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First Foal Is A Filly For Darby Dan Farm’s Higher Power

Darby Dan Farm's Higher Power, a Grade 1-winning millionaire by Medaglia d'Oro, sired his first reported foal on Jan. 26 when a filly out of the Curlin mare Curlita was born at Julie Rini's Crowning Point Farm.

Bred by Deann Baer, the filly hails from the family of stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Daring Reality and Grade 3 stakes winner Ski Dancer.

Higher Power, a dominant 5 1/4-length winner of the 2019 Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar with a career-best 107 Beyer Speed Figure, was a five-time winner of nearly $1.6 million. In addition to his scintillating score in the Pacific Classic, he also placed in the Breeders' Cup Classic, G1 Hollywood Gold Cup, and G1 Awesome Again Stakes for owner Hronis Racing and trainer John Sadler.

While his biggest career victory was achieved at the classic distance of 1 1/4 miles, Higher Power was also precocious. He broke his maiden at two and captured his 3-year-old debut at Oaklawn Park, defeating subsequent graded stakes-winning millionaire New York Central.

By elite sire Medaglia d'Oro, Higher Power was bred in Kentucky by Pin Oak Stud. He is produced from the multiple stakes-winning Seattle Slew mare Alternate, who is also the dam of multiple graded stakes winner Alternation and multiple stakes winner Interrupted. Alternate is a half-sister to 1995 Canadian Horse of the Year and multiple Grade 1 winner Peaks and Valleys from the family of Grade 1 winner Mucho Gusto.

Higher Power bred 152 mares in his first season at stud and will stand the upcoming breeding season for $10,000 S&N.

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Le Vron James Scores At CTBA Winter Mixed Sale

Le Vron James, a 2-year-old son of the late Vronsky, sold for a session-topping $85,000 to lead sizeable year-over-year gains at Tuesday's California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Winter Mixed Sale at Fairplex.

There were 113 horses sold for gross sales of $1,298,407, an average of $11,490 and a median of $5,200. At last year's Winter Mixed Sale, 73 sold for gross sales of $575,100, an average of $7,878 and a median of $3,200.

The California-bred Vronsky colt, out of the Cee's Tizzy mare Arousing, was bred by Harris Farms and Donald Valpredo and purchased by Dare to Dream, Don Calabria, and John Crawford. He previously sold to Jeff Ganje at the 2021 CTBA Northern California Yearling Sale for $32,000.

A close second to the topper was Prince Jimmy, a California-bred son of Jimmy Creed out of the Tiznow mare Following a Dream, which sold to Super Horse, agent Sweetwater Trading, for $75,000. He was bred by Tony Busching and Carol Busching.

The highest-priced filly purchase was a 2-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Gun Runner, out of the A.P. Indy mare Mahogany Lane, purchased by Ron Thomsen for $42,000.

To view the auction's full results, click here.

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Vanlangendonck Succeeds O’Farrell As Chairman Of OBS Board

Francis Vanlangendonck became the fifth chairman of the board in the history of Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc. Mike O'Farrell steps down after nearly 40 years as an OBS board member. George Onett was the first chairman in 1975, followed by Harry T. Mangurian, Jr., Norman Casse and Mike O'Farrell.

Vanlangendonck operates Summerfield Sales with his wife Barbara. Prior to being elected chairman, Francis has been an OBS board member since 1990, became secretary/treasurer in 2005 and then vice president from 2007-2021. Summerfield has been a perennial leading consignor at the OBS yearling and mixed sales. Last year, Summerfield ranked 15th nationally with yearling sales of nearly $9 million. Their full-service farm includes a swimming pond for rehabilitation and to prep and condition yearlings.

Mike O'Farrell was elected to the OBS board in 1983, was vice president from 1986-2006 and chairman since 2007 before stepping down this year. The O'Farrell family's Ocala Stud has been a mainstay in Ocala since 1956 with Mike and his two sons, David and Joe now directing operations. Ocala Stud is synonymous with the Florida breeding industry and OBS. His father, Joe O'Farrell, was a true promoter of Florida breeding and pioneer of the two-year-old in training sale concept. He was one of the founding members of Ocala Breeders' Sales Company, Inc. in 1974 and the first vice president of OBS.

Barry Eisaman was elected vice president of the OBS board. Dr. Eisaman, a veterinarian, has been secretary/treasurer of OBS since 2010 and was first elected to the OBS board in 1996. Along with his wife Shari, Eisaman operates Eisaman Equine which is a constant presence and leading consignor at the OBS 2-Year-Old in Training Sales. Many of the top racing stables in the country rely on Eisaman Equine to provide the foundation for their young horses for their racing career and to rehabilitate older horses for their return to the races.

Mark Casse was elected Secretary/Treasurer. Mark and his wife Tina manage the vast Casse Racing operations from their base in Ocala. Mark has been an OBS board member since 2001 and his father Norman was a founding member of OBS and chairman of the board of OBS for over twenty years. Mark has won over 3,200 races as trainer with career earnings approaching $200 million. He has been inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

Joining the OBS Board for the first time are David O'Farrell, Ocala Stud and Paul Sharp, Paul Sharp Stables. The rest of the board includes Tom Ventura, President; Carl Bowling; Nick de Meric, de Meric Sales; Jimbo Gladwell, Top Line Sales; Jesse Hoppel, Coastal Equine; John Penn, Pennston Farm; Bryan Rice, Woodside Ranch; and Eddie Woods.

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OBS March Sale Catalog Now Online

The catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2022 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com.

A total of 635 juveniles have been cataloged for the two-day sale, set for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 15 and 16, with both sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m. Hips 1 – 316 will sell on Tuesday, and Hips 317 – 635 will sell on Wednesday.

The Under Tack Show will span three days, beginning Thursday, March 10 with Hips 1 – 212. Hips 213 – 424 will breeze Friday, March 11 and Hips 425 – 635 will go Saturday, March 12. All three sessions will begin at 8 a.m.

Both sides of the catalog pay tribute to half a dozen of the champions produced throughout the March sale's rich history.

Lost in the Fog, consigned to the 2004 Sale by Southern Chase Farm, (Greg and Karen Dodd), won his first ten starts including the Grade 1 King's Bishop and G2 Riva Ridge en route to the Eclipse Award as 2005 sprint champion.

Fleet Indian, voted 2006's champion older female, was sold for $230,000 by Leprechaun Racing, Agent, at the 2003 March Sale. She would go on to earn over $1.7-million and captured five graded stakes including the G1 Flower Bowl and G1 Beldame.

Midnight Lute, consigned by Eddie Woods to the 2005 March Sale, went on to win over $2.6-million including back to back renewals of the Breeders' Cup Sprint and an Eclipse Award as 2007 sprint champion.

A pair of March grads won Eclipse Awards in 2008. Forever Together, sold for $240,000 in 2006 by Racehorse Consignment, Agent, went on to earn just under $3-million, with five graded stakes wins including the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf and was 2008 champion turf female.

Stardom Bound, the 2008 champion 2-year-old filly, was sold at the 2008 March Sale by Shadybrook Farm, Agent, for $375,000. She earned $1,861,610 and won the G1 Del Mar Debutante, G1 Oak Leaf and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Asia Express was the Japanese 2-year-old champion colt in 2013. The multiple graded stakes winner was purchased by Narvick International for $230,000 from breeder Ocala Stud at the 2013 OBS March Sale and went on to earn over $1.6-million, taking the G1 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes at two and G3 Leopard Stakes at three.

OBS March graduates have continued to uphold the sale's legacy as a prime source of top class racehorses. The latest star to emerge from the March Sale is Peter L. Cantrell's Call Me Midnight, who jumped firmly onto the Derby Trail by taking the recent G3 Lecomte Stakes at the Fair Grounds.

Trained by Keith Desormeaux, the 3-year-old son of champion OBS March graduate Midnight Lute is now 7-2-1-0 with earnings of $221,806. Sold first by Beth Bayer, Agent, at the 2020 October Select Yearling Sale, he turned in an Under Tack quarter in :20 4/5 and was purchased for $80,000 out of the Navas Equine consignment at the 2021 March Sale.

Baoma Corp.'s Eda wrapped up her juvenile campaign with three straight stakes wins, the last in the G1 Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos in December. Now training at Santa Anita, the daughter of Munnings won four of six starts and earned $370,000. Consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, to the 2021 OBS March Sale, she was purchased for $550,000 by Donato Lanni, Agent, after breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 flat.

Racing in Japan, Koichi Nishikawa's Cafe Pharoah compiled an impressive record including victories in the G1 February and G3 Sirius Stakes, leaving him with a 10-5-0-0 record and earnings of $1,928,283. The 4-year-old colt by American Pharoah, trained by Noriyuki Hori, was consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, to the 2019 OBS March Sale, and was sold for $475,000 to Narvick International, Agent, after turning in an Under Tack quarter in :21 1/5.

OBS will again offer online bidding during the March Sale. Buyers will be able to go to the OBS website and register to gain bidding approval, then access the OBS Bidding Screen with their credentials. For complete information on registration and online bidding please go to the OBS website.

To view the online catalog, click here.

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