Duos Share Fastest Times at OBS

The start of Tuesday's session of the under-tack preview for next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training was delayed some 45 minutes in the wake of Tropical Storm Colin, but once action at the six-day show resumed a pair of juveniles shared the fastest furlong time of :10 flat and two turned in the co-bullet quarter of :21 flat.

Hip 435, a colt by Algorithms, earned the bullet with his :21 flat work for Price Thoroughbreds. The youngster, out of Javelina (Forest Wildcat), is a half-brother to stakes placed Clearance Clarence (Cryptoclearance).

“The colt has always showed promise and he's been getting better all the time,” said Andro Price, whose wife Tracey was aboard for the work. “He's a late May foal, so he is maturing every week.”

The Prices, both former jockeys who pinhook about a dozen horses a year, purchased the dark bay for $38,000 at last year's Keeneland September Yearling sale.

“He's a nice physical, well-bodied colt and well-balanced,” Price said of the juvenile. “He is a strong colt, with a pretty head on him and he's got a nice big, soft eye.”

Price added, “He was extremely professional on the racetrack and he has always been that way. He's always been willing to do whatever you've asked of him.”

Price admitted track conditions almost caused him to call an audible as the juvenile prepared to work Tuesday.

“When I was walking up there [to the track], a lot of people were going eighths and I think they knew to back up,” Price explained. “But I wanted my horse to go a quarter, I wanted to stretch him out to show people that he was further along than an eighth-of-a-mile and much closer to getting to the races. When I was walking up there, I heard one go in :23 2/5 and that started making me a little nervous. I thought maybe this track is terrible. It was really hot and muggy when he was going up there and the horse right in front of us worked in :23. If Tracey could have heard me, I would have hollered to her, 'Only go an eighth.' The horses were slow up there the time he was up there, but it was very hot and humid and all the water on it slowed the track down. If you could have gone out there first thing in the morning, I think you would have had a little more of an opportunity when it was still cooler out.”

Also working a quarter in :21 flat Tuesday was hip 453, a daughter of Macho Uno. Consigned by Eddie Woods, the juvenile is out of Kassidy's Kiss (Belong to Me) and is a half-sister to stakes winner Kiss N Scat (Scat Daddy).

Hip 484, a colt by Candy Ride (Arg), shared the furlong bullet of :10 flat. Out of La Maestranza (Storm Cat), a daughter of Grade I winner Cash Run (Seeking the Gold), the youngster is consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent XIV.

Also working in :10 flat was hip 592, a daughter of Put It Back. Consigned by Weston Thoroughbreds Training & Sales, the chestnut filly is out of Missys Lolity (Dixie Union), a half-sister to graded stakes placed Talullah Lula (Old Trieste).

The under-tack show continues through Friday with sessions beginning daily at 7:30 a.m. The June sale will be held next Tuesday through Friday beginning each day at 10:30 a.m.