Johan Palema sold for six figures

2021 Yonkers Trot winner JOHAN PALEMA (Bar Hopping) 3,1:50.4 sold for $120,500 to lead this week’s online auctions at onGait.com. The 4yr old won last year’s first jewel of Trotting’s Triple Crown in 1:55 over a rain-soaked racetrack. Sold by Bender Sweden  Inc. of Vero Beach, Florida, he leaves the Ake Svanstedt stable to join Per Engblom’s  barn.

A total of 80 horses changed hands through onGait’s auctions so far this week, including  Lookslikagoodfella (Lookslikeachpndale) 2,2:01.4h, a 2yr old Ontario Sire Stakes performer. Blair Burgess at  $77,000 the winning bidder; Infinity Stone (Il Sogno Dream) 4,1:52.4f, leaving the  Engblom barn after being bought for $72,000 by Allen Hazzard; and Mark With a K (American Ideal)  p,6,1:48, sold to M Spacc Stables of New York for $70,000.

Ron Burke’s thirteen horse stable reduction consignment was led by the 4yr old Racing  Hill mare Heavensissofaraway p,4,1:51.2f, which sold for $75,000 to Mark Ford; Buy In (Western Ideal) p,5,1:50.2f, a $70,000 purchase for Greg Luther; and Ucanttouchthis p,4,1:49.4, a Control The Moment 4yr old sold to Joe Nelson of Maine for $62,000.

Currently in the onGait auction ring are Odds On Boca Raton (Captaintreacherous) p,4,1:50.4f, one of sixteen horses being offered by the Greg Luther Stable; Marykeeponburnin p,3,1:54.2s, a Bettor’s Delight race ready 3yr old filly; and Contact Zone p,2,1:53s, a 3yr old Bettor’s Delight colt being sold by the John Fielding/David Anderson partnership.

Established in August of 2001, onGait.com has grown to over 13,500 registered bidders.  They have hosted 1,700 auctions so far this year while anticipating sales of over $40  million of racehorses and breeding stock in 2022. As always, those unable to access us  by computer can call Maurice at (561) 706-4839.

by Maurice Chodash, for onGait.com