Jessica Martini

Rain Holds Off as Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Preview Concludes

TIMONIUM, MD – The under-tack preview of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale concluded its two-day stint at the Maryland State Fairgrounds Wednesday under increasing winds and threatening skies, but dodged the rain that was expected to hit the Timonium area later in the evening. Buyers and consignors alike continued to make adjustments [...]

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'Time Will Tell': Midlantic May Under-Tack Show Opens with Untimed Works

TIMONIUM, MD – The first of two sessions of the under-tack preview of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale got underway under brilliantly sunny skies and a brand new format Tuesday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. Some 250 horses previewed over the track, and, while they were cascaded by the beeps [...]

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'How Lucky am I?': Caliente Thoroughbreds on Fire from Sales Ring to Racetrack

Three years ago, Saul Marquez brought a one-horse consignment to the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's April 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Under his Caliente Thoroughbreds banner, Marquez sold the colt by Solomini, purchased for $50,000 the previous September, for $700,000. It was a remarkable first pinhooking success for the third-generation horseman who had moved from California [...]

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$1.95-Million Epicenter Colt Leads Strong Results at OBS Spring Opener

by Jessica Martini & Stefanie Grimm OCALA, FL – The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale had its first million-dollar juvenile when bloodstock agent Justin Casse bid $1.95-million for a colt by Epicenter late in the day and Tuesday's first session of the four-day auction concluded with an average price well ahead [...]

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'The 2-Year-Old Sale of the Year': OBS Spring Sale Starts Tuesday

The Ocala Breeders Sales Company's Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, featuring a catalogue of over 1,200 horses, opens its four-day run Tuesday in Central Florida with bidding beginning at 10:30 a.m. “I think it is the 2-year-old sale of the world,” OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski said of the Spring sale. “That's what it [...]

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'A-Mazing': Curlin Filly Enters OBS Sale with Added Meaning

Five years ago, Stonehaven Steadings enjoyed one of its biggest days in the sales ring when a colt by Quality Road, co-bred by the Reddoch family's operation, topped the 2021 Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring sale on a bid of $1.5 million. The youngster went on to become champion Corniche. Leah and Aidan O'Meara, daughter [...]

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'She's a Runner': Jackie's Warrior Filly Sets Furlong Mark at OBS Wednesday

A filly by Jackie's Warrior (hip 570) broke through a parade of :9 4/5 works to claim the furlong bullet time of :9 3/5 during Wednesday's third session of the under-tack preview of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. Consigned by Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds, the dark bay filly is a daughter [...]

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Plenty of Rain and :9 4/5s at OBS Tuesday

Following a two-hour rain delay, the second session of the under-tack preview of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds got underway with the first two horses across the track skipping to matching :9 4/5 furlong bullet times. Through three sets on the day, 18 juveniles hit that mark, joining the 17 who [...]

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Among 17 Furlong Bullets, Omaha Beach Filly Has Fastest Quarter-Mile at OBS Under-Tack Opener

With 17 juveniles sharing the fastest furlong breeze of :9 4/5, a filly by Omaha Beach (hip 74) separated herself from the pack with a nifty pedigree update and a bullet quarter-mile work in :20 4/5 during Monday's first under-tack preview session for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Hip 74 [...]

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'A Passion for Horses': Sanchez Father and Son Hope for OBS April Redux

Leonardo and Jhonardo Sanchez lived out the pinhooking dream last spring when selling a filly by Tiz the Law–purchased for $70,000 the previous fall–for $1.05 million at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's April 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. The dream only got sweeter when the filly, Dandona, won the GIII Florida Oaks in the colors of [...]

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'Freaking Good': Parfois Quick to Reward Dubb's Investment

When Chad Brown presented Michael Dubb the opportunity to buy into a 2-year-old filly who had raced just once in France last summer, the trainer admitted the price tag might be the only concern. Dubb and partners Steven Bouchey, Thirty Year Racing and Michael Caruso ultimately went ahead with the purchase and Parfois (Ire) (Kodi [...]

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'A Lot of Buzz': OBS March Sale Starts Tuesday

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training will kick off the juvenile sales season with its three-day run in Central Florida beginning Tuesday. Bidding on the 816 catalogued 2-year-olds continues through Thursday, with sessions commencing each day at 11 a.m. “There is a lot of activity on the grounds and a [...]

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