A total of 32 horses who are graduates of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company auctions were entered in the 41st edition of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships being held Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar in California.
The impact and quality of the OBS Two-Year-Old sales is particularly on display during Future Stars Friday with 16 sales graduates among the entries. A total of five OBS graduates are entered in the 10-horse field for the $2 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) including Grade 1 winners Chancer McPatrick and Gaming, Grade 1-placed Ferocious, and Japan-based Shin Believe and Ecoro Azel.
“I think this year has been quite remarkable with how well the graduates have done in the major races for two-year-olds,” said trainer and bloodstock agent John Kimmel, who, along with Nick Sallusto, purchased Chancer McPatrick for $725,000 at the 2024 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. “I’ve been a fan of the two-year-old sales since I started training horses. You get to see horses breezing, you get to see what their gait is like, how they’re handling the demands of breezing and how they’re holding up over another eight months of maturity. I just think the additional information is so valuable.”
More than two dozen OBS graduates have prevailed in Breeders’ Cup races since the inception of the World Championships in 1984. Last year’s Breeders’ Cup saw OBS graduate White Abarrio annex the $6 million Classic (G1) en route to becoming a finalist for Horse of the Year honors.
Other notable OBS graduates who have won Breeders’ Cup races include Hall of Famer Skip Away (1997 Classic), Horse of the Year Favorite Trick (1997 Juvenile), champions Stormy Liberal (2017-18 Turf Sprint) and Midnight Lute (2007-08 Sprint) as well as Stephanie’s Kitten (2011 Juvenile Fillies Turf; 2015 Filly & Mare Turf), and Goldencents (2013-14 Dirt Mile).
The full list of OBS sales graduates entered in the Breeders’ Cup in race order are:
Friday, Nov. 1
$1 million Juvenile Turf Sprint (post time: 5:45 p.m. ET)
- Ecoro Sieg (OBS March 2024 – Buyer: Hideyuki Mori; Consignor: GOP Racing Stable Price: $250,000) Walk Video/Under Tack Video
- Governor Sam (OBS April 2024 – Buyer: Bregman Family Racing & Ivan Cabrera; Consignor: Wavertree Stables; Price: $275,000) Walk Video/Under Tack Video
- SCRATCHED – Out On Bail (OBS March 2024 – Buyer: Case Chambers; Consignor: Kings Equine; Price: $110,000) Walk Video/Under Tack Video
- AE – Pali Kitten (OBS April 2024 – Buyer: Steven Rothblum; Consignor: Kaden Clary; Price: $82,000) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
$2 million Juvenile Filles (6:25 p.m. ET)
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- Nooni (OBS March 2024 – Buyer: Zedan Racing; Consignor: Ocala Stud; Price: $1.8 million) Walk Video/Under Tack Video
- Scottish Lassie (OBS March 2024 – Buyer: Parkland Thoroughbreds; Consignor: Gene Recio; Price: $85,000) Under Tack Video
$1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf (7:05 p.m. ET)
- May Day Ready (OBS April 2024 – Buyer: KatieRich Farms; Consignor: de Meric Sales; Price: $325,000) Walk Video/Under Tack Video
- Vixen OBS April 2024 (OBS April 2024 – Buyer: D.J. Stable; Consignor: SGV Thoroughbreds; Price: $200,000) Walk Video/Under Tack Video
$2 million Juvenile (7:45 p.m. ET)
- Chancer McPatrick (OBS April 2024 – Buyer: Kimmel & Sallusto, agent; Consignor: Caliente Thoroughbreds; Price: $725,000) Walk Video/Under Tack Video
- Ecoro Azel (OBS March 2024 – Buyer: Hideyuki Mori; Consignor: Jose Munoz; Price: $215,000) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
- Ferocious (OBS March 2024 – Buyer: Marquee Bloodstock; Consignor: Sequel Bloodstock; Price: $1.3 million) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
- Gaming (OBS March 2024 – Buyer: Three Amigos; Consignor: Pick View; Price: $250,000) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
- Shin Believe (OBS March 2024 – Buyer: Hideyuki Mori; Consignor: Scanlon Training & Sales; Price: $800,000) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
$1 million Juvenile Turf (8:25 p.m. ET)
- Dream On (OBS April 2024 – Buyer: D.J. Stable; Consignor: de Meric Sales; Price: $380,000) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
- AE – Sabertooth (OBS April 2024 – Buyer: N/A; Consignor: Niall Brennan Stables; Price: RNA) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
- AE – Kale’s Angel (OBS April 2024 – Buyer: Kagele Bros. & Peter Miller; Consignor: McKathan Bros. Sales; Price: $150,000) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
Saturday, Nov. 2
$1 million Turf Sprint (3:41 p.m. ET)
- Arzak (OBS April 2020 – Buyer: Marc Tacher; Consignor: Julie Davies; Price: $575,000) Under Tack Video
- Cogburn (OBS April 2021 – Buyer: Clark Brewster; Consignor: Pick View; Price: $150,000) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
- AE – Nothing Better (OBS April 2019 – Buyer: Colts Neck Stables; Consignor: Brick City Thoroughbreds; Price: $230,000) Under Tack Video
$2 million Distaff (4:21 p.m. ET)
- Batucada (OBS March 2022 – Buyer: Full of Run Racing II; Consignor: Omega Farm; Price: $150,000) Under Tack Video
$5 million Turf (5:01 p.m. ET)
- Cabo Spirit (OBS April 2021 – Buyer: Gayle Van Leer, agent; Consignor: Eddie Woods; Price: $575,000) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
$7 million Classic (5:41 p.m. ET)
- Mixto (OBS April 2022 – Buyer: Calumet Farm; Consignor: Paul Sharp; Price: $140,000) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
- Pyrenees (OBS April 2022 – Buyer: N/A; Consignor: Gene Recio; Price: RNA) Under Tack Video
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$2 million Filly and Mare Turf (6:25 p.m. ET)
- War Like Goddess (OBS June 2019 – Buyer: HND Bloodstock; Consignor: Hemingway Racing & Training Stables; Price: $30,000) Under Tack Video
$2 million Sprint (7:05 p.m. ET)
- Bentornato (OBS March 2023 – Buyer: Champion Equine; Consignor: Golden Rock Thoroughbreds; Price: $170,000) Under Tack Video
- Federal Judge (OBS Winter Mixed Sale 2021 – Buyer: En Fuego Stables; Consignor Stuart Morris; Price: $40,000)
- Meta Max (OBS March 2022 – Buyer: Hideyuki Mori; Consignor: Eddie Woods; Price: $1.1 million) Under Tack Video
- Raging Torrent (OBS April 2023 – Buyer: Mark Davis; Consignor: Randy Bradshaw; Price: $75,000) Under Tack Video
$2 million Dirt Mile (7:45 p.m. ET)
- Cagliostro (OBS April 2022 – Buyer: Cherie DeVaux, agent; Consignor: Two Oaks Equine; Price: $385,000) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
- Muth (OBS March 2023 – Buyer: Donato Lanni, agent; Consignor: Top Line Sales; Price: $2 million) Under Tack Video
- Saudi Crown (OBS April 2022 – Buyer: Faisal Mohammed Alqahtani; Consignor: Top Line Sales; Price: $240,000) Walk Video/ Under Tack Video
- Skippylongstocking (OBS April 2021 – Buyer: Daniel Alonso; Consignor: Top Line Sales; Price: $37,000) Under Tack Video