Hip 308 is the first foal out of the unraced Marla (Frosted), a half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Envoutante (Uncle Mo).

“I was expecting a good work from her,” said Omar Ramirez. “She prepped really well on the farm. My brother Jose and I were really excited with the way she prepped over there. We knew she would work well. And she did everything right.”

Eric Antonio Delvalle purchased the bay filly for $20,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

“She was on the small size when we bought her,” Ramirez, who worked with Delvalle to pick out the filly last fall, said. “But she had a beautiful walk and she had all the right parts. We thought about putting her in March, but we thought she was still a little too small for the March sale, so we decided to give her the extra month and that was the best decision.”

Also on behalf of Delvalle, Ramirez sent out a colt by Omaha Beach (hip 299) to work a quarter in :20 4/5 Monday. The chestnut is out of stakes-placed Malibu Party (Hard Spun), a daughter of Grade I winner Malibu Mint (Malibu Moon). He was purchased for $120,000 at Keeneland last September.

“[Delvalle] really loved the horse,” Ramirez said. “He wanted him for the March sale. But he was the opposite of the filly. He's a big, strong colt. I didn't think he belonged in March. I thought we would give him a little more time and take him to April to let him get stronger. And he worked great, too.”

Ramirez will offer a colt by Army Mule (hip 839) on behalf of Delvalle during next week's sale.

“We have big hopes for him,” Ramirez said of the juvenile who is slated to work Thursday.

Of Delvalle, Ramirez said, “This is only his second year with me. He had a couple of horses with me last year that he had bought with somebody else. So this is the first year I bought the horses for him.”

Just before the hour mark of Monday's under-tack session, Randy Hartley and Dean DeRenzo sent out hip 335 for her bullet breeze.

“She looks like a colt. She's a big two-turn looking filly. And she did it pretty easy,” Hartley said of the work. “I was impressed with her.”

The filly is out f Mischief Galore (Into Mischief). She was bred by Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt and, after selling for $100,000 as a weanling at the 2023 Keeneland January sale, was purchased by Hartley/DeRenzo for $200,000 at the Fasig-Tipton July sale.

“We paid pretty good money for her as a yearling,” Hartley said. “She was just as beautiful then. She's just gotten a little bit bigger. Brian Graves had bought her as a weanling, so you know he buys nothing but good-looking horses.”

Looking ahead to the filly's date in the sales ring next week, Hartley said, “The stallion is doing good enough and people are giving him enough respect. And I think the Into Mischief on the bottom is just going to help give people that much more confidence.”

A filly from the first crop of Grade I-placed Caracaro (hip 199) turned in Monday's fastest quarter-mile breeze when working in :20 2/5. Consigned by Global Thoroughbreds, the bay is out of Key d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro). She was bred by LLP Performance Horses.

Hartley said conditions during Monday's session of the under-tack show were fairly consistent with Sunday's opening session, but he is watching the weather forecast for the coming days in Central Florida.

“It was pretty good today,” he said. “We had a little bit of a tailwind today. It seemed like a pretty good track. It was very similar to yesterday. The only thing that really changes this track condition is the wind. That's what we are going to get into in the  next few days because we are supposed to get a major headwind with a storm coming in on Thursday.”

The under-tack show continues through Saturday with sessions beginning each day at 8 a.m. The OBS Spring sale will be held next Tuesday through Friday with bidding starting each day at 10:30 a.m.

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Consignor Omar Ramirez sent out a filly by Street Boss (hip 817) to share Friday's bullet time of :20 3/5 while working early in the day's first set.

“I was waiting for her all week,” Ramirez admitted. “I knew she was going to throw a big work. I knew whatever the bullet was going to be, she'd be close to it. She is a super nice filly.”

The juvenile, who was purchased for $75,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton October sale, RNA'd for $145,000 following a :10 flat work at the OBS Spring Sale in April.

“She worked in :10 flat in April and she galloped out huge,” Ramirez said. “I said I would buy her back for $150,000. I didn't want to give her away because she is a nice filly. That's why I sent her a quarter this time, so people know she's a runner.”

The chestnut filly is out of Desperate Chick (Tribal Rule), a half-sister to graded winner Native Bombshell (War Front). Native Bombshell is the dam of stakes-winner Lady War Machine (Street Boss).

A filly by Bucchero (hip 785) from Sergio Centeno's Blue River Bloodstock consignment, matched that :20 3/5 time some 3 1/2 hours later. The chestnut filly is out of Corfu Lady (Corfu) and from the family of multiple graded winner Halo's Image. She was bred by Saul Rosas.

Ramirez also sent out a pair of Friday's furlong bullet workers: a colt by St Patrick's Day (hip 878, video) and a colt by Yoshida (Jpn) (hip 900, video).

The St Patrick's Day colt is another returnee from the April sale where he RNA'd for $35,000 after working in :10 flat.

“He's such a pretty horse,” Ramirez said of the bay colt, who is out of a half-sister to graded stakes winner Jenny's So Great (Greatness). “I don't know why we didn't get him sold in April, but I had to put him in to work late in the day at that sale. I knew he would work well today because he's really fast.”

From the first crop of Yoshida, hip 900 put in his bullet furlong work late in Friday's session.

“I'll be really honest with you, that was a shock with that colt,” Ramirez said. “I was not expecting :10 flat from him.”

Ramirez acquired the colt for $10,000 at the OBS October sale last fall and the June sale will be his first trip through the ring this year.

“I liked the colt, he was pretty and had all the right parts,” Ramirez said of his early impressions of the youngster. “I brought him to this sale to give him more of a chance to grow up.”

Also sharing Friday's fastest furlong time of :10 flat: a filly by Twirling Candy (hip 733, video) consigned by Grassroots Training & Sales; a colt by Solomini (hip 745, video) consigned by Britton Peak; a colt by The Big Beast (hip 787, video) consigned by AVP Training and Sales; a colt by Klimt (hip 806, video) consigned by Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds; a filly by Redesdale (hip 853, video) consigned by Harris Training Center; and a colt by Arrogate (hip 868, video) consigned by Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds.

“The track was definitely slow today,” Ramirez said. “I have a really nice Vino Rosso filly (hip 783) who worked in :21 2/5 and I think she's a little faster than that. There was a headwind today and I think that affected the times.”

The under-tack show concludes with a final session beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. The June sale will be held next Tuesday through Thursday with bidding commencing each day at 10 a.m.

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Working shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday, hip 570 became the 10th juvenile of the week to work the furlong in :9 4/5. The bay colt, consigned by Wavertree Stables, is out of Wear Red (Henny Hughes) and is a half-brother to stakes winner and graded-placed Jessica Krupnick (Uncle Mo). Wear Red is a half-sister to Grade I winner Eskendereya (Giant's Causeway).

Ron Fein's Super Fine Farms purchased the colt for $170,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

Omar Ramirez sent out hip 588 to work his :21 flat bullet quarter-mile shortly after the start of Thursday's session of the under-tack show. The colt is out of Woodsboro (Congrats) and his third dam is graded winner La Rosa (Wild Again).

Ramirez acquired the colt for $65,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton July sale. He was purchased by My Little Team Racing for $50,000 following a :10 1/5 work at the OBS Spring sale in April.

Just minutes after that colt worked, Hip 703 turned in her :21 flat quarter-mile work for A.G. Sales. Out of the unraced Brief Tears (Orientate), the dark bay filly is a half-sister to graded winner No Problem (Munnings).

Jose Andres Gaspar purchased the filly for $10,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

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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Hip 41 turned in his :20 3/5 quarter-mile breeze shortly after the day's 7:30 a.m. start time for consignor Omar Ramirez.

“He prepped really, really good for me,” Ramirez said. “I didn't know it was going to be :20 3/5, but I thought he'd definitely be :20 4/5 or :21 flat.”

The New Jersey-bred colt is out of Lady Overboard (Mishipman) and from the family of Star of Goshen, the dam of Pioneerof the Nile.

Ramirez and a partner purchased the chestnut for $18,000 as a short yearling at the OBS Winter sale last year. He RNA'd for $29,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic October sale.

“He was a really well-balanced colt, a really pretty walker,” Ramirez said of his early impressions of the youngster. “And I love Midshipman as a stallion on the mother's side.”

Of the trip to Timonium last fall, Ramirez said, “I didn't get him sold, but I love the horse and I wanted to give him another chance. So we decided to let him grow up more. He's not a huge colt–he's average-sized, but he still has that beautiful walk.”

Solomini was second in the 2017 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile, as well as that year's GI FrontRunner S. and GI Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity. He was third in the 2018 GI Arkansas Derby.

The 8-year-old stallion, who stands at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds for $6,500, had three six-figure juveniles at the OBS April sale–led by a colt who sold for $700,000–and another three at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale last month.

Ramirez sold two fillies by the stallion in April and May and returns with a pair of colts at the June sale.

“I did really well with Solomini in April, I had a filly [hip 605] sell for $100,000. She was a really pretty filly and I really liked her. I had another one with Top Line in Timonium [hip 285] and she sold for $150,000. She was another nice filly. And I've got two colts over here. I have one more tomorrow [hip 282]. They were all pretty nice horses, easy to train.”

Tom McCrocklin sent out hip 39 to work her :20 3/5 quarter-mile shortly before 10 a.m. Monday. Bred by Vegso Racing Stable, the chestnut filly is out of Lady Marjorie (Curlin). The mare is a daughter of stakes-winner Light Bringer (Northern Afleet), a full-sister to graded winner Aegean and a half-sister to the dam of Grade I winner Eda.

Six juveniles shared the day's fastest furlong time of :9 4/5: a filly by Bucchero (hip 9, video) consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm; a filly by Jimmy Creed (hip 25, video) consigned by J. J. Thoroughbreds; a filly by Into Mischief (hip 46, video) consigned by de Meric Sales; a colt by Courageous Cat (hip 51, video) consigned by G.A. Thoroughbred Sales; a colt by Bucchero (hip 92, video) consigned by Hector Barajas; and a colt by Hard Spun (hip 130, video).

Ramirez, who comes into the June sale with a hefty consignment of 52 juveniles, was happy with conditions at OBS Monday.

“I had five today and they all worked really, really good,” he said.

Of his June contingent, Ramirez admitted, “This is my first time that I had so many here. My brother got a bunch of horses and we have some new clients who have a couple of horses. Sometimes I just want to give the horses more time, more chances to grow, so I love this June sale. It's been a really nice sale for me.”

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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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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In all, 216 horses sold Wednesday for a total of $9,314,000. The session average was $43,120 and the median was $25,000.

Through two sessions, 420 juveniles have sold for $16,783,500. The average of $39,961 dipped 1.3% from the corresponding figure a year ago, while the median of $25,000 was up 38.9%.

At the same point of the 2021 sale, 401 horses had grossed $16,229,000 for an average of $40,471 and a median of $18,000.

From a larger catalogue, the gross is ahead of the 2021 record pace, while the median remains ahead of 2021's record-tying figure of $20,000.

With 125 horses reported not sold over the two days, the buy-back rate stood at 22.9% at the close of business Wednesday. A year ago, that figure was 21.8% before falling to 17.5% with the inclusion of post-sale transactions.

Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni, who kept busy throughout the session buying for various clients, made the day's two highest-priced bids. Lanni purchased the filly by Uncle Mo for $725,000 from the Omar Ramirez Bloodstock consignment and acquired a filly by Flatter from Julie Davies for $625,000.

“It was so hard to buy in April,” Lanni said. “Every sale has been tough to buy. We got outbid a lot. We came here prepared to find them and buy them.”

Bryan Rice's Woodside Ranch had a pair of standout pinhooks on the day and the Ocala horseman said there were plenty of buyers for the right horses.

“I think for a good horse, they are finding them and they are paying for them,” Rice said. “We have other horses who don't meet the desired level, so we are going to have to be humble and sell them. You've got to just play your hand.”

The OBS June sale concludes with a final session beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday.

Fireworks for Uncle Mo Filly

After a trio of high-priced buy-backs, the June sale finally had a breakout horse when bloodstock agent Donato Lanni purchased a filly by Uncle Mo (hip 525) for $725,000 from the consignment of Omar Ramirez Bloodstock Wednesday in Ocala. Lanni had to see off a determined on-line bidder to secure the youngster on behalf of an undisclosed client.

Asked what he liked about the filly, Lanni said, “Did you see her?” Before adding, “She's by Uncle Mo–I love the sire. We've been lucky with the sire. And she was all class. And smart. She's been that way since she's been here.”

The filly, who worked a furlong last week in :10 flat, is out of Ultralight Beam (Giant's Causeway), a half-sister to multiple graded winner His Race to Win (Stormy Atlantic). Her second dam, Fleet of Foot (Gone West), is a half-sister to champion Hello Seattle. She will be trained by Bob Baffert.

Ramirez purchased the filly for $117,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton October sale.

“She was a beautiful filly–a beautiful top line and I liked the way she walked,” Ramirez said of the filly's appeal last fall. “It's hard not to like her. She's by Uncle Mo and she has a nice pedigree.”

Ramirez, who partnered up with Solana Beach Sales to purchase the filly, admitted he was surprised to get the youngster last year.

“I never thought I could afford her,” he said. “But I was lucky. I was on a flight when she sold and I had somebody buy her for me. When I got home, I had a message that we had gotten her. We didn't have much money left, but the guy was looking for me and we got her.”

Ramirez, a longtime member of the Top Line Sales team, is consigning under his own name for just the second year this season and celebrated his biggest result Wednesday.

“My family all works with me, we founded the business,” Ramirez said. “So we are all happy and celebrating together. I knew she was going to be big, but I didn't know she'd be that good.”

Solana Beach Sales, the pinhooking division of Little Red Feather Racing, has already had a sale-topper this juvenile sales season. The group sold the $1.2-million Bolt d'Oro filly (hip 48) at the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale.

“This filly was my personal favorite this year and I'm so happy for the team,” Solana Beach's Gary Fenton said. “Omar is a hidden talent no more. And big thanks to Carrie Brogden, as well, for her guidance.”

Flatter Filly for Zedan

A filly by Flatter (hip 560) will be joining the Southern California barn of trainer Bob Baffert after selling for $625,000 to the bid of bloodstock agent Donato Lanni. Lanni did not disclose his client for the filly, but later in the afternoon Amr Zedan's Zedan Racing tweeted it had purchased the filly. Consigned by Julie Davies, the gray filly is out of the unraced Wicked Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}), a half-sister to Grade I winner Wickedly Perfect (Congrats). She was one of two juveniles to work the furlong bullet of :9 4/5 during last week's under-tack show.

“She breezed good and came back good,” Lanni said of the filly. “She handled everything well. She went out and did it and came back good. She kept her weight and her mind was really good. It didn't phase her. She'll probably go on and be a good summer horse.”

Davies purchased the filly for $95,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

“She was always the model student,” Davies said. “She was always perfect and she never did anything wrong. She took everything in stride.”

Of the filly's bullet work, Davies said, “We knew when we were coming in here that she was fast and we just had to hope that all the stars aligned. And we got lucky. She went :9 4/5 when not many horses were doing that.”

A Munnings for Gase

Trainer Keith Desormeaux has been busy buying for Ben Gase this spring and got into the action Wednesday in Ocala, going to $300,000 to acquire a colt by Munnings (hip 544) from Stori Atchison's Dark Star Thoroughbreds consignment on behalf of the new owner.

Desormeaux said he was impressed with the colt's :10 1/5 work during last week's under-tack preview.

“The horse really had some different action,” Desormeaux said. “He had a really high action which I thought would throw a lot of people off, but I loved the way he moved–high knee action, pushed strong off of his hind end. And of course, you couple that with Munnings, who is as hot as they come right now. That's why we had to give what we gave.”

The colt, out of the unraced Voyage (Rahy), is a half-brother to graded winner Great Island (Scat Daddy) and is from the family of Point of Entry and Pine Island. Atchison purchased the chestnut for $50,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale. He RNA'd for $190,000 following a :10 2/5 work at the OBS Spring sale.

Gase, founder and CEO of the shipping tecnhology company R2 Logisticis, had success with his very first horse when Call Me Midnight (Midnight Lute), an $80,000 purchase at last year's OBS March sale, won the GIII Lecomte S. in January.

Desormeaux purchased three horses for Gase at the OBS Spring sale, including a filly by Bolt d'Oro (hip 1017) for $650,000 and a filly by Twirling Candy (hip 641) for $400,000.

“Ben Gase was very involved in the April sale,” Desormeaux said. “He had fun with that, so we came back for more. He's getting heavily involved in the business and hopefully I am getting him in on some nice horses.”

Smith Carrying on Crystal Eclipse Tradition

When Hannah Smith led hip 655, a son of Ride On Curlin, up to the ring at OBS Wednesday, the 14-year-old admitted to having some nerves. The colt, bred by her father Casey Seaman and the lone horse in the family's Crystal Eclipse Stable consignment, rewarded her hard work when selling for $230,000 to Big Sky Racing.

“We knew he was a really great colt and we knew he was going to be big right from the start,” Smith said of the colt who worked a flashy furlong in :10 flat last week. “He was a homebred and when we were breaking him, he just did everything right–everything above and beyond. So we were expecting this result.”

That didn't mean that the experience was without some nervous moments.

“I had to walk him up there,” Smith said. “And that was the scariest part. I was very nervous. That was my first time showing and walking a horse in the sale. It was very nerve-wracking. But it went perfectly.”

Seaman has been breeding racehorses in Florida since the 1990s and counts 2003 GI King's Bishop S. winner Valid Video among his graduates. So, getting into the business was a natural fit for his daughter.

“I've done this ever since I was little,” Smith said. “I was on a horse before I could walk. I love doing it.”

After a hiatus from breeding, Seaman is getting back into the business. The farm currently has three broodmares, including hip 655's dam Awesome Sunrize (Awesome Again).

“She was nothing and was given to us a couple of years ago,” Smith said of the mare. “We've had a couple of horses out of her and a couple of years after we got her, there were stakes winners everywhere. Her brother Stubbins (Morning Line) has made over $550,000.”

Smith continued, “We kind of veered away [from breeding] a little. Everything hit, the pandemic and life happens, but this is a nice turn of events.”

Asked if breeding and racing would be in her future, Smith said, “I have no clue yet. But I hope so.”

Woodside Ranch Hits with Filly

Bryan and Holley Rice's Woodside Ranch hit a pinhooking home run when selling a filly by Hit it a Bomb (hip 541) for $200,000 Wednesday at OBS. The Rices had purchased the bay for $8,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton February sale.

“Her physical,” Bryan Rice said when asked about the filly's appeal last February. “She had great muscle and a great mind and a beautiful walk. And that has stayed with her.”

Of the bargain purchase, Rice said, “I think the pedigree was a little cold at the time. And it was just one of those sales where she was there and I was seeing her in a long coat and pretty young. I felt like I saw things I liked and we did right by her and she's done right by us.”

Donato Lanni signed the ticket on the filly Wednesday on behalf of Sarah Kelly.

“I am thrilled,” Rice said of the result. “I know that she is going to go on and continue to do right by everybody. She is really special. She is legitimate.”

Woodside enjoyed another pinhooking success just a few hips later when selling a filly by Runhappy (hip 587) for $130,000 to Franklin Ave. Equine and bloodstock agent Nick Hines. The dark bay had been purchased for $10,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton February sale.

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A filly from the first crop of champion Accelerate (hip 461) shared Tuesday's fastest furlong time of :9 4/5. The bay is out of Full Moon Frolic (Vindication), who is a daughter of graded placed Frolicing (Royal Academy) and from the family of graded placed Mokat and Frolic's Dream. Isidro Centeno signed for the ticket at $35,000 at last year's OBS October sale.

A daughter of first-crop sire Army Mule (hip 441) also shared the :9 4/5 bullet time. She is out of the unraced First Fed Biz (Fed Biz), a half-sister to graded placed Bourbon Cowboy (Cowboy Cal). Elusive Thoroughbreds acquired the filly for $60,000 at last year's OBS October sale.

“Both of them are speedy fillies who do everything right,” Torie Gladwell said of the bullet duo. “They are both smart, easy-training fillies. They are not the real hot-blooded type. You ask them to do it and they show up and do what you ask them to do. They are very similar actually.”

Top Line sent out a colt from the first crop of GI Met Mile winner Mor Spirit (hip 410) to work the day's co-fastest quarter-mile of :20 3/5. The juvenile is out of the unraced English Chocolate (Midnight Lute), a daughter of stakes winner Unbridled Danz (Unbridled's Song). Alex Silva signed the ticket on the youngster at $50,000 at the Fasig-Tipton October sale.

“He's a really big, strong colt and he doesn't look like he should go :9 4/5,” Gladwell said. “He's not a little Quarter Horse type, he's a big, two-turn type colt with plenty of speed and plenty of fitness. And that's why we decided to go a quarter with him. Omar Ramirez owns him and he trained him, so he gets all the credit for getting him ready.”

Of the bullet time, Gladwell added, “He prepped sharp. We were thinking :21 flat or :20 4/5 at the best, so the :20 3/5 was a little bit of a surprise.”

Equaling the :20 3/5 quarter-mile time was hip 384, a son of GI Belmont S. winner Tapwrit. Consigned by Blue River Bloodstock, the gray colt is out of Dulce Arabe (Chi) (Speightstown). Bred by International Equities Holding–which also bred Monday's bullet quarter-mile worker–he was purchased by Katuska Arenas for $16,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

All of Tuesday's bullet workers are by first-crop sires.

“We typically gravitate to first-crop stallions, just because there is that unknown,” Gladwell said. “For us and for the buyers. And they seem to sell really well as 2-year-olds.”

Tuesday's bullet workers continued a week of strong results for Top Line Sales, which was represented by three :9 4/5 breezes during Monday's second session of the under-tack show: hip 206, a colt by Uncle Mo; hip 258, a son of Nyquist; and hip 301, a colt by City of Light.

“All three of those horses are serious colts,” Gladwell said. “We thought that all three could go in :9 4/5, so if they hadn't gone that fast, we probably would have been a little disappointed. They all prepped good, they are training good and they are all sound, good-trying horses.”

Through three of seven sessions of the under-tack show, Gladwell said conditions had remained largely consistent.

“That's a question for all the people up there clocking all the gallop outs,” she said when asked to compare conditions from day to day. “I heard a couple of people say that today the gallop outs were a little bit slower than yesterday, so I think the track was maybe a little faster yesterday than today, but not by much. I think the gallop outs were a little telling today, but the eighths seemed to be pretty consistent.”

The under-tack show continues through Saturday with sessions beginning each day at 8 a.m. The Spring sale will be held next Tuesday through Friday with bidding commencing daily at 10:30 a.m.

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