Harness: Captain Corey colt Strapped leads Goshen Yearling Sale

The 2025 Goshen Yearling Sale was held on Monday (Sept. 15) in the sales arena at the Mark Ford Training Center, and a total of 110 yearlings changed hands, generating sales of $1,653,960, with the overall individual average sale price of $15,036 being achieved.

Cameo Hills Farm had a big afternoon as they sold the sale topper (Hip #60) Strapped (Captain Corey-Borrow And Spend). The trotting colt was purchased for $75,000 by David Hamm of Dagsboro, Delaware.

Cameo Hills also sold the next two highest-priced yearlings in pacing filly (Hip #91) Happy Papi (Papi Rob Hanover-Happy Hannah) for $70,000 and pacing colt (Hip #105) Keystone Pillar (Huntsville-Keystone Krystal) for $40,000; both were also purchased by David Hamm of Dagsboro, Delaware.

Hamm bought a total of seven yearlings in the sale.

Cameo Hills was once again the top consignor of the sale, selling a total of 40 yearlings from their farm and as an agent, for a total of $629,490 (an average of $15,737).

Tying Keystone Pillar for the third-highest sale price ($40,000) was trotting filly (Hip #34) Bijou Blue Chip (Back Of The Neck-Read The Book), who was purchased by Annie Stoebe of New Egypt, New Jersey.

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Winbak Farm yielded $311,500 in sales (an average of $12,326), Blue Chip Farm saw sales of $289,000 (an average of $22,230), Leatherstocking Equine brought a total of $215,000 (an average of $13,438) and Eric Taddeo had sales of $196,000 (an average of $14,000). These numbers include the total of horses sold as both farm and agent.

Broken down by sex and gait, 29 pacing colts averaged $14,690, 33 pacing fillies averaged $13,894, 21 trotting colts averaged $17,619 and 27 trotting fillies averaged $14,796.

"We want to thank all of our breeders, consignors and customers for supporting this sale and we look forward to doing it again next year. We always strive to provide a pleasant and profitable experience for both the buyer and seller by bringing the best-bred horses to this sale each year," said Mark Ford.

You can view the complete Goshen yearling sales results in a searchable database by clicking this link.

--press release (Goshen Standardbred Sales)--