Graduate News

Klaravich Stables’ Fully Subscribed (Tiz the Law-Sweetbaby, by Candy Ride (ARG)) earned her second straight graded win and lived up to her 1-2 favoritism in taking the Grade 3, $200,000 Comely Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack Dec. 7 to lead the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates for the week.

Trained by five-time Eclipse Award-winner Chad Brown, the daughter of Tiz the Law entered the Comely off a 4 1/2-length romp in the Grade 2 Mother Goose Nov. 8. She notched her third lifetime victory from five starts. 

“It felt like the pace wasn’t crazy and I wanted to keep her in a good position, but (Brown) told me she was a good filly and she had a good run – and she showed it,” winning jockey Flavien Prat told NYRA publicity. 

Fully Subscribed was purchased at the 2024 OBS April Sale by her owner for $300,000 from the Caliente Thoroughbreds consignment after breezing in :10 flat.

At Tampa Bay Downs Dec. 6, Chris Fountoukis’ Solitude Dude (Yaupon-After the Party, by Into Mischief) demolished five opponents to capture the $125,000 Inaugural Stakes. Under jockey Edgard Zayas, Solitude Dude defeated runner-up and fellow OBS grad Max Capacity by 8 lengths in a time of 1:09.07 for 6 furlongs, breaking the stakes record of 1:09.13 set last year by Donut God.

Trained by Saffie Joseph, Jr., Solitude Dude was purchased by Fountoukis through Joseph for $300,000 at the 2025 OBS June Sale from the consignment of Julie Davies after breezing in :9 4/5.

At Aqueduct Dec. 6, DiRico Racing and Breeding’s Sunday Boy (Central Banker-Lady Daphne, by Harlan’s Holiday) posted a maiden-breaking win when he pulled away in the stretch for a 2 3/4-length score in Saturday’s $500,0000 Great White Way division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series.

The Jim Ryerson-trained Sunday Boy, by Central Banker, is a full brother to the dual-surface multiple stakes-winner and fellow OBS grad Sunday Girl. He was purchased by Joseph DiRico for $65,000 at the 2025 OBS March Sale from the Top Line Sales consignment after breezing in :10 3/5.

At Turfway Park Dec. 6, Paradise Farms Corp. and David Staudacher’s Zverev (Oscar Performance- Balance, by Thunder Gulch) was able to find his best stride in deep stretch en route to the victory in the $125,000 Boone County Stakes by a half-length.

Trained by Mike Maker, Zverev was purchased by Belladonna Racing for $330,000 at the 2023 OBS April Sale from the Eisaman Equine consignment after breezing in :10 2/5.

Spendthrift Farm’s Further Ado (Gun Runner- Sky Dreamer, by Sky Mesa) drew away late to win the Grade 2, $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill Downs by 1 ¾ lengths Nov. 29 and lead the slate of stakes-winning OBS grads for the week.

Further Ado verified his 20-length, two-turn maiden win 50 days ago at Keeneland. He earned $242,470 and collected 10 points as part of the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” series, which offered points on a scale of 10-5-3-2-1 to the top five finishers.

“This was a really good test for him,” trainer Brad Cox told Churchill Downs publicity. “He won very impressively last time. Today he had to show a different dimension and really dig down late to get by. It’s very important to get a horse like this started early on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Hopefully he can bring us right back here in the spring.”

Further Ado was purchased by Spendthrift at the 2025 OBS April Sale for $550,000 from the Six K’s Training & Sales consignment after breezing in :21 1/5. 

At Churchill Downs Nov. 30, Moonlight (Audible- Sundown, by Tapit) rallied past 6-5 pacesetting favorite Dragoon Guard in deep stretch to win the second running of the $249,835 Cherokee Mile by 1 ½ lengths.

Moonlight, a 4-year-old son of Audible, earned his first stakes win and third win in five starts at Churchill Downs for trainer Chris Block and owner Kiki Courtelis’ Town and Country Racing LLC.

Moonlight was purchased at the 2023 OBS April Sale by his owners for $285,000 from the Eddie Woods consignment after breezing in :21.

At Zia Park on Nov. 25, Lookinforbargains (Practical Joke-Mixed Up Kid, by Lemon Drop Kid) won the $100,000 Zia Park Distaff Stakes in her second stakes attempt.

Owned by Paul Jenson and trained by Todd Fincher, Lookinforbargains was purchased by H & R Bloodstock for $85,000 at the 2022 OBS April Sale from the Scanlon Training & Sales consignment after breezing in :10.

The Nov. 25 Zia Park card also saw Bryon Seymore’s A Thousand Miles (Thousand Words – Swiss Army Wife, by Colonel John) take the $300,000 Zia Park Oaks for trainer Bart G. Hone. The daughter of Thousand Words was purchased for $27,000 by Dennis O’Neill out of the Pick View consignment at the 2024 OBS March sale after breezing in :10 3/5.

Hit The Bid Racing Stable’s Fast Market (Volatile – Betty Draper, By Street Cry (Ire)) continued her run of improvement when she scored by 1 1/2 lengths in the Grade 3, $175,000 Pebbles Stakes on the outer turf at Aqueduct Nov. 23 to notch her first stakes score and lead the slate of stakes-winning OBS grads for the week.

Fast Market has raced in routes and sprints on both the main track and grass for trainer John Terranova but has established a comfort level on turf while stretching out. She notched her second win in her last three starts following a maiden-breaking score going one mile on the Aqueduct grass in September.

“She’s just a very nice filly. She finally put it all together her last few starts and it’s more of the same,” Terranova told NYRA publicity. “She’s just getting better and better. She’s a later foal, so she took a little while for us to figure out, but we finally got it all right and she’s been real consistent and we can’t wait for next season.”

Fast Market was purchased at the 2024 OBS June Sale by her owners for $350,000 from the Majestic consignment after breezing in :10 flat.

At Aqueduct on Nov. 22, Tristar Farm’s Doc Sullivan (Solomini- Queen Frostine, by Giant’s Causeway) relished a turnback in distance to post a 5 1/2-length score in the $125,000 Thunder Rumble division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, a seven-furlong sprint for eligible New York-sired 3-year-olds and up.

Trained by John Ortiz, the 4-year-old son of Solomini picked up his third stakes win following state-bred scores sprinting seven furlongs at Saratoga Race Course in last year’s Mike Lee and the John Morrissey in July.

Doc Sullivan was a $59,000 purchase by Glen Lostritto from the consignment of Omar Ramirez Bloodstock at the 2023 OBS June Sale after breezing in :21 1/5.

At Fair Grounds on Nov. 20, Rising Inflation (Mitole – Any Given Trace, by Any Given Saturday) proved much the best in the $100,000 John Valene Memorial.

Rallying from fifth, Mark Rose, Slam Dunk Racing and Dennis Bailey’s Rising Inflation saved ground into the stretch before taking the lead and drawing clear by 4 1/2 lengths for trainer Jonathan Wong. 

Notching her second stakes win since moving to Wong’s barn in Louisiana, the 4-year-old daughter of Mitole was purchased by Klaravich Stable for $200,000 out of the Niall Brennan Stables consignment at the 2023 OBS April Sale after breezing in :10 1/5

Klaravich Stables’ Fully Subscribed (Tiz the Law-Sweetbaby, by Candy Ride (ARG)) showed her class in her stakes debut, entering the stretch and drawing away for a 4 1/2-length victory in the Grade 2, $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes at Aqueduct Nov. 8 to lead the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates for the week.

Fully Subscribed, who won her local debut in October 2024, used her late-closing speed, drawing away from Kentucky Oaks (G1) runner-up Drexel Hill in what was a tight field of contenders.

“I think she’s a horse with a bright future,” trainer Chad Brown told NYRA publicity. “She’s a horse we’ve always thought a lot of.”

Fully Subscribed was purchased at the 2024 OBS April Sale by her owner for $300,000 from the Caliente Thoroughbreds consignment after breezing in :10 flat.

At Woodbine Nov. 8, True North Stable and Bloom Racing Stable’s (Jeffrey Bloom) Dresden Row (Lord Nelson-Elle Special, by Giant’s Causeway), Canada’s champion 3-year-old male, powered to the lead midway down the lane to win the $150,000 Autumn Stakes (G3). ​

Trained by Lorne Richards, the 4-year-old colt earned his first stakes success in the Durham Cup (G3) in September 2024 and, one race later, he took the Ontario Derby (G3).

Consigned by Little Farm Equine, Dresden Row was a $70,000 purchase by True North Stable at the 2023 OBS April Sale after breezing in : 21 2/5.

The Nov. 8 Woodbine card also saw Sultana (Always Dreaming- Private Offering, by Pulpit) get up in the final jumps to take top prize in the $150,00 Maple Leaf Stakes (G3).

Trained by Kevin Attard for Lou Donato, Theodore Manziaris, Paul Borrelli and Lanni Bloodstock, the 4-year-old daughter of Always Dreaming was contesting her first stakes affair. She was a $50,000 purchase by Harbour 60 Club at the 2023 OBS June Sale from the New Hope consignment after breezing in :21. 

At Aqueduct Nov. 9, Gold Square’s Throckmorton (Caracaro- Whatarocket, by Goldencents) made a successful stakes debut by wiring the $150,000 Awad Stakes.

Trained by Jose D’Angelo, the son of Caracaro was trying turf for the first time and continued a run of winning form for D’Angelo, who captured last week’s Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint with OBS Grad Bentornato and Turf Sprint (G1) with fellow OBS grad Shisospicy at Del Mar. 

Throckmorton was a $250,000 purchase at the 2025 OBS April Sale by Chad Summers, agent, from the Global Thoroughbreds consignment after breezing in :20 3/5. 

At Laurel Park Nov. 9, Michael Golden’s Golden Lion Racing’s Complexity Jane (Complexity –Bestinthebusiness, by Ghostzapper) broke well from her far outside post position en route to victory in the $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes.

Trained by Brittany Russell, Complexity Jane was purchased by Sycamore Hall Thoroughbreds for $170,000 at the 2024 OBS March Sale from the Scanlon Training & Sales consignment after breezing in :10 1/5.

At Aqueduct Nov. 6, Klaravich Stables’ Deep Learning (Cairo Prince- Dovima, by Union Rags) sat a patient trip before pouncing in the lane to score the victory in the Listed $150,000 Chelsey Flower Stakes. 

Trained by Chad Brown, Deep Learning was purchased by her owner for $325,000 at the 2025 OBS April Sale from the Eddie Woods consignment after breezing in :20 4/5.

The 42^nd edition of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships proved a banner affair for graduates of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company auctions. A total of four OBS grads prevailed during the two-day event, the most victories ever posted by the company’s sale graduates in a single Breeders’ Cup.

Swinbank Stables, Medallion Racing and Joey Platts et al.’s Cy Fair (Not This Time-Remarqued, by Arch), a graduate of the 2025 OBS April Sale, struck first when she scored a three-quarter-length victory in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) on Oct. 31. Cy Fair became the second filly to win the race, joining Twilight Gleaming (IRE) in 2021, and gave trainer George Weaver his first Breeders’ Cup victory.

The daughter of Not This Time was purchased by Swinbank for $185,000 at this year’s OBS April Sale out of the Niall Brennan Stables consignment after breezing in :9 4/5.

Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup card saw good things come in threes as Morplay Racing and Qatar Racing’s Shisospicy (Mitole – Mischief Galore, by Into Mischief) kicked off a trio of triumphs from OBS grads when she went to the front out of the gate and held the advantage all the way around to post a 2 ½-length victory in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1).

Trained by Jose D’Angelo, Shisospicy became the first 3-year-old filly to win the $1 million race. It was also the first victory in the World Championships for D’Angelo.

The win improved Shisospicy’s earnings to $2,090,270 with a record of 9-6-1-1 that now includes three graded-stakes victories. She was offered at the 2024 OBS April Sale by Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds where she was an RNA after breezing in :9 3/5.

Another OBS grad wasted no time in giving D’Angelo his second Breeders’ Cup triumph as Leon King Stable Corp. and Julia and Michael Iavarone’s Bentornato (Valiant Minister-Her Special Way, by Put It Back), lived up to his role as the favorite in scoring a 2 ¼-length victory in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1).

Bentornato increased his earnings to $2,322,180 and improved his record to 11-7-2-2. 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.

Wrapping up the Breeders’ Cup glory was Baoma Corp.’s Nysos (Nyquist – Zetta Z, by Bernardini), a graduate of the 2023 OBS April Sale, who wore down stablemate Citizen Bull to post a head victory in $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1). The victory gave trainer Bob Baffert his 21st overall Breeders’ Cup win to put him in a tie with Aidan O’Brien for the most Breeders’ Cup victories all time.

Nysos was purchased for $550,000 out of the Best A Luck Farm consignment by Donato Lanni, Agent for Baoma Corp at the 2023 OBS April Sale after breezing in :9 4/5. The victory was his sixth in seven starts and his first Grade 1 triumph as he increased his earnings to $1,118,500.

Other stakes-winning OBS grads during the week included Queen Maxima (Bucchero – Corfu Lady, by Corfu) getting back to her winning ways in taking the $200,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes Oct. 31 at Del Mar.

Trained by Jeff Mullins, Queen Maxima is owned by Dutch Girl Holdings and Irving Ventures LLC. Consigned by Blue River Bloodstock, the daughter of OBS graduate Bucchero was purchased by Michael Pender, agent for $40,000 from the 2023 OBS June sale after breezing in :20 3/5.

The Oct. 31 card at Del Mar also saw Conducted (Mendelssohn-Marvelous Spot, by Archarcharch) take the lead and never look back in winning the $200,000 Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes by 1 ½ lengths for trainer O. J. Jauregui. Owned by Danny Eplin, Julia and Michael Iavarone, and Arthur Spencer, the Mendelssohn colt was purchased by Eplin at the 2025 OBS April Sale for $110,000 from the Hoppel consignment after breezing in :20 3/5.

At Churchill Downs Nov. 1, Roll On Big Joe (Prospective – Nina’s Gift, by Victory Gallop) put away pacesetter Glengarry leaving the turn and drew away in the stretch to win the $269,500 Bet On Sunshine Stakes (Listed).

Roll On Big Joe prevailed for trainer Bob Hess Jr. and owners Rancho Temescal LLC (Tim Cohen), Rancho Temescal Thoroughbred Partners (Joseph Miller), White Fence LLC (David Marabella) and Richard Hale Jr. He was purchased by Rancho Temescal for $90,000 at the 2022 OBS June sale from the Gayle Woods consignment after breezing in :10 flat.

At Gulfstream Park Oct. 31, Ad Hoc Stable Inc.’s Crafty Collector (Collected-Craft Woods, by Declaration of War) rallied to register a 61-1 upset victory in the $75,000 Cellars Shiraz Stakes.

The Gerald Bennett trainee earned her first stakes victory. She was purchased at the 2023 OBS Winter Mixed Sale by her owners for $15,000 from the CoCo’s Ranch consignment.

A total of 25 horses who are graduates of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company auctions were entered in the 42^nd edition of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships being held Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar in California.

The World Championships will feature 14 Grade 1 races and more than $34 million in purses and awards.

Twelve OBS graduates were entered for Future Stars Friday, including Zedan Racing’s Brant, who sold for an OBS record $3 million at this year’s March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. The Bob Baffert trained son of Gun Runner is expected to be among the favorites for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1).

More than two dozen OBS graduates have prevailed in Breeders’ Cup races since the inception of the World Championships in 1984. The 2023 edition of the Breeders’ Cup saw OBS graduate White Abarrio, who is back this year for an expected start in the Dirt Mile (G1), 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 2025 Breeders’ Cup in race order are:

Friday, Oct. 31

$1 million Juvenile Turf Sprint (post time: 2:45 p.m. local, 5:45 p.m. ET)

Cy Fair (2025 OBS April Sale; Buyer: Swinbank Stables, Consignor: Niall Brennan Stables; Price: $185,000; Breeze: :9 4/5)

Lennilu (2024 OBS Winter Mixed Sale; B: Glencrest Farm; C: Abbie Road Farm; Price: $23,000)

Obliteration (2025 OBS March Sale; B: Leland Ackerley; C: Ocala Stud; Price: $200,000; Breeze:  :21 3/5)

AE: Bacio (2025 OBS March Sale – RNA: C: Top Line Sales; Breeze: :9 4/5)

$2 million Juvenile Fillies (3:25 p.m. local, 6:25 p.m. ET)

Iron Orchard (2025 OBS April Sale; B: Bill Childs and Mark Stanton; C: Grassroots Training and Sales; Price: $500,000; Breeze: :9 4/5)

La Ville Lumiere (2025 OBS March Sale; B: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners; C: Eddie Woods; Price: $475,000; Breeze: :10)

$1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf (4:05 p.m. local, 7:05 p.m. ET)

Ground Support (2025 OBS March Sale – RNA; C: Tom McCrocklin; Breeze: 21 1/5)

$2 million Juvenile (4:45 p.m. local, 7:45 p.m. ET)

Brant (2025 OBS March Sale; B: Zedan Racing Stables; C: Eddie Woods; Price: $3 million; Breeze: :9 3/5)

Intrepido (2025 OBS April Sale; B:  Dutch Girl Holdings LLC and Irving Ventures; C:  Cardozo’s Brothers; Price: $385,000; Breeze:  :9 4/5)

$1 million Juvenile Turf (5:25 p.m. local, 8:25 p.m. ET)

Argos (2025 OBS March Sale – RNA; C: Majestic; Breeze: :20 3/5)

Bottas (2025 OBS April Sale; B: Case Clay Thoroughbred Management; C: Paul Sharp; Price: $300,000; Breeze: :10 1/5)

Street Beast (2025 OBS April Sale; B: Davant Latham; C: Eddie Woods; Price: $85,000; Breeze:  :10 2/5)

Saturday, Nov. 1

$1 million Filly and Mare Sprint (Noon local, 3 p.m. ET)

Praying (2024 OBS April Sale; B: Stone Bridge Farm; C: Mayberry Farm; Price:  $410,000; Breeze: :9 4/5

$1 million Turf Sprint (12:41 p.m. local, 3:41 p.m. ET)

Bear River (2023 OBS June Sale; B: Charles K. Marquis; C: Randy Miles; Price: $50,000; Breeze: :10 2/5)

Governor Sam (2024 OBS April Sale; B: Bregman Family Racing and Ivan Cabrera; C: Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne); Price: $275,000; Breeze: :9 4/5)

Shisospicy (2024 OBS April Sale – RNA; C: Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds; Breeze: :9 3/5)

AE: Yellow Card (2023 OBS April Sale; B: West Bloodstock; C: Little Farm Equine; Price: $87,000; Breeze: :10)

$2 million Sprint (1:21 p.m. local; 4:21 p.m. ET)

Bentornato (2022 October Yearling Sale; B: Pro Racing Stable; C: Stuart Morris; Price: $45,000 and 2023 OBS March Sale B: Champion Equine C: Golden Rock Thoroughbreds; Price:  $170,000; Breeze: :20 4/5)

Mad House (2024 OBS April Sale; B: James Thares; C: Wavertree Stables; Price: $47,000; Breeze: :10 2/5)

Patriot Spirit (2023 OBS March Sale; B: George Mellon; C:  Clary Bloodstock; Price:  $235,000; Breeze: :10)

$2 million Distaff (2:01 p.m. local; 5:01 p.m. ET)

Gun Song (2023 OBS March Sale; B: R. Lee Lewis; C: de Meric Sales; Price: $400,000; Breeze: :10 1/5)

Scottish Lassie (2024 OBS March Sale; B: Parkland Thoroughbreds; C: Gene Recio; Price: $85,000; Breeze: : 21)

$1 million Dirt Mile (4:45 p.m. local; 7:45 p.m. ET)

Chancer McPatrick (2024 OBS April Sale; B: Kimmel & Sallusto, Agents; C: Caliente Thoroughbreds; Price:  $725,000; Breeze: :21)

Nysos (2023 OBS April Sale; B: Donato Lanni, Agent for Baoma Corp; C: Best A Luck Farm; Price:  $550,000; Breeze: :9 4/5)

White Abarrio (2020 Winter Mixed Sale; B: Jose Ordonez; C: Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck); Price: $7,500 and 2021 OBS March Sale; B: Carlos L. Perez; C: Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds; Price: $40,000; Breeze: :10 2/5)