The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's August Yearling Sale begins Tuesday with a selected session featuring 274 catalogued yearlings beginning at 10:30 a.m. The three-day auction continues with open sessions Wednesday and Thursday, also beginning at 10:30 a.m.
First-crop sires represented in the catalogue include Classic winners Animal Kingdom, Orb and Oxbow, as well as Data Link, Flat Out, Fort Larned, Graydar, Justin Phillip, Liaison, Morning Line, Paynter, Point of Entry, Prospective, Rattlesnake Bridge, Shanghai Bobby, Soldat, Take Charge Indy, Treasure Beach (GB), Violence and Winslow Homer.
During last year's selected session of the August sale, 150 yearlings sold for $6,774,500. The average was $45,163 and the median was $35,000. A filly by Arch brought the top price of $320,000 at last year's auction. Noted and Quoted (The Factor), who brought the sale's fourth-highest price of $160,000, resold for $375,000 at OBS March and was subsequently tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star' after a maiden-breaking score at Del Mar Aug. 7.
This year's August catalogue numbers 1,047 yearlings, up from 813 a year ago.
The sale will be streamed live at www.obssales.com.
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