For Immediate Release
Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company has catalogued 1,220 horses for its 2026 Spring Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, which will be held over four days April 14-17. The catalogue is available online at obssales.com.
Sale sessions will begin at 10:30 a.m. ET. Hips 1 – 306 will sell April 14 with Hips 307 – 610 going April 15. April 16 will offer Hips 611 – 916 with the sale concluding April 17 with Hips 917 – 1220.
The under-tack show will run from April 6-11 starting at 8 a.m. ET each day. Hips 1 – 203 are slated for April 6 followed by Hips 204 – 406 April 7, Hips 407 – 610 April 8, and Hips 611 – 813 April 9. The final two days of the under-tack show will have Hips 814 – 1016 going on April 10 followed by Hips 1017 – 1220 on April 11.
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.
Last year’s OBS April Sale produced year-over-year gains in gross as well as a record average.
Featured on the cover of the 2026 OBS April catalogue is Morplay Racing’s champion Shisospicy (Mitole – Mischief Galore, by Into Mischief), who became the first 3-year-old filly to win the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) en route to earning the Eclipse Award for champion female sprinter. The gray or roan filly also became the first champion sired by fellow OBS grad and Eclipse Award winner Mitole, who stands at Spendthrift Farm.
Shisospicy was offered at the 2024 OBS April Sale by Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds where she was an RNA after breezing in :9 3/5.
Among the top graduates out of the 2025 OBS April Sale were Grade 1 winners Cy Fair (Not This Time-Remarqued, by Arch), Intrepido (Maximus Mischief-Overly Indulgent, by Pleasantly Perfect), and Iron Orchard (Authentic- Onebrethatatime, by Brethren), all of whom are featured on the back cover.
Swinbank Stables, Medallion Racing and Joey Platts et al.’s Cy Fair took the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1), becoming just the second filly to win the race. Cy Fair was an Eclipse Awards finalist for champion 2-Year-Old Filly. The daughter of Not This Time was purchased by Swinbank for $185,000 at last year’s OBS April Sale out of the Niall Brennan Stables consignment after breezing in :9 4/5.
Dutch Girl Holdings LLC and Irving Ventures LLC’s Intrepido annexed the Grade 1, $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita Park last October. He was purchased by his owners by Mike Pender, agent for $385,000 at the 2025 OBS April Sale from the Cardozo’s Brothers consignment after breezing in :9 4/5.
CSLR Racing Partners and R.A. Hill Stable’s Iron Orchard was victorious in the Grade 1, $400,000 Frizette Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack last Oct. 4. She was purchased for $500,000 from the Grassroots Training and Sales consignment at the 2025 OBS April Sale where she breezed in :9 4/5.
Also featured on the back cover is Breeders’ Cup winner Nysos along with fellowGrade 1 winners Cavalieri, Dark Saffron, Raging Torrent, Skippylongstocking, and Usha.
Nysos (Nyquist – Zetta Z, by Bernardini), a graduate of the 2023 OBS April Sale, posted a victory in $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) last November as part of campaign that saw him become an Eclipse Awards finalist for Older Dirt Male and Male Sprinter. Trained by Bob Baffert for owner Baoma Corp and lessees Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith, and Michael B. Tabor, Nysos earned four graded stakes victories in 2025 and was purchased for $550,000 out of the Best A Luck Farm consignment by Donato Lanni, agent for owner Baoma Corp, at the 2023 OBS April Sale after breezing in :9 4/5.
Speedway Stables’ Cavalieri (Nyquist-Stiffed, by Stephen Got Even) is unbeaten in five starts including a victory in the Beholder Mile (G1) last March. She was purchased by Peter Fluor’s Speedway Stables for $900,000 from the Wavertree Stables consignment at the 2023 OBS April Sale after she breezed in :20 2/5.
Sultan Ali’s Dark Saffron (Flameaway -Meadow Saffron, by Military) upset male sprint champion Straight No Chaser to take the $2 million Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan Racecourse last April 5. Consigned by Julie Davies, Dark Saffron was purchased by Harmash Racing for $120,000 out of the 2024 OBS April sale after breezing in :9 4/5.
Yuesheng Zhang and Craig Dado’s Raging Torrent (Maximus Mischief-Violent Wave, by Violence) saw his 2025 campaign highlighted by a victory in the Grade 1, $1 million Metropolitan Handicap on Belmont Stakes Day at Saratoga Race Course. The win gave Raging Torrent, who is standing his first season at stud at Lane’s End Fram, his second Grade 1 triumph to go along with a prior victory in Santa Anita Park’s Malibu.
Raging Torrent was purchased by Mark Davis for $75,000 out of the 2023 OBS April Sale from the consignment of Randy Bradshaw after breezing in 10 flat.
Daniel Alonso’s Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator – Twinkling, by War Chant) finally added a top-level victory to his accomplished resume when the hard-knocking 7-year-old kicked off his 2026 season by taking the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 25 in his unprecedented fourth try in the race.
The Pegasus gave Skippylongstocking his 13th win from 36 career starts and improved his bankroll to $5,461,250. He was purchased by Alonso for $37,000 out of the Top Line Sales consignment at the 2021 OBS April Sale after breezing an eighth in :10 2/5.
Michael Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s Usha (Tiz the Law- Animal Appeal, by Leroidesanimaux) uncorked a powerful performance to prevail in her Grade 1 debut in the $300,000 La Brea Stakes last December. Usha was purchased by her owners for $600,000 at the 2024 OBS April Sale from the On Point Training & Sales consignment after breezing in :9 4/5.
Other notable recent graduates out of the OBS April Sale include multiple Grade 1 winner Chancer McPatrick, Grade 1 winners Carson’s Run, Cogburn, Du Jour, Mixto, Power Squeeze and Tenma, Saudi Derby winner Golden Vekoma, and graded stakes winners May Day Ready, Mo Plex, and Vixen. Other standout graduates of the OBS April Sale include Hall of Famer Silver Charm and classic winners I’ll Have Another and Lil E. Tee.
OBS will again offer online bidding during the April 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/SalesCatalogApp/
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