Farm managers discuss their Goshen crops

Middletown, NY — The 2023 Goshen Yearling Sale will be held at noon on Monday (Sept. 11) and the roster of harness racing yearlings being offered this year are currently being examined by many interested parties in person, on video and in the catalog. However, no one has observed these horses closer than the respective managers of each farm. Here are some opinions they have offered about who stands out to them from their consignments.

Steve Jones – Cameo Hills Farm

We will be selling 36 yearlings at Goshen including 12 by New York’s number one pacing stallion, Huntsville, four by So Surreal, and one each by American Ideal and Courtly Choice. On the New York trotting side, we have yearlings by Chapter Seven, Mets Hall and Devious Man.

We are also selling eight Pennsylvania-breds; three by Bar Hopping as well as yearlings by Greenshoe, Andover Hall, Captain Crunch and Betting Line. Our New Jersey breds are by Hambletonian winning sire Tactical Landing, Six Pack and Lazarus N.

Sixteen of the yearlings are located at Cameo Hills Farm and are available for inspection daily, and videos are available at the Goshen Yearling Sale website. All The remaining yearlings can be inspected at the sale site, starting at 9 a.m. on Sunday, September 10^th.

I am probably partial to the Huntsville colts out of Dune In Red (Hip #32, Dune Buggy) & Glowing Report (Hip #41, Smart Guy), and the Huntsville fillies out of Wine Snob (Hip #101, On Cloud Nine) & Limestone Cowgirl (Hip #56 Cervi). We have a very deep and diverse group of horses that I think will be well received by our customers. I believe the location and timing of the sale, following the New York Sire Stakes Finals at Yonkers Raceway is ideal for both buyers and sellers.

Last year’s Cameo Hills Goshen consignment produced immediate dividends. Tobern (Crazy Wow-Bertaux) is the top two year trotting colt in New York,  has already earned $96,250 in 2023 and has won five out of six starts this year. Another horse that we bred and sold at the Goshen Yearling Sale is the newest track record holder at Batavia Downs, Rec Time (1:52.3, $165,380).

Other top performers sold at Goshen by Cameo Hills through the years include Hickfromfrenchlick (1:48.4, $844,307),

Splash Brother (1:48.2, $761,846), Play Trix On Me (1:50.4, $640,517), Cigars And Port (1:50.1,$437,928), Surreal Feeling (1:51.1, $343,337), The Fun Marshall (1:51.1,$308,331), So Rude (1:52.1,$229,471), Greg The Leg (1:52.1,$210,539), Thunder Hunter Joe (1:49.2, $177,716) and I Was Tricked (1:50.4, $104,868).

David Hanson – Leatherstocking Equine

We have a number of nice horses this year at the Goshen Yearlings Sale who have siblings currently racing and racing well. Our consignment includes three dual eligible yearlings. (Hip #10) Who’s That Guy (Huntsville-Beautiful Secret) and (Hip #48) Devious Lad (Devious Man-Icanmakyahandsclap) are eligible to both New York and Massachusetts while (Hip #79) Corner Store (Six Pack-Seven Eleven) is eligible to New York And New Jersey.

Then going down the roster we have the following yearlings who have notable relatives.

(Hip # 35) Metinmydream (Met’s Hall-Fractured Dream) is a half-sister to Barn CJ who is the current leading filly in the 2-year-old NYSS Excelsior series with five starts, four wins and one second.

(Hip #57) Charlies Other Girl (Met’s Hall-Makes Me Crazy), who is a full sister to Makes Me Charlie, is undefeated in the 3-year-old NYSS County Fair circuit.

(Hip #64) Chillashi (Met’s Hall-New Sensation) is a half-sister to Sidd Finch who has 14 wins and over $160,000 in lifetime earnings.

(Hip #66) Undeniable Truth (Met’s Hall-One True Friend) a half-sister to My Little Bee who is currently third in the NYSS County Fair division of 2-year-old trotting fillies.

(Hip #70) Miss Dale (Met’s Hall-Bertaux) is a half-sister to current 2-year-old NYSS Excelsior leading and undefeated Tobern.

(Hip #92) Andor (American Ideal-Trine Hanover) is a half-brother to Sonic Flair who has 14 wins, a record of 1:50 and over $100,000 earned lifetime.

(Hip #94) Carnage (Cattlewash-Vanite Semalu) is from the first crop of the sensational Cattlewash.

(Hip #102) Convent (Devious Man-Perfect Mass) is a sister to 2-year-old Sister Mary Maude, who has won four out of five starts and is leading the NYSS 2-year-old trotting fillies for points and earnings.

Barn CJ, Makes Me Charlie, Spending Crazy, Sister Mary Maude were all sold at Goshen by Leatherstocking. Tobern was sold at Goshen by Cameo Hills Agent.

Jean Brown – Blue Chip Farm

Blue Chip’s 2023 Goshen Yearling Sale consignment boasts a number of strong fillies out of proven stakes producing dams.

Pacing headliners include (Hip #46) California Charm, a Captain Crunch half-sister to the top NYSS filly Turn On The Charm (1:51.4, $205,517), (Hip #68) Wolf Of Blue Chip, an American Ideal half-sister to Rogerthat Blue Chip (1:49.2, $226,812) and the Huntsville filly (Hip #14) Hunting For Faith, who is a full sister to Cantfindmywayhome (1:55.2).

From the trotting ranks we have (Hip #77) Paya La Diva, a Devious Man half-sister to Goshen Yearling Sale graduate and NYSS winner, Communion Money (2:00.3).

To schedule an appointment to review Blue Chip’s Goshen line-up in person, contact Nahuel Agosti at nagosti@bluechipfarms.com or call 845.800.7589.

Jack Burke – Winbak Farm

We’re delighted to present 20 yearlings in our upcoming consignment at the Goshen Yearling Sale. We’ll have another strong group from stand-out New York stallions including Courtly Choice, Met’s Hall, American Ideal, Roll With Joe, Boston Red Rocks, EL Titan and Devious Man.

I expect the Courtly Choice yearlings, with the success his first crop has had on the track, to attract a lot of attention at the auction block. Some of my personal stand-outs from Winbak’s lineup include (Hip #15) Courts On Fire (Courtly Choice-Ashlee’s Spitfire), (Hip #28) Moon Lite Stroll (Met’s Hall-Starlit Eyes), (Hip #45) Happy Jim (American Ideal-Happy Kim), (Hip #73) Airflow Speed (Boston Red Rocks-Pulse Power), (Hip #76) Happy Noel (Met’s Hall-Roberta’s Fantasy), and (Hip #98) Groovin Will (Roll With Joe-Who Moved The Rock).

Winbak Farm’s Goshen Sale yearlings are available for inspection at Winbak Farm of New York. Call 845.778.5421 for an appointment to preview prior to the sale. Videos and pedigrees are available at winbakfarm.com.

Past Goshen sale graduates from the Winbak consignment include 2-year-old stakes winners, Cheri’s Choice (Courtly Choice-Winbak Speedi) and Boston Delight (Boston Red Rocks-Mimi’s Delight), 3-year-old stakes winners, Boston Bound (Boston Red Rocks-Ashleeswayrhighway) and sub 1:50 record holding It’s In The Stars (Heston Blue Chip-Four Starz Horndog).

The 2023 Goshen Yearling Sale will be held on Monday (Sept. 11) at noon. Catalogs are still available at most tracks and training centers in the northeast and can be downloaded right from the GYS website (goshenyearlingsale.com).

Live video of the entire sale and online bidding will be available through Cattle In Motion. Their website (cattleinmotion.com) is your one-stop shop for everything pertaining to the GYS but you will need to register in advance of the sale for all the available benefits.

You can register now by going to cattleinmotion.com, scroll down to click on Goshen Yearling Sale on their homepage and then follow the process to bid online. This includes creating an account, completing the lifetime verification (which gives you access to all future online auctions) and then signing up for the Goshen Yearling Sale. The whole process takes about five minutes and when you are done, it will show “you are eligible to bid on this auction” at the bottom of the page.

You can also download their mobile app for your phone at the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.

Should you need any assistance or have any questions concerning this sale registration, please call 888.554.8437 or email info@cattleinmotion.com.

Cattle In Motion will also be providing the live video feed for the auction. This will start at approximately 11:15 a.m. (45 minutes before the sale at noon) and run for the duration. This feed will be available through your Cattle In Motion account and include live and pre-recorded video of all the horses in the sale.

Once you are registered you can also sign up for sale updates that can be received via text or email or both. These will be sent out in real time as they become available right through the end of the sale.

The sales facility is located at 90 Slaughter Road, Middletown, NY, which is within a ninety-minute drive of many major race tracks and training centers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, making it a very convenient location.

For any other inquiries please contact Mark Ford directly at 973-568-3253 (cell) or by email at fordstable@frontiernet.net.

by Tim Bojarski, for Goshen Standardbred Sales