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OBS Spring Sale Catalog Now Available Online

The catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 Spring Sale of Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com.

A total of 1,214 juveniles have been cataloged for the four-day sale, now set for Tuesday through Friday, April 20 – April 23. All sessions will begin at 10:30 a.m.

Hip No. 1 – 304 will sell Tuesday, April 20.
Hip No. 305 – 608 will be sold Wednesday, April 21.
Hip No. 609 – 912 will sell Thursday, April 22.
Hip No. 913 – 1217 will be sold Friday, April 23.

The Under Tack Show will be divided into seven sessions, set for Sunday through Saturday, April 11 – April 17, all beginning at 8 a.m.

Sunday, April 11: Hip # 1 – 174
Monday, April 12^:Hip # 175 – 348
Tuesday, April 13: Hip # 349 – 522
Wednesday, April 14: Hip # 523 – 696
Thursday, April 15: Hip # 697 – 870
Friday, April 16: Hip # 871 – 1044
Saturday, April 17: Hip # 1045 – 1217

The catalog covers display a string of major stakes winning OBS Spring Sale graduates, winners of major stakes from coast to coast, in Japan and in Dubai.

The online catalog's main page contains a link to a sortable master index providing searchable pedigree and consignor information as well as access to pedigree updates occurring since the catalog was printed. Advanced search and filter capability has been added to allow shortlist creation. A link to instructions for using the new features can be found in the index header and a step by step tutorial is available in the index as well.

To view the online catalog, click here.

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Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Jump Start Tops 2020 Stallion Award Earners

Runners by Pennsylvania's stallions generated nearly $850,000 in stallion awards in 2020, and a familiar name found himself at the top of the sire list.

The late Jump Start was the Keystone State's leading resident by stallion award earnings, bringing in $172,796.02 for owner Northview Stallion Station Inc.

The owner of a Pennsylvania-based stallion at the time of a foal's conception is eligible for stallion awards generated by that foal. Stallion owners receive 10 percent of the purse earned when a registered Pennsylvania-bred and- sired runner finishes in the top three in any pari-mutuel race within the state.

Jump Start was Pennsylvania's leading sire by general earnings in 2020, with 155 runners and 71 winners making nearly $3.3 million.

He accounted for two of the top five earners of stallion awards, led by It's a Journey, who generated $10,310 in that category last year. The veteran campaigner had her best season yet in 2020, featuring victories in the Mrs. Penny Stakes and an optional claiming race at Parx Racing.

Jump Start also had Fire's Finale add $8,835 in stallion awards. The colt generated awards in two races during his juvenile season, breaking his maiden at Parx, then taking the Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes.

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American Graded Stakes Standings Presented By Muirfield Insurance: Godolphin Sets The Pace Among Breeders

Following a season where the Godolphin operation took home the Eclipse Award as outstanding owner, the blue team has set a blistering pace on its quest to collect its second trophy as outstanding breeder.

Godolphin leads all breeders with five North American graded stakes winners through March 9, all homebreds, with the most recent addition Micheline, who took the Grade 2 Hillsborough Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on March 6.

It was the seasonal debut for the 4-year-old Bernardini filly, and her first career graded stakes win after several close calls in previous campaigns. She is out of the multiple Grade 1-winning Include mare Panty Raid.

Champion Essential Quality, made his seasonal debut a winning one with a powerful drive down the sloppy Oaklawn Park stretch to win the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes by 4 1/4 lengths on Feb. 27. He is a son of Tapit, out of the Grade 3-placed Elusive Quality mare Delightful Quality.

Godolphin has a strong pair of 4-year-old colts at the top of the older male division, in Maxfield and Mystic Guide.

Maxfield, a son of Street Sense, shined in his first start of the season with a four-wide rally on Feb. 13 to win the G3 Mineshaft Stakes at the Fair Grounds.

He is out of the winning Bernardini mare Velvety, who raced as a Godolphin homebred in England.

Mystic Guide added his name to the fold with a dominant performance in the G3 Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 27, drawing off to win by six lengths over a sloppy sealed track.

Mystic Guide is also out of a mare that competed under the Godolphin colors in Music Note, a daughter of A.P. Indy who picked up five Grade 1 wins over the course of her career.

Rounding out the group was Antoinette, a 4-year-old daughter of Hard Spun who also won her seasonal bow with an effortless front-running triumph in the G3 The Very One Stakes, also on Feb. 27.

Another multi-generational member of the Godolphin breeding program, Antoinette is out of the Godolphin-homebred Elusive Quality mare Shuruq, who was a group stakes winner in the UAE and Turkey.

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Stallion Spotlight Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: Crestwood Farm’s Robert Keck On Yorkton

Stallion Spotlight offers stud farm representatives a chance to address breeders and answer questions as they finalize their mating decisions for the 2021 breeding season.

In this edition, Robert Keck of Crestwood Farm discusses Yorkton, a multiple Grade 3 winner who entered stud in 2021.

Yorkton
B. h., 2014, Speightstown x Sunday Affair, by A.P. Indy
Race Record: 30-7-4-3; $546,332
Advertised Fee: $5,000

What is Yorkton's strongest selling point as a stallion?

Robert Keck: It's hard to list just one. He was durable, making 30 starts, and fast, winning five stakes. He is a son Speightstown, a great physical with an elite pedigree.

If I've got a mare that needs help from a stallion physically, what do you foresee Yorkton best being able to contribute to that equation?

Keck: Yorkton is an exceptional physical. He has extremely good bone, you rarely see cannons that strong. He is very correct, has great muscling, and coupling. He is 16.1 hands with scope, a great top-line, and a good hind leg. Any mare will benefit from his physical attributes.

Speightstown is rapidly emerging as a sire of sires. What about Yorkton separates him within that group?

Keck: Being the only Speightstown, out of an A.P. Indy mare; additionally being from a super-elite female family gives him a great advantage. His half-brother Weyburn just won the G3 Gotham Stakes, earning 50 points for the Kentucky Derby.

Yorkton's third dam is the mighty Maplejinsky. How much does having a strong female family under a stallion affect his appeal, and his ability to sire runners?

Keck: Very rarely do you see a successful stallion that doesn't have a strong female family, that foundation forecasts a stallion that has a future. Yorkton has 11 Grade 1 winners, including six millionaires, and two champions from his immediate female family.

What else should someone considering Yorkton know before making the call?

Keck: Chiefswood Stables is supporting this stallion by breeding some extremely nice mares. The $1-million Breeders' Incentive Program gives you an idea of how committed they are to seeing Yorkton succeed.

The Breeders' Incentive Program will award $10,000 to the breeders of Yorkton's first 20 juveniles in his debut crop to win a North American maiden special weight at or above the $25,000 purse level.

Breeders of the first six debut-crop foals to win a listed black type stakes race in North America with a purse of $75,000 or more will receive a $100,000 bonus, if it's done before the end of their 3-year-old season.

A $200,000 bonus will go to the breeder of Yorkton's first Grade 1 winner before the end of their 3-year-old campaign, as well.

Anyone with questions can contact us directly at Crestwood Farm.

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