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OBS March Sale Catalog Now Online

The catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2022 March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com.

A total of 635 juveniles have been cataloged for the two-day sale, set for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 15 and 16, with both sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m. Hips 1 – 316 will sell on Tuesday, and Hips 317 – 635 will sell on Wednesday.

The Under Tack Show will span three days, beginning Thursday, March 10 with Hips 1 – 212. Hips 213 – 424 will breeze Friday, March 11 and Hips 425 – 635 will go Saturday, March 12. All three sessions will begin at 8 a.m.

Both sides of the catalog pay tribute to half a dozen of the champions produced throughout the March sale's rich history.

Lost in the Fog, consigned to the 2004 Sale by Southern Chase Farm, (Greg and Karen Dodd), won his first ten starts including the Grade 1 King's Bishop and G2 Riva Ridge en route to the Eclipse Award as 2005 sprint champion.

Fleet Indian, voted 2006's champion older female, was sold for $230,000 by Leprechaun Racing, Agent, at the 2003 March Sale. She would go on to earn over $1.7-million and captured five graded stakes including the G1 Flower Bowl and G1 Beldame.

Midnight Lute, consigned by Eddie Woods to the 2005 March Sale, went on to win over $2.6-million including back to back renewals of the Breeders' Cup Sprint and an Eclipse Award as 2007 sprint champion.

A pair of March grads won Eclipse Awards in 2008. Forever Together, sold for $240,000 in 2006 by Racehorse Consignment, Agent, went on to earn just under $3-million, with five graded stakes wins including the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf and was 2008 champion turf female.

Stardom Bound, the 2008 champion 2-year-old filly, was sold at the 2008 March Sale by Shadybrook Farm, Agent, for $375,000. She earned $1,861,610 and won the G1 Del Mar Debutante, G1 Oak Leaf and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Asia Express was the Japanese 2-year-old champion colt in 2013. The multiple graded stakes winner was purchased by Narvick International for $230,000 from breeder Ocala Stud at the 2013 OBS March Sale and went on to earn over $1.6-million, taking the G1 Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes at two and G3 Leopard Stakes at three.

OBS March graduates have continued to uphold the sale's legacy as a prime source of top class racehorses. The latest star to emerge from the March Sale is Peter L. Cantrell's Call Me Midnight, who jumped firmly onto the Derby Trail by taking the recent G3 Lecomte Stakes at the Fair Grounds.

Trained by Keith Desormeaux, the 3-year-old son of champion OBS March graduate Midnight Lute is now 7-2-1-0 with earnings of $221,806. Sold first by Beth Bayer, Agent, at the 2020 October Select Yearling Sale, he turned in an Under Tack quarter in :20 4/5 and was purchased for $80,000 out of the Navas Equine consignment at the 2021 March Sale.

Baoma Corp.'s Eda wrapped up her juvenile campaign with three straight stakes wins, the last in the G1 Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos in December. Now training at Santa Anita, the daughter of Munnings won four of six starts and earned $370,000. Consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, to the 2021 OBS March Sale, she was purchased for $550,000 by Donato Lanni, Agent, after breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 flat.

Racing in Japan, Koichi Nishikawa's Cafe Pharoah compiled an impressive record including victories in the G1 February and G3 Sirius Stakes, leaving him with a 10-5-0-0 record and earnings of $1,928,283. The 4-year-old colt by American Pharoah, trained by Noriyuki Hori, was consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, to the 2019 OBS March Sale, and was sold for $475,000 to Narvick International, Agent, after turning in an Under Tack quarter in :21 1/5.

OBS will again offer online bidding during the March 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 please go to the OBS website.

To view the online catalog, click here.

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Cox Hopes Concert Tour Can ‘Bounce Back’ In Allowance Race

A well-beaten favorite in the Jan. 15 Fifth Season Stakes, his first start for eight months, Concert Tour will be pointed to an easier spot for his next start.

Trainer Brad Cox told bloodhorse.com that an allowance race is the most likely option for the multiple Grade 2-winning son of Street Sense.

“He came out of the Fifth Season fine. We'll just regroup and probably try to find a conditioned allowance race for him,” Cox told bloodhorse.com. “Obviously he didn't have things go his way in his return. He's a very sound horse and he trains well. Hopefully he can bounce back.”

The 4-year-old Concert Tour is owned by Gary and Mary West. He began his career in the barn of embattled trainer Bob Baffert, winning his debut, the G2 San Vicente, and the G2 Rebel Stakes through his first three races before finishing third in the G1 Arkansas Derby. After a ninth-place effort in the G1 Preakness Stakes, Concert Tour went to the sidelines for eight months before resuming his career under Cox's care.

In Oaklawn's $150,000 Fifth Season Stakes, Concert Tour was within striking distance while three-wide in the one-mile contest. He faded badly in the stretch run, beaten 15 lengths as the heavy favorite.

Concert Tour has returned to the Hot Springs work tab since that effort, breezing four furlongs in 48.40 seconds on Jan. 28.

Overall, the colt's record stands at three wins from six starts for earnings of $857,350.

First Foal Is A Filly For Hidden Lake Farm’s Fog Of War

Hidden Lake Farm's Fog of War, a Grade 1-winning juvenile by War Front, sired his first reported foal when a filly out of the Tapit mare Kitty Foyle was born for breeder 3C Stables on Monday, Jan. 31 at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater, N.Y.

Kitty Foyle, a $575,000 Keeneland September purchase by Crupi's Newcastle Farm in 2016, is produced from the multiple graded stakes-placed Mt. Livermore mare Lavender Sky, a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner and millionaire Alpha and to multiple graded stakes-placed Mystic Melody.

She descends from the family of Kamar, a Canadian champion at three and Broodmare of the Year at age 14. Kitty Foyle, who was acquired by 3C Stables for $95,000 out of the 2020 Keeneland November Sale, had a colt by Always Dreaming in 2020 and a filly by Kitten's Joy last year.

The impeccably bred Fog of War, a $400,000 purchase by Peter Brant's White Birch Farm at the 2017 Keeneland September sale, was a standout juvenile in 2018 for trainer Chad Brown.

Undefeated in a pair of starts, the son of War Front—Say (IRE), by Galileo (IRE), captured the Grade 1 Summer Stakes at one mile on the turf at Woodbine, defeating subsequent Preakness Stakes winner War of Will in 1:33.90 under a hand ride. Prior to his scintillating score in the Summer Stakes, Fog of War displayed a quick turn of foot to win his maiden special weight debut at Saratoga over 5 1/2 furlongs. The following season at three, Fog of War just missed to Grade 1 winner Win Win Win in the Manila Stakes at Belmont Park, defeating Grade 1 winner Casa Creed.

Produced from the Group 3 winner and Grade 1-placed Say, Fog of War is a half brother to two stakes winners–Naval Intelligence and Invader. Fog of War's second dam is multiple Grade 1 winner and multi-millionaire Riskaverse and he hails from the immediate family of Horse of the Year Havre De Grace.

Fog of War will stand the 2022 season for $7,000 S&N.

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Monmouth Releases 2022 Stakes Schedule Worth $8.1 Million

Led by the Grade 1, $1 million TVG.com Haskell Stakes, Monmouth Park is set to offer $8,135,000 in stakes races when the track kicks off its 77th season on Saturday, May 7.

This year's race meet, which runs through Sept. 17, will feature 50 total stakes, 10 graded events, and nine stakes restricted to New Jersey-bred horses.

Several stakes will see purse boosts in 2022, including the Grade 1 United Nations, which goes from $500,000 to $600,000 and is now double its purse from just two years ago; the Grade 3 Monmouth Cup going from $300,000 to $400,000; the Grade 3 Molly Pitcher going from $250,000 to $400,000; and, the Grade 3 WinStar Matchmaker, moving from $150,000 to $200,000. All of those races, along with the $100,000 Wolf Hill Stakes, will be run on Haskell Day.

In preparation for the July 23rd Haskell program, Monmouth will offer a “Haskell Preview Day” with four stakes events on Saturday, June 18 – TVG.com Pegasus, Grade 3 Monmouth, Grade 3 Salvator Mile and Grade 3 Eatontown.

The 20th annual New Jersey Thoroughbred Festival, with three stakes events, will be renewed on Aug. 28, with the $125,000 Charles Hesse III Handicap headlining that card.

The meet will conclude on Sept. 17 with the 3rd running of the $500,000 Nownownow Stakes for 2-year-olds going a mile on turf.

Stall applications, which are due by March 16, are now available online at www.monmouthpark.com or in hard copy format in the Monmouth Park racing office.

The entire 2022 stakes schedule is:

Run Date	Stakes Name		Purse	Division	Distance

7-May-22	Long Branch Stakes		$100,000	3 YO	1 mile 70 yards
8-May-22	Serena's Song Stakes		$100,000	F & M 3 and up	1 mile 70 yards
14-May-22	Spruce Fir Handicap	NJ Breds	$85,000	F & M 3 and up	6 furlongs
15-May-22	John J. Reilly Handicap	NJ Breds	$85,000	3 and up	6 furlongs
21-May-22	Politely Stakes		$100,000	F & M 3 and up	5 furlongs (Turf)
22-May-22	Get Serious Stakes		$100,000	3 and up	5 furlongs (Turf)
28-May-22	Cliff Hanger Stakes	Listed	$100,000	3 and up	1 1/16 miles (Turf)
29-May-22	Jersey Derby		$100,000	3 YO	1 mile (Turf)
30-May-22	Miss Liberty Stakes	Listed	$100,000	F & M 3 and up	1 1/16 miles (Turf)
4-Jun-22	Mr Prospector Stakes		$100,000	3 and up	6 furlongs
5-Jun-22	Smart N Classy Handicap	NJ Breds	$85,000	F & M 3 and up	1 mile
11-Jun-22	Lady's Secret Stakes	Listed	$100,000	F & M 3 and up	1 1/16 miles
12-Jun-22	Sunny Ridge Stakes	NJ Breds	$85,000	3 and up	1 mile
18-Jun-22	TVG.com Pegasus Stakes	Listed	$150,000	3 YO	1 1/16 miles
18-Jun-22	Monmouth Stakes	G3	$150,000	3 and up	1 1/8 miles (Turf)
18-Jun-22	Salvator Mile	G3	$150,000	3 and up	1 mile
18-Jun-22	Eatontown Stakes	G3	$150,000	F & M 3 and up	1 1/16 miles (Turf)
19-Jun-22	Select Stakes		$100,000	3 and up	5 1/2 furlongs (Turf)
25-Jun-22	Goldwood Stakes		$100,000	F & M 3 and up	5 1/2 furlongs (Turf)
26-Jun-22	Tale of the Cat Stakes		$100,000	3 YO	1 mile (Turf)
2-Jul-22	Regret Stakes		$100,000	F & M 3 and up	6 furlongs
3-Jul-22	Boiling Springs Stakes		$100,000	3 YO Fillies	1 mile 70 yards
9-Jul-22	Jersey Girl Handicap	NJ Breds	$85,000	F & M 3 and up	1 mile (Turf)
10-Jul-22	Irish War Cry Handicap	NJ Breds	$85,000	3 and up	1 mile (Turf)
16-Jul-22	Blue Sparkler Stakes		$100,000	3 YO Fillies	5 1/2 furlongs (Turf)
17-Jul-22	My Frenchman Stakes		$100,000	3 YO	5 1/2 furlongs (Turf)
23-Jul-22	TVG.com Haskell Stakes	G1	$1,000,000	3 YO	1 1/8 miles
23-Jul-22	United Nations Stakes	G1	$600,000	3 and up	1 3/8 miles (Turf)
23-Jul-22	Monmouth Cup	G3	$400,000	3 and up	1 1/8 miles
23-Jul-22	Molly Pitcher Stakes	G3	$400,000	F & M 3 and up	1 1/16 miles
23-Jul-22	WinStar Matchmaker Stakes	G3	$200,000	F & M 3 and up	1 1/8 miles (Turf)
23-Jul-22	Wolf Hill Stakes		$100,000	3 and up	5 1/2 furlongs (Turf)
24-Jul-22	Colleen Stakes		$100,000	2 YO Fillies	5 Furlongs (Turf)
30-Jul-22	Tyro Stakes		$100,000	2 YO	5 Furlongs (Turf)
31-Jul-22	Monmouth Oaks	G3	$250,000	3 YO Fillies	1 1/16 miles
6-Aug-22	Jersey Shore Stakes		$100,000	3 YO	6 Furlongs
7-Aug-22	Incredible Revenge Stakes		$100,000	F & M 3 and up	5 1/2 furlongs (Turf)
13-Aug-22	Rainbow Heir Stakes		$100,000	3 and up	5 1/2 furlongs (Turf)
14-Aug-22	Oceanport Stakes	Listed	$100,000	3 and up	1 1/16 miles (Turf)
20-Aug-22	Philip H. Iselin Stakes	G3	$250,000	3 and up	1 1/16 miles
21-Aug-22	Sorority Stakes		$200,000	2 YO Fillies	1 mile
27-Aug-22	Sapling Stakes		$200,000	2 YO	1 mile
28-Aug-22	Charles Hesse III Handicap	NJ Breds	$125,000	3 and up	1 1/16 miles
28-Aug-22	NJ Breeders Handicap	NJ Breds	$100,000	3 and up	6 furlongs
28-Aug-22	Eleven North Handicap	NJ Breds	$100,000	F & M 3 and up	6 furlongs
3-Sep-22	Violet Stakes	Listed	$100,000	F & M 3 and up	1 1/16 miles (Turf)
4-Sep-22	Rumson Stakes		$100,000	3 and up	5 furlongs
5-Sep-22	Red Bank Stakes	Listed	$100,000	3 and up	1 mile (Turf)
10-Sep-22	Presious Passion Stakes		$100,000	3 and up	1 1/2 miles (Turf)
17-Sep-22	Nownownow Stakes		$500,000	2 YO	1 mile (Turf)

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