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KTOB Announces 2021 Kentucky-Bred Champions

Recipients of the 2021 KTOB Kentucky-Bred Champion awards were voted on by the full membership of KTA/KTOB and revealed Wednesday. In existence since 1967 and 1983, respectively, the KTOB and KTA direct their efforts toward promoting and protecting the Thoroughbred industry by maintaining the highest levels of racing, breeding and training standards in the Commonwealth. Here are the 2021 Kentucky-Bred Champions and their breeders:
• Broodmare of the Year: Indian Miss (Owner: OXO Equine LLC)
• Horse of the Year, Three-Year-Old Male: Essential Quality (Godolphin)
• Two-Year-Old Male: Corniche (Bart Evans & Stonehaven Steadings)
• Two-Year-Old Filly: Echo Zulu (Betz/J. Betz/Burns/CHNNHK/Magers/CoCo Equine/Ramsby)
• Three-Year-Old Filly: Malathaat (Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC)
• Older Dirt Male: Maxfield (Godolphin)
• Older Dirt Female: Letruska (St. George Stables)
• Male Turf Horse: Colonel Liam (Phillips Racing Partnership)
• Female Turf Horse: War Like Goddess (Calumet Farm)
• Male Sprinter: Jackie's Warrior (J & J Stables)
• Female Sprinter: Ce Ce (Bo Hirsch, LLC)
• Racing Abroad: Mystic Guide (Godolphin)
• Steeplechase Horse: Snap Decision (Phipps Stable)

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OBS April Sale Kicks Off Tuesday

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training kicks off a four-day run Tuesday with sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m. daily.

The sale comes on the back of a very strong OBS March Sale where 378 juveniles summoned $49.941 million, including four seven-figure sellers.

“The March Sale was very good,” said OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski. “There was a lot of activity at all levels in March and we anticipate that strength to carry over into April.”

There was a high level of activity on the OBS grounds leading up to the March Sale and consignors saw the same during the seven-day Spring Sale under-tack show last week.

“There was a good buzz in the air at the March sale, better than we've had in some time,” Coastal Equine's Jesse Hoppel said. “I feel the same type of environment coming here in April. I anticipate another strong horse sale.”

With 1231 juveniles in the catalogue, the Spring Sale is a major player on the calendar each year for both buyers and sellers.

“The April Sale is the largest 2-year-old sale in the world and probably the most productive,” Wojciechowski said. “If people are only going to be able to attend one 2-year-old sale, this is probably going to be the one they will attend. The consignors are always impressive. Each year they outdo themselves with the quality of horses they bring.”

Last year's $1.5-million Spring Sale topper Corniche (Quality Road) went on to win the Eclipse Award for top 2-year-old male after a perfect three-for-three season capped by a win in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Spring Sale graduate Country Grammer (Tonalist) took the G1 Dubai World Cup this term after finishing second to fellow OBSAPR seller Emblem Road (Quality Road) in the G1 Saudi Cup a month earlier.

“We ran one-two in the Saudi Cup, won the G1 Dubai World Cup,”Wojciechowski said. “There are horses that win all over the world that come out of the April sale.”

At the 2021 Spring Sale, a total of 724 juveniles changed hands for a gross of $73,874,900. The average was $102,037 and the median was $50,000.

Tuesday's opening session will offer Hips 1-308, followed by Hips 309-616 Wednesday, Hips 617-924 Thursday and Hips 925-1231 Friday.

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OBS April Catalog Online

A total of 1,231 2-year-olds in training have been cataloged for the Ocala Breeders Sales Company's Spring Sale, to be held Tuesday through Friday, Apr. 19-22 at the auction house's Central Florida complex.

Gracing the cover of the 2022 catalog is 'TDN Rising Star' Corniche (Quality Road), who topped last year's renewal on a bid of $1.5 million from Marette Farrell, agent for Speedway Stables, and who went on to cap an undefeated championship season with a victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Del Mar.

OBS April graduates Emblem Road (Quality Road) and Country Grammer (Tonalist) provided the exacta in the $20-million G1 Saudi Cup in Riyadh last month and are featured on the back cover of the catalog. The former was an $80,000 by agent Bruno de Berdt out of this event two years ago, while Country Grammer fetched $450,000 from Bradley Thoroughbreds LLC, agent, in 2019. Winner of the GIII Peter Pan S. as a 3-year-old while under the care of Chad Brown, he added last year's GI Hollywood Gold Cup and was first off a nine-month layoff in the Saudi Cup. Country Grammer goes in Saturday's G1 Dubai World Cup at Meydan.

Other high-profile grads of the April sale include the G1 Dubai Turf-bound MGISW Colonel Liam (Liam's Map, $1.2m–2019), the undefeated 3-year-old fillies Kathleen O. (Upstart, $275,000–2021) and 'TDN Rising Star' Shahama (Munnings, $425,000–2021) and recent G1 Coolmore Classic victress Lighthouse (Mizzen Mast, $375,000–2019).

Under-tack previews will be held over the course of six days from Sunday, Apr. 10 through Saturday, Apr. 16, beginning each morning at 8 a.m., with approximately 175 horses breezing each day.

OBS will once again offer online bidding during the sale. For complete information, click here. For the catalog, visit www.obssales.com.

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Corniche Goes From Sale Topper to Eclipse Winner

Corniche (Quality Road), the $1.5-million OBS April topper purchased by Peter Fluor and K.C. Weiner's Speedway Stables, ran away with the GI TVG Breeders' Cup Juvenile in November and took home the Eclipse Award for good measure Thursday. The Bob Baffert pupil justified his price tag and then some with a debut tally at Del Mar followed by the GI American Pharoah S. and a convincing front-running tally in the Breeders' Cup.

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