Mike and Stephanie Jennings

The 50^th Annual Quarter Horse Congress Super Sale, scheduled for Saturday, is generating plenty of excitement and starting at noon on Friday, horse shoppers both on the fairgrounds and at home can get a sneak peek of horses consigned in a preview of sale entries.

The preview of 168 horses consigned to this year’s sale, will be held in the Lausche building and visitors can also enjoy a pig roast luncheon, provided by Coughlin Auto starting at 11:30 a.m. and continuing as long as the pig lasts, according to Mike Jennings of the Professional Horse Services, LLC, management team. The preview will also be available via webcast at http://www.prohorseservices.com/CSS.php or iEquine.com.

In 1967, the year of the very first All American Quarter Horse Congress, the focal point for the entire show was the Super Sale. Today, some 50 years later, the sale remains a highlight of the month-long show.

New this year is a yearling sale stakes session, which gives Western Pleasure horse enthusiasts an opportunity to buy top quality yearlings.  Yearlings purchased in this session can be eligible for the 2-Year-Old Sale Stakes Western Pleasure classes to be held at the 2017 Congress, with a sustaining fee paid by the buyer.  An estimated purse of more than $50,000 will be paid in two classes for Open and Non-Pro riders.  This estimate is based on 70 entries paying the sustaining fees, along with added money from the Ohio Quarter Horse Association.  More than 100 yearlings are offered in this session.

Bernard More’s daughter with his yearling sale entry.

“The Congress Super Sale Stakes Yearling Session has been discussed amongst our family and the Ohio Quarter Horse Association since 2009, but the sale committee chairman, Vic Clark, really wanted to pursue it this year, so OQHA put the final plans together for it,” Jennings said.

Bernard More, of Canada, has been attending the Super Sale for 35 years.

“We love the Congress,” he said. “There is a certain vitality to the whole thing. We like to show our stock to the people that come to this type of horse show.”

This year he has a 2015 red roan filly consigned and said he thinks the yearling session is a great idea.

“I think it is overdue actually,” he said.  “I am really glad they instituted it.”

Many consignors said that the addition of a new 2-Year-Old class with a substantial purse for both open and non-pro contenders was a big incentive.

There will be an Open and a Non-Pro division for the Sales Stakes Class next year, but a horse cannot show in both divisions. The purse for the class will be divided among the Open and Non Pro Division, depending on the number of entries. The Sales Stakes class will not be a maiden class.

Dee Trenbev and Kathy Hanson.

“I know there is already some concern for horses showing in this class and the maiden Coughlin class next year,” Jennings said. “The horses are able to go show in the Coughlin and then show in Sales Stakes Class afterwards.”

The annual sale primarily draws Quarter Horses, but it is open to Paints, Appaloosas, and all color breed horses. This year there are a few Paints and some Double Registered AQHA/APHA horses consigned to this year’s sale.

Kathy Hanson and Dee Trenbev, were on the grounds on Thursday to get an early look at horses being offered in the sale. It is their first time attending the Congress Super Sale.

“We are looking for a yearling to become a show horse for Dee in the all- around events,” Hanson said.

According to Jennings, the Super Sale has traditionally been a good market for yearlings, but a particularly strong market for the trained Western Pleasure, Hunter Under Saddle, and all around horses.

“Since this is such a big show with a large crowd of people, this is the largest sale that you can go to anywhere in the country,” he said.

Ashley Bolls and her family is at the Congress looking for a gray hunt seat horse.

Ashley Bolls and her family.

“We have found some potential prospects,” she said.

This year, the sale committee hopes to have the sale horses sold before the pleasure classes start on Saturday.

“We will be starting our sale a little bit earlier than usual. We will start our announcements at 9:30 a.m., in the Lausche building, so that way we can actually start selling horses by 10 a.m. and try to get them sold so everyone can enjoy the 2-Year-Old Open Western Pleasure Stakes Class,” Jennings said.

For those who can’t attend the Preview on Friday, it will be webcast.   The auction will be webcast, as well.   For the link to the webcast, shoppers can go to http://www.prohorseservices.com/CSS.php or iEquine.com.

Consignors offering horses in the 2016 Congress Super Sale include: Pete Mead, offering NSBA World Champion and Congress Champion , How Bout That Batt; Cedar Creek Quarter Horses, LLC, Gary Trubee, Manager; Richland Ranch, John & Sondra Narmont, John Boxell, Manager; North Farm, LLC, Debbi Trubee & Roger Landis; Fritz Leeman Farm; Jason Ducharme Horse Co.; Jerry Powers Quarter Horses, including PHBA World Champion, Invite Tinkerbelle , PHBA World Champion; Masterson Farms, Magnuson Farms, Dale Livingston, Kathie Kennedy, Haylo Farms, Julie Voge, Waymond Roberts and many more.

Mike and Stephanie Jennings of Professional Horse Services, LLC are available to answer questions and help you have the best experience whether selling or buying.  Contact them at 855-272-3905 or email Info@ProHorseServices.com.