Equine Ranching
Newsletter
November 17, 2008
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2008 Keystone Colt Sale and Draft Horse Futurity Results and Highlights
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Lone Oak 06 Tina
2008 Keystone Draft Horse Futurity Overall Winner
- Sale Topper Brings $6,000.00!
- Top Ten Colts Average $2,785.00 - Up 25%!
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Futurity Winner Collects $5,000.00!
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Sale Colts Eligible for 2010 Keystone Draft Horse Futurity Worth
$12,500.00
The 5th Annual Keystone Colt Sale was held on
Saturday, September 20, 2008, at the Crawford County Fairgrounds in Meadville,
Pennsylvania.
This year's sale prices
continued to testify to the quality and presentation of the foals, which were
very well received by buyers and sold steadily.
The top ten colts averaged $2,785.00 - a 25% increase from 2007.
The top seller at $6,000.00 was Silver Hills Vince 08, a
registered Percheron colt sired by Pennwoods King's Commander out of the home-bred mare Silver Hills Vanessa, was
consigned by Silver Oak Percherons, Spud and Darcy Strain, of Boissevain, Manitoba,
and purchased by Chad Cole and Stan Lindsay Jr., both of Centre Hall,
Pennsylvania.
The 2nd Annual Keystone Draft Horse
Futurity featured 19 two-year-olds returning from the 2006 Keystone Sale that
competed for the total prize money of $15,000.00 paid out to the top ten
placings.
The winner, Lone Oak 06 Tina, a
Percheron filly bred by Jim and Darlene Lane, Lone Oak Percherons, Birtle,
Manitoba, collected a check in the amount of $5,000.00. The Futurity runner-up, Silver Hills King Vanessa,
also a Percheron filly and full sister to the Sale topping colt, collected
$2,400.00 for the Coles, and was bred by Spud and Darcy Strain, Silver Oak
Percherons, Boissevain, Manitoba.
Visit www.KeystoneSale.com for complete 2008 Keystone Colt Sale and Draft Horse Futurity results and highlights!
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2008 CanAm Sport Horse Classic Showcase Sale and Futurity
Results and Highlights
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- High Selling CanAm Sport Horse Weanling Brings $2,800.00!
- Sale Weanlings Compete in $5,200.00 Futurity!
The CanAm Sport Horse Sale's high selling weanling at
$2,800.00 was Go Figure, a ½ Hanoverian, ¼ Thoroughbred, ¼ Percheron dark brown filly sold by Ravine
Ranch Sport Horses of Lenore, Manitoba, and bought by Joan O'Conner, of Northbrook,
Illinois. Go Figure is registered with the Canadian Sport Horse
Association (CSHA) and was sired by Gringo, a registered Hanoverian
stallion, and is out of Q Tip, a CHSA registered,
Thoroughbred/Percheron-cross mare.
As an added incentive, weanlings purchased at Saturday's
sale were invited back to compete in the $5,200.00 CanAm Classic Futurity on
Sunday. The winner was Go
Buster Go, purchased in the auction by Sunshine Oaks Sport Horses, Dr.
Jim and Tamera Powers of Madison, Alabama and exhibited by Steve Dryden of
Early Dawn Sport Horses. For the win, Dr.
and Mrs. Powers received $1,000.00 and a trophy cooler. Go Buster Go was sired by Najib,
a registered PHR Thoroughbred stallion, and is out of a Percheron-cross mare.
Read more about the 2008 CanAm Sport Horse Classic Sale and Futurity at www.CanAmSportHorses.com. |
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About NAERIC
The
North American Equine Ranching Information Council (NAERIC) is a non-profit
association of equine ranchers engaged in horse production and management of
pregnant mares. Estrogens extracted from pregnant mares' urine (PMU) are used
in the production of hormone therapies for women. NAERIC serves its members,
the horse industry and general public as an agribusiness resource by providing
the latest information and research on ranch management, equine care, breeding
practices and innovative marketing programs.
The council is dedicated to ensuring the NAERIC brand represents overall
quality. NAERIC supports and promotes
the partnership between agriculture and women's health care. For complete information, visit www.naeric.org
The North American Equine Ranching Information Council (NAERIC)
P.O. Box 43968
Louisville, Kentucky 40253
Ph) 502-245-0425
Fax) 502-245-0438
info@naeric.org
www.naeric.org
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