old pacing stallion Total Truth, who won the 2006 North America Cup, was sold for $900,000 at the Tattersalls Mixed Sale at the Meadowlands early Monday evening, setting a record for a price for a male pacer at a public auction. George Teague Jr., who trained the horse and shared ownership of him, bought him back.

The highest price for a Standardbred at public auction was the $1.1 million paid when the 3-year-old trotting filly Cameron Hall was sold at Tattersalls in Lexington in 2001.

Total Truth and several other top-priced horses at the sale were part of a dispersal of stock owned by Teague and partners.

The Teague-trained Duneside Perch p,2, 1:50.2, the betting favorite to win last year's Woodrow Wilson, stepped into the auction ring and fetched a bid of $700,000 before he left. Not long afterward his stablemate Moon Beam, the runner-up in last year's Wilson, topped that at $750,000.

Ross Croghan signed the sales slip for Duneside Perch while Moon Beam was purchased by Richard Annuziata.

Last year Dunesick Perch had won all three of his career starts going into the Woodrow Wilson. He was made the betting favorite in the Wilson, but finished fourth. He was entered in the Metro, but before the race Teague learned the horse had an injury and that ended the season.

Duneside Perch, a colt by Cam's Card Shark, was owned by Patrick and Maryanne Callahan's Only Money Inc. (who have also campaigned Total Truth), Rodney Mitchell and Teague Inc.

Moon Beam, a son of Dragon Again, took mark of 1:52.2 and earned $407,650 while winning four of six starts. He finished second in the Woodrow Wilson and Metro.

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