For Immediate Release
Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company has catalogued 816 horses for its 2026 March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, which will be held over three days March 10-12. The catalogue is available online at obssales.com.
Sessions will begin at 11 a.m. ET each day. Hips 1-272 will sell March 10 with Hips 273-544 going March 11 and 545-816 selling March 12.
The under-tack show will run from March 4-7 starting at 8 a.m. each day. Hips 1-204 are slated for March 4 followed by Hips 205-408 March 5, Hips 409-612 March 6, and Hips 613-816 March 7. The under-tack show and sale will be streamed live via the OBS website as well as the TDN, DRF, BloodHorse, and Past The Wire websites.
The 2025 March auction posted year-to-year gains in gross and average and was highlighted by the sale of Brant (Gun Runner-Tynan, by Liam’s Map) who was purchased by Zedan Racing from the Eddie Woods consignment for an all-time OBS record price of $3 million after breezing in :9 3/5. Brant went on to capture the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity and was an Eclipse Awards finalist for champion 2-year-old male.
March Sale after breezing in :9 3/5. (OBS/Photos by Z)
Trained by Bob Baffert, Brant is featured on the back cover along with 2025 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner and Eclipse Awards finalist Bentornato (Valiant Minister-Her Special Way, by Put It Back), multiple Grade 1 winner White Abarrio (Race Day – Catching Diamonds, by Into Mischief), and multiple Grade 1 winner Scottish Lassie (McKinzie – Bodebabe, by Bodemeister).
Leon King Stable Corp.’s Bentornato scored a 2 ¼-length victory in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar, besting a field that included defending race winner and champion Straight No Chaser. He is a two-time OBS graduate, having been sold by Stuart Morris at the 2022 October Yearling Sale and then purchased by Champion Equine for $170,000 out of the Golden Rock Thoroughbreds consignment at the 2023 March Sale after breezing in :20 4/5.
C2 Racing Stable, Gary Barber, and La Milagrosa Stables’ White Abarrio has four career Grade 1 wins to his credit including victories in the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and 2025 Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1). The son of Race Day, who boasts more than $7.7 million in career earnings, is a two-time OBS graduate having been sold by Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck), Agent, at the 2020 Winter Mixed Sale and then purchased for $40,000 out of the Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds consignment at the 2021 March Sale after breezing an eighth in :10 2/5.
Sportsmen Stable, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Photos Finish LLC, Corms Racing Stable and Jorge R. Abreu’s Scottish Lassie captured the 2024 Frizette Stakes (G1) in her second career start and took the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) last July. She was purchased for $85,000 out of the 2024 March sale by Parkland Thoroughbreds from the consignment of Gene Recio after breezing in :21 flat.
Other notable OBS March Sale graduates include Grade 1 winner and Kentucky Derby (G1) starter Sandman, Grade 1 winner Argos, a graduate of the 2025 March Sale, fellow Grade 1 winners Gaming, Iscreamuscream, Muth, and Velocity and graded stakes winner Nooni.
OBS will again offer online bidding during the March 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 catalog can be accessed via the equineline Sales Catalog App. The App allows users to download and view the catalog, 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”.