{"id":84744,"date":"2017-09-20T17:27:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T21:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84744"},"modified":"2017-09-20T13:22:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T17:22:32","slug":"morrisville-state-college-yearling-sale-draws-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84744","title":{"rendered":"Morrisville State College yearling sale draws crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pictured is Kasey Mang with Hot Seat. Photo courtesy Franci Valenzano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robbie Robinson waited patiently as bidders started nodding and raising their hands over a sleek bay colt standing in the sale ring.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took my time and then when it was right, I made that one bid.\u201d<\/p>\n

And with that, Rockstar Rebel was his. The yearling went for $26,000 during Morrisville State College\u2019s\u00a0 annual fall yearling sale.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s highly anticipated sale once again drew a crowd of potential buyers, sellers, trainers and owners from across the Northeast and Canada. MSC\u2019s sale is the only one of its kind in New York State held on a college campus.<\/p>\n

A total of 72 yearlings grossed\u00a0$967,700\u00a0for an average of $13,440. The highest-priced yearling topped out at $35,000, consigned by Lakeview Equine.<\/p>\n

The yearling sale, which features year-old Standardbred horses sold on consignment by the college, is organized and run by Morrisville State Equine Department faculty, staff and students.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a well-run sale,\u201d said Robinson, who traveled from Ottawa, Canada, for the event. \u201cEven if I don\u2019t buy, I love to come to this sale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson spotted Rockstar Rebel during a preview held the day before the sale.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked at his confirmation and liked what I saw. He is a horse that looked the part,\u201d said Robinson, who plans to train and race his new horse in New York. \u201cI have high hopes for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students also had hopes for yearlings in the sale, some of which they helped foal and raise.<\/p>\n

Kasey Mang, of Fort Plain, was preparing Hot Seat for the show ring. \u201cHe is special. He was my project yearling,\u201d said the equine student who foaled the bay colt along with his half-sister.<\/p>\n

Equine students participated in every aspect of the sale, from administrative duties to horse handling and showing horses in the sales ring.<\/p>\n

The sale is an all-around great experience for students, allowing them to learn in a real-life business setting.<\/p>\n

Profits from the sale go toward general maintenance and enrichment of the college\u2019s equine programs.\u00a0 For complete sale, results visitwww.morrisvillesale.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robbie Robinson waited patiently as bidders started nodding and raising their hands over a sleek bay colt standing in the sale ring. \u201cI took my time and then when it was right, I made that one bid.\u201d And with that, Rockstar Rebel was his. The yearling went for $26,000 during Morrisville State College\u2019s\u00a0 annual fall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23679,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agfarming","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-m2Q","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Kasey-Mang-and-Hot-Seat.jpg?fit=4288%2C2848&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}