OBS Spring Sale

5th-LRC, $50K, Msw, 3yo/up, f&m, 6 1/2f, 6:03 p.m. ET. RABEEBA (Curlin) gets unveiled for owner Michael Lund Petersen and trainer Bob Baffert. A $750,000 Keeneland September grad, the 3-year-old filly has a younger full-brother in-training named Stone Aged who Juddmonte purchased for $450,000 during the 2026 OBS Spring Sale. The siblings' dam is Arthur Hancock mare MSP Chatham (Maria's Mon). Out of her 10 foals to race, she has eight winners, including current sire Air Force Blue (by War Front). Rabeeba's extended female family includes MSW Shea D Summer...

by Jessica Martini & Stefanie Grimm OCALA, Fl - Following its third of four sessions Thursday, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training needed just north of $14 million to secure its highest-ever gross. That amount was almost entirely secured Friday through the sale of one horse when Donato Lanni, bidding on behalf of Saudi businessman Amr Zedan, went to all-time high $10.5 million to acquire a colt by champion Flightline from the Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbred consignment. By the close of business Friday, the Spring sale had...

by Jessica Martini & Stefanie Grimm OCALA, FL - With vibrant trade throughout the day, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale concluded its third session Thursday with figures still well ahead of its 2025 renewal and on track for a record-setting gross, average and median ahead of the auction's final session Friday. A filly by Bolt d'Oro became the auction's fourth million-dollar juvenile when purchased by Bill Childs's CSLR for $1.3 million. The session-topper was consigned by Raul Reyes's Kings Equine. Through three of four sessions,...

Not long after a flashy $2.3 million final bid for a Jackie's Warrior filly, a juvenile colt by Freshman Sire Cyberknife out of Broadway Show (Unbridled's Song) drew a $1.2 million bid from a partnership of West Point Thoroughbreds, Mike Talla and LEB. Trainer John Sadler served as agent. "I really loved him," said Sadler. "He's a nice big, stretchy colt. He looks like all of two turns. He will go to California. Hopefully you will see him in the big races this fall." Consigned by de Meric Sales, Hip...

Well into Wednesday's second session of the OBS Spring Sale, a juvenile filly by Freshman sire Jackie's Warrior realized a $2.3 million final bid from Dermot Farrington, who was bidding on behalf of Mrs. Fitriani Hay. Offered as Hip 570, the filly, who breezed in :9 3/5 last week, is out of Grade III winner Brazen Persuasion (Indian Charlie). Consigned by Harley / DeRenzo Thoroughbreds, the $140,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase was bred by Fred Hertrich III and John Fielding.

On a day where the rain gave way to cloudy skies and swirling winds in Ocala, Florida, two more 2-year-olds put up a sharp :9 3/5 time during Thursday's fourth under-tack preview show at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. First of the pair was a New York-bred colt (hip 805) by Mind Control from the consignment of Grassroots Training & Sales. "He's an athletic, nice moving horse," said David McKathan of Grassroots Training & Sales, which he co-owns along with Jody Mihalic. "We were...

A total of 1,220 horses have been catalogued for the upcoming OBS Spring Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, which will be held over four days Apr. 14-17. The catalogue is available online at www.obssales.com. Sale sessions will begin at 10:30 a.m. ET.  Hips 1 - 306 will sell Apr. 14 with Hips 307 - 610 going Apr. 15. Apr. 16 will offer Hips 611 - 916 with the sale concluding Apr. 17 with Hips 917 - 1220. The under-tack show will run from Apr. 6-11 starting at 8 a.m. ET each...

Among the top trainers on the New York circuit for decades, John Kimmel has announced his retirement. Citing the economic difficulties facing many trainers these days, Kimmel, 71, said he would devote his time to building his business as a bloodstock agent. Kimmel has been doing double duty over the last three or four years, continuing his training operation while acting as a bloodstock agent to outside clients. While training full-time, he was known for having a keen eye when it came to picking horses out at the sales, including...

SARATOGA SPRINGS - The best thing trainer George Weaver did at the 2025 OBS Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in-training was give a filly named Cy Fair (Not This Time) a second glance. On Thursday, opening day of the 40-day race meet at Saratoga, Weaver was sure glad he did. Cy Fair stamped herself as a keeper as she rolled to a 3 1/4-length win in a $100,000 Maiden race for 2-year-old fillies at 5 1/2 furlongs on the Mellon turf and earned a 'TDN Rising Star' in the process. Ridden...

The catalogue for the 2025 Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training is now available online at www.obssales.com. The four-day sale will take place Apr. 15-18 with each session beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET.  Hips 1-302 will sell Apr. 15 with Hips 303-604 going Apr. 16.-17 will offer Hips 605-906 with the sale concluding Apr. 18 with Hips 907-1207. The under-tack show will run from Apr. 6-12 starting at 8 a.m. ET each day. Hips 1-173 are slated for Apr. 6 followed by Hips 174-346 Apr. 7,...

]The word was out when the Chad Brown-trainee Opulent Restraint (Dubawi {Ire}) made her first career start on July 28 at Saratoga. She was sent off as the 7-10 favorite but couldn't come through. She finished fourth, beaten 1 1/4 lengths. On Sunday at Saratoga she made amends. Sent off this time at 3-2, she won a stretch battle with Good Long Cry (Long On Value) to win the mile-and-a-sixteenth turf maiden by a half-length. "She has shown ability from day one and Chad liked her a lot," wining rider...

GISW Arabian Knight (Uncle Mo-Borealis Night, by Astrology), has been retired from racing and will stand at Hill 'n' Dale, according to a farm release Monday. Sold for $250,000 at the 2021 Keeneland September Sale, the Corser Thoroughbreds bred colt brought a sale-topping $2.3 million from Zedan Racing at the OBS Spring Sale the following season. "He showed his brilliance from day one of the 2YO sale where he was a man amongst boys. We knew he was special from the moment we saw him. He has what I love...