Harness: My Girl EJ leads Preferred Equine Online Mixed Sale at $758,000

Promoted as a "monster sale," Preferred Equine Online (PEO)'s Mixed Sale held Monday, Nov. 18th did not disappoint. Numerous records (price, gross, number of entries, registered bidders and number of bids) were set, attracting viewers from around the globe.

Selling as a partnership dissolution, two-time Breeders Crown champion filly My Girl EJ p,3,1:48 1/5-'24 ($1,458,040) led the way, selling for $758,000 to Andrew Harris, agent for William Pollock, Bruce Areman and Harris. Previously owned by trainer Ron Burke with breeders Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi and Elizabeth Novak, the 3-year-old daughter of Sweet Lou is a multiple Grand Circuit stakes winner and set the 1:49 1/5 all-age female world record on a half-mile track when she won the elimination heat of the Jugette at the Delaware County Fair and recently captured her second Breeders Crown title at the Meadowlands.

Pollock, Areman and Harris held the previous sales price record on PEO's sales site when they purchased Abuckabett Hanover in the fall of 2022 for $534,000. Since then, he has been a multiple stakes winner, increasing his career earnings to more than $1,800,000, with his latest win on the eve of Monday's sale when he captured the Potomac Pace for free-for-allers at Rosecroft Raceway.

My Girl EJ's dam, Lucy's Pearl, sold in foal to Sweet Lou for $356,000 to Greg Luther. The stakes-winning mare is also the dam of millionaire and Little Brown Jug champion Lou's Pearlman, as well as $100,000+ winners Loukes Perry and Lousain Bolt -- all by Sweet Lou. Greg Luther also purchased the weanling Sweet Lou colt Lounado for $250,000, while BWB Racing purchased her yearling Sweet Lou colt Generationalwealth for $140,000.

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A pair of Ontario trotting stars also sold for six figures as broodmare prospects. Two-time O'Brien Award winner Adare Castle 4,1:52s ($1,100,021) was purchased by 30 Plus Stable of Ontario for $228,000, and recently retired two-time O'Brien Award finalist HP Mama B 4,1:51 4/5s ($692,011) sold to Armitage Farm of Kentucky for $150,000.

A share in trotting sensation Walner led that category, selling for $314,000 to Ecurie Jean-Pierre Barjon of France. Shares of Captaintreacherous and Sweet Lou rounded out the group, selling for $86,000, $85,000 and $83,000 respectively.

"Obviously, it was a strong sale led by numerous headliners in multiple categories, but to see the confidence from a wide range of buyers reflects Preferred Equine's brand of representing the best. Our state-of-the-art platform offers the latest technology while offering transparency and full customer service. Our entire team works hard to deliver, and to have a day like today brings satisfaction to all connections, buyers and sellers alike," says PEO’s David Reid.

Preferred Equine Online continues to accept entries to the next online sale to be held on Monday, December 2nd.

For complete sale results, click here.

--press release (Preferred Equine Online)--