A total of 639 horses have been catalogued for the OBS Winter Mixed Sale, which kicks off Wednesday, Jan. 27. Hips 1 – 230 will sell during the preferred session Wednesday. Hips 231 – 524 will sell as part of Thursday's open session with the Horses of Racing Age section, which includes hips 525 – 639, set to take place immediately after.
The 340 short yearlings in the sale represent sires such as Medaglia d'Oro, Curlin, Scat Daddy, Uncle Mo and Into Mischief. Promising young sires such as Bodemeister, Point of Entry, Take Charge Indy, Paynter, The Factor and Shanghai Bobby also have yearlings in the catalogue.
There are several broodmares in the sale in foal to the likes of Oxbow, Graydar, Twirling Candy, Itsmyluckday, Fort Larned, Overanalyze, Munnings, Lookin at Lucky and Sidney's Candy.
The 115-horse racing age section has 28 older horses, 54 3-year-olds and 33 2-year-olds. Highlights from this section include impressive 3-year-old maiden winner One More Shot (Trappe Shot), who sells as hip 593.
A yearling filly from the first crop of The Factor topped last year's consignor preferred session of the OBS Winter Mixed Sale when selling to George Bolton and Peter Leidel for $190,000. That 2015 session saw a total of 124 horses sell for $2,462,200 with an average of $19,856 and a median of $10,600.
The OBS Winter Mixed Sale gets underway Thursday, Jan. 27 at 10:30 a.m. Click here to view the catalogue and results.
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