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Ransom The Moon Colt Tops OBS Open Yearling Sale

Hip No. 442, a son of Ransom the Moon consigned by Abbie Road Farm (Lisa McGreevy), Agent, went to Redwings for $170,000 to top the open session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 October Yearling Sale. The dark bay or brown colt is out of Bold Lady, by Aikenite, a half sister to Grade 1-placed stakes winner Mambo in Seattle.

Hip No. 406, a daughter of Awesome Slew consigned by Camelot Acres Racing and Sales, Agent, was sold to RiceHorse, Agent, for $100,000. The bay filly, a half sister to stakes winning OBS Yearling Sale graduate Hear My Prayer, is out of Additional Prayer, by Songandaprayer.
Hip No. 318, a daughter of Tunwoo consigned by Stuart Morris, Agent, went to Eddie Plesa, Agent for Karl & Cathi Glassman, for $85,000. The dark bay or brown filly, out of stakes winner Savingtime, by Kantharos, is a half sister to OBS Yearling Sale graduate Outfoxed, winner of two stakes in three starts including Gulfstream's recent FTBOA Florida Sire My Dear Girl Stakes.

S B M Training and Sales went to $70,000 for Hip No. 523, a son of Kantharos consigned by K P Sales, Agent. The bay colt, out of stakes winner Frisk Her, by Officer, is a half brother to graded stakes placed OBS graduate Takeoff.
Hip No. 287, Fortheloveofart, a son of Noble Bird consigned by Kim Harrison (Top Speed Farm), Agent, was sold to Moonshadow for $60,000. The bay colt is a half-brother to graded stakes winning OBS Yearling Sale graduate Jalen Journey, winner of the recent Grade 3 De Francis Memorial Stakes, out of Petunia Face, by Congrats.

For the session, 276 yearlings sold for a total of $5,173,500, compared with 258 bringing a total of $2,811,900 a year ago. The average price was $18,745, up 72 percent compared with $10,899 in 2020, while the median price was $15,000 double the $7,500 figure a year ago. The buyback percentage was 18.1 percent compared with 21.3 percent a year ago.

At Tuesday's Selected Yearling Sale, 108 horses sold for a total of $4,714,000, up 38.8 percent compared with 86 yearlings bringing $3,397,000 a year ago. The average price was $43,648, up 10.5 percent compared with $39,500 last year, while the median price was $32,000, rising 14.3 percent compared with $28,000 in 2020. The buyback percentage was 19.4 percent; it was 36.3 percent a year ago.

Hip No. 67, a son of Midnight Storm consigned by Abbie Road Farm (Lisa McGreevy), Agent, was sold to Elusive Thoroughbreds for $170,000 to top the Selected Sale of Yearlings. The dark bay or brown colt is out of stakes winner Sterling Madame, by Unbridled Energy.

The next item on the OBS agenda is the 2022 Winter Mixed Sale, including the Horses of Racing Age section, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 25 – 26.

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Ransom the Moon Colt Leads OBS October Open Session

A colt by Ransom the Moon (Hip 442) topped the day's trade at the OBS October Open Yearling Sale Wednesday, bringing $170,000 from Redwings, a pinhooking group led by Ciaran Dunne and Paul Reddam.

Redwings was the top buyer by gross with their single purchase and Grassroots Training & Sales LLC was next with six yearlings bought for a total of $135,000.

Bred by Calumet Farm, which stands Ransom the Moon, hip 442 was offered by Lisa McGreevy's Abbie Road Farm, which also consigned Tuesday's Selected Yearling portion topper, a $170,000 colt by Midnight Storm. Abbie Road Farm was the second leading consignor with 33 head bringing $758,500. The day's top seller was Summerfield, which sold 45 yearlings for $821,000.

“I think it just demonstrated the strength of both days,” OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski said. “It was a good day overall. There was a lot of activity from a variety of buyers.”

Hip 442 is out of Bold Lady (Aikenite), who is a half-sister to SW & GISP Mambo in Seattle (Kingmambo) and the dams of GSWs Stay in Seattle (Stay Gold) and Sky Kingdom (Empire Maker). The Apr. 10 foal, who cost just $11,000 at last year's Keeneland November sale, hails from the extended female family of the legendary A.P. Indy, Summer Squall, Wolfhound, et al.

Wednesday's most expensive filly was a $100,000 daughter of Awesome Slew (Hip 406), who was purchased by Brandon and Ali Rice's RiceHorse from the consignment of Camelot Acres Racing and Sales, agent. A late May foal, hip 406 is a half-sister to two-time turf-sprint stakes winner Hear My Prayer (The Big Beast), victorious in a salty Del Mar turf sprint allowance for owners David and Holly Wilson and trainer Vladimir Cerin Aug. 26.

A total of 273 yearlings changed hands for $5,135,500 with an average of $18,811 and a median of $15,000. Sixty-four horses left the ring unsold.

During last year's renewal of the auction, 258 yearlings grossed $2,811,900 with an average of $10,899 and a median of $7,500. There were 68 RNAs.

ENDSLEY OAKS RESTOCKS AT OBS

by Jessica Martini

Jill and Robert Jones's Endsley Oaks Farm, based in Brooksville, Florida, typically has about 10 homebreds to look forward to each year, but with only weanlings on the ground this year and no mares in foal, the couple decided to try out the yearling market. They were able to acquire a filly by Kantharos (hip 2087) for $25,000 at last month's competitive Keeneland September sale and purchased an additional seven yearlings at this week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's October sale. The most expensive of the group was a $62,000 daughter of Kantharos (hip 28) and a $60,000 daughter of first-crop Florida sire Tunwoo (Medaglia d'Oro) (hip 49).

“We have been involved in racing, mostly in Florida, but also some other states, for about 10 years,” Jill Jones said. “I grew up with Thoroughbreds because I used to get them off the track and do eventing when I was younger. In the '80s, my husband had a string of Thoroughbreds to race in Massachusetts. So when we moved to Florida, we thought, 'We're here, we both like Thoroughbreds, so we decided to slowly get into it. And the next thing you know we have a huge stable of horses.”

Endsley Oaks, a 1200-acre farm in Hernando County, is home to some 80 horses, including broodmares, lay-ups and retirees. The operation has about 25 horses in training.

“We just came back from Monmouth for the summer and we are giving them a break before Tampa Bay Downs,” Jones said of the racing stable.

The star of the Endsley Oaks stable is the multiple stakes placed No Mercy Percy (Put It Back). The 7-year-old homebred mare has earned over $121,000 to date.

Rafael Schistl trains for the couple and was involved in picking out the OBS yearlings. A licensed trainer in the U.S. since January, the Brazilian former jockey rode in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, as well as Dubai, Germany, France, New Zealand, Italy and Switzerland.

“I met up with him when he came to my farm to ride some of my horses and I just really liked him,” Jones said of the trainer. “He did really well for us at Tampa and pretty well for us at Monmouth as well.”

Of the yearling buying spree, Jones explained, “I breed a bunch, but I didn't breed any last year. So I have weanlings, but I wanted something coming up. I have bought 2-year-olds–and I can't tell you I haven't had good luck with them–but I don't really like the 2-year-olds in training sales. I think it puts too much stress on the 2-year-olds, so I thought I would try the yearling route to see how that worked out. So I guess it's a little bit of a new direction.”

The Joneses are semi-retired from Composite Motors, Inc., a company founded by Robert Jones which produces high-quality and high-precision electronic products for extreme environments.

“My husband started it and I am the General Counsel,” Jill Jones said of the company. “He's the brains behind it, but we are both a little older so his kids are running the day-to-day of it. So he and I have more time to enjoy the farm.”

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Midnight Storm Colt on Top at OBS October Selected Yearling Sale

A colt from the second crop of MGISW Midnight Storm (Pioneerof the Nile) (Hip 67) topped the Selected Yearling portion of the OBS October Sale when bringing $170,000 from Elusive Thoroughbreds. That entity was the session's leading buyer, taking home three head for $323,000.

Consigned by Lisa McGreevy's Abbie Road Farm, Hip 67 was bred in Pennsylvania by Mary Katherine Haire. Alejandro Chavez purchased the colt for $27,000 at Keeneland November last year.

The highest-priced filly of the day was a $120,000 daughter of Kantharos (Hip 22). Offered by Danielle Loya's Silver Oaks Farm, the IN-bred was purchased by Al London.

A total of 99 yearling grossed $4,498,500 with an average of $45,439 and median of $32,000. Thirty-five horses were led from the ring unsold. Stuart Morris was the top consignor, selling 16 yearlings for $665,000.

Last year during this session, 86 youngsters summoned $3,397,000 with an average of $39,500 and median of $28,000. There were 49 RNAs.

“It was a good day,” said Tod Wojciechowski, OBS's Director of Sales. “Average is up, median is up. It seemed like the buyers were spread over a lot of horses. It was not as concentrated at the top. Horses sold well throughout the day. It was a solid start to the sale.”

The OBS October Sale continues tomorrow with the Open Yearlings session, starting at 11 a.m.

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OBS October Kicks off Tuesday

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's October Yearling Sale begins with a session of selected yearlings Tuesday and continues Wednesday with an open session. Bidding will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, with a total of 152 yearlings–including 17 supplemental offerings–catalogued, with an additional 395 head–including 32 supplements–catalogued for the second day, which starts at 11 a.m.

The two-day auction comes in the midst of a yearling sales season which has featured competitive bidding across the country.

“It certainly has been competitive all year long and we hope that competitive market continues here,” OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski said on a picture-perfect fall day in Ocala Monday. “We are seeing a lot of activity in the barns. Most of the people started showing Sunday and it was very active with a lot of consignors telling me that they are showing as many horses as they've ever shown. I am out in the barn area now and it looks like the barns are quite active. We've seen some newer players here and a lot more people with intention looking at horses.”

During last year's select session of the October sale–held amidst the uncertainty of the ongoing pandemic–86 horses sold for $3,397,000 for an average of $39,500 and a median of $28,000. A filly by Not This Time brought the top price of $225,000. In 2019, 130 select yearlings sold for $5,689,200 for an average of $43,763 and a median of $30,000.

Included among October sale graduates, Exline-Border Racing LLC, SAF Racing and Richard Hausman's Lady Mystify (Bernardini) took the Sept. 26 GIII Remington Park Oaks. The OBS graduate realized $120,000 for consignor Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck) at the 2019 renewal of the October Selected Yearling Sale before selling for $325,000 the following April.

LNJ Foxwoods' Outfoxed (Valiant Minister), who broke her maiden in Gulfstream's FTBOA Florida Sire Susan's Girl S. in August, returned to Hallandale Sept. 25 to post a 9-1/4 length victory in the FTBOA Florida Sire My Dear Girl S. The Bill Mott trainee, who sold for $27,000 out of the Abbie Road Farm consignment at the 2020 October Yearling Sale, later brought $360,000 at OBS in April. Another recent winner to exit the October sale, Monarch Stables Inc.'s Last Leaf (Not This Time) led an OBS sweep of Saturday's Hollywood Beach S. The two-time OBS graduate was sold by Sharon Biamonte at the 2020 Winter Mixed Sale and then purchased for $23,500 out of the Kaizen Sales consignment at the 2020 October Sale.

Rounding out the sale's recent graduates, Full of Run Racing, LLC and Madaket Stables LLC's Dreamalildreamofu (Commissioner), a $65,000 October purchase in 2018, won the $100,000 Twixt S. at Laurel Sept. 18.

OBS will again offer online bidding and buyers may register for bidding approval, then access the OBS Bidding Screen with their credentials. For complete information on registration and online bidding visit www.obssales.com.

The sale, which will be streamed live via the OBS website, will also be available on the TDN site.

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