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Half-Brothers Fuel Increases In Heritage Place September Yearling Sale's Opening Session Friday
Double Bar S Ranch, Robyn Gordon and Thompson Racing paid $240,000 for Friday's Heritage Place Yearling Sale high-seller Hip 353 Time Flys.

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Half-Brothers Fuel Increases In Heritage Place September Yearling Sale's Opening Session Friday

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—SEPTEMBER 24, 2021—Half-brothers, out of the champion producing First Down Dash mare Little Surfer, brought over $200,000 each in front of a record crowd during Friday's opening session of the 2021 Heritage Place September Yearling Sale in Oklahoma City.

Day 1 saw across the board increases compared to last year's opening session as consignors and buyers continue to witness a 2021 Quarter Horse racing market that has shown strength from sale to sale during this summer sale season.

Heritage Place reported 322 yearlings sold from the 340 offered on Friday for gross receipts of $10,453,400, a 59% increase vs. $6,502,200 collected on day 1 in 2020 for 277 head sold from 302 offered.

The average rose 39% to $32,464 compared to $23,488 on 2020's first day session and the median was up a whopping 47% to $25,000 vs. $17,000 on 2020's day 1.

Sue Floyd and Jeremy Trujillo paid $220,000 for Friday's second high-seller, Hip 197 Party Hounds.
© Courtesy Lazy E Ranch
"The first day finished with a 95% clearance rate," Heritage Place General Manager Spence Kidney said late Friday night. "The average is a 39% increase over the same day last year. With record attendance we certainly look forward to another great day tomorrow."

There were a total of 10 six-figure yearlings in the opening session with two surpassing the $200,000 mark.

Double Bar S Ranch, Robyn Gordon and Thompson Racing paid $240,000 for Friday's high-seller Hip 353 Time Flys, a colt by leading sire Apollitical Jess from the aforementioned Little Surfer, the dam of three black type including AQHA Racing Champion 2-Year-Old and Champion 2-Year-Old Colt Uncle D. Lazy E Ranch, LLC, Agent for McColee Land & Livestock, LLC was the consignor.

The second high-seller on Friday was Uncle D's full-brother Hip 197 Party Hounds. Sue Floyd and Jeremy Trujillo paid $220,000 for the Corona Cartel-Little Surfer colt also consigned by Lazy E Ranch, LLC, Agent for McColee Land & Livestock, LLC. This is also the family of champions Ocean Runaway and Wave Carver.

Johnny Trotter purchased Friday's third high-seller, Hip 336 Succession, a colt by leading sire Favorite Cartel from the AQHA Racing Champion mare Fredaville by Mr Jess Perry. Consigned by Gentry Farms, the bay colt is a half-brother to three black type including Grade 1 winner Kiss Thru Fire.

Rachuan Suarez MVZ was the opening session leading buyer with 12 purchases totaling $371,500. Sue Floyd and Jeremy Trujillo had two head for $260,000 and Double Bar S Ranch, Robyn Gordon and Thompson Racing had the high-seller for $240,000.

Lazy E Ranch, LLC, Agent for McColee Land & Livestock, LLC was the leading consignor and/or agent on day 1 with 14 head grossing $949,000. Lazy E Ranch, LLC, Agent sold 22 head for $713,500 and Bobby D. Cox had 13 head total $596,000.

Walk Thru Fire was the leading sale sire in session one (by average with two or more sold) with two yearlings averaging $106,500. Apollitical Jess had 17 yearlings average $79,676 and Corona Cartel had 11 head for a $78,091 average.

Champion Kvn Corona was the leading first-crop sale sire (by average with two or more sold) with 13 yearlings averaging $30,462.

For preliminary sale results, including hip-by-hip prices, for session one CLICK HERE.

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Saturday's closing session, featuring Hips 366 thru 729, will get underway promptly at 10 a.m. (Sept. 25).

Heritage Place offers online bidding. For more information and a link to the Catalog Preview, Online Bidding and Sale Webcast CLICK HERE.

A complete online version of the 2021 September Yearling Sale catalog, including horse, consignor, sire and dam indexes, is available by CLICKING HERE.

The complete yearling catalog, including horse, consignor, sire and dam indexes, is also available through the RGP Catalog App for iPad, iPhone, Android phones and Android tablets.

To download the RGP Catalog App visit the Apple App Store or Google Play. Users need to search for "RGP Catalog App" on iTunes and Google Play, because the App hasn’t been updated to QData.

For those unable to attend in person, the sale will be available to watch via live stream on the Heritage Place website or by CLICKING HERE.

For additional sale information call the Heritage Place Sale Company at 405.682.4551 or visit www.heritageplace.com.