Harness: Preferred Equine Online reaches $3.5 million in total sales

At the conclusion of the May 23 Preferred Equine Online Mixed Sale, the relatively new platform has already rung up total sales of $3.5 million for its online customers.

Sale co-toppers on May 23 -- both at $50,000 -- were a pair of racehorses that sold back to back as Hip numbers 20 and 21.

Hip 20 was the royally-bred stakes winner by Somebeachsomewhere Beach Party p,3,1:50 4/5. The 4-year-old half-brother to Tall Dark Stranger, with his 2022 racing season just underway, was consigned by Carmen Auciello through PEO as agent and was purchased by Lucy Belcher.

Beach Party took his stakes credentials in the Kentucky Commonwealth Series at the Red Mile last fall.

Hip 21, also hammered down at $50,000, was the lightly-raced 3-year-old Ontario-bred pacer Sunny Zip p,3,1:53 2/5-'22, who was sold by PEO as agent for Martin Lachance. Anthony Montini was the successful bidder.

Sunny Zip has won two of three career starts with one second, most recently taking a conditioned pace at Woodbine-Mohawk gate to wire in 1:53 2/5, with a last quarter of 26 4/5. The Sunshine Beach gelding was sold as an up-and-coming candidate for the 2022 Ontario Sire Stakes program.

As for breeding stock, the broodmare prospect On The Hour sold for $42,000 to Vieux Carre Farms. The 2-year-old Huntsville filly, from the golden producer Must See, was a $100,000 seller at last fall's Harrisburg Yearling Sale. After an unfortunate injury kept the filly from racing, Ray Schnittker and his partnership decided to offer her at this online sale.

Also on the breeding spectrum, a 2022 breeding to New York's trotting kingpin Chapter Seven was sold to Travkonsulenten for $24,000.

Twenty-four of 25 lots offered were sold at the May 23 sale, for a gross of $424,000.

View complete sale results by clicking here.

"Not every sale is going to have a big six-figure highlight, but every sale has seen brisk trade and horses are bringing prices that consignors are very happy with," said manager David Reid.

"Not only are sellers happy, but buyers are as well. These horses have gone on to continued success after they've been sold. As of today, sale grads have taken 48 wins since they went through a Preferred Equine Online auction," he added.

The company's next online sale will be conducted June 6, with an entry deadline of June 1. For information or to enter horses, visit preferredequineonline.com.

-edited release (Preferred Equine Online)