by Bill Peters

Edgerton, OH — This is the final week of the silent auction for stallion breedings sponsored by the Defiance County (Ohio) Area Horsemen’s Association.

Breedings to 20 stallions are available.

They include the following Ohio stallions: the trotting stallions Big Chocolate (Chocolatier-Sheez Mine), Dejarmbro (Credit Winner-Armbro Deja Vu), E L Rocket (Credit Winner-Courtney Hall), Expressive Action (Conway Hall-Yetta’s Angel), Lucky Chucky (Windsong’s Legacy-Aerobics), Southwind Spirit (Muscle Hill-Spice On Ice), Spring Goal (Yankee Glide-Maragoal Miss), Stormin Normand (Broadway Hall-Idole Normand), and Triumphant Caviar (SJ’s Caviar-ENS Tag Session) and the pacing stallions Bullville Powerful (Bettor’s Delight-Bullville Gabettie), Domethatagain (Bettor’s Delight-Road Sign), Mister Big (Grinfromeartoear-World’s Sweetheart), Schoolkids (I Am A Fool-Game Bunny), Thin Blue Line (Browning Blue Chip-We Be Fast), Western Vintage (Western Ideal-Major Harmony), and We Will See (Western Hanover-Aberdakara).

The Indiana stallions include the following pacing stallions: Proper Respect (McArdle-She Has The Look), Riggins (Art Major-Towner’s Image), and Time To Roll (Rocknroll Hanover-Kikikatie).

The final stallion in the auction is the New York pacing stallion Handsome Harry (Dream Away-Princess Jocelyn).

Bids on all stallions close at 5 p.m. on Saturday (March 24). At that time, the person with the second-highest bid will have the opportunity to raise his or her bid. The bidding will continue between the two highest bidders until one drops out.

The winning bidder on each stallion must pay the Defiance County Area Horsemen’s Association 10 percent of the winning bid or $100, whichever is greater, before the mare is bred. The winning bidder must pay the Association the balance of the winning bid when the mare foals in 2019.

Bids on all stallions may be phoned to Bill Peters at 419.298.7408 or e-mailed to trudypeters@williams-net.com.

Any breedings not receiving successful bids by 5 p.m. on March 24 may still be available after that date.