Lexington-Pacing Sire Averages (after 3 days of selling)

[triplev123]

American Ideal $90,714 (7)
Art Major $57,533 (30)
Bettors Delight $40,603 (16)
Christian Cullen $46,000 (9)
Rocknroll Hanover $34,679 (28)
Somebeachsomewhere $76,465 (43)
Western Ideal $36,368 (19)

*Sth Hemisphere availables only.
Alphabetical order.
Sires with 1 or 2 yearlings only not included.

[paul whitfield]

hi sorry 2 but in im new to harness game i have a couple ov animals and i have a 18 month old filly she 1z 3/4 track trotter and 1/4 american saddlebreed iv been jogging her for twelve weeks now and she wont show any speed what so ever will she come ov age or is that it ive breed here me self shes a buet and realy looks the part please can u help me

[Flashing Red]

Considering she is part American Saddlebred - that might be affecting her speed. I will stand to be corrected but it really is the standardbreds that are the best racehorses. In Europe they have cold blood trot races but American Saddlebreds are not cold blooded. I am unsure why someone would want to breed a standardbred with a saddlebred?

[Greg Hando]

I noticed today quite a few yearling's had bone chip's removed from the hock's and knee's i wonder how many out here are done and we are not told about come sale day ?

[triplev123]

G'day Greg,
There seems to be an overtly high incidence of OCD's in the US for some reason. Either that or they simply x-ray them more extensively/more often & so they find them & remove them...as opposed to not doing any x-rays and the horse being sold with the OCD's in place.

[eliteblood]

After 4 days of selling, approx sire averages are

SBSW $76k
Art Major $56k
American Ideal $56k
Western Terror $43k
Christian Cullen $38k
Western Ideal $35k
Bettors Delight $31k
Rocknroll Hanover $31k

[triplev123]

Grapevine says that in the US, outside bookings to American Ideal will be difficult to come by in 2012.