The American Saddlebred: The Dodge Stables Dispersal Sale held 7/8/1975

The greatest dynasty in American Saddlebred history came to a close on July 8^th, 1975 when Dodge Stables held its dispersal sale. The amazing 40+ year journey came to an end with the sale of 79 head of horses, yearlings to broodmares, prospects to breeding stallions, at Tattersall’s sale back when it had a session during the Lexington Junior League Horse Show.

The catalog contained photos of the foundation stallions of Dodge Stables, along with broodmare great Flirtation Walk. Although Anacacho Shamrock died in 1958 and Sparkling Waters in 1960, two of the sale horses were sired by Anacacho Shamrock and one was by Sparkling Waters. Wing Commander, who died early in 1969, had seven of his get go through the sale and Vanity’s Sensation, recently deceased in 1972, still had 13 offspring in the sale. The bulk of the horses were sired by next generation sires Flight Time and Baron de Bastrop. Broodmares were a blend of Dodge bred mares and others sired by outside stallions.

Here is the list of horses, in order of sale, along with price, age, type and their sire. The catalog had prices listed on it, and they were cross checked with an article on the sale from Saddle & Bridle. While Saddle & Bridle didn’t list the horses that sold for less than $3000, about half were above that figure. The only discrepancy was that Saddle & Bridle stated that Chocolate Kiss, the broodmare, sold for $15,700. The catalog listed Primrose Trail, a 5 gaited stallion, as selling for that amount. A high priced stallion is probably more likely. The top five sellers are highlighted. The total for the sale was just under $500,000.


Name	Price	age	type	Sire
Flight's Aristocrat	1500	3	5 gaited	Flight Time
My Antonia	400	17	Broodmare	Ridgefield's Genius
Proud Flier	600	2	Prospect	Flight Time
Baron's Flight	7000	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Flight Princess	4200	5	Broodmare	Flight Time
Winging Goddess	1300	3	3 gaited	Nubian Wing by WC
Hypnotique	1600	13	Broodmare	Ridgefield's Genius
Flight's Debutante	900	1	Prospect	Flight Time
Daring Pilot	1300	3	5 gaited	Flight Time
Reckless Love	3200	11	Broodmare	Vanity's Sensation
Baron's Command	4000	2	Fine Harness	Baron de Bastrop
Lexington Prince	3300	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Clover Chain	2700	3	3 gaited	Vanity's Sensation
Clover Princess	7100	16	Broodmare	Anacacho Shamrock
Mystic Theme	750	1	Prospect	Flight Time
Mystic Aire	2100	17	Broodmare	Sparkling Waters
Festive Time	1700	3	5 gaited	Flight Time
Perfect Timing	17500	4	5 gaited	Flight Time
Revelry's Princess	3200	20	Broodmare	King of Revelry
Wing Solo	5600	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Wing's Desdemona	out	6	Broodmare	Wing Commander
Goodnight My Love	4200	5	Broodmare	Vanity's Sensation
Path of Sensations	6000	3	5 gaited	Vanity's Sensation
Commanding Baron	1900	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Commander's Love	3200	19	Broodmare	Wing Commander
Fair Damsel	1400	3	3 gaited	Vanity's Sensation
Royal Kiss	1300	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Chocolate Kiss	2100	16	Broodmare	Royal Kalarama
Primrose Trail	15700	5	5 gaited	Vanity's Sensation
Pretty Flight	1250	1	Prospect	Flight Time
Clover Song	5500	2	Prospect	Flight Time
Lucky Clover	3500	12	Broodmare	Vanity's Sensation
Splendid Time	2200	3	Prospect	Flight Time
Glory Gal	1250	12	Broodmare	Vanity's Sensation
Today's Flight	650	2	Prospect	Flight Time
Gold Meadow	700	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Misty Meadow	2700	2	Prospect	Vanity's Sensation
Meadow Sunrise	3200	3	Prospect	Vanity's Sensation
Meadow Blossom	2100	20	Broodmare	Anacacho Shamrock
Baron's Fan Fair	1250	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Commander's Fan Fair	4100	6	Broodmare	Wing Commander
First Time Ever	4000	1	Prospect	Flight Time
Dream World	10000	9	Broodmare	Vanity's Sensation
Baron's Mistress	1150	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Contralou	5200	9	Broodmare	Private contract
Flight's Star Sapphire	3900	2	Prospect	Flight Time
Brilliant Showman	17000	3	5 gaited	Flight Time
Priceless Gem	8200	10	Broodmare	Vanity's Sensation
Heir To Baron	2500	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Victory Jewel	1500	2	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Priceless Jewel	2700	15	Broodmare	Priceless Heritage
Wing's Sweet Sue	11000	8	Broodmare	Wing Commander
Baron's Ace	1350	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Last Sensation	11500	2	Prospect	Vanity's Sensation
Fredmar's Sweet Sue	3500	19	Broodmare	Ridgefield's Denmark
Delightful Debonaire	4000	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Delightful Time	16000	11	Broodmare	Wing Commander
Baron de Bastrop	50000	9	Stallion	Vanity's Sensation
Bold spirit	900	1	Prospect	Flight Time
Spirit Divine	1400	17	Broodmare	Sun Beau's Glory
Catalina Colonel	6100	1	Prospect	Flight Time
Barham's Catalina	11200	8	Broodmare	Denmark Bourbon Genius
High Rank	14500	6	5 gaited	Wing Commander
Stylish Gent	5500	1	Prospect	Flight Time
Popular Time	33500	3	Fine Harness	Flight Time
High Fashioned Sue	29000	15	Broodmare	Parading Promise
Mystery valley	2000	1	Prospect	Flight Time
Valley of Hope	5000	3	3 gaited	Vanity's Sensation
Dream Valley	3000	9	Broodmare	Valley View Supreme
Success Story	9000	4	Fine Harness	Flight Time
Skyjacker	8200	2	Prospect	Flight Time
Lady of the Sky	10500	3	5 gaited	Flight Time
Baron's Mark	2300	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Reba's Denmark	5500	14	Broodmare	Reba Genius
Flight Time	60000	13	Stallion	Wing Commander
Forever April	out	11	Broodmare	Denmark Bourbon Genius
The Lone Ranger	4300	1	Prospect	Baron de Bastrop
Silvery Dreams	3200	5	Broodmare	Flight Time
Born To Fly	no sale	1	Prospect	Flight Time

Three of the 79 horses listed didn’t sell. Wing’s Desdemona, a broodmare from Wing Commander’s final foal crop was injured. She never sold or produced another foal, so what a shame. Her month old colt didn’t go through the sale. Forever April was ill and didn’t go through the sale either. Again, she never produced another colt and she hadn’t been very prolific anyway. Finally, the very last horse through the sale was a no sale due to a deformed ear.

The horses pictured on the blog this week were only those included in the catalog. This week looked at who sold, and the next post will look at what happened to these horses after the sale. The perspective of 40 years tells us which horses were the great buys, which were breed builders, and which were a gamble that failed.