Weaver Standardbred Farm has more to offer year two in Lexington
by Debbie Little
After breaking their maiden in Lexington last year, Weaver Standardbred Farm returns to the Selected Yearling Sale for year two, bigger and better.
“As far as quality, I think we might have stepped it up a little bit,” said Enos Weaver who owns the farm in Utica, OH, with his wife Lexi. “We got some nice colts going down [to Lexington], some Huntsvilles, and we’ve got two Sweet Lou colts going. Then we have two Gimpanzee colts and two Captain Corey fillies, and we’ve got three Pebble Beaches.”
Their five by Huntsville are all Kentucky and New York eligible and are spread across Day 2: Hip #185 Win Me Over, out of Winners Over and Hip #198 Crimson Bruin out of Amherst, Day 3: Hip #537 Roll Tide Dude out of Lady Dudette and Hip #594 Southern Rocknroll out of Rock N Roll Rosie, and Day 4: Hip #667 Carly Shay out of Carly Girl.
“We’re really high on the Winners Over filly Win Me Over,” Lexi said. “Her brother, Watch Em Win, just won the Reynolds at Tioga last Friday [Sept. 19] from post 8, so that was a good win for him. Good update for her page. And the majority of our consignment is dual eligible, which we love.
“It gives them a little more opportunity, if they don’t get around a smaller track, they can always go to The Red Mile.”
Huntsville is second to only to Sweet Lou in the standings in 2025 for leading sires average earnings per foal for both 2- and 3-year-old pacers.
“Last year, actually, we sold Hunt Off The Press for [$35,000], and he went on to win, I believe, four legs of the New York Sire Stakes, and then got second in the final behind Fragment,” Lexi said. “So, he turned out to be a pretty nice colt for a good price.
“Not this year, but next year, we will have a full brother.”
Their Sweet Lou colts — Hip #209 Blazin Lou out of Beautiful Lady, selling on Day 2, and Hip #590 Evander out of Reenactment, selling on Day 3 — are both Pennsylvania and Kentucky eligible.
Of their three colts by Pebble Beach, the first, selling on Day 3, is Hip #391 Boomshakalaka, a first foal out of Suga Boom Boom, a sister to world champion Baron Remy. Both Hip #803 Salty Dog and Hip #880 You Got Lucky, will sell on Day 5 and are from solid producing families.
Even though the majority of their consignment is pacers, they do have four very nice trotters.
Selling on Day 3 is Hip #570 One Tequila, a black filly by Captain Corey out of One Margarita, a sister to Yanaba. Their second Captain Corey filly is out of Stylemaker, Hip #616 Style For Miles selling on Day 4. Stylemaker is a sister to stakes winners Patriarch Hanover and Paulina Hanover and is out of Hambletonian Oaks champ Personal Style.
Their two Gimpanzee colts — Hip #682 Reign Of A Wiseman and Hip #785 Jungle Beast — will be selling on Day 4, and are out of good producing families.
“Last year, we were a little more uniform, so it is exciting this year to have a little more variety to offer,” Lexi said.
Of the 15 cataloged, 11 are agent horses, but the majority are quite familiar with the Weavers farm.
“Ninety to 95 per cent of everything we take to every sale was born and raised on the farm, so that makes it very nice to know the horses so well,” Lexi said. “And, you know, we watched them grow up from day one.”
Hip #806 Hurrikane Papi, a daughter of Papi Rob Hanover out of Hurrikane Shorty, is also Pennsylvania and Kentucky eligible, but does not fall into the majority that Lexi mentioned.
“That’s going to be a meet and greet at the sale, we don’t have her at the farm,” Enos said. “I think they did the video [Monday (Sept. 22)], and I believe it’s up, but I have not seen it yet. I’m sure it’s a good looking individual, because, you know Bruce [Brinkerhoff], he looked at her and he takes nice horses.”
The economy is always a topic at sale time and this year is no exception. Based on what they’ve seen recently, Lexi is optimistic for Kentucky.
“Just speaking from the results of the Ohio Select Sale that was on Sept. 12, and that was another record-breaking sale for Ohio, so I thought that that kind of spoke volumes,” Lexi said. “And I’m sure the same momentum will be going into Lexington, if not better, would be my expectation.
“This was our third year [at the sale] in Ohio, and then it’ll be our first year at Harrisburg this fall, and then we’re venturing to the Indiana Sale as well.”
