Winter Mixed Sale has $390,000 topper

Standardbred Cananda reports that Whichwaytothebeach topped the first Standardbred harness racing sale of the year as the Tattersalls Sales Company’s 2022 Winter Mixed Sale was held on Monday, Jan. 17 in the race paddock at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Whichwaytothebeach, Hip 77, was the sale topper with a $390,000 bid by Gino Toscani of Mount Hope, Ont.

The Somebeachsomewhere-Swinging Beauty gelding won his four-year-old qualifying debut in 1:51.3 on January 8 at The Meadowlands. Consigned by Northwood Bloodstock Agency, he was previously campaigned by trainer Brett Pelling for owners Alan Johnston and John Craig.

Whichwaytothebeach’s biggest victory came in a consolation of the Max C. Hempt Memorial last year at Pocono then he took his mark of 1:49.2 winning a division of the Grand Circuit stakes event named for his sire at Woodbine Mohawk Park. A career winner of 12 of his 27 races and $581,165, he also boasts top three finishes in the North America Cup, Little Brown Jug and Monument Circle.

Whichwaytothebeach’s older Captaintreacherous brother, the 2020 Little Brown Jug champion Captain Barbossa, was another big-ticket purchase at the mixed sale, selling for $210,000. Consigned by Preferred Equine, the five-year-old pacer was purchased by Robert Dinozzi of Ossining, New York. Previously trained by Tony Alagna, he earned nine wins and more than $600,000, with a mark of 1:47.1 taken in the Graduate Series last year at The Meadowlands.

Two other horses garnered bids of $200,000 or more, including four-year-old trotting mare Swift Swanda, winner of last year’s Moni Maker, purchased for $240,000 by Josh Green, agent for Spring Station Bloodstock; and six-year-old Art Major gelding Belmont Major N, a recent New Zealand import with a 1:49.3 mark taken at Pocono, who was acquired by Amanda Kelley of Greenfield Center, New York for $200,000.

A total of 90 racehorses, broodmares and stallion shares sold for $4,253,300, resulting in an average price of $47,259.

For complete results of Monday’s Tattersalls Winter Mixed Sale, click here.

From Standardbred Canada