OBS Sale

Sale Reject Returns On The Crest Of A Wave

It has always been a small farm, and nowadays they're down to no more than half a dozen mares. Some of the more strenuous duties, moreover, have lately been contracted out. After all, Alfonso Mazzetti is not as young as he was. It's been a long and winding road since he used to ride a motorcycle, aged just 11, to the racetrack in Lima where he would shoot pool with the jockeys; never mind the many years in Colorado in between. Such a long and winding road, in fact, that...

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June OBS Sale Catalog Now Online

The catalog for the 2023 OBS June sale of 2-year-olds and Horses of Racing Age is now available via the OBS website, with supplemental entries accepted until May 24, the auction house said in a release Thursday. There are 1,016 2-year-olds and six older horses cataloged for the three-day sale, with all sessions beginning at 10:00 a.m. (All times ET). Hip No.'s 1-360 will sell on Tuesday, June 13; Hip No.'s 361-720 will be offered on Wednesday, June 14 and Hip No.'s 721-1017 (2yo), 1018-1023 (HRA), plus supplements, will sell...

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Thursday's Insights: $700k Munnings Daughter Debuts

1st-BEL, $90K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5fT, 3:05 p.m. Belmont Park opens the week with a maiden sprint over the grass which includes $700,000 FTSAUG buy SAM'S TREASURE (Munnings). The Wesley Ward trainee with Irad Ortiz in the irons, counts second dam MSW Treasured Up (Medaglia d'Oro) and her half-sister GSW Choctaw Nation (Louis Quatorze) in her family. Out of Ward's stable also comes a daughter out of Freshman Sire Advertise (GB), who was a multiple Group 1 turf sprinter in Europe. Chitarra (Ire), hammered down for 300,000 guineas at the...

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Solera Farm to Hold Jan. Open House

Solera Farm in Williston, Florida will hold an open house on Sunday, Jan. 22 from Noon to 3 p.m. (EST). Veteran sire Greatness (Mr. Prospector) and the Into Mischief son Rogueish (Into Mischief) will both stand for a stud fee of $2,500 for a live foal. All mares pregnant to Rogueish offered during OBS January will sell with a complimentary, no guarantee 2023 season to Rogueish, which may be used on any mare of their choice. The only son of Into Mischief standing in Florida, this sire has 11 yearlings...

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