Determination bought eight yearlings Monday
At 0h03, on November 8, 2022 • By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager
A total of 165 yearlings sold Monday to the opening session of the Standardbred Horse Sale for a session-record gross of $19.7 million, besting the $19.2 million in 2019 when 169 horses passed through the auction ring.
Paula and Jeff Snyder were not the only ones who liked Date Night Hanover, but they were the ones successful in bringing her home. The daughter of Chapter Seven-Don’t Wait Up sold to the Snyders for $600,000.
Three horses sold for at least $500,000 on Monday, with filly trotter Tandem Hanover being No. 2 on the best-sellers list. The daughter of Walner-Think Twice went for $510,000 to Andrew Harris.
Determination bought the remaining two half-million dollar yearlings, filly trotter Greenspring and colt trotter Pennteller Hanover.
Greenspring, a daughter of Greenshoe-Ilia, is a half-sister to Grand Circuit winners In Range and Long Tom as well as Tight Lines, the earner of more than $625,000. She was bred by Windsong Stable and consigned by Concord Stud Farm. She is Pennsylvania eligible.
“I liked her (pedigree) page, and she is a beautiful filly,” Determination trainer Luc Blais said. “There is a lot to like about her.”
Pennteller Hanover, a son of Chapter Seven-Possess The Magic, is a half-brother to Grand Circuit winner Master Of Law and his extended family includes multiple Dan Patch Award-winner Manchego. He was bred and consigned by Hanover Shoe Farms and is New York and Kentucky eligible.
“He is a very nice-looking horse, and I like that he is a Chapter Seven,” Blais said. “He is from a good family too.”
Blais/Determination bought eight yearlings Monday, totaling $2.1 million, to go with six purchased at last month’s Lexington Selected Yearling Sale and six homebreds.
“It was a little stressful, but it’s a good feeling,” Blais said about Monday’s outcome.
