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OBS Winter Mixed Sale Catalog Now Online

The catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 Winter Mixed Sale is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com.

The two-day sale is set for Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 26 and 27. Supplemental entries are being accepted until Jan. 13. For supplements, click here.

The sale begins on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 10:30 a.m. with Hip No.'s 1 -177 cataloged in the Consignor Preferred Session. The Horses of Racing Session, cataloged as Hip No.'s 251 – 345 begins immediately following the conclusion of the Preferred Session. The Open Session, with Hip No.'s 451 – 789 cataloged, is set for Wednesday, Jan. 27 and will also begin at 10:30 a.m.

The Under Tack Show for the Horses of Racing Age Section is set for Monday, Jan. 25 and will begin at 9:00 a.m.

The Under Tack Show and Sale will be streamed live via the OBS website as well as the DRF, TDN, BloodHorse and PastTheWire websites.

OBS will again offer online bidding during the Winter Mixed Sale. Buyers will be able to go to the OBS website and register to gain bidding approval, then access the OBS Bidding Screen with their credentials. For complete information on registration and online bidding, click here.

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.

The sortable master index has advanced search and filter capability and allows shortlist creation. A link to instructions for using these features can be found in the index header and a step by step tutorial is available in the index as well.

The iPad version of the catalog can be accessed via the equineline Sales Catalog App. The App allows users to download and view the catalog, receive updates and results, record notes and also provides innovative search, sort and rating capability. For more information and downloads go to: equineline.com/SalesCatalogApp/

Current information about OBS sales, consignors and graduates is now also available via social media sites Facebook and Twitter. A link on the homepage directs users to either site.

Sales results will be available on the OBS website, updated frequently during each session of the Sale. In addition, the latest news regarding OBS graduates, sales schedules, nominations, credit requests, travel information and other news relevant to OBS consignors and customers is also available.

To view the online catalog, click here.

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British Horseracing Authority Suspends Jockey 56 Days For ‘Absurd Exhibition’

A disciplinary panel at the British Horseracing Authority handed down a 56-day ban to conditional jockey Callum McKinnes on Friday, reports the Racing Post, for his ride aboard World Trip at Hereford in October. The mare finished fifth of 11 in the novice hurdle event.

“The panel has found Mr. McKinnes's breach of the riding standard required by the rules to be deliberate rather than the negligent breach he admitted,” read the panel's report. “It was behavior aggravated by his untruthfulness both before the Hereford stewards and before this panel. If he had ridden normally, there is every reason to think that World Trip would have improved her placing and finished fourth. Instead he rode in a way that brings racing into disrepute.”

During the hearing, it was alleged that McKinnes rode below the standard required by rules between the second-last and last hurdles, as well as for a large part of the finish. Asked to explain his “very exaggerated style” in those locations, McKinnes claimed he was riding normally; the panel revealed the jockey later admitted that to have been a deliberate lie.

The panel's report calls the ride “an absurd exhibition,” and added: “There can be no doubt that his conduct was deliberate, even if unexplained.”

OBS Winter Mixed Catalogue Online

The catalogue for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s Winter Mixed Sale is now online at www.obssales.com. The two-day auction will be held Jan. 26 and 27 and supplemental entries will be taken until Jan. 13.

Tuesday’s Consignor Preferred Session of the sale begins at 10:30 a.m. and will include hips one through 177. The Horses of Racing Session, catalogued as hips 251 through 345, begins immediately following the conclusion of the Preferred Session. The Open Session, with hip numbers 451 through 789, is set for Wednesday, Jan. 27 and will also begin at 10:30 a.m.

The Under Tack Show for the Horses of Racing Age Section is set for Jan. 25 and will begin at 9 a.m.

OBS will again offer online bidding during the Winter Mixed Sale. Buyers can register to bid online through the OBS website by clicking here.

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Trainer John Ortiz Suspended 15 Days For Clenbuterol Positive At Ellis Park

Trainer John Alexander Ortiz has been issued a $500 fine and a 30-day suspension by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, with 15 days stayed, after his trainee Woopigsooie tested positive for clenbuterol at Ellis Park on July 2, 2020.

Woopigsooie finished third in that day's second race, and post-race testing showed a clenbuterol level of 236 picograms per milliliter in the urine, according to findings confirmed by the UIC Analytical Forensic Testing Laboratory.

Since this was Ortiz' first medication violation as a trainer, stewards stayed 15 of the 30 suspension days, pending he has no additional Class A or B medication violations over the next year.

Ortiz will serve his 15-day suspension from Dec. 20, 2020, through Jan. 3, 2021.

Woopigsooie, a 3-year-old son of Secret Circle, was disqualified from his third-place finish in the $16,000 claimer, and all purse money was forfeited.

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