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Odds On Nourrir Acquires Windylane Hanover

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Windylane Hanover trots out for driver Ron Pierce

Windylane Hanover, a winner of nearly $1.2 million and the Hambletonian Oaks with a 1:53 record was purchased by Odds On Nourrir via agent Carter Duer for $600,000 Thursday morning at the Standardbred Horse Sale in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Windylane Hanover was sold as part of the Yankeeland Farm dispersal as Hip No. 1165, and is in foal to Andover Hall.

The $600,000 sales price is the highest so far at the 2006 sale and ties for fourth place as the most expensive broodmare ever sold at public auction. Winky's Gill ($800,000), Continentalvictory ($760,000), Act Of Grace ($675,000) and Rae ($600,000-tie) are the other four top price getters. The top seven broodmares sold at public auction are all trotting mares.

Andover Hall, whose yearlings are currently averaging over $75,000 at the 2006 Harrisburg sale, will stand for $25,000 for the next breeding season. The first crop of the seven-year-old son of Garland Lobell – Amour Angus raced this year and included the outstanding performers Pampered Princess, Donato Hanover, Quite Easy, Adrian Chip and Michelles Angel. The full brother to Angus Hall and Conway Hall, also top trotting sires, Andover Hall stands at Hanover Shoe Farm’s Pennsylvania farm. He is still owned by Erkki Laakkonen of Georgetown, Ontario who paid $482,000 for Andover as a yearling. He recently rejected an eight million dollar offer on the horse. Last year Andover Hall's fee was $20,000, up from $15,000 in 2005 and $10,000 in 2004.

Miss Wisonsin Acquired by Odds On Racing
Miss Wisconsin is now part of the Odds On Racing team. The sophomore filly trotter was the top seller during Friday’s session at the Standardbred Horse Sale, at $485,000. Miss Wisconsin won the 2005 Merrie Annabelle, and has earned $515,074 in her career.

“Ideally, Odds On Racing would like to race her for another year and then breed her after that,” Duer said. “They decided they wanted to get into it (breeding) and figured they might as well start toward the top. They had the opportunity to buy some good mares this year, so they wanted to go with the best they could get.”