Yearling Spotlight: Seelster Farms - Raising Champions
Seelster Farms is a standardbred breeding farm in Lucan, Ontario - standing the industry’s top stallions and raising champions. Their stallion line-up includes Bulldog Hanover, All Bets off, Big Jim, Century Farroh and Lookslikeachpndale.
All Bets Off standing proudly at Seelster Farms in Lucan, Ontario. (Seelster Farms)
A look now at just some of the 25 yearlings - consigned by Seelster Farms - for the sale dates of October 13-14 at the J-AAR Expo Centre (formerly The Agriplex).
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HIP 115 ANDRETTI SEELSTER (All Bets Off-Atlantic Seelster-Jeremes Jet) is a colt and the eleventh foal from the unraced - yet proven - broodmare Atlantic Seelster who’s the dam of 8 winners including Kat p5, 1:50.4f ($568,649), Deb p3, 1:51.2s ($229,726) and Alumni Seelster p3,l 1:52.2f ($228,606).
Second dam Angelina Seelster, by Astreos, from 12 foals produced 9 winners including Aniston Seelter p5, 1:52.1f ($273,538), Ashton Seelster p8, 1:51.1s ($154,026) and Arcane Seelster p4, 1:53.4h ($121,077).
Kat (Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) winning at Northfield Park. (Casalinova Photo)
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HIP 200 UPHORIA SEELSTER (Bulldog Hanover-Unique Attitude-Bettors Delight) is a filly and the first foal from the unraced mare Unique Attitude - a sibling to Some Attitude p3, 1:50.1m ($495,037) and Perfect Storm p3, 1:51.1s ($235,114) and a full sister to All Attitude p3, 1:51.2f ($182,057) and Better Style p5, 1:55.2h ($104,802).
The second dam Strike An Attitude p3, 1:48.4m ($1,008,898) by Western Hanover and third dam Strike A Balance p3, 1:55.4s ($121,428) by Artsplace - both produced 6 winners.
Bulldog Hanover - the fastest standardbred of all time - 1:45.4! (Seelster Farms)
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HIP 70 SOLILOQUY SEELSTER (King Of The North-Speak Of The Devil-Archangel) is a filly - the fourth and final foal from Speak Of The Devil (now deceased) who produced the OSS Gold winner, at 3, Sprite Seelster t3, 1:52.4s ($330,463) and Salem Seelster t3, 1:55f ($99,760).
Second dam Topcat Hall, by Conway Hall, would produce the double-millionaire JL Cruze t4, 1:49.4m, along with Sheez On Cruze t5, 1:53.2f ($230,330) and Hill Of A Colt t4, 1:52.3s ($141, 530).
Sprite Seelster (Tyler Borth) winning recently for trainer Katie MacNeil. (Woodbine Photos)
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HIP 128 LARCENY SEELSTER (All Bets Off-L A Seelster-Shadow Play) is a filly and the first foal from the lightly-raced mare L A Seelster who’s a sibling to Thinking Out Loud p4, 1:47.2 ($1,957,217), West Of L A p2, 1:53.2m ($257,150), You See L A p3, 1:52s ($249,339) and Movie Star p6, 1:51s ($175,821).
Second dam Los Angeles p2, 1:53.4f ($289,213), by Camluck, produced 9 winners from 13 foals and third dam Witchtree p3, 1:54.2s ($199,011), by Falcon Seelster, produced 6 winners from 6 foals.
$1.9M winner Thinking Out loud (John Campbell) winning at the Big M. (Lisa Photo)
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HIP 118 SCOTTIE SEELSTER (Bulldog Hanover-Soiree Seelster-Big Jim) is a filly and the seventh foal from the strong producer Soiree Seelster p2, 1:52.2s ($$237,882) - the dam of O’Brien Award winner (at 2 and 3) Stockade Seelster p3, 1:48.4s ($1,621,878), Sorcha Seelster p4, 1:50.4s ($278,100), Shanghai Seelster p3, 1:52f ($131,675) and full brother Scorpion Seelster p2, 1:51.4 ($89,380).
Stockade Seelster (Jody Jamieson) winning the Metro Pace. (New Image Media)
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HIP 166 PUT A FORK INIT (Century Farroh-Outofthefryingpan-No Pan Intended) is a filly and the twelfth foal from the good producing mare Outofthefryingpan p4, 1:52.4s ($140,742), by No Pan Intended, who is the dam of Osborne Seelster p4, 1:50s ($284,843), Ossie The Second p6, 1:51.1f ($226,908), I Dream Of Jeanie p5, 1:52.1m ($102,054) and a very nice two-year-old - this season - in Twentydollardolly p2, 1:52.3, BT 1:50.3s ($20,300).
Twentydollardolly with Bert Renaud aboard for trainer Julie Walker. (Norm Files)
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