Dam of top trotter sells for $1 million at Harrisburg Mixed Sale

Harrisburg, PA — Hot Mess Hanover (Cantab Hall), the dam of award-winning trotting mare Jiggy Jog S, sold for $1 million Thursday during the opening session of the Standardbred Horse Sale’s Mixed Sale at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex. The 10-year-old harness racing mare was purchased by Winning Key.

Jiggy Jog S was Hot Mess Hanover’s first foal. Recently retired, Jiggy Jog S won 24 of 41 races and was the 2023 Dan Patch Award winner for best trotting mare. Her $3.1 million in lifetime North American purses ranks fifth in history among female trotters.

In addition to Jiggy Jog S, Hot Mess Hanover’s two subsequent foals, Wild Jiggy S and Margareta Hanover, both are winners on the Grand Circuit.

Hot Mess Hanover, a daughter of Cantab Hall-Her Culese, was sold in foal to Walner, the sire of Jiggy Jog S. She was consigned by Preferred Equine Marketing and owned previously by Vestmarka AB.

The record for a Standardbred sold at public auction was set in February 2019 when trotting mare Atlanta brought $1.55 million online at onGait.com. The previous record was $1.1 million for then 2-year-old trotting filly Cameron Hall at the 2001 Tattersalls December Mixed Sale.

Since Atlanta’s sale, three trotting colts have sold for seven figures: Maverick ($1.1 million) and Damien ($1 million), who both sold at the 2019 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, and Cambridge Hanover ($1 million), who sold Monday during the yearling portion of the Standardbred Horse Sale.

Next on Thursday’s best-sellers list at the Standardbred Horse Sale were trotting mares On Your Tab and Climb The Pole, who each were purchased for $500,000.

On Your Tab, an 8-year-old daughter of Cantab Hall-Soutaine Hanover, was bought by Cindy Stewart. On Your Tab’s second foal, Buy A Round, was this year’s Hambletonian Oaks runner-up and a 2023 New Jersey Sire Stakes champion. Buy A Round, by Walner, also was a winner on the Grand Circuit and earned $745,782 lifetime before being sold Thursday in Harrisburg for $350,000 to Armitage Farm. On Your Tab was sold in foal to Walner.

Armitage Farm also purchased Climb The Pole, a 4-year-old daughter of Kadabra-Legzy. Climb The Pole, a multiple Grand Circuit winner in Canada with a mark of 1:52.2, was sold in foal to Chapter Seven.

Pacing mare Angelou, the 9-year-old dam of 2023 Dan Patch Award winner and millionaire Captain Albano, was the next highest priced mare to sell, going for $460,000 to Odds On Racing. The daughter of American Ideal-Copywriter was sold in foal to Confederate.

On Your Tab, Buy A Round, Climb The Pole, and Angelou all were consigned by All American Harnessbreds and sold as part of phase one of the All American Harnessbreds dispersal.

Overall Thursday, a total of 344 horses and stallion shares sold for nearly $16 million, an average of $46,442. Last year, the opening day of the mixed sale saw 388 horses and stallion shares sold for $15 million, an average of $38,812.

The second-and-final day of the Standardbred Horse Sale’s Mixed Sale begins at 11 a.m. (EST) Friday.

To see the sales results, click here.

To review horse’s pedigrees, click here.

For the Black Book website, click here.

by Ken Weingartner, for the USTA