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Not This Time Colt Caps Speedy Week for GOP Racing Stable

A colt by Not This Time (hip 654) equaled the fastest-furlong time of the week when covering the distance in :9 3/5 during the final session of the under-tack show for next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Friday in Central Florida.

The chestnut colt is consigned by trainer Gerard Ochoa's GOP Racing Stable.

“I was hoping for a :9 4/5,” Ochoa said through an interpreter Friday. “I wasn't expecting a :9 3/5. So, of course, I was very, very happy with the work.”

Ochoa purchased the Iowa-bred, who is out of multiple stakes winner Meadow Bride (Runaway Groom), for $50,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

“Of course the pedigree was a good thing,” Ochoa said of the colt's appeal last fall. “I paid attention to that, but also I liked the conformation.”

In addition to Friday's bullet worker, GOP was also represented by a trio of juveniles who worked the week's second fastest furlong time of :9 4/5.

“I am very happy with this week's results,” Ochoa said. “These horses have been working for months and these results couldn't have happened without the work of the whole team.”

GOP Racing Stable has 18 horses slated to sell at next week's OBS sale, none of the group was purchased for more than $55,000 last year.

“Last year when I was planning to buy, I was looking for very good horses who would train on well and would sell well this year,” Ochoa said.

Ochoa has been consigning under the GOP Racing Stable banner since 2018. His 2022 March consignment was led by Hard to Figure (Hard Spun), a $40,000 Keeneland September purchase who sold for $200,000. Trained by Bob Baffert on behalf of Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, the sophomore was a narrowly beaten runner-up in the Feb. 4 GIII Robert B. Lewis S.

Asked if he had another graded stakes performer in his 2023 consignment, Ochoa said, “It could be similar,” before quickly adding, “Or it might be even better.”

A filly from the first crop of multiple graded stakes winner Enticed (hip 631) equaled the week's fastest quarter-mile time when she worked in :20 3/5 Friday for Omar Ramirez Bloodstock. The gray filly is out of Love's Illusion (Tapit), a half-sister to graded winner Unchained Melody (Smart Strike) and the dam of stakes-placed J C's a Legend (Lea).

The OBS March sale will be held next Monday through Wednesday with bidding beginning each day at 11 a.m.

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Ten Share Furlong Bullet at OBS

Ten juveniles shared the furlong bullet time of :9 4/5 during Tuesday's first session of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Raul Reyes's Kings Equine sent out eight juveniles to work at OBS Tuesday, including three who hit that bullet mark.

“Personally, I thought the conditions were great,” Reyes said. “My horses breezed very well. I can say nothing but nice things about the way the track was today. I think it was very fair.”

Leading the Kings Equine workers Tuesday were colts by Hard Spun (hip 16, video) and Arrogate (hip 24, video), and a filly by Liam's Map (hip 130, video).

The Hard Spun colt, out of a half-sister to multiple Grade I winner Paradise Woods (Union Rags), is being consigned by Kings Equine on behalf of breeder Spendthrift Farm. The colt RNA'd for $190,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

“We knew he was a nice horse,” Reyes said of the juvenile. “Spendthrift had a big opinion of him [in September]. They didn't sell him and they decided to give me an opportunity to sell him at the 2-year-old sale. He has matured and gotten stronger since then. He really showed up today.”

Reyes made a timely purchase when he acquired the son of Arrogate out of graded-placed Sensitively (Street Sense) for $50,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton July sale.

“When I bought the horse, Arrogate was really cold,” Reyes said of his purchase last summer. “He hardly had any winners. Two weeks after I bought him, he had a bunch of winners. It was good timing. It's not like I'm a genius or anything. I liked Arrogate, I saw one that was affordable and I bought him.”

Reyes added of the juvenile, “He's very quick and he's very athletic.”

Scott and Evan Dilworth purchased the daughter of Liam's Map out of stakes-placed Tiger Silk (Aus) (All American {Aus}) for $130,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

“I can say nothing but nice things about her,” Reyes said of the filly. “She breezed very well, but we knew she was always pretty fast. So it was no surprise.”

The Gladwells' Top Line Sales sent out a pair of fillies to work Tuesday's bullet time: a daughter of Munnings (hip 122, video) and a daughter of City of Light (hip 123, video).

Also represented by a pair of bullet workers Tuesday was GOP Racing Stable Corp., which sent out a filly by Twirling Candy (hip 44, video) and a filly by Khozan (hip 149, video).

A colt by Bernardini (hip 54) worked in :9 4/5 for McKathan Bros. Sales, while a colt by Omaha Beach (hip 161) went in :9 4/5 for Eddie Woods and a son of Mitole (hip 143) hit the :9 4/5 mark for Dynasty Thoroughbreds.

Tuesday's session of the under-tack show began at 8 a.m. with temperatures in the mid-50s and ended just short of 3 p.m. with temperatures in the upper 60s.

Working in the final set of the day, just past 1:30 p.m., a filly by Mo Town (hip 2) turned in the day's fastest quarter-mile work of :20 4/5 for consignor Tom McCrocklin, who purchased her for $3,500 at last year's OBS October sale.

The under-tack show continues through Friday with sessions beginning at 8 a.m. daily. The March sale will be held next Monday through Wednesday. Bidding commences each day at 11 a.m.

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Dozen Share Furlong Bullet at OBS

The under-tack show for next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds Sale entered its second half Thursday with 12 juveniles sharing the fastest furlong time of :10 flat, while three horses shared the day's fastest quarter-mile time of :21 2/5.

Ocala Stud sent out a homebred filly by Uncaptured to work the quarter-mile in :21 2/5 during the first set Thursday. The bay is out of Brown Glaze (War Front) and is a full-sister to graded placed Bet On Mookie.

A colt by Blame (hip 687) consigned by Britton Peak also worked in :21 2/5 Thursday. The bay is out of stakes-placed Blithely (Exchange Rate), a half-sister to multiple graded winner Merry Meadow (Henny Hughes). GFM Bloodstock purchased the juvenile for $35,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton October sale.

Late in the session, a colt by Lord Nelson (hip 724) matched the :21 2/5 bullet time when working for GOP Racing Stable Corp. The juvenile is out of Cash is Queen (Unbridled's Song), a half-sister to graded winner Name Changer (Uncle Mo). Purchased for GOP Racing Stable for $25,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale, the bay RNA'd for $45,000 following a :10 flat work at the OBS March sale earlier this year.

The dozen :10 flat workers Thursday were:

Two's a Crowd at OBS

There was a throwback moment during the under-tack show's final set Thursday when consignor Eddie Woods sent a pair of juveniles out to work a quarter-mile in company. Hip 722, a daughter of Khozan, completed the drill in :23 2/5, while her stablemate, hip 903, a son of Tiznow, went in :23 4/5.

“They were just really, really green,” Woods said of the decision to work the two in company. “They had only been put in the sale as an afterthought. They barely got there and they weren't ready to work on their own.”

Asked if he was satisfied with the end result, Woods said, “We are never satisfied. We always want better, but with what we started off with, we are more than pleased.”

Working horses in company at the sales was common practice in decades past, but Woods said it is now mostly a fallback position.

“It'll be a very infrequent occurrence,” he said. “Once upon a time, it was the thing to do when you could work horses in :23 and change, head and head, and get them sold. Now, nobody wants to buy a horse who finished last in a two-horse race.”

The under-tack show continues through Saturday with sessions beginning daily at 7:30 a.m. The June sale will be held next Tuesday through Thursday. Bidding commences each day at 10 a.m.

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