Breeders Crown Charity Challenge auction raises $205,000
LEXINGTON, October 2, 2019 – The breeding auction to raise funds for the 2019 Breeders Crown Charity Challenge, presented by Woodbine Entertainment and Libfeld-Katz Breeding Partnership, was held Wednesday evening at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Kentucky.
A total of $205,000 was raised for the Charity Challenge through the sale of seven 2020 season breedings to harness racing’s most notable stallions. A breeding to Muscle Hill brought the highest total, selling for $45,000.
Below is list of each breeding auctioned off to raise money for the Charity Challenge:
Always B Miki - $12,000
Captaintreacherous - $36,000
Chapter Seven - $42,000
Father Patrick - $33,000
Muscle Hill - $45,000
Sweet Lou - $15,000
Tactical Landing - $22,000
All the funds raised from the auction will go towards charity to become the single-largest donation by Woodbine Cares.
The Breeders Crown Charity Challenge features four teams consisting of a celebrity, a charity of their choosing and an award-winning three-year-old Standardbred. Each charity is receiving one per cent of their horse’s earnings from June 1, 2019 through October 26, 2019.
The challenge portion of the initiative features the teams competing to garner the most votes in a Facebook poll. The poll will close on October 26, 2019 and the team with the most votes will receive the largest portion of the funds raised in Wednesday’s breeding auction. Votes can be submitted by visiting www.BCCharityChallenge.com.
The four teams for the Charity Challenge are listed below:
Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemons – Warrawee Ubeaut – Pinball Clemons Foundation
Kim MacDonald – Woodside Charm – Breast Cancer Society of Canada
Eddie Olczyk – Gimpanzee – Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
Dan Pleasac – Captain Crunch – Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society
Each charity is guaranteed to receive a minimum of $5,000.
The Breeders Crown Charity Challenge would not be possible without the support and generosity of the following individuals and groups:
Captaintreacherous
The Captaintreacherous Syndicate, Dr. Bridgette Jablonsky, Hanover Shoe Farms
Always B Miki, Father Patrick & Sweet Lou
Adam Bowden, Diamond Creek Farms
Muscle Hill
Michael Klau, Southwind Farms
Chapter Seven
Tom Grossman, Bluechip Farms
Tactical Landing
Kevin Greenfield, Southwind Farms
Gimpanzee
Courant Inc, S R F Stable, Marcus Melander:
Warrawee Ubeaut
Burke Racing Stable, Phillip Collura, J & T Silva Purnel & Libb, Weaver Bruscemi
Captain Crunch
3 Brothers Stables, Christina Takter, Rojan Stables, Caviart Farms, Nancy Johansson
Woodside Charm
Verlin Yoder
