The 2021 Goshen Yearling Sale will be held at noon on Monday, Sept. 13 and the 127 yearlings being offered this year are currently being examined by many interested parties in person, on video and in the catalog. However, no one has observed these horses closer than the respective managers of each farm.
Goshen Standardbred Sales has collected some opinions they have offered about who stands out to them from their consignments.
Steve Jones - Cameo Hills Farms
"This is the best consignment of yearlings that we have ever brought to Goshen and included, we are selling 18 by the leading pacing stallion in New York in 2021 - Huntsville. In total, we are consigning 38 yearlings; 16 owned by Cameo Hills Farm and 22 owned by our clients.
"Some of our featured horses include:
"(Hip #81) Tamms Elsa (EL Titan-Blintz) - An EL Titan sister to our 2020 Goshen Sale graduate – Kosher Mahoney who has a two-year-old mark of 1:56.1 in 2021 and $73,697 in earnings this year.
"(Hip #112) Back to Hicksville (Huntsville-I Am A Snob) - A second foal of the dam and a Huntsville sister to So Rude (3, 1:52.1 $229,000).
"(Hip #106) Captain McCrae (Huntsville-Hallmark Hanover) - A Huntsville brother to Pedigree Snob (2, 1:51.4 $ 439,000) and NYSS final winner The Fun Marshall (4, 1:51 $256,000).
"(Hip #79) Bet On Buter (Huntsville-Billmar Scooter) - A Huntsville colt out of $800,000 winner Billmar Scooter.
"(Hip #13) Chikfromfrenchlick (Huntsville-My Girls A Star) - A Huntsville sister to Hickfromfrenchlick (3, 1:48.4f $ 662,127).
"(Hip #24) Woodrow F Call (Huntsville-Please Me Please) - A Huntsville colt out of $756,000 winner Please Me Please.
"(Hip #98) Dunbar Road – (Huntsville-Ever After) - The first foal out of Ever After, a Huntsville filly from the family of Loyal Opposition (4, 1:48.4, $2,600,000).
"(Hip #129) Grimace Of Tycoons (E L Titan-Lavec Dream) - An E L Titan colt out of $1,024,000 winner Lavec Dream.
"(Hip #54) Sugar Shaq (Crazy Wow-Vivica Hall) - A Crazy Wow sister to NYSS and European star Shaq Is Back, who is a $600,000 winner.
"(Hip #48) Gretzky The Great (Huntsville-Under Your Spell) - A Huntsville colt out of $456,000 winner Under Your Spell, who is already the dam of eight in 1:55 and six $100,000 winners.
"Please call the farm at 845-457-9416 if you would like to inspect our yearlings prior to sale."
David Hanson - Leatherstocking Equine
"We have 17 yearlings set for the Goshen Sale including two pacing fillies, seven trotting colts and eight trotting fillies. First crop sires Crazy Wow, In The Arsenal, and Mets Hall are all represented in our consignment as well as established sires American Ideal, Conway Hall and Roll With Joe. Many dams are represented with their first foals along with well proven mares as well. Many of the mares have two-year-olds racing and there will be many updates by sale time. In all, a very nice group of correct individuals that any buyer will need to inspect for purchase. We at Leatherstocking are excited to bring such a nice presentation of New York sires and dams to our first appearance at the Goshen Sale."
Jim Ladwig - Winbak Farm
"We have some nice horses going to Goshen this year. Let me start by saying I’m really liking the Boston Red Rocks. They are what you're looking for in a yearling: strong, athletic and correct.
"(Hip #68) Rebal Alliance (Boston Red Rocks-Art Alliance) and (Hip #71) Boston Bound (Boston Red Rocks-Ashleeswayrhighway) are some nice colts and (Hip #44) Country House (Boston Red Rocks-Tug River Della) and (Hip #52) Bean Town Lass (Boston Red Rocks-Viking Maiden) are some good-looking fillies.
"We also have a good selections of Roll With Joes including (Hip #49) Crime Boss (Roll With Joe-Unlawful Smile), who is a good-looking colt as is (Hip #7) Bourbon Babe (Roll With Joe-Michelle’s Ideal) a nice-looking filly.
We have some nice Heston Blue Chips like (Hip #109) Hes Heaven Sent (Heston Blue Chip-Heavenly Sign), who is a nice colt, and good-looking and pacey fillies (Hip #116) Mezzo Soprano (Heston Blue Chip-Keystone Musical), (Hip #5) Cruzin The Blues (Heston Blue Chip-Merculese) and (Hip #77) Madison Queen (Heston Blue Chip-Better Speed).
"Other very nice horses that are not to be missed are trotting colt (Hip #84) Night Star (Mets Hall-Celestial Angel), trotting filly (Hip #19) Shift Change (Conway Hall-Overnight Rail) and one of my favourites, (Hip #43) Merry Jerry (American Ideal-Toy Delight), who is a real nice colt.
"Our two Agent horses are (Hip #35) Muscles Minuteman (Muscles Yankee-Sing Me To Sleep) and (Hip #74) Dauntless Dude (Dudes The Man-Azorean Sky), and are both real nice examples of their sires.
"If you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch with me at the farm at 410-885-3059."
Jean Brown - Blue Chip Farm
"Blue Chip’s Goshen consignment features six New York breds including (Hip #80) Usosweet Blue Chip (Devious Man-Twin B Kisses), who is a Devious Man filly and the first foal out of the mare, Twin B Kisses. The dam is by Muscle Mass and the cross of the Credit Winner line to the Muscle Yankee line has been terrific.
"Blue Chip also has two nice fillies in (Hip #46) Uconn Blue Chip (Roll With Joe-No Lies), whose dam has been a 100 per cent producer to that stallion, and (Hip #95) Umbrella Blue Chip (Huntsville-Light Of Day), who is a Huntsville filly out of a half-sister to $2 million winner Bettors Edge."
Fred Dowling
"(Hip #66) I Dream Of Chips (If I Can Dream-Allthatnabagachips) is out of a very good racing mare. A middle May-bred gelding with great size who is easy to handle. He has the right conformation and ability to become a great racehorse.
"(Hip #86) Collie Duer (Bolt The Duer-Colie Hanover) was sired by Adios winner Bolt The Duer and the mare has a good production of foals. This filly has good conformation and a good attitude and will make a good race horse."
The 2021 Goshen Yearling Sale catalogs are still available at most tracks and training centers in the northeast and can be downloaded right from the website at goshenyearlingsale.com.
Live video of the entire sale and online bidding will be available through Cattle In Motion. Their website is a one-stop shop for everything pertaining to the Goshen Yearling Sale but buyers will need to register in advance of the sale for all the available benefits.
Buyers can register now by going to cattleinmotion.com, scroll down to click on 'Goshen Yearling Sale' on their homepage and then follow the process to bid online. This includes creating an account, completing the lifetime verification (which gives you access to all future online auctions) and then signing up for the Goshen Yearling Sale. The whole process takes about five minutes and when comlete, it will show “you are eligible to bid on this auction” at the bottom of the page.
Buyers can also download their mobile app for phones at the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.
Anyone with questions or requiring assistance concerning this sale registration, please call 888-554-8437 or email [email protected].
Cattle In Motion will also be providing the live video feed for the auction. This will start at approximately 11:15 a.m. (45 minutes before the sale at noon) and run for the duration. This feed will be available through your Cattle In Motion account and include live and pre-recorded video of all the horses in the sale.
Once buyers are registered, they can also sign up for sale updates that can be received via text or email or both. These will be sent out in real time as they become available right through the end of the sale.
The sales facility is located at 90 Slaughter Road, Middletown, New York, which is within a 90-minute drive of many major racetracks and training centers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, making it a very convenient location.
For any other inquiries, please contact Mark Ford directly at 973-568-3253 (cell) or by email at [email protected].
(With files from Goshen Standardbred Sales)