by Bill Peters, for Defiance County Area Horsemen’s Association

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 22 stallions are available.

They include the following Ohio stallions: the trotting stallions Cayenne Turbo (Angus Hall-Tarport Maggie), Coraggioso (Conway Hall-Electra Hanover), Flex The Muscle (Muscles Yankee-Alix Hall), Here’s Johnny (Deweycheatumnhowe-Canland Hall), His Highness (Windsong’s Legacy-Sweet Gabriella), Spring Goal (Yankee Glide-Maragoal Miss), and Stormin Normand (Broadway Hall-Idole Normand) and the pacing stallions Domethatagain (Bettor’s Delight-Road Sign), Mister Big (Grinfromeartoear-World’s Sweetheart), Mr Apples (Bettor’s Delight-Never In Paris), Shark Gesture (Cam’s Card Shark-Simple Gesture), Well Said (Western Hanover-Must See), Western Hero (Western Hanover-Leah Almahurst), Western Vintage (Western Ideal-Major Harmony), and We Will See (Western Hanover-Aberdakara).

The Indiana stallions in the auction include the following: the trotting stallions Elegant Man (Malabar Man-Whiteland Elegance), Neely Dunn (Andover Hall-Armbro Gaelic), and Waldorf Hall (Conway Hall-Winners Only) and the pacing stallions Net Ten EOM (Somebeachsomewhere-Glowing Report) and Swingin Glory (Raging Glory-Swingin).

The final stallions in the auction are the New York trotting stallion Lucky Chucky (Windsong’s Legacy-Aerobics) and the Pennsylvania trotting stallion Googoo Gaagaa (Cam’s Rocket-Kora’s Trotter).

Bids on all stallions close at 7 p.m. on Friday (March 31). 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 2018.

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 7 p.m. on March 31 may still be available after that date.