Jim and Susan Hill’s Highway Robber (Hard Spun – Yabba) is the latest OBS millionaire after taking the $300,000 Sycamore Stakes (G3) at Keeneland on Friday in track record time for the mile and a half on the turf. The 4-year-old son of Hard Spun, well off he pace early, swung wide into the stretch, caught the leader a furlong from home and was best by a nose at the wire. It’s the second stakes victory for the 4-year-old son of Hard Spun, now 11-5-2-1 with $1,001,063 in earnings for trainer Brian Lynch. Consigned by Vickers Racing to the 2011 OBS Spring Sale, he was purchased for $30,000 after turning in an Under Tack eighth in :10 2/5. watch his under tack video
Tucci Stables’ Ecstasy (Paynter – Annihilation) pressed the pace in Saturday’s $125,000 Ontario Damsel Stakes at Woodbine, took charge on the turn and cruised from there to a 1-3/4 length victory. Fellow OBS graduate Witwatersrand (Connect – Carta deOro) closed well and was up late for second. It’s the first stakes win for the 3-year-old filly by Paynter, sold for $32,000 at the 2023 OBS June Sale by Triple J Equine Sales, Agent, after breezing an eighth in :10 1/5 at the Under Tack Show. She’s trained by Sid Attard and has compiled an 11-4-3-0 record and earned $188,742. watch her under tack videoJune Sale walking video
As part of its ongoing commitment to its horsemen and supporters, Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company announced today it will launch OBSOnline, their new digital platform, with an online auction for horses who failed to meet their reserve or were withdrawn from the 2024 October Yearling Sale.
Entries for the timed online auction will close on Oct. 18. Bidding will open on Oct. 24 and close on Oct. 30.
The October Yearling Sale was originally scheduled to run from Oct. 8-9. Due to the threat of Hurricane Milton, OBS officials made the decision to move the start date of the sale up one day in the interest of the safety and welfare of the horses and sale participants.
The October Yearling Sale held an abbreviated opening session on Oct. 7. The sale then concluded Oct. 8.
“We felt providing this opportunity to the horses that were either bought back or scratched from our yearling sale was important,” said OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski. “I think it is obvious that Hurricane Milton impacted the travel of buyers to the sale. By placing these horses in the online sale format, it will give buyers a second chance. We are appreciative of the collaborative effort of the consignors, buyers, staff, board members and auction team to be able to react to the pending storm and allow us to conduct the sale a day earlier than originally planned. This was not an easy decision or a simple task to implement, so it was important for everybody to pull together to make it happen.”
Those who choose to participate in the online sale will not have to pay an entry fee. There will also be reduced commissions. Consignors will have the option of bringing the yearlings to OBS for inspection on Monday, Oct. 28.
Entry forms for the OBSOnline October 2024 auction can be found at obssales.com or in hard copy at the OBS office.
Additional OBSOnline Auctions Set for December and January
OBSOnline will also hold timed auctions in December and January. The December 2024 online sale will be open to all horses while the January online sale will be limited to 2-year-olds and Horses of Racing Age. The January online sale will open for bidding during the OBS January 2025 Winter Mixed Sale live auction, which runs from Jan. 28-29. The online sale will close on Jan. 30.
A unique component to the OBSOnline December and January Sale will be an optional under tack show.
“Consignors will have the opportunity to showcase their unraced prospects or those horses without recent form with an electronically timed work over the OBS track,” said OBS President Tom Ventura. “These workouts will be videotaped and posted with each horse.”
Before she went through the ring at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2024 October Yearling Sale, Hip 459 already held a special place in the heart of Katie Liebe as the filly represented the first horse she had bred herself. Once the daughter of Complexity exited the auction arena, she carried with her another distinction for Liebe and her husband Norman Dellheim, that being the title of sales topper.
Consigned by Thoroughstock, Agent, the dark bay or brown filly by Complexity sold to Jimbo and Torie Gladwell of Top Line Sales for $150,000 on Tuesday to top the two-day OBS October auction held Oct. 7-8.
Out of the Badge of Silver mare Silver Lantana, the Complexity filly is a half-sister to stakes placed winner Six the Hard Way. Silver Lantana is a half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Lantana Mob.
“This is my first time selling a horse like this. I’m from the hunter/jumper world and this is my first homebred, the first one where I had the mare and everything,” Liebe said. “I just think she has flawless conformation, and her dam line is really hot right now, as well as Complexity so it was just the perfect match. She does look the part, she’s a very classy filly. She’s like a puppy dog. Even my 4- and 6-year-old could lead her around. We’re very happy.”
Torie Gladwell said the filly’s physical attributes and active family made her Top Line’s top choice of the OBS catalog.
“She was our pick for the whole sale,” she said. “She was our favorite individual: early, fast, sound for a pinhook. We bought her for a partnership so some of our partners are really excited about buying into her. It will probably be March (that she’ll sell) if she’s early enough, maybe April. That’s where she’ll probably end up.”
Hip 459 was one of seven horses to bring six figures during the OBS October auction, equaling the number of horses who broke that barrier at last year’s sale.
The sale’s second highest price came when Hip 385, a gray or roan colt by Win Win Win, sold for $135,000 to No Money No Honey, Agent. Consigned by Kaizen Sales, the colt is out of the stakes winning Marciano mare Prize Informant, herself an OBS sales graduate.
“He was just a very athletic individual,” Richard Kent of Kaizen Sales said of the colt. “His 3-year-old half-brother Jasper Robusto is running extremely well in Japan right now and running in a stakes race on the weekend. But it was the individual that sold. He is very well balanced for a big colt and people liked his athletic look.”
Three horses were hammered down for $130,000 on the day.
Hip No. 280, Boujify, a daughter of Triple Crown winner Justify, sold to D. J. Stable LLC for $130,000. The dark bay or brown filly, consigned by Colin Brennan Bloodstock, Agent, is out of stakes winner Financial Recovery, by Street Cry (IRE). The filly was the only offspring by Justify offered in the sale.
“Bringing a Justify down here, he’s doing so well,” Brennan said. “She has a very good pedigree, it’s an active family. The family has sold really well in the past at 2-year-old sales and yearling sales. We felt that (this sale) was a good fit. She’s nearly a June foal. I think the good horsemen saw past the fact that she was a little immature and really has a lot of potential. I’m tickled.”
Hip No. 448, a son of Girvin consigned by Darsan, Inc. was sold for $130,000 to Golf 24/25 for $130,000. The bay colt is out of She Can’t Help It, by The Big Beast, a half-sister to millionaire grade one stakes winning OBS graduate World of Trouble.
D. J. Stable LLC also paid $130,000 for Hip No. 462, a daughter of Vekoma consigned by Abbie Road Farm (Lisa McGreevy), Agent. The dark bay or brown filly is out of Sinister Siren, by Empire Maker, from the family of champion and OBS graduate Delightful Mary.
Other six figure horses included Champions Equine LLC going to $100,000 for Hip No. 249, a son of Bolt d’Oro consigned by Beth Bayer, Agent. The bay colt, a half-brother to graded stakes placed Golden Alchemist, is out of stakes placed Lemon de Oro, by Lemon Drop Kid.
Hip No. 516, a son of Midshipman consigned by Abbie Road Farm (Lisa McGreevy), Agent, also brought $100,000, selling to Dilligaf. The bay colt is out of Thank You Note, by Uncle Mo, a daughter of stakes winner Coarsegold.
Tuesday’s session generated a gross of $4,050,200 from 187 head sold with an average of $21,659 and median of $13,000. For the entire sale, 291 horses sold for a total of $5,804,100 compared with 384 grossing $7,670,600 a year ago. The average price was $19,945 compared with $19,976 in 2023, while the median price was $12,000 compared with $13,000 last year. The buyback percentage was 37.5% compared to 34.6% a year ago.
The 2024 OBS October Yearling Sale had an abbreviated opening session on Oct. 7 when the sale was moved up one day due to severe weather concerns. After selling Hips 1-200 on Monday, Hips No’s 201 –595 were offered on Tuesday including those yearlings supplemented into the catalog.
“I think one of the great things about OBS is the fact upper management and the team, they recognize when they need to alter a path and try and make things better not only for the buyers and the sellers but most importantly for the horses,” said Jon Green of D. J. Stable, who led all buyers by gross with four head purchased for a total of $355,000. “I think that in a perfect world, the sale would have gone off without a hitch but we’re not in a perfect world and sometimes you have to pivot and be flexible.”
Abbie Road Farm was the leading consignor with 30 sold for a total of $841,600.
Next on the OBS calendar is the Winter Mixed Sale, set for January 28 – 29, 2025.
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Ocala, Fl. – Hip No. 78, a son of OBS graduate Yaupon, was purchased for $75,000 by Pick View LLC to top the rescheduled opening session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2024 October Yearling Sale. Consigned by Colin Brennan Bloodstock, Agent, the bay colt is out of Bride Street, by Street Cry (IRE), a half-sister to graded stakes winner Conveyance.
“The sire has been selling so well, they’re so hot,” said Brennan. “We thought this would be a good place for him. He’s a good looking, early type 2-year- old. He looks like he’s also going to be versatile on top of that. The colt did his own thing. He showed himself well while he was here. The pinhookers seem to like him well enough. I think it was a good buy.”
“I think that was the best move to move it (the sale) forward,” Brennan continued. “Everyone I talked to agreed that with these storms, you never know what’s going to happen. So that was the best move, I commend OBS for that. Considering the horses, the staff, and the buyer’s safety, that was the best thing to do. The market is going to be a little more difficult, it’s going to be tricky because the out-of-towners shied away from the sale for that reason. The rain hasn’t helped matters, but the back ring is as live as it ever is so that helps for those horses.”
Hip No. 180, a daughter of Vekoma consigned by Abbie Road Farm (Lisa McGreevy), Agent, went to Tom McCrocklin, Agent, for $72,000. The chestnut filly is out of Grin, by Flatter, from the family of graded stakes winner No Dozing.
Sallusto & Kimmel, Agent, went to $70,000 for Hip No. 85, a daughter of Win Win Win consigned by Sue Vacek, Agent. The dark bay or brown filly is out of Cash Reserve, by Distorted Humor, a daughter of graded stakes winner Private Treasure.
Hip No. 44, a daughter of St Patrick’s Day consigned by Kaizen Sales (Richard Kent), Agent, was sold to Sea Warrior Stables LLC for $60,000. The chestnut filly, a half sister to stakes placed OBS graduate Loco Abarrio, is out of Ballyhoo Moon, by Malibu Moon.
Hip No. 11, Keep Praying, a colt by Win Win Win consigned by Camelot Acres Racing and Sales, went to Glen Hill for $50,000. The bay colt, a half brother to graded stakes placed stakes winner Hear My Prayer, is out of stakes winner Additional Prayer, by Songandaprayer.
Hip No. 33, a daughter of OBS graduate Collected, was purchased for $45,000 by Legion Bloodstock, Agent for Hoolie Racing Stable LLC. Consigned by Sennebec South Farm, the chestnut filly is out of Artistic Quality, by Lemon Drop Kid, from the family of stakes winner Passionate Bird.
Hip No. 97 a son of Vino Rosso consigned by Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck), Agent, was sold to Sean S. Perl Bloodstock LLC for $45,000. The chestnut colt is out of Clawback, by Candy Ride (ARG), from the family of champion Wandesta (GB).
For the abbreviated session, 97 horses sold for a total of $1,659,900. The average price was $17,112; the median price was $10,000. The buyback percentage was 39.75%. The start of the sale was moved up a day due to concerns for severe weather.
The sale continues Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. Hip No’s 201 – 595 will be offered for sale, streamed live via the OBS website as well as the DRF, TDN, Blood Horse, Pastthewire, and Hipismo.net websites.
Online bidding is available. Bidders must register in advance. For more information, please go to the OBS website at: online bidding information.
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 also provides innovative search, sort and rating capability. For more information and downloads go to: equineline.com/SalesCatalogApp/
Sales results will be available on the OBS website, updated frequently during each session of the Sale. 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.
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.
For more information regarding the October Sale or OBS website, please call (352) 237-2154.
Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company announced today that award-winning writer Alicia Hughes has been named to the position of Director of Communications.
Hughes comes to OBS with nearly three decades of experience covering and working in the Thoroughbred industry. A resident of Lexington, KY, Hughes formerly served as the lead turf writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader newspaper, Racing Editor for BloodHorse publications, and Director of Communications for the National Thoroughbred Racing Association.
Hughes is a past president of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters and was the 2021 recipient of the Charles W. Engelhard Award from the KTA-KTOB for outstanding coverage of the Thoroughbred industry. She was also honored with the 2020 Legacy Legends Awards at the Derby Diversity and Business Summit for being a leading advocate for diversity and inclusion.
“OBS has a history that is synonymous with quality, and it is a privilege to join such a passionate and dedicated staff,” Hughes said. “I look forward to amplifying the exceptional work being done at OBS as well as the breeders, consignors, and buyers who drive the commercial marketplace.”
“We are excited to add Alicia to the OBS team,” said Tom Ventura, OBS President. “Her credentials speak volumes and we feel fortunate to add her talent with a depth of knowledge, experience and respect in the horse business.”
Ocala, Fl. – Due to weather concerns, the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2024 October Yearling Sale will now begin on Monday, October 7th at 3:00 p.m. and continue on Tuesday, October 8th beginning at 11:30 a.m. Hip No’s 1-200 will sell on Monday and Hip No’s 201 -595 will be sold on Tuesday.
Because of the circumstances, the commission on Buybacks will be reduced to 2-1/2 percent.
The Sale will be streamed live via the OBS website as well as the DRF, TDN, Blood Horse, Pastthewire, and Hipismo.net websites. OBS again offers Online Bidding during the October Sale. Buyers will be able to 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-online-bidding
For more information regarding the October Sale or OBS website, please call (352) 237-2154.
A trio OBS graduates scored in three graded stakes on Saturday at Aqueduct
Chancer McPatrick Angelo Lietp photo
Flanagan Racing’s Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie – Bernadreamy) last in the early going of the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) Aqueduct, circled the field in the five path, took charge a sixteenth from home and eased away to score by 2-3/4 lengths. Fellow OBS Spring Sale graduate Mo Plex ( Complexity – MoJoy) checked in third. Chancer McPatrick is three for three with two grade one victories for trainer Chad Brown, has earned $495,000 to date and a slot in the gate in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Consigned Caliente Thoroughbreds to the 2024 OBS Spring Sale, she turned in an Under Tack quarter in :21 flat and was purchased by Kimmel & Sallusto, Agent, for $725,000. walk/breeze vid
Scottish Lassie Adam Coglianese photo
Sportsmen Stable, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Photos Finish LLC, Corms Racing Stable and Jorge R. Abreu’s Scottish Lassie (McKinzie – Bodebabe) went into the $400,000 Frizette Stakes (G1) at Aqueduct a maiden and came back a grade one stakes winner with an invitation to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). The 2-year-old daughter of McKinzie tracked the leaders from third, took over after turning for home and drew away in the stretch to win by nine lengths. Consigned to the2024 OBS March Sale by Gene Recio, Agent, she was sold for $85,000 to Parkland Thoroughbreds after breezing an Under Tack quarter in :21 flat. breeze/walk video
Carson’s Run Joe Labozzetta photo
West Point Thoroughbreds and Steven Bouchey’s millionaire Carson’s Run (Cupid – Hot N Hectic), last early in the $500,000 Jockey Club Derby Invitational Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct, rallied wide on the turn and into the stretch, took command a furlong out and was best by three quarters of a length. It’s the third stakes win for the 3-year-old son of Cupid trained by Christophe Clement, now 9-5-2-0 with $1,574,629 in earnings. At the 2023 OBS Spring Sale, he was purchased for $170,000 out of the Randy Miles consignment after breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5. watch his under tack videoSpring Sale walking video
A pair of OBS graduates punched their tickets to the Breeders’ Cup with graded stakes wins on Friday at Keeneland.
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Siena Farm LLC and WinStar Farm LLC’s Federal Judge (Army Mule – Congarette) is on his way to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) after a frontrunning 5-1/2 length victory in the $350,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes (G2). It’s the first stakes win for the 4-year-old Florida-bred son of Army Mule, sold for $40,000 by Stuart Morris, Agent, at the 2021 OBS Winter Mixed Sale. Now 6-4-1-0 for trainer Brad Cox, he has earned $402,960 to date.
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KatieRich Stables LLC’s May Day Ready (Tapit – Nemoralia) is three for three, a graded stakes winner and on her way to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) after winning the $350,000 Jessamine Stakes (G2) by a nose. with fellow OBS graduate Destino’Oro (Bolt d’Oro – Heart of Destiny) another nose back in third. Bothered after the start, the 2-year-old daughter of Tapit came wide into the stretch, kept after the leaders and was up to be best in a three-horse photo. Trained by Joseph R. Lee, she’s a two-time stakes winner and has earned $844,025. After breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 flat at the 2024 OBS Spring Sale, she was purchased for $325,000 out of the de Meric Sales consignment. breeze/walk video
OBS grads posted a pair of graded wins on Saturday at Santa Anita.
Cabo Spirit Benoit photo
Kretz Racing LLC’s Cabo Spirit is now a millionaire, going to the front at the start of the $750,000 John Henry Turf Championship Stakes (G2) and leading all the way, holding on gamely to score by a length. It’s the second graded stakes win for the 5-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile, consigned to the 2021 April Sale by Eddie Woods, Agent, and purchased for $575,000 by Gayle Van Leer, Agent, after speeding an Under Tack quarter in :20 4/5. He’s now 27-5-3-6 for trainer George Papaprodromou, and earned $1,035,336. watch his under tack videoSpring Sale walking video
First Peace Benoit photo
Rancho Temescal LLC, Red Baron’s Barn LLC and Rodney E. Orr’s First Peace, off the pace in the early going of the $750,000 Eddie D. Stakes (G2), rallied on the inside, took the lead a sixteenth out and was best by a length and a half at the wire. It’s the third stakes win and first graded victory for the 4-year-old colt by Funtastic, trained by Mark Glatt, now 15-5-5-2 with $778,520 in earnings. He was purchased for $75,000 out of the Lucan Bloodstock (Karl Keegan) consignment at the 2022 OBS June Sale after breezing an Under Tack quarter in :21 flat. watch his under tack videoJune Sale walking video
True North Stable and Bloom Racing Stable’s (Jeffrey Bloom) Dresden Row (Lord Nelson – Elle Special) sat just off the pace in Saturday’s $135,000 Durham Cup Stakes (G3) at Woodbine, rallied to the lead between horses at the head of the stretch and held on gamely to score by a neck. It’s the first stakes win for the 3-year-old son of Lord Nelson, purchased out of the Little Farm Equine consignment at the 2023 OBS Spring Sale after speeding an Under Tack quarter in: 21 2/5. Trained by Lorne Richards, he’s now 7-4-1-2 and has earned $183,527. watch his under tack videoSpring Sale walking video
Most Handsome Lauren King photo
David S. Romanik and Ronald B. Spatz’s Most Handsome (Neolithic – Precious Lady) is two for two and a stakes winner after taking Saturday’s $95,000 Hollywood Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park. After pressing the pace, he took charge on the turn, opened daylight in the stretch and held off a late charge to win by a head, with fellow OBS graduate Noble N Magical (Noble Bird – Magical Holiday) checking in third. Trained by Ron Spatz, the 2-year-old Florida-bred son of Neolithic has earned $98,650 to date after breezing an eighth in :9 4/5 and going through the ring, consigned by On Track, Agent, at the 2024 OBS March Sale. breeze/walk video
OBS graduates captured a pair of stakes races at Remington Park on Sunday.
West Point Thoroughbreds’ Jaxon Traveler (Munnings – Listen Boy) is the latest OBS millionaire after a frontrunning 3-1/2 length victory over fellow OBS graduate Run Classic (Runhappy – Pledge Pin) in the $100,000 David M. Vance Stakes. That’s nine stakes wins for the 6-year-old graded stakes winning son of Munnings, trained by Steve Asmussen, now 33-11-8-5 with $1,017,798 in earnings. After breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 flat at the 2020 OBS Spring Sale, he was purchased for $140,000 out of the Grassroots Training & Sales consignment by L.E.B., Agent for West Point Thoroughbreds, Inc. watch his under tack videoSpring Sale walking video
Resolute Racing’s Dana’s Beauty (Not This Time – City Siren) led a 1-2-3 OBS sweep of the $75,000 Ricks Memorial Stakes, taking over on the turn and drawing away to victory by 6-1/4 lengths. Colors of the Wind (Constitution – Wellington Beauty) was second with Gastown (Vancouver (AUS) – Tex Appeal), running third. It’s the third stakes win for the 6-year-old mare by Not This Time, a two-time OBS graduate, sold first by Bobby Jones Equine at the 2019 October Yearling Sale then sold for $70,000 by Blue River Bloodstock, Agent, at the 2020 Spring Sale after working an Under Tack quarter in :21 3/5. Now trained by Mike Maker, she has compiled a 41-10-5-8 career record and earned $633,033. watch her under tack video
The Supplemental Catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2024 October Yearling Sale is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com and in printed form at the OBS sales grounds. Forty-eight horses have been supplemented; in all 583 horses will be sold.
There are two sessions, set for Tuesday, October 8th and Wednesday, October 9th. Hip No.’s 1 – 266 plus supplements 267 – 288 will be offered on Tuesday and Hip No’s 301 – 569 plus supplements 570 – 595 will be sold on Wednesday. Both sessions begin at 11:30 a.m.
A strong group of sires are represented in the supplemental catalog that are not included the main book: Justify, Nyquist, Essential Quality, Munnings, Practical Joke, Maclean’s Music, Authentic, Daredevil, Cross Traffic, andHonor A. P.
This group joins the outstanding roster of sires in the original catalog, headed by Gun Runner, Maxfield, Yaupon, Candy Ride (ARG), Liam’s Map, McKinzie, Vekoma, More Than Ready, Galilean, Girvin, Violence, Complexity, Leinster, Win Win Win, Uncle Chuck, and Khozan.
OBS again offers Online Bidding during the October Sale. Buyers will be able to 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-online-bidding
The Sale will be streamed live via the OBS website as well as the DRF, TDN, Blood Horse, Pastthewire, and Hipismo,net websites.
The refreshed website allows for customized sorting, searching and filtering capability as well as shortlist creation and access to pedigree updates. A link to step-by-step instructions and video tutorials for using these features is located in the banner of the homepage OBS Website Tutorials
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 also provides innovative search, sort and rating capability. For more information and downloads go to: equineline.com/SalesCatalogApp/
Current information about OBS sales, consignors and graduates is now also available via social media sites Facebook, Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter.
Sales results will be available on the OBS website, updated frequently during each session of the Sale. 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 October Sale or OBS website, please call (352) 237-2154.
Leon King Stable Corp.’s Bentornato (Valiant Minister – Her Special Way) battled for the lead from the start of Saturday’s $400,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) at Parx Racing, surrendered the lead a quarter mile out then came again late and scored by a neck. It’s the first graded stakes victory for the four-time stakes winner trained by Jose Francisco D’Angelo, now 8-5-1-2 with $791,830 in earnings. The 3-year-old Florida-bred colt is a two-time OBS graduate, sold by Stuart Morris at the 2022 October Yearling Sale then purchased for $170,000 out of the Golden Rock Thoroughbreds consignment at the 2023 March Sale after turning in and Under Tack quarter in :20 4/5. watch his under tack videoOctober Sale walking video
OBS March graduate Ecoro Sieg(Twirling Candy – Lily Pod) could be on his way to Del Mar from Japan for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) after a 2-1/2 length record breaking win at Nakayama on Saturday. The 2-year-old colt by Twirling Candy took over after a quarter and was never threatened on his way to victory in a track and Japanese 2-year-old record 1:07.2 for six furlongs. Unbeaten after two starts, the colt by Twirling Candy, trained by Hideyuki Mori for Mastatoshi Hakamura, was purchased for $250,000 by his trainer out of the GOP Racing Stable Corp. consignment at the 2024 March Sale after speeding and Under Tack eighth in :9 4/5. breeze/walk videoRace Video
With the Angels Susie Raisher photo
Winning Move Stable, John C. Oxley, Lady Sheila Stable, Rideau Racers LLC and Sanford H. Robbins LLC’S With the Angels (Omaha Beach – Sister Margaret) is two for two by a combined 22 lengths after a frontrunning 9-3/4 length victory in the $125,000 Joseph A. Gimma Stakes at Aqueduct on Sunday. Trained by Linda Rice, the 2-year-old daughter of Omaha Beach has earned $118,250 to date. At the 2024 OBS Spring Sale, she breezed an Under Tack eighth in :9 4/5 and was purchased for $350,000 out of the Wavertree Stables consignment. breeze/walk video
JD Thoroughbreds LLC and Joey Keith Davis’ Henro (Collected – Street Minstrel) was last of six early in Churchill’s $300,000 Harrods Creek Stakes, but came running in the stretch, took command a sixteenth from home and won going away by a length and a quarter. It’s the second stakes win for the 3-year-old son of OBS graduate Collected, trained by Chris Hartman, now 9-4-1-0 with $545,889 in earnings. At the 2023 OBS March Sale, he was purchased for $45,000 out of the de Meric Sales consignment after breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5. watch his under tack videoMarch Sale walking video
A trio of OBS graduates scored Saturday stakes victories.
Andrea Lauren King photo
C2 Racing Stable LLC, Kuehne Racing and Mark Corrado’s Andrea (Thousand Words – Photoplay) is two for two and a stakes winner after a 7-1/2 length wire to wire romp in the $95,000 Hallandale Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Trained by Saffie Joseph, Jr., the 2-year-old daughter of Thousand Word has earned $66,750 to date. At the 2024 OBS Spring Sale, she sped an Under Tack quarter in :9 4/5 and was purchased for $105,000 out of the Eddie Woods consignment. breeze/walk video
Hooties Racing LLC, WSS Racing, LLC and 4G Racing, LLC’s Happy Is a Choice (Runhappy – Fast Alexia) came wide into the stretch of Churchill’s $300,000 Louisville Thoroughbred Society Stakes, wore down the leaders in the final yards and was best by a neck at the finish. It’s the first stakes win for the 4-year-old son of Runhappy, purchased for $160,000 out of the de Meric Sales consignment at the 2022 OBS Spring Sale after breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5. Trained by John Alexander Ortiz, he’s now 11-5-0-3 and has earned $561,580. watch his under tack videoSpring Sale walking video
Redekop B. C., Ltd.’s Avana (Vino Rosso – Revealing Moment) took the $75,000 British Columbia Oaks at Hastings Racecourse, scoring her sixth straight stakes victory. Circling horses on the turn, the 3-year-old Vino Rosso filly reached the lead a furlong out and won by three-quarters of a length. She’ trained by Barbara Heads, she’s now 7-6-0-0 and has earned $144,292. After breezing an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5 at the 2023 OBS March Sale, she was purchased for $150,000 by Mike Ryan, Agent, out of the Cary Frommer consignment. watch her under tack videoMarch Sale walking video
