by Karsten Bonsdorf, USTA web newsroom correspondant

A colt named No Publicity, raised by Hambletonian Society director Margareta Wallenius-Kleberg, was sold for the top price of 1 million Swedish kroner ($146,000) at the Elitlopp sale in Stockholm Sweden.

No Publicity is out of the very popular sire Viking Kronos (American Winner–Conch) and the Cumin mare Deep Secret.

75 trotters were sold for an average of $37,725. That was down 0.5% from last year.

Here is the list for the ten most expensive yearlings.

1. No Publicity, colt, by Viking Kronos-Deep Secret by Cumin, $146,000
2. Cowboy Tooma, colt, by Striking Sahbra-Fantasy Sund by Meadow Road, $139,000
3. Global Lion, colt, by Credit Winner-Pasta by Mack Lobell, $104,000
4. Manhattannextweek, colt, by Andover Hall-Wind Glider by Yankee Glide, $88,000
5. Skjald, colt, by Super Arnie-Donna G.T. by Dungeness, $88,000
6. Never Again, colt, by Viking Kronos-Bourbon Eyes by Smokin Yankee, $80,500
7. Zvetlana Boko, filly, by Ganymede-Laura Kemp by Express Ride, $80,500
8. Jac Life, colt, by Jag de Bellouet-Watchup by Sugarcane Hanover, $73,000
9. Chilli Håleryd, colt, by Coktail Jet-All American Chill by Giant Chill, $63,000
10. Jersey Ås, filly, by Muscles Yankee-Superlou Ås by Super Bowl, $60,000