Against the backdrop of March graduate Carpe Diem’s runaway victory in Saturday’s Tampa Bay Derby (G2), the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2015 March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training begins Wednesday, March 11th.
The extended Under Tack Show will span three days, beginning on Wednesday with Hips 1 – 203. Hips 204 – 406 will go Thursday, March 12th and Hips 407 – 610 will go Friday, March 13th. All three sessions will begin at 8:00 a.m. The Under Tack Show and Sale will be streamed live via the OBS website as well as the DRF and Blood-Horse websites.
A total of 610 juveniles were cataloged for the two-day expanded format sale, set for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17th and 18th, with both sessions beginning at 11:00 a.m. Hip 1 – 304 will sell on Tuesday; Hips 305 – 610 will sell on Wednesday.
Carpe Diem, who worked an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5 (watch his under tack video) before being purchased for a co-sale topping $1.6-million out of the Northwest Stud consignment at the 2014 sale, is one of six March grads that accounted for eight grade one victories since the beginning of 2014, including six of the 15 grade one races at the 2014 Saratoga meeting.
In all, the OBS March Sale has produced six champions, 21 millionaires and the winners of six Breeders’ Cup races. Since the beginning of 2014, 94 OBS March graduates have won or placed in 188 stakes races, winning 27 graded stakes.
The March Sale catalog is available via the OBS website at obssales.com. A sortable master index provides searchable pedigree and consignor information as well as access to pedigree updates occurring since the catalog was printed.
The iPad version of the catalog is now available via the equineline Sales Catalog App. The App allows users to download and view the catalog, receive updates and results, record notes and also provides innovative search, sort and rating capability. For more information and downloads go to: http://www.equineline.com/SalesCatalogApp/
Current information about OBS sales, consignors and graduates is now also available via social media sites Facebook and Twitter. A link on the homepage directs users to either site.
Under Tack results will be available on the OBS website, updated throughout each session. In addition, the latest news regarding OBS graduates, sales schedules, nominations, credit requests, travel information and other news relevant to OBS consignors and customers is also available. E-mail should be addressed to obs@obssales.com.
For more information regarding the March Sale or OBS website, please call (352) 237-2154.