OBS June

Medaglia d'Orox colt at OBS
Records Fall Again as $650K Medaglia D'Oro Colt Headlines OBS June Finale

OCALA, FL - The juvenile sales season, which set records at all its major 2026 stops, continued to churn out new highwater marks as it reached its conclusion with the end of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Thursday. The three-day auction had its highest-priced offering ever when a filly by Justify sold for $1.4 million Wednesday and it concluded Thursday with its highest-ever gross and an average that just edged past last year's previous record figure, while the median tied last year's record mark. Through...

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Vekoma Filly Fastest During Final Day Of OBS June Breeze Show

A filly by 2024's champion freshman sire and current leading third crop sire Vekoma (hip 876) stole the show Saturday during the final breeze show ahead of next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Consigned by Jesse Hoppel's Hoppel LLC, the New York-bred put up a co-sales best quarter in :20 2/5, one of only two hips to share that bullet across the five days of previews. "In years past, she might have been the perfect type of horse where she breezed so well on the...

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Medaglia d'Oro Colt Shares Friday Bullet At OBS

A colt by the now-pensioned Darley heavyweight Medaglia d'Oro (hip 824) was one of two to share the fastest furlong time during Friday's penultimate breeze day ahead of next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Now named Bulmaro, this half-brother to MSP Naughty Lottie (Midnight Lute) was bred in Kentucky by the partnership of Jason Hall, Herschel Martindale, Joe Wheeler and David Branch and is consigned in Florida by Marcial Galan as agent. He shared a bullet in :9 4/5. "Obviously the Medaglia d'Oro credential speaks...

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OBS June Under-Tack Preview Begins Tuesday

The five-day under-tack preview of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale begins Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. Hips one through 196 are scheduled to work Tuesday, followed by hips 197 through 302 and supplemental lots 303 through 327 and 351 through 416 on Wednesday; hips 417 through 612 on Thursday; hips 613 through 652 and supplemental lots 653 through 671 and 701 through 837 on Friday; and hips 838 through 1002 and supplemental lots 1003 through 1028, as well as horses of racing age hips 1051...

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OBS June Supplements 72 Hips to the Sale

A total of 72 horses have been supplemented to the 2026 OBS June Sale of Two-Year-Olds and Horses of Race Age, including the offspring of popular sires and those already with racing experience, the company announced Monday. The under-tack portion of the sale will take place June 9-13 with sessions beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET each day. The schedule will go as follows: Tue, June 9: Hips 1-196 Wed, June 10: Hips 197-302; Supp 303-327; Hips 351-416 Thu, June 11: Hips 417-612 Fri, June 12: Hips 613-652; Supp 653-671; Hips...

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OBS Catalogues 909 Hips To June Sale

Ocala Breeders' Sales Company has catalogued 909 horses before supplements for its 2026 June 2-Year-Olds in Training & Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held over three days June 16-18 in Ocala, Florida. The catalogue is now available online here. Sale sessions will begin daily at 10:30 a.m. Hips 1 - 302 plus supplements will sell June 16 with Hips 351 - 652 plus supplements going on June 17. The June 18 session will offer Hips 701 - 1002 plus supplements along with Horses for Racing Age Hips...

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Ladies First! Feminism The Latest 'Rising Star' For Curlin

Last year's OBS June topper Feminism (Curlin) became the latest 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' for her super-sire with a professional debut at Oaklawn Park Thursday. A $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling grad turned $975,000 OBS 2-year-old after breezing in :10, Feminism drew outside in a field of nine and broke nicely with the frontrunners to establish position as the pack sorted themselves out through the opening furlong. Sandwiched in a three-wide charge down the backstretch wtih Muskoka Katt (Vekoma) to her inside and Blondie'sincharge (Global Campaign) on the...

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Thursday Insights: OBS June Topper By Curlin Makes First Start In Hot Springs

6th-OP, $110K, Msw, 3yo, f, 6f, 4:25 p.m. ET. FEMINISM (Curlin) makes her first start for trainer Steve Asmussen. Initially a $200,000 Fasig-Tipton October Yearling buy, the filly posted a 10 flat breeze during OBS June, then sailed through the ring to become the sales topper when Gus King took her home for $975,000. The first-time starter is out Mufajaah (Tapit), who had a fair amount of success visiting the Larry Snyder Winner's Circle at Oaklawn where she won, among other races, the GIII Bayakoa Stakes. The dam of eight...

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Yaupon Colt Solitude Dude Makes It Three Straight In the Swale

Looking to take his career record to a perfect three wins from as many visits to the races, Chris Fountoukis's SOLITUDE DUDE (c, 3, Yaupon--After the Party, by Into Mischief) made every yard to record his second career stakes success in Saturday's Swale Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Off to a smart beginning from the outside gate in a compact field of six, the $300,000 OBS June breezer came across his rivals but was purposely kept in about the three path, going the first couple of furlongs in a hasslefree :23.30,...

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Brant romps on debut at Del Mar
Summer Breezes Sponsored By OBS: Sunday, September 7, 2025

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced juveniles from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, including links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for closing day at Del Mar.  Sunday, September 7, 2025...

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Summer Breezes Sponsored By OBS: Saturday, September 6, 2025

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced juveniles from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, including links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Saturday at Del Mar.  Saturday, September 6, 2025 Del...

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Summer Breezes Sponsored By OBS: Sunday, August 31, 2025

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced juveniles from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, including links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Sunday at Saratoga and Del Mar. Sunday, August 31,...

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