Grade I Winner Trikari Outrunning His Sales Price
July 18, 2024
When bloodstock agent Bob Feld and his son Sean first saw Trikari (Oscar Performance) at the 2022 OBS October Sale, they pegged him as a definite six-figure yearling and, with no clients for whom to buy the handsome bay, they moved on to the next one. But when the father-son team saw the colt had [...]
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Graded Stakes Could be Next for Jackie's Warrior Half-Sis White Sands
July 9, 2024
Wesley Ward admitted he was looking for an easy spot for White Sands (Into Mischief) to make her first racetrack appearance, but when the half-sister to sprint champion Jackie's Warrior (Maclean's Music) romped by 9 1/2 lengths in her debut at Belterra Park in May, the trainer immediately circled the Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes on [...]
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The X-Ray Files, Season 2: Joseph O'Brien
July 7, 2024
The X-Ray Files series, now in its second year and presented in cooperation with the Consignors and Breeders' Association, uses conversations with buyers and sellers to contribute to the discussion on the sales and training process. Joseph O'Brien, the son of legendary trainer Aidan O'Brien, has steadily built up an impressive reputation of his [...]
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$375K Uncle Mo Colt Has Late Star Turn At OBS June Finale
June 14, 2024
OCALA, FL – The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training got a late boost from its supplemental section when a colt by Uncle Mo brought the top price of $375,000 during Friday's final session of the three-day auction. The 2024 June sale concluded with numbers just a tick off the sale's [...]
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$400K Twirling Candy Filly Sets the Pace at OBS June Sale Thursday
June 13, 2024
OCALA, FL – The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training continued its steady course Thursday, with figures through two of the auction's three sessions in line with its 2023 statistics. During two sessions, 384 juveniles have sold for $14,402,900, with the average of $37,508 ticking up 3.1% from a year ago [...]
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$400,000 Tiz the Law Filly Leads the Way at OBS June Opener
June 12, 2024
OCALA, FL – The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training opened with a steady session and figures largely in line with the auction's opening session in 2023. “It was a solid opening session with results on par with last year,” said OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski. “We have two more [...]
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Three-Day OBS June Sale Closes Out 2-Year-Old Sales Season in Ocala
June 11, 2024
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training begins its three-day run Wednesday in Central Florida, with bidding slated to begin at 10 a.m. During last week's six-session under-tack preview of the auction, 11 horses tied for the fastest furlong time of :9 4/5, while a pair of fillies from Tom McCrocklin's [...]
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Four Share Furlong Bullet at OBS Under-Tack Finale
June 9, 2024
Three colts and one filly shared the furlong bullet time of :9 4/5 during the final session of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Sunday. The quartet all took to track within the first half-hour of the session, with a colt by Tapiture (hip 993) getting [...]
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Twirling Candy Full-Sister to Rombauer Earns OBS Bullet Thursday
June 6, 2024
A filly by Twirling Candy (hip 509), a full-sister to GI Preakness S. winner Rombauer, equaled the fastest quarter-mile work of the week when covering the distance in :20 2/5 during the third session of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Thursday in Central Florida. Consigned [...]
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Tiz the Law Filly Sets the Mark at OBS Wednesday
June 5, 2024
Consignor Tom McCrocklin had already sold the sale-topping daughter of Tiz the Law at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring sale when he decided to purchase another daughter of the GI Belmont S. winner after watching her fail to meet her reserve at that same auction two months ago. The filly (hip 187) went a [...]
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West Coast Colt, Bucchero Filly Share Quarter-Mile Bullet at OBS Tuesday
June 4, 2024
The six-session under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training kicked off Tuesday morning with juveniles by Bucchero and West Coast sharing the quarter-mile bullet time of :20 3/5, while fillies by Frosted and Munnings shared the day's fastest furlong time of :9 4/5. A colt by West Coast [...]
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$1.25M Bolt d'Oro Filly Leads Lively Midlantic May Finale
May 21, 2024
TIMONIUM, MD – The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale concluded its two-day run at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium Tuesday with a lively session of bidding led by a $1.25-million daughter of Bolt d'Oro. Through two sessions, 343 horses sold for $32,766,500. The average of $95,485–up 2.9% from a year ago–just ticked [...]
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