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Yearling trotting fillies selling for $800k at the Lexington Sale

https://harnesslink.com/usa/800000-s...-at-lexington/

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Live harness racing coverage of the 2-Year-Old Breeders Crown from The Meadowlands will be shown live on Harnesslink starting with Race 6 starting at 11:45am AUST this morning
There are four $600k finals

Live coverage will also be shown on Harnesslink of the four $600,000 three-year-old Finals and the four older finals on Sunday morning starting at 4.22am AUST time

https://harnesslink.com/new-zealand/...live-coverage/

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Slightly old news but in case you missed it, Captain Treacherous progeny won 7/7 at the Meadowlands on Saturday

https://harnesslink.com/new-zealand/...ogeny-on-fire/

Not only did this stallion sire the winners of the four Kindergarten Stake races, he produced two trifectas, one with the fillies and one with the colts. This surely argues well for Captaintreacherous progeny to dominate the estimated $250,000 finals this coming weekend.

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I notice on the USTA's Top 10 page that Soho Lennon A (ustralia), now 11yo, won a $36k Claimer at Yonkers

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Winter in the North has meant that checking out the 'Yesterday's Top 10 Races' link has not unearthed much treasure of late
Today I find that there were $100k Delaware Breeders 3yo Finals yesterday
I know very little about USA racing but I have heard of Dover Downs
I am thinking however that Delaware might not be the strongest of harness states
At least breeding wise
I am basing this purely on the results of the pacing finals yesterday

I had not heard of the sires of the winners of these finals
And they don't make it onto the USTA's Stallion Showcase list

Tobago Cays (Rocknroll Hanover) sired the winner of the 3yoF
Delmarvalous (Badlands Hanover) the winner of the colts
Anders Bluestone (Yankee Glide) both divisions of the trotters

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Perfect Sting, Dan Patch 3yo Colt of the Year
has now been Disqualified from the Pennsylvania Sire Stake back in June (a win he got via relegation) for testing positive

https://harnesslink.com/usa/perfect-...-test-in-june/

I found this old link to how he got the win in the first place, I am guessing Southwind Gendry who originally finished 3rd has once again been promoted and is now the winner

https://standardbredcanada.ca/news/6...irst-pass.html

Having won the Breeders Crown 2mths ago, I guess he keeps the 3yo Of The Year (unless we get a late Positive from that )

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It is not cheap to race in the better races at the Meadowlands

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As the yearling portion of the 2018 Standardbred Horse Sale neared completion, Joseph Lyons Mound looked to buy one more horse for his family’s racing stable. He had his eye on two fillies but was unsuccessful in placing the winning bid on either. Not a big deal, Lyons Mound told himself, because he already had purchased a good number of horses.

Prior to leaving, Lyons Mound stopped to chat with a friend. As they were talking, Lyons Mound heard that one of the fillies, Take Over Hanover, was returning to the ring to be resold. This time, Lyons Mound placed the top bid of $55,000 and came away with the filly.

She was renamed Lyons Sentinel. On Feb. 20, she will be honored at the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s annual banquet with the second Dan Patch Award of her career.

http://ustrottingnews.com/a-second-c...r-lyons-mound/

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At present Leonidas (A) is the top horse in the USA by earnings for 2022 with $58,500

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Amazing Dream arrived in Chicago yesterday

https://twitter.com/AdamHSport