For Immediate Release
The catalogue for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2025 October Yearling Sale is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com. The two-day sale is set for Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 7-8. Supplemental entries will be accepted until Sept. 24.
A total of 459 horses has been catalogued for the sale with sessions beginning at noon ET each day. The Oct. 7 session will offer Hips 1-230, plus supplemental entries, with the Oct. 8 session selling Hips 301-530 along with supplements. Supplements will be sold based on the first letter of the name of the first dam.
Names beginning with D through Sam will be added to the end of the first session; names beginning with San through C will be added to the conclusion of second session.
The sale will be streamed live via the OBS website as well as the DRF, TDN, BloodHorse and Pastthewire websites.
This year’s October sale features yearlings by such notable sires as Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, Horse of the Year Authentic, champion Blame, Bolt d’Oro, OBS grad Bucchero, Charlatan, OBS grad Colonial Liam, Complexity, Constitution, Girvin, champion Good Magic, six-time leading sire and OBS grad Into Mischief, OBS grad Kantharos, Horse of the Year Knicks Go, Leinster, Maximus Mischief, McKinzie, Medaglia d’Oro, OBS grad Mitole, Omaha Beach, Practical Joke, Solomini, Uncle Chuck, Upstart, Vekoma, Win Win Win, and OBS grad Yaupon.
First-crop sires with offerings in the October catalogue include OBS grad and champion Corniche, Cyberknife, Drain the Clock, Early Voting, champion Epicenter, Golden Pal, Highly Motivated, champion Jackie’s Warrior, Magic On Tap, Mind Control, Mo Donegal, Mystic Guide, Nashville, Roadster, and Speaker’s Corner.
Featured on the cover of the catalogue is OBS October graduate Crimson Advocate (Nyquist – Citizen Advocate, by Proud Citizen), who this year earned a second triumph at the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting. Now trained by John and Thady Gosden after beginning her career in the U.S. with George Weaver, the 4-year-old filly produced a devastating turn of foot to pass all of her rivals and score by a length and three-quarters in the Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot June 18.
Crimson Advocate earned her first Royal Ascot triumph when she captured the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes in 2023. She was purchased by Dewsweepers II for $100,000 out of the Beth Bayer consignment at the 2022 OBS October Yearling Sale.
Featured on the back cover are a pair of OBS October stalwarts in multiple graded stakes winner and millionaire Mystic Lake (Mo Town – Salty Soul, by Itsmyluckyday) and Grade 1 winner Trikari (Oscar Performance – Dynamic Holiday, by Harlan’s Holiday).
Named the 2024 Florida Bred Horse of the Year, Mystic Lake recently earned her third straight stakes win when she took the $250,000 Misty Bennett Pink Ribbon Stakes at Charles Town on Aug. 22. The victory marked the ninth stakes win for the filly trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. for C Two Racing Stables, Stefania Farms, and BAG Racing and increased her career earnings to more than $1.36 million. She was sold by Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck) to Tom McCrocklin, agent for $3,500 at the 2022 October Yearling Sale and was later purchased for $130,000 out of the Tom McCrocklin consignment at the 2023 OBS March Sale.
Amerman Racing LLC’s Trikari earned his biggest career win when he took the 2024 edition of the Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes (G1). The Graham Motion trainee, who was consigned by Ordonez Thoroughbreds to the 2022 October Yearling Sale and purchased by Amerman Racing for $27,500, has won three graded stakes thus far in his career with earnings of nearly $1.4 million.
Other notable sale graduates include Canadian champion Starship Jubilee – who sold when the OBS Yearling sale was held in August – Grade 1 winner Speed Boat Beach, graded stakes winners Bentornato, Desert Dawn, Kinza, and Visually as well as stakes winners Dana’s Beauty, For Harper, Gabaldon, Mensa, Stat, and Sunday Girl.
OBS will again offer online bidding during the October Sale. Buyers may go to the OBS website and register to gain bidding approval, then access the OBS Bidding Screen with their credentials. For complete information on registration and online bidding please go to the OBS website: obs-internet-bidding.
The iPad version of the catalogue can be accessed via the equineline Sales Catalog App. The App allows users to download and view the catalogue, receive updates and results, record notes and provides innovative search, sort and rating capability. For more information and downloads go to: equineline.com.
Current information about OBS sales, consignors and graduates is now also available via social media sites Facebook and “X”.
For more information regarding the October Sale or OBS website, please call (352) 237-2154.