Driver Dan Noble won both trots and the tandem of driver Chris Page and trainer Ron Burke took both paces in the $100,000 Ohio Sires Stakes finals for older horses on Sunday night at Northfield Park Racino.
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Ballarddrgoldfngr is now five-for-eight with earnings of $93,987. Earlier this year, he powered to a 1:54 3/5 winning effort at Oak Grove in a $40,000 Kentucky Sire Stake event.
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From global and economic conditions to the general health of the industry, there are any number of factors that may play into the final results of any yearling sale. The 2026 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Kentucky not only has some outside variables in terms of high gas prices and the war in Iran in the background, but also a number of internal changes that will certainly alter the gross and average totals after the last horse goes through the ring.
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The first session of the 2026 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale will bring most of harness racing's leading consignors to the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion to offer their top-bred prospects to bid on.
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If there ever was one true futures market, it would have to be related to breeding horses. Virtually one of the most difficult outcomes to predict, breeders annually try to mate horses hoping to hit upon the exact combination and produce a champion. Often there is some predictability when horses have previous examples on the racetrack, but on other occasions two unknowns are matched and it's anybody's guess what the net result will be.
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We stand just a day away from the 2026 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, and this year there is not a farm/consignment selling more of their own horses than Winbak Farm.
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There are many roads to success. Sometimes it takes years or decades to reach the highest levels of an industry. For Armitage Farm, which consigned the $750,000 day two sale-topper at the Lexington Selected Sale in 2025 despite it being their inaugural sale, the results were instant.
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The father/son, trainer/driver combination of Gregg and Doug McNair teamed up to win an Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series event and two Grassroots Series finals on a stakes-filled Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
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Mockingbird As (Marvin Luna) highlighted the eight Buckeye Stallion Series champions from Saturday night at Dayton Raceway, winning the 3-year-old filly trot final in a lifetime-best 1:54 4/5 as a 50-1 longshot.
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Harrisburg Heist pulled off a 25-1 upset while Twin B Joe Fresh picked up her first win since the Clara Barton back on July 19 in the Dayton Pacing Derby and Dayton Distaff Derby on Saturday night at Dayton Raceway.
Driver Dan Noble won both trots and the tandem of driver Chris Page and trainer Ron Burke took both paces in the $100,000 Ohio Sires Stakes finals for older horses on Sunday night at Northfield Park Racino.
Ballarddrgoldfngr is now five-for-eight with earnings of $93,987. Earlier this year, he powered to a 1:54 3/5 winning effort at Oak Grove in a $40,000 Kentucky Sire Stake event.
From global and economic conditions to the general health of the industry, there are any number of factors that may play into the final results of any yearling sale. The 2026 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Kentucky not only has some outside variables in terms of high gas prices and the war in Iran in the background, but also a number of internal changes that will certainly alter the gross and average totals after the last horse goes through the ring.
The first session of the 2026 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale will bring most of harness racing's leading consignors to the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion to offer their top-bred prospects to bid on.
If there ever was one true futures market, it would have to be related to breeding horses. Virtually one of the most difficult outcomes to predict, breeders annually try to mate horses hoping to hit upon the exact combination and produce a champion. Often there is some predictability when horses have previous examples on the racetrack, but on other occasions two unknowns are matched and it's anybody's guess what the net result will be.
We stand just a day away from the 2026 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, and this year there is not a farm/consignment selling more of their own horses than Winbak Farm.
There are many roads to success. Sometimes it takes years or decades to reach the highest levels of an industry. For Armitage Farm, which consigned the $750,000 day two sale-topper at the Lexington Selected Sale in 2025 despite it being their inaugural sale, the results were instant.
The father/son, trainer/driver combination of Gregg and Doug McNair teamed up to win an Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series event and two Grassroots Series finals on a stakes-filled Saturday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Mockingbird As (Marvin Luna) highlighted the eight Buckeye Stallion Series champions from Saturday night at Dayton Raceway, winning the 3-year-old filly trot final in a lifetime-best 1:54 4/5 as a 50-1 longshot.
Harrisburg Heist pulled off a 25-1 upset while Twin B Joe Fresh picked up her first win since the Clara Barton back on July 19 in the Dayton Pacing Derby and Dayton Distaff Derby on Saturday night at Dayton Raceway.
