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OBS 2025 March Catalogue Now Available Online

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The catalogue for the 2025 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training is now available online at obssales.com.

The three-day sale will take place March 11-13 with each session beginning at 11 a.m. Hips 1-272 will sell March 11 with Hips 273-544 going March 12 and 545-814 selling March 13. The 2025 OBS March Sale also offers a new entry option of “Gallop Only” where sellers can enter their horses with this designation, which will be on the catalogue page.

The under-tack show will run from March 5-8 starting at 8 a.m. each day. Hips 1-204 are slated for March 5 followed by Hips 205-408 March 6, Hips 409-611 March 7, and Hips 612-814 March 8. 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.

Notable graduates out of the 2024 OBS March sale include Grade 1 winner and Eclipse Award finalist Gaming, Grade 1 winner Scottish Lassie, graded stakes winner Nooni, multiple Grade 1 placed Ferocious, and multiple graded stakes placed Sandman.

Featured on the cover of the catalog is C2 Racing Stable, Prince Faisal bin Khaled bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Antonio Pagnano’s multiple Grade 1 winner White Abarrio (Race Day – Catching Diamonds, by Into Mischief). The 6-year-old horse captured the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and most recently scored an open-length triumph in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 25.

White Abarrio 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. (Under Tack video).

Gaming and Scottish Lassie are among the four OBS graduates featured on the back cover along with Grade 1 winners Muth and Iscreamuscream.

Michael E. Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s Gaming (Game Winner – So Stylish, by Johannesburg) won two of four starts in 2024 including a victory in the Del Mar Futurity (G1). Gaming was purchased for $250,000 at the 2024 OBS March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training by Three Amigos from the Pick View consignment after breezing in 20.2.

Sportsmen Stable, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Photos Finish LLC, Corms Racing Stable and Jorge R. Abreu’s Scottish Lassie (McKinzie – Bodebabe, by Bodemeister) broke her maiden in high-level fashion when she captured the 2024 Frizette Stakes (G1) in her second career start. 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.

Zedan Racing Stables’ Muth (Good Magic – Hoppa, by Uncle Mo) earned Grade 1 wins at ages 2 and 3. The son of Good Magic annexed the 2023 American Pharoah Stakes (G1) and went on to prevail in the last year’s Arkansas Derby (G1). Muth was consigned to the 2023 OBS March Sale by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, and purchased by Donato Lanni, Agent, for a sale record equaling $2 million after breezing in 9.3. Muth retired from racing with earnings over $1.5 million and begins his stallion career at Gainesway Farm in 2025 (Under tack video / Walking video)

Iscreamuscream (Twirling Candy – Silver Screamer, by Cozzene), owned by Little Red Feather Racing, John Hundley Jr, Marsha Naify, John Snyder and Stacey Snyder has won four of five starts and earned two graded wins in 2024 highlighted by her victory in the Del Mar Oaks (G1). She was consigned to the 2023 OBS March Sale by GOP Racing Stable and sold to Little Red Feather for $145,000 after breezing in 9.4. (Under tack video / Walking video )

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 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 and “X”.

Tenma Takes Las Virgenes to Lead OBS Stakes-Winning Graduates

Updated:2 days ago

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Baoma Corp.’s Tenma (Nyquist – Amagansett, by Tapit) launched herself atop the Road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard when she scored a 6 ½ length win in the $100,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park Feb. 2 to lead the slate of stakes-winning Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company graduates this past week.

The victory earned Tenma 20 additional qualifying points for this year’s Kentucky Oaks, improving her total to 33 points overall. In addition to leading a 1-2 finish for OBS grads in the Las Virgenes, she won her debut in August at Del Mar last year then scored in the Del Mar Debutante (G1) and Starlet Stakes (G2) to close out her juvenile season.

Tenma wins the Las Virgenes (Benoit Photo)

The daughter of Nyquist was purchased by Baoma for $850,000 out of the Wavertree Stables consignment at the 2024 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training after breezing an eighth in :9.4.

On Feb. 1, My Way Racing’s El Potente (Temple City – Charmsil, by Silver Charm) notched his first career graded stakes win when he rolled to a three-length victory in the $100,000 Thunder Road Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita. El Potente was purchased by McMahon and Hill Bloodstock, agent for $35,000 out of the Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds consignment at the 2021 OBS June Sale after breezing in :10.1 (Under Tack Video).

On Jan. 31, Chancheng Glory (Mor Spirit – Solid Scam, by Consolidator) earned the biggest win of his career on an international stage when he prevailed in the HK$4.2 million Group 3 Centenary Vase Handicap at Sha Tin. The Iowa-bred gelding was an RNA at the 2022 OBS March Sale where he was offered by Pike Racing and breezed in :10 flat (Under Tack Video).

Other stakes winners included D. J. Stable LLC and Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Vixen (Vekoma – Top Mission, by Noble Mission (GB) making an impressive 2025 debut when she took the $165,000 Sweetest Chant Feb. 1 at Gulfstream Park. The Mark Casse trainee was purchased by D. J. Stable for $200,000 out of the SGV Thoroughbreds at the 2024 OBS Spring Sale after breezing in :10.1.

At Aqueduct on Feb. 1, Bran Jam Stable and David Clark’s Volleyballprincess (Mo Town – Prom Dress, by Stephen Got Even) netted her first stakes victory in the $125,000 Ruthless Stakes over fellow OBS Grad Ourdaydreaminggirl. The North Carolina bred filly was sold for $17,000 by RiceHorse Stable to Louis Linder Jr. at the 2024 OBS March Sale after breezing in :10 flat.

At Oaklawn Park Feb. 1, Kaleem Shah’s Benedetta (City of Light – Tessie Flip, by Grand Slam) earned her fourth consecutive victory when she delivered in the $150,000 American Beauty for older female sprinters. She was purchased for $750,000 at the 2023 OBS March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training by KSI out of the Top Line Sales consignment after breezing in :9.4 (Under Tack Video).

At Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Feb. 1, Gentry Farms’ Accomplished Girl (Street Boss – Dazzle, by Twirling Candy) earned her second stakes victory of the meet when she annexed the $100,000 Robert “Bobby” Kelly Memorial. The daughter of Street Boss was purchased for $275,000 by Gentry Farms/Saffie Joseph out of the Grassroots Training & Sales consignment at the 2022 OBS Spring Sale after breezing in :9.3 (Under Tack Video).

At Delta Downs Feb. 1, Rand S. Metoyer’s Wonderrand (Cloud Computing – Laughing Saint, by Vindication) took the $125,000 LA Bred Premier Night Distaff Stakes. She was purchased for $30,000 out of the 2023 OBS Spring Sale from the Grassroots Training and Sales consignment after breezing in :10.1 (Under Tack Video).

Dream Concert Tops OBSOnline January Sale

Updated:4 days ago

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Multiple stakes placed Dream Concert elicited a final bid of $110,000 from Tiger Racing to top the OBSOnline January Sale for 2-year-olds and Horses of Racing Age.

The January digital auction was conducted from Jan. 23-30. It marks the third auction held under the OBSOnline banner.

Consigned as Hip 425 by trainer Kathleen O’Connell, agent, Dream Concert is out of the stakes-winning Concerto mare Spanish Concert, who has two winners from as many foals to race. The 5-year-old daughter of Jess’s Dream has four wins from 19 career starts with $202,930 in earnings.

Bred by James Michael Chicklo, Dream Concert is nominated to the Grade 3 Endeavour Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Feb. 1. She most recently finished third in the $100,000 Wayward Lass Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Jan. 11 where she was beaten just a nose for place honors.

The top selling newly turned 3-year-old was Hip 403, a daughter of Practical Joke who sold for $46,000 to Daniel McGreevy. Consigned by Wavertree Stables, the filly is out of the Quality Road mare Happy Road and is from the female family of Grade 1 winner Bustin Stones. She breezed in 32.1 during the optional under tack show.

As of Jan. 31, the OBSOnline January sale generated $273,200 in gross receipts from 12 horses sold. The average was $22,767 with the median coming in at $7,500. Nine horses failed to meet their reserve.

Last Leaf Tops 2025 OBS January Winter Mixed Sale

Updated:4 days ago

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Last Leaf made her third trip through the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company ring her best outing yet.

Before setting foot in the pavilion for the 2025 OBS January Winter Mixed Sale Jan. 28, the multiple stakes-winning daughter of Not This Time was already well acquainted with the grounds having previously sold for $10,000 at the 2020 OBS Winter Mixed Sale and $23,500 at the 2020 October exercise.

In her latest turn before the bidders, the 6-year-old mare delivered her most memorable performance when she elicited a final bid of $140,000 from agent Marette Farrell to top the single-day sale.

Hip 56 Last Leaf at the 2025 OBS January Winter Mixed Sale — Hip 56 Last Leaf (OBS/Penelope P. Miller Photo)

The 2024 January sale was held over two days with a consignor preferred session and Horses of Racing Age comprising the first day and an open session taking place the second day. This year saw the 2-year-olds and Horses of Racing Age being sold in the OBSOnline January auction, which began Jan. 23 and runs through noon ET Jan. 30. Visit obsonline.com to view the sale.

Consigned as Hip 56 by Gilberto Martinez of G. Martinez Training, agent, Last Leaf is out of the Paddy O’Prado mare My Miss Kallie and earned $622,580 in 30 career starts. The dark bay mare was purchased by Farrell on behalf of owner Joey Peacock, who is buying mares to support his newly retired Grade 1 winner Senor Buscador in his first season at stud at Lane’s End Farm.

“He really wants to support the stallion with good mares,” Farrell, who signed the ticket as Senor’s Senorita’s, said of Peacock. “The mares we’ve already accumulated have all run good numbers, have good form. This filly ran in some of the top stakes races and was a graded stakes level filly. (Her pedigree) goes back to (champion) Soul of an Angel, who won the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, and (Grade 1 winner) Homeboykris. It’s exactly what he needs. And she’s beautiful, just a gorgeous upper body.”

For Martinez, Last Leaf was the only horse his consignment sent through the ring at the Winter Mixed Sale, giving him a homerun of a result.

“I think she’s going to be a nice broodmare,” Martinez said. “She’s the only one (we sold) so it feels good to sell one like that. We were expecting a bit more but that’s okay.”

Offerings by proven sires were most sought after throughout the sale. The day’s highest priced short yearling was a daughter of McKinzie consigned by Summerfield who sold to Lambholm, agent for $97,000.

Catalogued as Hip 70, the dark bay filly is out of the winning Bellamy Road mare Picolata and hails from the female family of multiple graded stakes winner North East Bound. Her sire McKinzie was represented by a pair of Grade 1 winners last year in OBS graduates Chancer McPatrick and Scottish Lassie.

“We thought we would be in the $75-80,000 range, but there were so many people on her I thought we might get close to $100,000,” said Francis Vanlangendonck of Summerfield. “We’re thrilled. She’s a pretty filly. Being by (McKinzie), there aren’t many like that here. And she was correct and vetted perfectly, so she was one of the better ones on the sales grounds.

“She got shown like 50 times two days in a row, she never stopped. She showed lots of class.”

Richard Kent of Kaizen Sales said one of his consignment’s most popular offerings was Hip 233, a yearling son of OBS graduate Yaupon. The bay youngster showed why he commanded such attention when he sold to Sea Warrior Stables, LLC for $95,000, the highest priced yearling colt in the sale.

A registered Florida bred, the colt is out of the winning Discreet Cat mare Catsoutofthebag, who is a full sister to stakes placed Fly At Dawn.

“We showed him over 100 times and he never wavered,” Kent said of the colt. “He was ready to go each time we brought him out. It’s a little easier to sell really nice horses. He had the advantage of having a sire that is a real talking horse right now, especially here in Ocala. I loved his balance and the way that he walked, he had a really smooth walk to him. So, we were pretty confident.”

Other notable prices included Hip 192, a yearling colt by Vekoma who sold for $80,000 to John Kimmel and Nick Sallusto, agent from the consignment of Boutte Sales, and Hip 269, a yearling son of Candy Ride (ARG) that got a final bid of $75,000 from Eduardo Soto from the consignment of Abbie Road Farm (Lisa McGreevy).

Hip 116, a yearling filly by Frosted from the consignment of Afleet Equine Services, sold to Gray A Day for $72,000 while Hip 26, a bay colt by Army Mule from the consignment of Silver Oaks Farm (Danielle Loya), brought a final bid of $70,000 from SB Consulting.

At the close of business on Jan. 28, the January Winter Mixed Sale saw 213 head sold for total gross receipts of $3,108,700. The average came in at $14,595 while the median was $7,500. A total of 57 horses failed to meet their reserve for an RNA percentage of 23.1.

Due to the change in format from the 2024 auction, final figures are not completely comparable. Last year’s sale figures without the horses of racing age included in the final numbers were 251 horses sold for gross receipts of $3,946,800. The average was $15,724 with a median of $7,000 as 64 horses failed to meet their reserve for an RNA percentage of 20.3.

“(The market) is a little sticky,” Kent said. “The good horses they sell but it’s difficult on the middle of the road horses. That hasn’t changed for a long time.”

Lisa McGreevy of Abbie Road led all consignors with 25 head sold for $528,200 this year.

Next on the 2025 OBS auction calendar is the March Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, set for March 11-13 with the under-tack show taking place March 5-8.

Current information about OBS sales, consignors and graduates is also available via social media sites Facebook and Twitter.

OBS January Winter Mixed Sale Takes Place Tuesday Jan. 28

Updated:January 27, 2025

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The first live auction of 2025 at Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company takes place Jan. 28 with 342 horses, including supplemental entries, catalogued for its January Winter Mixed Sale.

The single-session auction will begin at 11 a.m. ET and features newly turned yearlings, broodmares, and broodmare prospects. Comparison figures to 2024 will not be applicable as last year’s January sale was held over two days with a consignor preferred session and Horses of Racing Age comprising the first day and an open session taking place the second day.

Mark Casse OBS January — Trainer Mark Casse at OBS January (Penelope P. Miller/OBS Photo)

This year has 2-year-olds and Horses of Racing Age being sold in the OBSOnline January auction, which began Jan. 23 and runs through noon ET Jan. 30. Several of the horses will be available for inspection on the OBS sale grounds during the live sale. The OBSOnline January sale had an additional entry added to the catalogue with multiple stakes placed Dream Concert being consigned as Hip 425. Visit obsonline.com to view the sale.

Notable graduates of the Winter Mixed sale include newly minted Pegasus World Cup (G1) winner White Abarrio, Grade 1 winners Casa Creed, Medina Spirit, and Speech, and graded stakes winners Federal Judge, Midnight Stroll, and St. Joe Bay.

The 2025 OBS January Winter Mixed Sale includes mares in foals to proven sires and up and coming stallions such as Complexity, Early Voting, Girvin, Independence Hall, Khozan, Leinster, Magic On Tap, Pappacap, Simplification, The Factor, Tiz the Law, Two Phil’s, Volatile, and Win Win Win.

Among the first-crop stallions represented with yearlings in the catalogue are OBS graduate and multiple Grade 1 winner Colonel Liam, OBS graduate and champion Corniche, Drain the Clock, Epicenter, Golden Pal, Greatest Honour, Mandaloun, Mind Control, Mystic Guide, Mo Donegal, Nashville, and Roadster. The catalogue also offers yearlings by such top sires as Candy Ride (ARG), McKinzie, Munnings, Oscar Performance, Speightstown, Vekoma and Yaupon.

Francis Vanlangendonck of Summerfield, which led all consignors at the 2024 Winter Mixed Sale by gross, said he expects the discerning nature of the Thoroughbred marketplace to continue in the new year.

“Your quality stuff is going to sell very well. The mares that haven’t produced runners are going to be tough and the yearlings with vetting issues are going to be tough. But that’s the case everywhere,” Vanlangendonck said. “What Ocala has is a built-in market. A lot of people show up because they live here and they’re in the business, and that showed in October during the hurricane. A ton of people showed up to buy horses and we had a much better sale that we thought we were going to have. People poured in here even though we changed the time; we changed the date and they still showed up. We’re in a pretty good spot that way because we have people who will buy a lot of these horses who live here.”

The catalog pages for all entries are available via the OBS website at obssales.com and in printed form at the sales.

The Sale will be streamed live via the OBS website as well as the DRF, TDN, BloodHorse, Pastthewire, and Hipismo.net websites.

OBS again offers Online Bidding during the January 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.

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.

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.

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Pegasus Winner White Abarrio Leads Banner Weekend for OBS Grads

Updated:5 days ago

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C2 Racing Stable, Prince Faisal bin Khaled bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Antonio Pagnano’s White Abarrio (Race Day – Catching Diamonds, by Into Mischief) was the star of a banner weekend for Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company graduates as he turned in a stakes-record 6 1/4-length triumph in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 25.

The winner of the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) covered the distance in 1:48.05 over a fast main track to surpass the previous largest margin of victory, 5 3/4 lengths, set by City of Light in 2019.

White Abarrio (Coglianese/Lauren King photo)

“I thought the Breeders’ Cup Classic was the best race of his life, but this was very close behind,” trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. told the Gulfstream Park publicity team. “Everything just aligned. You come up with a plan and more often than not it doesn’t work, but today it did.”

A two-time OBS graduate, White Abarrio was 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. (Under Tack video).

White Abarrio was one of four OBS graduates to earn grade/group wins the past week.

The undercard of the Pegasus World Cup saw C2 Racing Stable LLC and Stefania Farms’ Mystic Lake (Mo Town – Salty Soul, by Itsmyluckyday) capture the $215,000 Inside Information (G2). The 3-year-old Florida-bred filly, a two-time OBS graduate, was sold by Summerfield Agent at the 2022 October Yearling Sale and then purchased for $130,000 out of the Tom McCrocklin consignment at the 2023 March Sale after breezing in 20.4. (Under Tack video)

At Oaklawn Park Jan. 25, Speed King (Volatile – Athenian Beauty, by Corinthian) led a 1-2 finish for OBS Grads when he bested Sandman to score a gate-to-wire victory in the $1 million Southwest Stakes (G3) for owner Ted Bowman of Triton Thoroughbreds. Speed King was purchased by Triton Thoroughbreds for $100,000 out of the A.G Sale consignment at the 2024 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training.

On Jan. 24, Golden Vekoma (Vekoma – Sticks Wondergirl, by Stevie Wonderboy) earned his first grade/group victory when he annexed the UAE 2000 Guineas S. (G3), winning the 1,600-meter race by two lengths at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai for owner Mohammed Ahmad Ali Al Subousi. Golden Vekoma was purchased by Harmash Racing for $90,000 from the 2024 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training from the Grassroots Training and Sales consignment.

Other stakes winners on the weekend included The Wine Steward (Vino Rosso – Call to Service, by To Honor and Serve) taking the $150,000 Fifth Season Stakes at Oaklawn Park Jan. 25 for owners Peter Proscia (Paradise Farms Corp.) and David Staudacher. The Wine Steward was purchased for $340,000 by trainer Mike Maker from the Sequel Bloodstock consignment at the 2023 March Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale (Under Tack Video).

At Turfway Park Jan. 25, Lithe Spirit (Speightstown – Spooky Woods, by Ghostzapper) won the $125,000 Wishing Well Stakes for an ownership group that includes Bradley Thoroughbreds, Gainesway Stable, et al. The filly was purchased by Bradley Thoroughbreds for $485,000 from the Scanlon Training & Sales consignment at the 2023 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training (Under Tack Video).

Dream Concert Added to OBSOnline January Sale

Updated:January 26, 2025

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Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company has added multiple stakes placed Dream Concert to its OBSOnline January auction, which runs through Jan. 30.

Consigned as Hip 425, the 5-year-old daughter of Jess’s Dream has four wins from 19 career starts with $202,930 in earnings. Dream Concert most recently finished third in the $100,000 Wayward Lass Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Jan. 11. She was second in the 2024 edition of the race and has three other stakes placings.

Bred by James Michael Chicklo and consigned by Kathleen O’Connell, agent, Dream Concert is out the stakes-winning Concerto mare Spanish Concert, who has two winners from as many foals to race. She is nominated to the Grade 3 Endeavour Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Feb. 1.

The OBSOnline January sale features 2-year-olds and horses of racing age.

The catalogue is currently available for viewing on the OBSOnline website. Bidding began Jan. 23 at noon ET and will close at noon ET on Jan. 30.

OBS Adds 26 Horses to January Winter Mixed Sale

Updated:January 24, 2025

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Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company has added 26 supplemental entries to its 2025 Winter Mixed Sale taking place Jan. 28.

The entries are catalogued as Hips 317-342 and feature short yearlings by Colonel Liam, Galilean, Instagrand, Mystic Guide, Roadster, and Solomini as well as mares in foal to Complexity, Early Voting, and Volatile. Eleven broodmare prospects have been supplemented to the sale, including a 4-year-old half-sister to champion and OBS graduate Kodiak Kowboy and multiple stakes winner Wilbo.

The supplemental entries are available online.

The OBS January Winter Mixed sale begins at 11 a.m. ET Jan. 28. OBS will again offer Internet Bidding during the 2025 Winter Mixed 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 internet bidding please go to the OBS website: obs-internet-bidding.

Bidding is also now live for the OBSOnline January Horses of Racing Age and Two-Year-Old Sale. Several of the horses will be available for inspection on the OBS sale grounds during the live sale. Bidding will close Jan. 30. Visit obsonline.com to view the sale.

OBSOnline Catalogues 24 Horses for January Sale

Updated:January 22, 2025

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Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company has catalogued 24 horses for its OBSOnline January 2025 auction taking place Jan. 23-30. The OBSOnline January sale features 2-year-olds and horses of racing age.

The catalogue is currently available for viewing on the OBSOnline website and bidding will begin Jan. 23 at noon ET. Bidding will close at noon ET on Jan. 30.

The OBSOnline January sale will be held in conjunction with the live January Winter Mixed Sale taking place Jan. 28.

A total of 20 sale entrants participated in the optional under tack show held at OBS on Jan. 17. Consignors also have the option to bring the horses to the OBS Sale grounds for viewing on Jan. 27-28.

Notable entries in the OBSOnline January catalogue include:

Hip 403 (Practical Joke-Happy Road, by Quality Road) – This unraced 3-year-old filly consigned by Wavertree Stables worked in :32.1 during the optional under tack show. She hails from the female family of Grade 1 winner Bustin Stones.
Hip 412 Moon Factor (The Factor – Moonlight Lady, by Malibu Moon) – This 3-year-old colt is fresh off a victory at Gulfstream Park Jan. 5 when he prevailed going 5 ½ furlongs over the all-weather track in a starter optional claiming test. Moon Factor broke his maiden over the inner turf at Colonial Downs last August.
Hip 415 Meet Me At Marea (Thousand Words – Rafaelini, by Bernardini) – This 3-year-old filly who descends from the female family of Grade 1 winners Jack Christopher and Street Boss worked in 33.0 at the optional under tack show.
Hip 417 (Honor Code-Lili’s Song, by Liam’s Map) – This 3-year-old filly consigned by Wavertree Stables worked in 33.0 during the optional under tack show. Her dam Lili’s Song is a half-sister to Volatiled, most recently second in the Juvenile Fillies Sprint Stakes at Gulfstream Park Nov. 16.

Each horse will have a walking video and radiographs available for viewing.

To create an account or register to bid for the OBSOnline January Sale, visit obsonline.com.

Unbeaten Cavalieri Among OBS Grads to Earn Stakes Wins

Updated:January 20, 2025

Speedway Stables’ Cavalieri (Nyquist-Stiffed, by Stephen Got Even) headlined the list of stakes-winning Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company graduates this past week when she captured the $100,000 La Canada Stakes (G3) by 1 ½-lengths at Santa Anita Park Jan. 19 to remain unbeaten in three career starts.

The 4-year-old dark bay filly trained by Bob Baffert was purchased by Speedway for $900,000 from the Wavertree Stables consignment at the 2023 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training after she breezed in 20.2. (Walk Video/Under Tack Video)

Cavalieri La Canada (Benoit Photo) — Cavalieri (Benoit Photo)

“Coming into the race, with the way she has been training, we knew we were going to have fun with her,” Baffert told the Santa Anita publicity department of Cavalieri. “She is maturing, and she is a big, beautiful stout mare. If we can keep her healthy, we will have a lot of fun with her this year.”

Other OBS graduates to notch stakes wins included Stir Crazy (Vancouver (AUS)-Mentally Unstable, by Good Reward) who, rallied to a 5 3/4 length victory in the $100,000 Marie G. Krantz Memorial Jan. 18 at Fair Grounds. Owned by Paradise Farms Corp. and David Staudacher, Stir Crazy was purchased by Angelico’s Racing for $35,000 from consignor Paul Sharp out of the 2020 OBS July Two-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale after breezing in 10.2. (Under Tack Video).

Tom Kagele and Ernest Marchosky’s Kale’s Angel (Complexity-Love Affair, by Malibu Moon) survived a stewards’ inquiry to win the $150,000 Renaissance Stakes Jan. 18 at Oaklawn Park. Kale’s Angel was purchased for $150,000 by Kagele Bros. & Peter Miller from the McKathan Bros. Sales consignment at the 2024 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training after breezing in 9.4.

At Laurel Park on Jan. 18, Morici Racing Stable’s Ms. Bucchero (Bucchero-Give Glory to God, by Mutakddim) captured the $100,000 What A Summer Stakes, her second stakes win in a row. Ms. Bucchero was an RNA from the consignment of Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds at the 2022 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training after breezing in 10.0. (Under Tack Video)

At Sunland Park on Jan. 17, West Point Thoroughbreds’ veteran runner Jaxon Traveler (Munnings-Listen Boy, by After Market) notched his 13th win in his 35^th career start when he took the $75,000 Ft. Bliss Stakes. Jaxon Traveler was purchased for $140,000 by West Point Thoroughbreds from the Grassroots Training & Sales consignment at the 2020 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training after breezing in 10.0. (Under Tack Video)

OBS Grads Naughty Rascal, Dancing Magic Earn Stakes Wins

Updated:January 13, 2025

The slate of stakes races at Tampa Bay Downs on Jan. 11 saw a pair of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company graduates earn victories on the day.

The $150,000-guaranteed Pasco Stakes featured some drama as Mr. Pug LLC and J.P.G. 2 LLC’s Naughty Rascal (Rogueish – Baby Doll, by Smarty Jones) was elevated to victory via disqualification. The bay colt was purchased for $39,000 by JPG2 from the consignment of De Meric Sales out of the 2024 OBS March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training after working in 10 flat. Naughty Rascal previously sold to Silvestre Avila for $22,000 from the consignment of Boutte Sales at the 2023 OBS Winter Mixed Sale.

“My horse ran his race, but I think he’ll get much better going around two turns,” said trainer Gerald Bennett, who told the Tampa Bay Downs publicity team he hopes to bring Florida-bred Naughty Rascal back for the Grade 3, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes on Feb. 8.

In the Skyway Festival Day companion stakes for 3-year-old fillies, the $150,000 guaranteed Gasparilla Stakes, Dancing Magic (Good Magic – I’ll Take the Cake, by Nobiz Like Shobiz) staged a whirlwind rally to prevail by two lengths. Owned by Mellon Patch, Inc., Dancing Magic was purchased by George Mellon for $270,000 from consignor Gene Recio at the 2024 March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training after working in 10.1.

G W’s Girl, Shisospicy one-two in Oaklawn’s Mockingbird Stakes

Updated:January 6, 2025

Mag Racing LLC’s G W’s Girl (Munnings – Essence of Audre, by Exchange Rate) rated off the pace in the early going of Oaklawn’s $150,000 Mockingbird Stakes, swung out in the lane to go after fellow OBS graduate Shisospicy (Mitole – Mischief Galore, by Into Mischief), caught her in deep stretch and was best by a length. It’s the first stakes win for the newly turned 3-year-old Florida-bred filly by Munnings, purchased for $130,000 out of the Triple J Equine Sales consignment at the 2024 OBS March Sale after turning in an Under Tack eighth in :10 flat. Now 3-2-0-0 for trainer Greg Compton, she has earned $110,475. breeze/walk video