Harness: Unica Donna leads Lexington Selected Mixed Sale

HIP 939 Unica Donna, a 9-year-old Italian-bred Donato Hanover mare, was purchased by Cindy Stewart of Hunterton Farm for $250,000 to head Saturday night's Lexington Selected Mixed Sale.

Selling as part of the complete dispersal of Buckstone Land & Livestock and consigned by Preferred Equine Inc. as agent, Unica Donna is the dam of this year's Jim Doherty Memorial elimination winner Una Madonna and is also a half-sister to international star and multi-time stakes winner Daguet Rapide. Unica Donna was last bred to Calgary Games, 2021's Horse of the Year in Sweden.

One other broodmare - HIP 924 Avalonia - made it into six figures at $110,000 and was also purchased by Stewart from Preferred Equine from the Buckstone Land & Livestock dispersal. Avalonia was last bred to Tactical Landing and is a half-sister to former New York Sire Stakes champion Lucky Ava ($391,177).

A total of 77 lots were offered and fetched a gross of $2,721,000 and an average of $35,338.

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With the Lexington sale now in the books, attention will turn towards the upcoming Hoosier Classic Yearling Sale on October 21 and 22 and then the Standardbred Horse Sale on November 7 through November 11.