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Ohio Fall Mixed Sale To Take Place Oct. 15

The Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners (OTBO) Mixed Sale is scheduled to kick-off at the Delaware County Fairgrounds just outside of Columbus, Ohio on Friday Oct. 15 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern.

Breeders, owners and consignors have come together to catalog 94-plus total entrants, making this OTBO sale the largest in several years. The complete catalog can be found at otbo.com.

The greatest portion of the catalog is populated with future stars of the Ohio-racing program (both accredited and registered), with 51 total Ohio-bred yearlings, 16 juveniles and 11 weanlings offered. The Ohio-bred yearlings offered are highlighted by hot Kentucky-based stallions such as Dialed In, Liam's Map and first crop sire Army Mule, and Ohio-based stallions such as Itsmyluckyday, National Flag, Fort Larned and 2020 Ohio Stallion of the Year, Mobil.

The offerings include “lucky” Hip 13, Storm of Nineteen, a 2-year-old registered Ohio-bred filly by Get Stormy that is a half-sister to the great Ohio stakes fixture, Altissimo, who himself is a 10-time stakes winner (nine in Ohio and one in open company); Hip 17, Be True, a multiple stakes- producing mare by Shakespeare that is in foal to the late Ohio-stallion Danza, and Hip 18, her yearling Ohio-bred filly by Mshawish.

Hip 28, a 2-year-old colt by Oxbow that is a half-brother to perhaps the most famous recent Ohio bred (now a stallion), Rivers Run Deep, is another with historic ties. Hip 60 is an acccredited Ohio yearling colt by Awesome Patriot who is the sire of Bella Sofia, a four-time winner of over $542,000 this year including the Grade 1 Longines Test Stakes and most recently the G2 Gallant Bloom Handicap at Belmont Park on Sept. 26.

“The overall talent offered in this OTBO Mixed Sale catalog will almost certainly bring similar energy seen at the Keeneland Sept Yearling Sale,“ said Ohio-based bloodstock agent Tony Fischbach of Donnybrook Bloodstock. “The quality of this year's Ohio-bred yearlings is well-above what we've seen in recent years…which shows the commitment of Ohio's breeders to breed better and better racehorses.”

In recognition of the growing success of the OTBO sale, a new race has been created. The inaugural edition of the OTBO Sales Graduate Stake will be run on March 5 at Mahoning Valley Racetrack. The race is open to all Ohio-bred/accredited 3-year-olds who passed through any sale from 2019 forward, including the 2-year-olds entered this year. The purse is an estimated $50,000 and will be six furlongs.

Online bidding will be available. For more information and a full catalog, visit otbo.com.

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Mobil Solution Tops OTBO Sale

Two-time Ohio-bred stakes winner Mobil Solution (Mobil) attracted a final bid of $88,000 to top the Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners (OTBO) 2020 Mixed Sale held Oct. 15, 2020, at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.

Offered on behalf of the Estate of Gerald Silver, the 5-year-old won the 2017 Joshua Radosevich Memorial S. and the Governor’s Buckeye Cup in 2019 and just two days prior to the OTBO sale, made a one-mile Thistledown allowance his 10th victory from 31 career starts. Mobil Solution will continue his career for winning bidder Carmine Agnello and trainer Jeff Skerrett.

A total of 74 horses changed hands for gross receipts of $528,500.

“The Sales Committee of the OTBO, along with the support of the Ohio HBPA and all its horsemen and women, worked extremely hard to provide an attractive marketplace for both buyers and sellers,” said OTBO Executive Director Michael Annechino. “The horses that went through the ring looked spectacular and offered tremendous value in all categories.”

The OTBO has scheduled an Online Stallion Season auction fo Dec. 7 through 10. For more information, visit www.otbo.com.

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Stakes Winner Mobil Solution Tops Ohio Mixed Sale

The Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Mixed Sale took place on Oct. 15 at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware Ohio, spearheaded by the $88,000 purchase of Ohio-bred year-end award winner Mobil Solution.

Over 150 people turned out on a Thursday afternoon amidst a festive setting at the historic Delaware County Fairgrounds. Seventy-four lots went through the auction ring, with 62 changing hands for revenues of $432,300 and an average sale price of $6,972. Most of the winning bidders were on-site but several horses were purchased through the online and phone-in bidding options.

The sale topper was Hip 12, the Ohio-bred Mobil Solution. Sold by the Estate of Gerald Silver, the multiple stakes-winning 5-year-old gelding was acquired by Carmine Agnello for $88,000. The son of top Ohio sire Mobil will now be trained by Jeff Skerrett.

Mobil Solution was Ohio's champion 3-year-old male of 2018, and last year's champion Ohio-accredited male. He's an eight-time stakes winner with earnings of more than $500,000. Just two days before the sale, Mobil Solution won a Thistledown allowance race by three-quarters of a length for trainer Michael Rone.

The sale's top yearling was Wildcat Bill, a first-crop Wildcat Red colt who sold to William Spitler for $26,000.

The Ohio-bred colt is out of the winning Quiet American mare Polite Company. His extended family includes Peruvian champion Al Kadir, Puerto Rican champion Awesome Warrior, Jamaican champion Sorrentino's Star, and Grade 3-placed stakes winner Val d'Enchere. He was consigned by Stallion Ventures.

“What a fantastic day for Ohio racing,” said OTBO executive director Mike Annechino. “The sales committee of the OTBO, along with the support of the Ohio HBPA and all its horsemen and women, worked extremely hard to provide an attractive marketplace for both buyers and sellers. The horses that went through the ring looked spectacular and offered tremendous value in all categories. The excellent sales results prove once again that racing in Ohio is the best bet in the business.”

The Ohio racing program offers year-round racing with 43 stakes races for Ohio-breds totaling over $3.6 million in annual purses.

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

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Ohio Mixed Sale Catalog Now Available Online

The catalog for the 2020 Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Mixed Sale is now available online, featuring 85 entries.

The auction will take place Thursday, Oct. 15 at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sale horses will be located in Barns 12, 13, 22, and 23, while the auction will be held in the fairgrounds' coliseum.

This year's group of offerings includes 34 yearlings, 19 broodmares, 18 horses of racing age, and 14 weanlings.

All but two of the yearlings listed in the catalog are Ohio-breds, with the two exceptions being foaled in Kentucky. All of the sale's weanlings were born in Ohio.

Stallions represented by their first crops of yearlings in the catalog include Keen Ice, Kiss the Ghost, Mr. Z, Tu Brutus, and Wildcat Red. Tapidor has a weanling from his first crop. First-year covering sires with pregnant mares in the sale include Catalina Cruiser, Flameaway, and Yoshida.

The racing age portion of the sale features offerings from the estate of Gerald Silver, including Mobil Solution, Ohio's champion 3-year-old male of 2018, and last year's champion Ohio-accredited male. The 5-year-old Mobil gelding is an eight-time stakes winner, most recently taking the Catlaunch Stakes on Sept. 5 at Thistledown, with earnings of more than $500,000.

To view the online catalog, click here.

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