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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