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Minnesota Thoroughbred Association Stallion Season Auction Begins Jan. 3

The Minnesota Thoroughbred Association will conduct its 2021 Stallion Season Auction Jan. 3 through Jan. 11, featuring more than 50 premier stallions from Kentucky, Florida, Oklahoma and Minnesota. The on-line auction will be hosted at www.thoroughlybred.com.

A new incentive is also being offered for this year's auction from the Minnesota Breeders' Fund. Any breeder who purchases a stallion season through the 2021 MTA Stallion Season Auction and foals in Minnesota will receive a $1,000 check when the foal is registered with the Minnesota Racing Commission in 2022.

“As we leave 2020 behind, organizers at the Minnesota Thoroughbred Association are excited to provide breeders with many terrific stallions to build on in the future,” said Kay King, executive director of the MTA.

Bids will be placed on a rolling bases for all eight days of the sale. Stallion seasons can be searched by state or name on the website. New stallion seasons may continue to be added through the duration of the sale.

For the current Stallion Season Auction list, visit minnesotabred.com/.

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Midshipman Filly Tops Minnesota Yearling Sale

The Minnesota Thoroughbred Association's 2020 yearling sale took place Sunday, led by a $42,000 Midshipman filly.

A total of 34 Minnesota-bred yearlings changed hands during the auction for revenues of $359,800, down 34 percent from last year's auction when 44 horses brought $549,000. The average sale price fell 22 percent to $9,724 from $12,477.

Sunday's auction was topped by Hip 43, Harlow's Harmony, a Midshipman filly who sold to Barry and Joni Butzow for $42,000.

The bay filly is out of the stakes-winning Sahm filly Sahm Sweetheart, who is the dam of two winners from three runners, including stakes winner Dazzlingsweetheart and stakes-placed Blumin Sweetheart. Harlow's Harmony hails from the family of Grade 3 winner He's Vivacious and stakes winners including Plana Dance, Heliskier, and Gypsy Melody.

The sale-topper was bred in Minnesota and consigned by Mary and Eric Von Seggern. They finished the sale as the leading consignor by gross, with four horses sold for a combined $91,800.

Novogratz Racing Stable and trainer Mac Robertson secured the auction's second-most expensive horse, Hip 30, a Fed Biz filly, for $35,000.

A dark bay or brown filly out of the winning Sky Mesa mare Mesa Mirage, she is a half-sister to multiple stakes winner Mister Banjoman and a full-sister to the winner Dreaming Biz. Her page features Grade 1 winner Cool and English Group 2 winner Mountain Kingdom.

Almar Farm partners bred the filly in Minnesota and consigned her at the sale.

To view the auction's full results, click here.

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Minnesota Yearling Sale Catalog Now Online

The catalog for the 2020 Minnesota Thoroughbred Association Yearling Sale is now online, featuring 52 entries.

The auction will take place Sunday, Aug. 30 at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn., beginning at 3 p.m. Central.

All 52 of the catalog's offerings are Minnesota-breds

Stallions whose first yearlings are included in this year's catalog include Bal a Bali and Mr. Z.

Minnesota stallions with yearlings pointed toward this year's sale include Eye of the Leopard, Ford Every Stream, Kela, Malad, Matt's Broken Vow, Timber Legend, and Westover Wildcat.

To view the online catalog, click here.

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