SUNY Morrisville annual yearling sale is Sept. 16
SUNY Morrisville presents its annual Fall Yearling Sale Sunday, Sept. 16 at noon at the college’s Nancy Sears Stowell Arena on Swamp Road in the town of Smithfield. Yearlings are available for inspection Saturday, Sept. 15 after 10 a.m.
The highly anticipated sale, which is free and open to the public, 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 cataloged for the sale, which is the only one of its kind in New York State on a college campus. 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 sire 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, visitwww.morrisvillesale.com. The site utilizes TrackIT Pedigree for each yearling.