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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Thoroughbred Ladies Cocktail Club Announces First Florida Event

In an effort to expand its growing network, and to help women in all facets of the Thoroughbred industry connect, communicate and grow, the Thoroughbred Ladies Cocktail Club, until now based exclusively in Lexington, is hosting its first Florida event.

Sponsored by Fred Hertrich's Watercress Farm, the TLCC will hold a barbeque dinner Monday, Mar. 14 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. during the OBS March sale in Barn 1 at King's Equine. The event will be hosted by Martha, Raul, Alan and Alexis Reyes of King's Equine.

The group is free and open to all women in any aspect or field of Thoroughbred racing. The group's meetings have no agenda other than to meet and connect, and to offer a “portal” to the world of Thoroughbred racing and have fun while doing so.

Anyone interested in attending should contact Mary Perdue at marymrperdue@gmail.com, Katie Taylor Whalen at ktaylor@taylormadesales.com  or Carrie Brogden at carriebrogden@aol.com.

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Fasig-Tipton Returns to Santa Anita Wednesday

Fasig-Tipton, which hosted its first Santa Anita 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in 2019, was forced to cancel the 2020 renewal of the auction due to the pandemic, but the sale returns to the Arcadia track for its second edition Wednesday. Bidding is scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m. PT in the Santa Anita winner's circle.

Raul Reyes's Ocala-based Kings Equine, which sold three of the top four lots at the 2019 Santa Anita sale, returns with a 13-horse consignment in 2021.

“It was an easy decision to come back–it didn't take me too long to think about it,” Reyes said of his return to California, which offers him the chance to mix business and pleasure.

“My mom lives here in L.A., so I always like to come out here,” he explained with a smile.

Four horses from the Kings Equine consignment were among the 11 to share the second fastest furlong time of :10 3/5 during Monday's under-tack show: hip 2, hip 10, hip 42, and hip 88.

“It went well. I am very happy with how it went Monday,” Reyes said of his consignment's under-tack show results.

A total of 115 juveniles have been catalogued for the one-day sale–down from 168 in 2019–and there were 39 horses withdrawn as of Tuesday afternoon.

Of the slimmed down catalogue, Reyes said, “I'd like to see the sale be bigger. It's better for the people who we have horses here with because there isn't so much competition, but for the sale to do well, I'd like to see a bit more horses. But there are trainers and a few bloodstock agents here looking and they are all very positive and wanting to buy horses.”

California-based consignor Bruno DeBerdt had plenty of activity at his Excel Bloodstock consignment Tuesday morning.

“I'm showing three horses as we speak and I've only got six horses in the sale,” DeBerdt said. “I'm very, very happy with the activity and there are serious buyers here, not just looky loos. I'd say it's probably at least 60% trainers and then we have agents and a few owners. I am very happy with the turnout.”

DeBerdt agreed the success of the Santa Anita sale is vital to the industry in California.

“It's very important to have this sale,” he said. “I hope everyone supports it because it's our only outlet. Fasig-Tipton just does a Grade A job. The stabling is good and they have good personnel managing it and it's been very pleasant to be here.”

While the auction's momentum was halted in 2020, DeBerdt looks for a strong sale Wednesday.

“We sold in the first sale in 2019 and we did well,” DeBerdt said. “And then we had a very large consignment scheduled for 2020, which obviously didn't materialize. So this year, we kind of toned it down. But the market is very healthy right now overall. Obviously, your better horses are going to bring good money and the not-so-good horses are going to probably not bring very much money, but I think they'll get sold. It's going to be a polarized sale, in my opinion, but we've got enough buyers here.”

Al Pike is offering his first Santa Anita consignment, with nine horses scheduled to go through the ring Wednesday.

“I had some horses at the March sale that we had lost time with due to the weather at home in February, so we weren't ready for March. So we just opted out of there and put them in this sale thinking that this would be a good spot for them,” Pike said of the decision to sell at Santa Anita. “We got more time with these horses that needed it and I am hoping to be rewarded for waiting.”

Of the activity at his barn Tuesday, Pike said, “We have been awful busy here. I am pleasantly surprised. I didn't know what to expect. This is my first time basically coming to California–coming to Santa Anita was on my bucket list, so I can check that off. It's a beautiful place. We've been treated really well here. Fasig-Tipton always does a great job.”

The fastest furlong of Monday's under-tack preview was :10 2/5 and a pair of Pike Racing juveniles (hip 16 and hip 36) were among the 11 who shared the second fastest time of :10 3/5.

“The breeze show went well,” Pike said. “The horses performed well. The track was not a fast track, it was kind of a deep track, but they got over it well and came home good. I had some people ask me, 'Was it slow horses or a slow track?' I said, 'I can tell you from home, it wasn't slow horses.'”

Pike agreed there was always some concern with attracting buyers to a sale with a smaller catalogue, but he said, “If it's a good horse, it's going to sell well. And there are some good horsemen looking at these horses, so I think it's going to be a good sale.”

Among the 22 juveniles in Andy Havens's Havens Bloodstock Agency consignment are a pair of horses who enter the Santa Anita sales ring off strong efforts at the track last weekend. Ko Olina (Stanford) (hip 17) finished first in her third lifetime start last Saturday, but was disqualified and placed second, while maiden winner Bochombo (Street Boss) (hip 20) finished second behind the freakish Big City Lights (Mr. Big) in Sunday's Fasig-Tipton Futurity.

“Bochombo ran a terrific race breaking his maiden [May 23] kind of coming off the pace,” Havens said. “And then he ran second in that stakes on Sunday to what looks like a special kind of colt. He's a fabulous horse. He's really attractive and looks like he is going to go on rather than win at these short distances. And he's very sound. I think he's a really useful horse.”

Of Ko Olina, Havens said, “The horse they gave the race to–Baffert's Munnings filly [Eda]–cost $550,000 [at OBS March]. She beat her and they were 13 lengths ahead of the third horse, so she showed she could win, but the buyer still gets the condition.”

Havens continued, “We are heading into Del Mar and people are looking for horses like this. I think this is a really unusual opportunity for 2-year-olds. These horses have shown they belong at a really upper level and they are sound. So you have as immediate action as you can get with a 2-year-old. We are getting a whole lot of interest here for both of these.”

While sales horses for the 2019 sale were housed in temporary barns near Santa Anita's seven-furlong chute, the 2021 horses are on the track's backside.

“We have had a terrific amount of interest,” Havens said. “We are on the backside of Santa Anita, so it's really worked out well from that standpoint in terms of interest.”

Havens is hopeful that, after having the sale's momentum interrupted last year, Fasig-Tipton will be able to build on the 2021 results.

“I think it's absolutely essential that we have a 2-year-old sale in California,” Havens said. “I think missing last year really impaired the turnout for this year. Because it has not been a real strong turnout relative to what we used to have. We used to have two sales here. We used to have a March sale and a May sale. When Barretts ended and Fasig took over with this sale in June and then missing 2020 completely, I think it put cold water on people's response to this sale. But they succeeded in getting a number of people from out of town, Florida in particular, and I have a really nice group. So I am very encouraged by that.”

Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni made the highest bid at the inaugural Santa Anita sale in 2019, acquiring subsequent stakes winner Eclair (Bernardini) for $420,000 on behalf of Sarah Kelly. In all, 69 horses sold for $3,769,500 at the 2019 auction. The average was $54,630 and the median was $30,000. With 39 horses not sold, the buy-back rate was 36.1%.

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Five Juveniles Clock Fastest Furlong At Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale’s Second Under Tack Session

Wednesday's group of juveniles at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale under tack show was led by a quintet of horses that covered an eighth of a mile in :10 flat.

Hip 211, a Quality Road colt out of the unraced Storm Cat mare Stormy Welcome, whose runners include the stakes-placed Welcoming. His third dam is the cornerstone broodmare Weekend Surprise, putting this colt in the family of Horse of the Year A.P. Indy, Preakness Stakes winner Summer Squall, and Grade 1 winners Happy Saver and Court Vision. Eddie Woods consigns the colt, as agent.

Hip 260, a Munnings colt out of the winning Medaglia d'Oro mare Tweet, whose three foals to race are all winners. Wavertree Stables consigns the Pennsylvania-bred, as agent.

Hip 264, a first-crop Tom's Ready colt out of the winning Macho Uno mare Uno Royale. The Florida-bred is consigned by de Meric Sales, agent.

Hip 337, an American Pharoah colt out of the Theatrical mare Baroness Aamoura. King's Equine consigns the half-brother to stakes-placed Madam Aamoura, as agent.

Hip 340, Pippilotta, a Race Day filly who is the first foal out of the winning Into Mischief mare Battle Tux. Grassroots Training and Sales consigns the filly, as agent.

Wednesday's fastest worker at a quarter-mile was Hip 295, a Union Rags filly out of the stakes-winning Northern Afleet mare Afleet Lass. The filly is a half-sister to Grade 3-placed stakes winner Honor the Fleet, and Brazillian champions Juno and Love 'N' Happiness are in the extended family. Tom McCrocklin consigns the filly as agent.

The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale under tack show concludes Thursday, beginning at 8 a.m. Eastern. The auction will take place May 17-18, beginning each day at 11 a.m.

To view the full breeze show results, click here.

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