SUNY Morrisville Fall Yearling Sale Sept. 16

From SUNY Morrisville:

SUNY Morrisville presents its annual Fall Yearling Sale at noon Sunday, Sept. 16 at the college’s Nancy Sears Stowell Arena on Swamp Road in the town of Smithfield, Madison County. 

Yearlings are available for inspection after 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15.  

The sale is free and open to the public. It usually draws a crowd of potential buyers, sellers, trainers and owners from across the Northeast.

A total of 72 yearlings, including 13 offered by the college, are catalogued for the sale. All of the 55 trotters and 17 pacers in the sale are New York eligible.

The sale is represented by 16 of the top sires in the industry, including yearlings by the first crop site Bolt The Duer, and the first New York crop of Third Straight.

The annual event, which features year-old Standardbred horses sold on consignment by the college, is organized and run by SUNY Morrisville Equine Department faculty, staff and students.

Equine students participate in every aspect of the sale, from administrative duties to horse handling and showing horses in the sales ring.

Last year, the sale grossed $970,000, with an average of $13,440. 

Profits from the sale go toward general maintenance and enrichment of the college’s equine programs. 

For more information about the event, visit  www.morrisvillesale.com The site utilizes TrackIT Pedigree for each yearling.