$47,000 Art Major filly tops Morrisville Sale

by M. Kelly Young, executive director, Harness Horse Breeders of New York

Morrisville, NY — The Art Major filly Dixie Dew Blue Chip topped the Morrisville State College Equine Institute Fall Yearling Sale with a $47,000 bid on Monday, September 24.

Jim Miller of New York, N.Y., purchased the filly, who is out of the 100 percent producing Amity Chef mare Miss Nukachef. Dixie Dew Blue Chip was consigned by Blue Chip Farms as agent for Blue Chip Bloodstock.

A total of 172 yearlings were hammered down on Monday for an average of $9,784, up just slightly from last year’s $9,760 average for 219 yearlings.

The first foal out of two-time New York Sires Stakes champion Becca J ($318,068), a Conway Hall filly named Becca Won, was consigned by Morrisville College Equine Institute but did not sell as her reserve was not attained.

However, a full sister to another two-time New York Sires Stakes Champion, half-million dollar winner Donna’s Girl, sold for $35,000. Wayne Kellogg of Queensbury, N.Y., took home Donna J (Village Jove-Jims Donna) from breeder Winbak Farm.

Kellogg also purchased Morrisville College’s Plumb Monkey for $42,000. The Pro Bono Best colt is out of Guerilla Girl, an Artsplace mare who has produced three $150,000 winners out of five foals of racing age. Plumb Monkey’s full brother The Best was one of this year’s top 3-year-old pacing colts in the New York Sires Stakes.

The top selling trotting-bred yearling was Spin Spanky Spin, a Conway Hall colt out of the Pine Chip mare Spin The Planet. Trainer Dan Daley signed the $41,000 slip for the colt, consigned by Morrisville College. Daley also stocked his trotting stable with the $30,000 Credit Winner colt Constant Contest, consigned by agent Cameo Hills Farm.

The first crop by $2.5 million winner Plesac was met with a $13,450 average for six yearlings. The sire’s top offering was the $33,000 filly Must Please Mom, out of Mom’s Sweetie Pie, a half-sister to $300,000 winner Hang Time. Carolyn Atherton, owner of this year’s stand-out NYSS filly Oh Oh Its Magic, signed for the filly out of the Winbak Farm consignment.

Trotting sire Conway Hall led all stallions with a $24,500 average for four yearlings, while pacer Bettor’s Delight followed closely with a $23,500 average for six yearlings.

Complete results and sire and consignor averages can be viewed at www.morrisvillesale.com.

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