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Six Share Furlong Bullet as OBS Under-Tack Show Concludes

The under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, twice delayed by weather, concluded Sunday in Central Florida with six juveniles sharing the fastest furlong time of :9 4/5 and three equaling the day's fastest quarter-mile time of :20 4/5.

The under-tack show opened as scheduled last Thursday morning, but the day's final set was pushed back by severe thunder storms in the area. The show's final session had been set for Saturday, but more bad weather caused sales officials to push the session back to Sunday.

“I think they did the best they could. A lot of it was out of their control,” said Wavertree Stables' Ciaran Dunne. “I think they did the right thing the first day by calling the last set. When people put a year's work into something, you don't want to go breeze in a rain storm. We get one chance and that's it. So I think they did the right thing. Given the fact that we had tornadoes yesterday, it was another good call. I think they did the best they could under the circumstances.”

Despite the delays, Dunne said the track played fairly throughout the three sessions of the under-tack show.

“From our point of view, I think the track was consistent all three days based on how they trained at home and how they prepped in there,” he said. “They all pretty much worked to expectations. I don't think anybody worked worse than we expected because of the track condition.”

Wavertree sent out its sixth juvenile of the under-tack show to work in :9 4/5 when hip 437, a colt from the first crop of GI Met Mile winner Mor Spirit, hit that mark Sunday morning. Out of Follow My Tail (Indian Charlie), the chestnut was purchased by the Redwings pinhooking partnership for $160,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton July sale.

“He's always been a highly regarded horse,” Dunne said. “He is a beautiful physical, a lovely horse. He always has been. It wasn't unexpected that he would work really well. But you are always pleasantly surprised when they go that well.”

Dunne also pinhooked Mor Spirit, purchasing him for $85,000 at the Fasig-Tipton October sale in 2014 before reselling him for $650,000 the following year at the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale.

Asked if he saw similarities between the two, Dunne said, “None whatsoever. They are both fancy movers who cover a lot of ground, but physically they are a lot different.”

Another first-crop sire represented by a :9 4/5 work Sunday was Bolt d'Oro. Hip 438 was the third colt by the multiple Grade I winner to hit that mark during the under-tack show. Out of Foolish Cause (Giant's Causeway), the dark bay colt is consigned by Top Line Sales and was purchased by the Gladwells' Exclusive Equine Investments for $200,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

Hip 534, a daughter of Midshipman out of Kalistoga Girl (Tapit), covered her furlong in :9 4/5 for Cruzin' Thoroughbreds and hip 631, a colt by Goldencents out of Ms Hallie (Stormy Atlantic), worked in :9 4/5 for consignor Jose Munoz.

A pair of juveniles equaled Sunday's furlong bullet during the day's final set. Hip 544, a filly by Shackleford out of Key is to Win (Dixie Union) consigned by Longoria Training & Sales, completed her :9 4/5 work just before 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Hip 545, a son of Uncaptured out of Keyvacious (Teuflesberg) consigned by Hawk's Rest LLC, turned in his :9 4/5 work some 15 minutes later.

Among the bullet :20 4/5 quarter-mile breezers Sunday was hip 446, a colt by Violence out of graded stakes winner Freedom Star (Street Cry {Ire}), who is consigned by Eddie Woods. Hip 456, a first-crop colt by multiple graded stakes winner Awesome Slew out of Genau (Into Mischief), turned in his :20 4/5 work for Ocala Stud.

Golden Rock Thoroughbreds sent out hip 521, a colt by Into Mischief out of Jellicle Song (Street Cry {Ire}), to work in :20 4/5.

A colt by Bayern (hip 139) turned in the under-tack show's fastest furlong of :9 3/5 during Thursday's first session, while a filly by Adios Charlie (hip 213) had the week's fastest quarter-mile work of :20 2/5 Friday.

The OBS March sale will begin Tuesday with a session which has been pushed back to a 1 p.m. start time to compensate for the delayed breezes. The auction's second and final session begins Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

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Thoughts from Ocala Part 2: Freshman Sires

With the start of the 2-year-old in training sales just around the corner, a visit to Ocala proved to be informative as we checked in with consignors who are going through the fine-tuning process with their sales horses. Leading up to the OBS March Sale, we will release a series of video features covering the topics everyone is talking about as the sales season approaches.

Watch our first episode on first-season sires with Eddie Woods, Nick de Meric and Susan Montanye here.

In this edition, we spoke with Niall Brennan, Ciaran Dunne and Jimbo Gladwell about the freshman sires whose 2-year-olds have impressed them most throughout the breaking and training process, and we asked them to show us a few of those sires' most promising progeny that we will see at the sales in the coming weeks.

NIALL BRENNAN

With first-year sires, obviously some years you might have several by one stallion and nothing by another, so it can be a little hard to compare, but we do have several by Mendelssohn this year and so far I'm really impressed with them. They were a really consistent group as yearlings and I think that's what impressed people. They're very professional and focused on the racetrack and they're good movers across the board. Most of them are average-sized and they're very athletic. I think he's got a great shot.

I've got one Mendelssohn filly in the OBS March Sale [Hip 125] that is a very nice filly. She's out of a Candy Ride (Arg) mare and is a half-sister to Simplification (Not This Time), who won the Mucho Macho Man S. She's professional with a great pedigree.

We also have several Justifys and again, so far I'm quite impressed with them. Many of them were bigger as yearlings so you figured that they might take a little longer as he was later-developing, but I've got a couple that have been very forward in their training.

We have two Justify colts going to the OBS March Sale. The one colt [Hip 476] is out of a Silver Deputy mare who has already thrown a 2-year-old stakes winner. He is good-sized, strong and balanced. He has given me the impression that he's very quick. The other colt [Hip 501] is actually a half-brother to MGSW Toinette (Scat Daddy), who was a good stakes filly on the grass. He's got a huge stride, but he really covers the ground and is deceivingly quick because he just is so easy over the ground. These colts are a little different, but they're both forward mentally and physically.

I've got a couple of other Justify fillies that are going to go to the April sale. They're bigger, growthier types like him. They're May foals so we just picked the later sale to give them a little more time, but again, I've been quite impressed with how forward they seem to be

We only have one Bolt d'Oro this year, but he's a very impressive colt going to OBS March [Hip 84]. He's mature, very powerful and a great mover on the racetrack. He's out of a Fastnet Rock (Aus) mare, so it's mostly an Australian pedigree which is a great cross. If I had to judge Bolt d'Oro by this one colt, I'm impressed because this colt is very serious.

CIARAN DUNNE: Wavertree Stables

We only have a small sampling of Justifys, but we're really high on the colt out of Appealing Zophie (Successful Appeal) who is going to Gulfstream [Hip 84]. He trains as well a horse can train. If he's a true reflection of what the rest of them are like, I think Justify is in for a big year.

As a group, the Good Magics we have are probably the most solid. We have quite a few of those; I think we have five or six of them. The colt out of Rose Mine (Street Cry {Ire}) who goes to OBS March [Hip 82] is probably one of our highlights. He's a big, strong colt with a super way of going. The thing about the Good Magics is that you forget how good of a 2-year-old he was and these guys have really shown a lot of speed.

City of Light was the hot commodity at the yearling sales. They're very quick and precocious for a horse who was later developing himself. We have a couple of fillies by him that we're high on. The Redbud (Union Rags) filly goes to OBS March [Hip 59] and we have a filly out of Naples Mist (Medaglia d'Oro) going to Gulfstream [Hip 41]. We have high expectations for both of those.

Top Line's Bolt d'Oro colt out of Foolish Cause (Giant's Causeway) sells at the OBS March Sale | Tiborphoto

We probably have as many Bolt d'Oros as we have of any of the first-season stallions. We have a really good sampling going to OBS March. The colt out of Roman Bluff (Roman Ruler) [Hip 81] might just be our fastest horse going in there based on how he has acted at home. We have a filly out of Moment of Speight (Ire) (Speightstown) [Hip 625] who has a beautifully-deep female family. She's more of a two-turn type of filly, but she acts like she's got speed too. Across the board, I think they've got a lot of quality and a future going two turns.

JIMBO GLADWELL: Top Line Sales

We have two Bolt d'Oro colts going to OBS March. I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say both of them are going to go 10 flat or faster. They're both fast, good-moving colts and they're very aggressive in their training. They want to do it so bad. They are two of the faster colts I've got going over there and we're very happy with the Bolt d'Oros right now. We're actually bringing a mare back to him this year.

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Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Yearlings Sale Starts Sunday

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The Fasig-Tipton New York-bred Yearlings Sale, which follows on the heels of a strong renewal of the company's Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale, begins its two-day run at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion Sunday evening at 7 p.m. With the cancellation of last year's auction due to the pandemic, this marks the second time the sale will be held on Sunday and Monday, as opposed to its traditional Saturday and Sunday dates and, with an extra day of showing, consignors were kept busy on the sales grounds when shopping started Friday.

“We showed Friday and we were very busy,” said Derek MacKenzie, whose Vinery Sales has 22 yearlings consigned to the auction. “I think we showed 1,060 times. How we got that done, I don't know, but we did. It's been strong again today, not quite as busy, obviously with the second day. There have been a lot of new faces–a lot of pinhookers, quite a few new faces that weren't here for the main sale. And we are seeing quite a few of the trainers coming over as well. So that's good.”

The New York-bred sale continues to gain strength from year to year, with a record-priced yearling at each of the last four renewals.

“There are definitely more people coming than there used to be and the catalogue has gotten so much stronger, pedigree-wise over the years,” MacKenzie said. “And the physicals have improved, too. There are some very sharp buyers who told me the physicals keep getting better and better every year. And this year is the best yet.”

The strength of the New York-bred racing program has pushed the state's breeding industry to new heights and consignors are expecting those results to be mirrored in the sales ring.

“I think the sale every year has increased in strength,” said Archie St. George, who will offer six yearlings–all by Kentucky-based sires–through his St. George Sales consignment. “It seems like the sire power is getting better every year. There are a lot more consignors from Kentucky selling here. The horses are better. I think every year, the sale has taken a step forward.”

St. George looks for that trend of yearly improvement to continue in 2021.

“Racing in New York is in a good place and, if you've got the right horse, by the right stallion, and you vet well, I am sure you'll get rewarded,” he said.

Jimbo and Tori Gladwell's Top Line Sales will offer four yearlings at the two-day auction.

“We're glad to be back and have a great atmosphere to sell at,” Jimbo Gladwell said. “I think the activity at the barns is on par with years past, with the sales split up by a couple of days and an extra day of showing. The traffic has been good, we've been busy both days so far. I think it's going to be a strong sale.”

Following on a strong series of juvenile sales this past spring, buyers seem eager to restock at the yearlings auctions. The Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale featured competitive bidding and buying was tough at last week's Saratoga Selected Yearlings sale. Those trends should lead to a positive New York-bred sale, according to Gladwell.

“The sale in July was very strong, the trade was brisk and people were spending money,” he said. “People showed up at the first sale here and they weren't just shopping, they were here to buy horses. The same group of people are here. They are shopping hard and are keen on spending some money. I think it was very difficult to buy the horses you wanted in the first sale. What is perceived as quality is bringing a lot more than it is supposed to. That is what we are all doing it for, is trying to find that horse and get in that spot. Hopefully we get a little luck here.”

The 2019 New York-bred sale was topped by a daughter of Malibu Moon, who brought a sale record $775,000 from Larry Best's OXO Equine. Now the stakes-placed Brattle House (Malibu Moon), she was one of 186 sold for a gross of $16,200,000. The average was $87,097 and the median was $60,000.

The 2018 auction set records for both average ($107,512) and median ($76,000) and was topped by a then-record $600,000 son of Pioneerof the Nile.

Sunday's evening session begins at 7 p.m. with 100 catalogued yearlings on offer. The auction continues Monday at noon with an additional 207 catalogued head.

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Practical Joke Filly Tops OBS June Sale Opener

Hip No. 258, a daughter of Practical Joke consigned by Top Line Sales LLC Agent, went to Gary Young, Agent, for $425,000 to top the first session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2021 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age.

The chestnut filly, whose quarter in :21 1/5 was fastest at the distance at Thursday's Under Tack session, is out of stakes placed Devious d'Oro, by Medaglia d'Oro, a half sister to graded stakes winner Devious Intent.

Hip No. 149, a daughter of Uncle Mo consigned by Julie Davies LLC, Agent, was sold to Donato Lanni, Agent, for $375,000. The dark bay or brown filly, who breezed an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5 on Wednesday, is out of graded stakes winner Brooklynsway, by Giant Gizmo, from the family of graded stakes placed stakes winner Effie Trinket.

Hip No. 101, a son of Maclean's Music consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), Agent, went to Lauren Carlisle, Agent, for $350,000. The bay colt, who worked an eighth in :10 1/5 at Wednesday's Under Tack Session, is out of Artillery Punch, by Kitten's Joy, from the family of grade one stakes winner Bounding Basque.

Hip No. 245, a daughter of Classic Empire consigned by Gabriel Dixon, Agent, was purchased by West Point, L.E.B., Agent for $300,000. The bay filly, who breezed an eighth in:10 1/5 on Thursday, is out of Decoder, by War Front, a full sister to grade one stakes winner Data Link.

Hip No. 107, a daughter of Midnight Storm consigned by Scanlon Training & Sales, Agent, went to HR Racing for $290,000. The bay filly, whose eighth in :9 4/5 Wednesday's fastest at the distance, is a half sister to stakes winner Miss My Rose out of Ava G, by Afternoon Deelites, from the family of grade one stakes placed stakes winner Winter Treasure.

Hip No. 313, Tap in Tune, consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, went to Full of Run Racing LLC / Madaket Stables LLC for $215,000. The dark bay or brown filly, who breezed an eighth in :10 flat on Thursday, is out of Fashion Tap, by Tapit, a daughter of graded stakes winner First Passage.

Hip No. 122, a daughter of Gormley consigned by Hemingway Racing and Training Stables, LLC, Agent, was sold for $200,000 to Integrity Bloodstock, Agent for Lee Pokoik. The chestnut filly, who worked in eighth on Wednesday in :10 flat, is out of graded stakes winner Beat the Blues, by Great Pyramid (IRE), from the family of stakes winner Dedicated Queen.

For the session, 176 horses grossed $7,268,400, compared with 163 selling for a total of $5,037,800 at last year's first session. The average was $41,298 up 33.6 percent compared with $30,907 a year ago, while the median price was $20,000, up 53.9 percent compared to $13,000 in 2020. The buyback percentage was 26.7 percent; it was 25.2 percent last year.

The June Sale continues Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Hip No.'s 317 – 632 will be offered.

To view the session's full results, click here.

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