Top Line Juveniles Coming Out Running at OBS

Torie and Jimbo Gladwell's Top Line Sales consignment was responsible for both of the co-fastest furlong workers–both consigned on behalf of owner Marc Tacher–and it shared the co-fastest quarter-mile breeze during Tuesday's third session of the under-tack show for next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training in Central Florida.

A filly from the first crop of champion Accelerate (hip 461) shared Tuesday's fastest furlong time of :9 4/5. The bay is out of Full Moon Frolic (Vindication), who is a daughter of graded placed Frolicing (Royal Academy) and from the family of graded placed Mokat and Frolic's Dream. Tacher purchased the filly under his Elusive Thoroughbreds for $160,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

A daughter of first-crop sire Army Mule (hip 441) also shared the :9 4/5 bullet time. She is out of the unraced First Fed Biz (Fed Biz), a half-sister to graded placed Bourbon Cowboy (Cowboy Cal). Elusive Thoroughbreds signed for the filly at $60,000 at last year's OBS October sale.

“Both of them are speedy fillies who do everything right,” Torie Gladwell said of the bullet duo. “They are both smart, easy-training fillies. They are not the real hot-blooded type. You ask them to do it and they show up and do what you ask them to do. They are very similar actually.”

Top Line sent out a colt from the first crop of GI Met Mile winner Mor Spirit (hip 410) to work the day's co-fastest quarter-mile of :20 3/5. The juvenile is out of the unraced English Chocolate (Midnight Lute), a daughter of stakes winner Unbridled Danz (Unbridled's Song). Alex Silva signed the ticket on the youngster at $50,000 at the Fasig-Tipton October sale.

“He's a really big, strong colt and he doesn't look like he should go :9 4/5,” Gladwell said. “He's not a little Quarter Horse type, he's a big, two-turn type colt with plenty of speed and plenty of fitness. And that's why we decided to go a quarter with him. Omar Ramirez owns him and he trained him, so he gets all the credit for getting him ready.”

Of the bullet time, Gladwell added, “He prepped sharp. We were thinking :21 flat or :20 4/5 at the best, so the :20 3/5 was a little bit of a surprise.”

Equaling the :20 3/5 quarter-mile time was hip 384, a son of GI Belmont S. winner Tapwrit. Consigned by Blue River Bloodstock, the gray colt is out of Dulce Arabe (Chi) (Speightstown). Bred by International Equities Holding–which also bred Monday's bullet quarter-mile worker–he was purchased by Katuska Arenas for $16,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.

All of Tuesday's bullet workers are by first-crop sires.

“We typically gravitate to first-crop stallions, just because there is that unknown,” Gladwell said. “For us and for the buyers. And they seem to sell really well as 2-year-olds.”

Tuesday's bullet workers continued a week of strong results for Top Line Sales, which was represented by three :9 4/5 breezes during Monday's second session of the under-tack show: hip 206, a colt by Uncle Mo; hip 258, a son of Nyquist; and hip 301, a colt by City of Light.

“All three of those horses are serious colts,” Gladwell said. “We thought that all three could go in :9 4/5, so if they hadn't gone that fast, we probably would have been a little disappointed. They all prepped good, they are training good and they are all sound, good-trying horses.”

Through three of seven sessions of the under-tack show, Gladwell said conditions had remained largely consistent.

“That's a question for all the people up there clocking all the gallop outs,” she said when asked to compare conditions from day to day. “I heard a couple of people say that today the gallop outs were a little bit slower than yesterday, so I think the track was maybe a little faster yesterday than today, but not by much. I think the gallop outs were a little telling today, but the eighths seemed to be pretty consistent.”

The under-tack show continues through Saturday with sessions beginning each day at 8 a.m. The Spring sale will be held next Tuesday through Friday with bidding commencing daily at 10:30 a.m.