E L Titan yearlings in high demand at Harrisburg

Yearlings by Haras Des Trotteurs’ new harness racing trotting stallion E L Titan 1:51.4 ($726,344) were keenly sought by buyers at last week’s Black Book Sale at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

There were four youngsters by the young Muscle Hill horse sent through the ring and they averaged out at $60,500, the sixth highest average for a trotting sire.

An E L Titan filly, Killemwithkindness, realised $100,000 and a colt, Wordplay Blue Chip, sold for $67,000.

E L Titan’s average put him ahead of established sires such as Credit Winner, Muscle Mass, Father Patrick, Tactical Landing, Cantab Hall and Trixton.

E L Titan, who is standing his first Australian season at Cobbitty Equine Farm in NSW, has sired the winners of $11.3million in North America to date including $2.6million this year.

Bred in Finland, E L Titan raced solely in America and was a Stakes winner as a two, three and four-year-old. He finished in the money in 16 of his 20 lifetime starts.

E L Titan is one of the most fashionably bred trotting sires available to ‘down under’ breeders, being by the mighty Muscle Hill from the same family as the leading sires Conway Hall, Angus Hall, Andover Hall and so on.

The brilliant, young stallion has attracted almost 90 bookings in his introductory season at a fee of $3,500 plus GST.

by Peter Wharton