Ocala Breeders' Sales Company

Amongst a bevy of co-fastest furlong workers, Elenique, a filly from the first crop of multiple graded winner Leinster (hip 412), separated herself from the pack with a bullet quarter-mile work in :20 3/5 during the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Thursday. The Florida-bred chestnut is consigned by RiceHorse Stable and was bred by Aldo DeLuca's DeLuca and Sons Stables. "She always showed us that she was a very fast filly," DeLuca said. "I was preparing her to take her to the...

A filly by Frosted (hip 279)--the first horse on the track Wednesday morning--turned in the co-fastest :9 4/5 furlong time so far at the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale and that mark was equaled later in the session by fillies by Honest Mischief (hip 180); Midshipman (hip 327); and Higher Power (hip 340). Through two of five sessions of the June under-tack show, seven juveniles have now hit the :9 4/5 mark. The gray filly by Frosted is out of graded winner...

In the early minutes of the first session of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Tuesday, a colt by Yaupon (hip 104) turned in what would be the day's fastest furlong time of :9 4/5 and that mark was matched later in the day by a filly by Leinster (hip 81) and a colt by Engage (hip 152). It was the second :9 4/5 work at OBS for the colt from the first crop of Yaupon, who put in a similar work...

The under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale begins Tuesday morning and continues through Saturday with sessions beginning each day at 7:30 a.m. Hips one through 172 are scheduled to work Tuesday; followed by hips 173 through 343 on Wednesday; hips 344 through 386, as well as supplemental entries 387 through 430 and 451-534 on Thursday; hips 535 through 705 on Friday; and hips 706 through 833 and supplemental entries 834-873, as well as horses of racing age (hips...

An additional 83 horses have supplemented to the upcoming Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age, which will be held June 17 and 18. Included in the supplemental entries are offspring by sires such as Charlatan, Constitution, Curlin, Ghostzapper, Gun Runner, Independence Hall, Leinster, Maxfield, McKinzie, Medaglia d'Oro, Mitole, Not This Time, Nyquist, Oscar Nominated, Quality Road, Tiz the Law, Twirling Candy, Vekoma, Win Win Win, and Yaupon. For complete pedigree information on the supplemental offerings, visit obssales.com. The under-tack portion of...

As the 2-year-olds in training sales got underway earlier this spring, the first-crop juveniles by Independence Hall generated plenty of buzz and the WinStar stallion duly delivered in the sales ring, led by a $1-million colt at the OBS March sale. Mike Trombetta, who trained the multiple graded stakes winner early in his career, hopes that buzz continues this week in Timonium when he will offer a homebred filly by the stallion at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Through the Best a Luck Farm consignment, the filly...

by Jessica Martini & Stefanie Grimm OCALA, FL - The third session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale might have lacked some of the glitz of the second session which produced six million-dollar juveniles, but more than made up for it with a strong day of results propelling its three-day average well over the record average set at the 2024 auction. For the session, 144 head sold for $21,806,500, for an average of $151,434 and a median of $80,000. Through three of four...

Amr Zedan, who bid an OBS record $3 million to acquire a colt by Gun Runner at the company's March sale last month, went to $1.15 million to secure a son of GI Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law (hip 508) during Wednesday's second session of the OBS Spring Sale. Consigned by Tom McCrocklin, the chestnut is out of Taboo (Forestry) and is a half-brother to multiple stakes winner Let My People Go (Pioneerof the Nile). He worked a quarter last week in :20 3/5. McCrocklin, who topped the 2024...

A colt by Nyquist (hip 378) was the second to bring seven figures at the OBS Spring sale when bringing a final bid of $1.05 million from bloodstock agent Kerri Radcliffe Wednesday in Ocala. Radcliffe was bidding on behalf of Memo Racing, a new American-based racing partnership. The juvenile was consigned by Harris Training Center and had been purchased by Robbie Harris and Eric Sparks for $135,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton October sale. Bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, the dark bay is out of Saucy Dame (Distorted Humor), a daughter...

by Jessica Martini & Stefanie Grimm OCALA, FL - A colt by Tapit brought the high price of $1 million during a day which featured lively trade at the top of the market at the opening session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Tuesday in Central Florida. A total of 153 juveniles had sold by the end of Tuesday's session for a gross of $19,615,000. The average was $128,203 and the median was $60,000. During last year's opening session, 145 horses had sold by...

Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni, bidding alongside trainer Bob Baffert, went to $900,000 to acquire a filly by Curlin (hip 190) on behalf of Susan and Charlie Chu's Baoma Corp during Tuesday's first session of the OBS Spring sale. Bred by Klaravich Stables and consigned by de Meric Sales, the bay filly is out of stakes-placed Motivated Seller (Into Mischief). She worked a furlong in last week's under-tack show in :9 4/5.

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, the bellwether auction of the juvenile sales season, begins its four-day run Tuesday and continues through Friday with bidding beginning each day at 10:30 a.m. "We are hoping to capitalize on the momentum that we had at our March sale," said OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski. "There are an awful lot of good horses on the grounds. There is a lot of activity on the grounds right now. We are looking forward to a good sale." The 2024...