Winbak Farm donates Heston Blue Chip breeding for charity

The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association (MSOA) is pleased to announce that Winbak Farm has donated a breeding to harness racing champion pacer Heston Blue Chip that will be offered via auction on the website Ongait.com.  The auction will begin Thursday (March 16) at 8:00 AM, and proceeds will benefit the MSOA’s Collegiate Scholarship Program.

To bid, visit this direct link.

Heston Blue Chip stands in Pennsylvania at Winbak Farm for a fee of $6,000.

He is the sire of Fulton, who won the PA Sire Stake Championship in 2022, set a track record at The Meadows of 1:49.4.

The richest son of American Ideal, Heston Blue Chip took a mark of 1:48f as a three-year-old, showing extreme speed on a 5/8 mile track.  He earned over $1.7 million during his career, winning 34 races, and was the USHWA Dan Patch 3YO Colt Pacer of the Year, in a crop that included A Rocknroll Dance, Sweet Lou, Bettor’s Edge, Michael’s Power and Thinking Out Loud.

Rich Gillock, President of the MSOA, stated, “Heston Blue Chip has become a top-level sire in Pennsylvania, and we are very happy that Winbak Farm has donated this breeding.  They have long been a strong supporter of our collegiate scholarship program and we are grateful to them.”

The auction ends on Saturday (March 18) at 12:00 noon Eastern.

by Jeff Zidek, for The Meadows