There’s good news and bad news for Indiana racing fans. The bad news is the talented pacer Rip Wheeler with the great name will most likely not be in Indiana any longer. The good news is the Indiana sired pacer will continue his racing career for the Oaks Stable. Rip Wheeler sold at the Standardbred […]
Joy Rider top Indiana yearling at Harrisburg
Only three were catalogued and only two sold with Joy Rider fetching the highest price at the 2022 Standardbred Horse Sale at Harrisburg, Pa. The sale contained more than 900 yearlings representing all states and a coliseum full of buyers in the Standardbred industry. Joy Rider caught the eye of Peter and Melanie Wrenn. The […]
Four Indiana yearlings featured Tuesday at Harrisburg
The Standardbred Horse Sale is underway at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Arena. Last year’s event was moved to Maryland due to Covid-19 restrictions, but this year’s five-day event is back at its home, featuring 831 cataloged yearlings over the first three days of the sale. Included in the sale are nine yearlings with four […]
Swan in Motion sells at Standardbred Horse Sale
Swan in Motion, the multiple Indiana Sires Stakes winner this season at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, was the fifth horse from the end of the Standardbred Horse Sale Saturday, Nov. 7, but was worth the wait. Howard Taylor, who has invested heavily in the Indiana racing program the past few years, purchased the Swan for All […]
Six more sell at Standardbred Horse Sale
Six more Indiana sired horses were part of the final day of yearling sales in the Standardbred Horse Sale Thursday, Nov. 5. The sale, moved to the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md., offered two by Rockin Image, two by Swan for All, one by Always a Virgin, and one by JK Endofanera, who was […]
Wrenn Stable purchases pair of yearlings at Standardbred Horse Sale
Fresh off the Breeders Crown weekend at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, Peter and Melanie Wrenn were back at work, this time, inspecting yearlings at the Standardbred Horse Sale, which began Monday, Nov. 2. The sale, normally held at Harrisburg, Pa., was moved to Timonium, Md. to the Maryland State Fairgrounds. This year and buyers were out […]
New Indiana owner buys broodmares
As the Blooded Horse Sale gets underway in Ohio, several names are popping up in the purchase category with Indiana addresses. Some will be brought back to the Hoosier State as breeding stock, as was the case in the Standardbred Horse Mixed Sale in Harrisburg, Pa. earlier this month. One of the top buyers of […]
Blooded Horse Sale attracts Indiana buyers
The 64th annual Summer Mixed Sale offered more than 600 horses in the catalog over a two-day period Tuesday, Aug. 27 and Wednesday, Aug. 28. The sale, held at the Champions Center Expo in Springfield, Ohio, featured many yearlings and racehorses from the state of Indiana. The three-year-old filly Belladonna Hanover, by Always a Virgin, […]
Loren Combs sees namesake sell at Harrisburg
Loren Combs has been a fixture at Hoosier Park for two decades. He is a well-respected blacksmith and friend to many. A series at Hoosier Park was named in his honor and now, a horse will carry on his name. Combs Hanover, named after Loren, was part of the first day of the week-long sale […]