Morrisville State to hold 25th annual yearling sale September 21

Morrisville State will hold its twenty-fifth annual Fall Yearling Sale Sept. 21 at noon at the college’s Nancy Sears Stowell Arena on Swamp Road. The preview day for the sale, the largest of its kind in New York State, is Sept. 20.



A total of 135 yearlings are up for sale. Eleven of them are being sold by the college: two yearlings of Cash Hall; four yearlings of RC Royalty; four yearlings of Conway Hall; and one of Crazed.



Conway Hall (seven total yearlings in the sale) and Cash Hall (four total yearlings in the sale) are, among the leading money-winning stallions in the NYSS for 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds in 2014. Conway Hall, Cash Hall and RC Royalty, all rank among the national leaders for 2- and 3- year-old trotters, on an average, per foal, basis.



RC Royalty (20 total yearlings in the sale) became the fastest 2-year-old trotting colt ever in the NYSS on a half-mile track by virtue of his 1:58.2 score at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway in 2005. RC Royalty also holds the Massachusetts Sire Stake record for 3-year-old trotting colts of 1:59.4.



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.



Equine students will be working the event, participating in every aspect of it from bedding stalls, grooming, leading and showing horses, to setting up the business office and assisting with cleanup.



Last year, the sale grossed nearly $1.3 million.



Profits from the sale, which is free and open to the public, go toward general maintenance and enrichment of the college’s equine programs. For more information about the annual event, visit www.morrisvillesale.com or call 315.684.6355.



Morrisville State offers a bachelor of technology degree in equine science and two associate degrees in equine racing management and equine science and management. The diverse equine science curriculum includes specializations in breeding, western, hunt seat, draft/driving, thoroughbred racing, Standardbred racing, business, and equine rehabilitation therapy.