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Curlin Filly Tops OBS Spring Sale’s Third Session

Hip No. 830, a daughter of Curlin consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, went to Bradley Thoroughbreds LLC for $670,000 to top the third session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

The bay filly, who breezed an eighth in :10 1/5 at Friday's under tack session, is out of graded stakes winner Funny Proposition, by Medaglia d'Oro, a daughter of stakes winner Humorous Miss.

Hip No. 644, a son of Flatter also consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, was sold to Lauren Carlisle, Agent & Myracehorse.com for $625,000. The chestnut colt, who breezed an eighth at Thursday's under tack session in :10 1/5, is a full brother to stakes winner Search Results, recent winner of Aqueduct's Grade 3 Gazelle Stakes, out of graded stakes placed Co Cola, by Candy Ride (ARG), from the family of millionaire Grade 1-winning OBS graduate Mind Your Biscuits.

Hip No. 786, a son of Pioneerof the Nile consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, was sold to Gayle Van Leer, Agent, for $575,000. The dark bay or brown colt, whose quarter in :20 4/5 into a stiff headwind was the fastest work at the distance at Thursday's under tack session, is out of Fancy Day (IRE), by Shamardal, a daughter of graded stakes winner Tizdubai, a full sister to champion Tiznow.

Hip No. 744, a son of Curlin consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent, went to Mike Ryan, Agent, for $425,000. The dark bay or brown colt, who worked an eighth in :10 2/5 on Thursday, is a half brother to Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Drefong out of Eltimaas, by Ghostzapper, a half sister to Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Action This Day.

For the day, 155 horses brought a total of $14,491,000, compared with 163 selling for a total of $11,151,000 at last year's third session. The average price was $93,490, up 36.6 percent compared to $68,411 in 2020 while the median price was $50,000, compared with $40,000 a year ago. The buyback percentage was 18.8 percent; it was 18.5 percent last year.

The Spring Sale concludes Friday at 10:30 a.m. Hip No.'s 913 – 1217 will be offered for sale.

To view the full results from Thursday's session, click here.

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Baffle ‘Em Commands $75,000 To Top Wanamaker’s March Sale

Baffle 'Em, a 3-year-old filly by Quality Road, brought a final bid of $75,000 to top the Wanamaker's March online auction.

Offered by Bradley Thoroughbreds and purchased by Jay Reese, Baffle 'Em was sold as a racing or broodmare prospect. The sale grossed $110,000 and had an average of $11,000 with a total of ten horses changing hands.

“It is great to see continued growth in our selling and buying base alongside customers who have returned after their previous experiences. While we take pride in our platform, service, and ability to bring a genuine market online, we really depend on those that have been willing to give us a chance as a new player in the market,” said co-founder Jack Carlino.

Entries are now open for Wanamaker's April online auction. Entries will close on April 20, the catalog will be released on April 21, and the horses will sell on April 29. Detailed selling information can be found at wanamakers.com/sell.

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Aaron West of Bradley Thoroughbreds Named Finalist for Newcomer Award

Congratulations to Aaron West, one of three finalists in the Newcomer Award category of the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards (TIEA), presented by Godolphin. Currently the racing operations manager at Bradley Thoroughbreds LLC, West originally hails from Arkansas, where he was bitten by the Thoroughbred bug at Oaklawn Park. A move to Kentucky followed, as did a graduation from the North American Racing Academy (NARA) after focusing on ground skills and barn management. First a yearling groom at Lane’s End Farm, West landed at Bradley Thoroughbreds. He coordinates with owners–making sure everyone is licensed, ensuring silks and papers are in the right spots, and organizing seating on race days; provides updates on breezes; works with trainers on horses’ targets; and more.

“Aaron comes to work every day with a can-do attitude,” said Pete Bradley.

Click for the video feature on West done by TIEA.

Other finalists for the Newcomer Award are Robert Cole of FTBOA and Alexis Kolasa of Denali Stud. The Newcomer Award is presented annually to an individual who has been in racing or breeding for under five years and has shown ambition to continue a career in some facet of the Thoroughbred industry while also improving his or her skills and knowledge.

A total of seven award categories will be honored by TIEA for 2020. Maria Cristina Silva of New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NYTHA) has already been announced as the winner of the Community Award, while the winners in the other categories will be announced live in a virtual ceremony hosted by Jill Byrne and streamed at the TDN homepage Thursday, Nov. 5, at 12:00 p.m. ET. All finalists will be spotlighted in TDN in the days leading up to the ceremony.

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Tapit Today Gets Breakthrough Graded Stakes Victory In Athenia

William Lawrence and Bradley Thoroughbreds' Tapit Today broke through in a stakes after a trio of close efforts, running down pacesetter Mitchell Road from the outside in the final furlong and holding off her competitor for a one-length win in Sunday's Grade 3, $100,000 Athenia for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

The Tapit mare was coming off a third-place effort in the G3 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf on September 12, which followed a fourth-place effort in the G3 Matchmaker in July at Monmouth Park and another third in her 5-year-old debut in the G3 Suwannee River in February at Gulfstream Park.

In her first start at Belmont, Tapit Today broke sharp from the outside post under jockey Jose Ortiz and tracked in third position as Mitchell Road and Sweet Bye and Bye led the eight-horse field through the opening quarter-mile in 24.89 seconds, the half in 50.37 and three-quarters in 1:13.11 over the firm inner turf.

Out of the final turn, jockey Luis Saez kept Mitchell Road near the rail, but Tapit Today challenged from her outside, went eye-to-eye and passed her rival in mid-stretch. The Chad Brown trainee maintained that urgency and completed the 1 1/16-mile course in a 1:42.56 final time.

“She had an outside post and I tried to ride her like she was the best and control the race a little bit if I had enough horse, and I did,” said Ortiz, who registered his Belmont fall meet-leading 35th win. “Past the half-mile, I had the favorite right inside of me and I controlled the race from the three-eighths pole to the wire.”

Tapit Today improved to 4-2-2 in 10 career starts and posted her best stakes performance since running second in the 2018 Riskaverse at Saratoga. Off at 5-1, she returned $13.60 on a $2 win wager and improved her career earnings to $212,230.

“She had a great trip today. Jose and I spoke about it in the paddock and looking at all her races, it seems like she's a clear-running horse,” Brown said. “She runs a bit better out in the clear. She can be a little temperamental.”

Tapit Today gave Brown his fourth victory in the Athenia in the previous five runnings and marked the conditioner's fifth overall win in the contest. It was also Brown's meet-leading 20th win of the fall meet, which concludes on November 1.

“Normally, a race like this with the funny turns at a mile and a sixteenth here you wouldn't want an outside post,” Brown said. “We talked about the post position in the paddock about how it might benefit her to be in the clear today. She sort of resents being covered up.”

Mitchell Road, who bested Tapit Today when second last out in the Ladies Turf, finished one length ahead of the Brown-trained She's Got You for second.

“She was travelling pretty good, but she's better on firmer turf,” Saez said. “When she came to the stretch she couldn't get a hold of it [the turf] and it cost me a little bit because the winner got on top of me. She tried to fight back but it was a little late.”

She's Got You, making just her third career North American start and graded stakes debut, was a neck better than fellow English-bred Feel Glorious to earn blacktype for Brown.

Call Me Love, Altea, Sweet Bye and Bye and Story Time completed the order of finish.

Live racing resumes Thursday with a nine-race card. First post is 1:15 p.m. Eastern.

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