HIP 311 Rodeo Blue Chip, a Sweet Lou colt, brought $250,000 from Ken Jacobs to head the second day of the yearling portion of the 2018 Standardbred Horse Sale in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Bred by Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc., Daniel Zucker, Christine Sallee, and Stephen Demeter, and consigned by Blue Chip, Rodeo Blue Chip is the second foal out of Lotsa Matzah (American Ideal), a full sister to millionaires Heston Blue Chip and Sunfire Blue Chip.  Jacobs also owned Heston Blue Chip through his millionaire career, and said that made this yearling very desirable. "Heston Blue Chip was so good, made $1.8 million, so I was going to get him," remarked Jacobs about the relationship between Heston Blue Chip and Rodeo Blue Chip.  "He looked good; he looked a lot like him.  I didn't think I'd have to pay that much, but if you've got one guy who likes him besides yourself, you're going to pay.  "I really wanted this horse.  I wanted HIP 60 (In Reality Hanover), but I had to buy into it (25 percent) because they went to $350,000 on that one.  There were only two horses I came down to buy, that one and this one." Linda Toscano will train Rodeo Blue Chip. Coming in a tie for second on the day was HIP 360 Third Shift, a Chapter Seven colt who went to Ake Svanstedt for $235,000.  Bred and consigned by Winbak Farm, Third Shift is out of Overnight Command (CR Commando, $226,625). "He's a good horse and good-gaited.  It's not the best family, but it's okay," relayed Svanstedt.  "I liked the conformation, and I liked the colt very much.  He has a similar cross to Gimpanzee (Gimpanzee's second dam is a CR Commando mare, Commando Queen)."Ken WeingartnerHilly Holbrook stands in the ring Also bringing $235,000 was HIP 460 Hilly Holbrook, who was purchased by Andy Miller Stable, Inc. as agent.  A daughter of Muscle Hill, she's the first foal out of Winky Dink (SJ's Caviar, $85,921), and the third dam is Winky's Gill, the dam of Winky's Goal and Supergill.  Hilly Holbrook was bred by Julie Meirs from Concord Stud Farm and sold as part of their consignment. "We're super excited," said Andy Miller's wife, Julie.  "Marvin Katz put a group together, and we loved her at Concord.  We went and viewed her a few times.  Marvin Katz loved her, and he said 'here's our budget, but I think you can get her tonight.'  She was great in the field, and you can't help but love the page." Miller will train the filly for a group consisting of Katz, Bud Hatfield, and Brixton Medical Inc. Completing the top four for the day was HIP 383 Robin Blue Chip, who went to Per Engblom for $175,000.  Bred by Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc., Herbert Burns, and Jacob Kiefer, and consigned by Blue Chip, Robin Blue Chip is a filly by Chapter Seven.  She's the second foal out of the Sweden-bred Varenne mare Richesse Oblige ($57,287). "She was solid and very correct I thought," remarked Engblom, who said a group headed by Black Horse Racing will own Robin Blue Chip.  "The Chapter Seven fillies are doing great, so I wanted to get on the train.  It's a Swedish family that I know pretty well, and it's a good, solid Swedish family." The session was down 3.4 percent on average ($39,904 v. $41,301) and 8.2 percent on gross ($12,901,000 v. $13,175,000) year-over-year.  Last year's second day did have a few more horses on offer, with 319 yearlings selling, versus 303 today. Through two days the average is up 12 percent from 2017 ($59,812 v. $52,847) and the mark of $59,812 is a new high in sale history, eclipsing the previous best of $53,322 from 2016.  The gross is up 10.2 percent from last year, with the sum sitting at $27,993,000 for 473 sold versus $25,384,000 for 483 head in 2017. The yearling portion of the sale concludes on Wednesday with HIPS 505-876 going through the ring beginning at 10 A.M.  For full results click here.  Note that Tuesday's session started with HIP 180.