C2 Racing Stable and Mathis Stables’ Forged Steel (Vekoma-Scorecard, by Tale of the Cat) gave trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. his second straight win in the $200,000 Hollywood Gold Cup (G2) as he romped to a 9 ½ length victory in the 10-furlong race at Santa Anita Park May 25 to lead the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates for the week.
Park. (Benoit photo)
Forged Steel edged away from fellow OBS grad Malarchuk and then poured it on in the stretch to win in a final time of 2:01.58. Joseph previously saddled OBS graduate Skippylongstocking to victory in the race a year ago.
“The horse ran a good race. It was my first time aboard him,” winning jockey Flavien Prat told Santa Anita publicity. “He had a good run in his past races and he showed another good run here today.”
Forged Steel was purchased by C2 Racing Stable for $190,000 at the 2024 OBS March Sale from the de Meric Sales consignment after breezing in :10 flat.
At Churchill Downs May 25, Michael Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s Usha (Tiz the Law- Animal Appeal, by Leroidesanimaux) poked her head in front leaving the turn and turned back a late charge from Zeitlos to win the $220,000 Winning Colors (G3).
Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, Usha was the winner of last winter’s $300,000 La Brea (G1) at Santa Anita Park. She 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.
At Lone Star Park May 25, Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman’s Desert Gate (Omaha Beach-Theogony, by Curlin) drew off to a 6 1/4-length victory in the $300,000 Texas Derby.
Trained by Bob Baffert, Desert Gate notched his second straight stakes win to go along with his victory in last year’s Best Pal Stakes (G3). He was purchased by his owners for $260,000 at the 2025 OBS March Sale from the Navas Equine consignment after breezing in :9 4/5.
At Gulfstream Park May 23, Amy Dunne, Caitlin Dunne, Brenda Miley, Jean Wilkinson, Hoffman Family Racing, Tranquility Lake Farms, Maury Harrington and Christopher Harrington’s Lennilu (Leinster – Lulu’s Pom Pom, by Pomeroy), a multiple-stakes winner on turf, established herself as a multiple-stakes winner on dirt when she was elevated to the victory in the $100,000 Game Face.
The daughter of Leinster was placed first upon the disqualification of first-place finisher and fellow OBS graduate Love Like Lucy following a stewards’ review of the stretch run. Trained by Patrick Biancone, the filly was purchased by Glencrest Farm for $23,000 from the Abbie Road Farm consignment at the 2024 OBS Winter Mixed Sale.
Averill Racing, Mathis Stable, and Tristan de Meric’s My Miss Mo (Uncle Mo – In a Dream, by Quality Road), runner-up in back-to-back graded-stakes, broke through with a determined effort to win the $300,000 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at Laurel Park May 15, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates.
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My Miss Mo was making her sixth career start and first outside of her native Florida. She was previously second in the one-mile Davona Dale (G2) Feb. 28 and a 2 ¾-length runner-up in the 1 1/16-mile Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2).
“She was very game at the end, and I am proud of her. She was challenged and she dug in, and it worked out great,” trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. told Laurel Park publicity. “Congrats to the owners. She was very gutsy. This filly, we liked her from the beginning. We thought she showed so much speed that she was going to be a sprinter. We were wrong. We didn’t see the goodness until we stretched her out. She is a different filly going longer.”
My Miss Mo was purchased by Averill Racing and Mathis Stable for $320,000 from the de Meric Sales consignment at the 2025 OBS March Sale after breezing in :10 1/5.
The undercard of the Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (G1) at Laurel Park saw Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Warming (Global Campaign-Haute Style, by Unusual Heat), back on turf for the first time since last fall, come with a spirited late run to score by a length in the $150,000 Gallorette (G3).
Warming’s last win came in her most recent start on the grass, the one-mile Autumn Miss (G2) last October at Santa Anita. Trained by Graham Motion, she was purchased by her owners at the 2024 OBS March Sale for $100,000 from the consignment of Blue Sapphire Stables after breezing in :10 1/5.
Saturday’s card also saw Delta Squad Racing, Michael Dubb and Madaket Stables’ Margie’s Intention (Honor A. P. – Playful Dancer, by Into Mischief) come away with the victory in the $125,000 Allaire du Pont Distaff at Laurel Park.
Trained by Brad Cox, Margie’s Intention captured the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) last year at Pimlico Race Course. She was purchased by Corbin Blumberg, agent for $185,000 out of the 2024 OBS April Sale from the consignment of Sequel Bloodstock after breezing in :10 flat.
The Preakness undercard also saw Leland Ackerley Racing, James Sherwood, Jode Shupe and John Cilia’s Obliteration (Violence- I’mclassyandsassy, by Master Command), in his first start since finishing second in the Saudi Derby (G3) Feb. 14, score a 3 ½-length victory in the $150,000 Chick Lang.
Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, the son of Violence captured the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes last July. Obliteration was a $200,000 purchase by Leland Ackerley at the 2025 OBS March Sale from the consignment of breeder Ocala Stud after breezing in :21 3/5.
At Santa Anita Park May 16, multiple graded stakes winner Queen Maxima (Bucchero – Corfu Lady, by Corfu) held off a late challenge from Spirited Boss to earn her sixth stakes victory in the $100,000 Mizdirection Stakes on the hillside turf course.
Sent off the 6-5 favorite, Queen Maxima prevailed by three-quarters of a length. Owned by Dutch Girl Holdings LLC and Irving Ventures LLC and trained by Jeff Mullins, she was purchased by Michael Pender, agent for $40,000 from the 2023 OBS June Sale from the Blue River Bloodstock consignment after breezing in :20 3/5.
At Gulfstream Park May 16, Carrie Brogden and Circle N Thoroughbreds’ Turino (Kantharos-Intensify, by Unbridled’s Song) made her stakes debut a winning one when she scored a neck victory in the $100,000 Monroe Stakes.
Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., Turino is a dual OBS graduate, having first been purchased by Machmer Hall for $80,000 at the 2022 OBS October Yearling Sale from the Kaizen Sales consignment and then sold to Nicoma Bloodstock for $250,000 at the 2023 OBS April Sale from the de Meric Sales consignment after breezing in :10 1/5.
At Santa Anita Park May 17, Tim Pegram and Jacob “Gator” Pegram’s Bust Out (Complexity-Swap Shop, by Creative Cause) did just that when earning his first stakes win in the $100,000 Cinema Stakes.
Trained by Michael McCarthy, Bust Out was purchased by McCarthy as agent for Tim and Jacob Pegram for $115,000 at the 2025 OBS March Sale from the Azpurua Stables consignment after breezing in :10 flat.
Durante (Distorted Humor – Seahawk Girl, by Pioneerof the Nile) came with a burst to run down fellow OBS graduate Acoustic Ave in the final furlong to win by a neck in the Grade 3, $175,000 John A. Nerud at Aqueduct Racetrack May 9, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates for the week.
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Owned and trained by David Jacobson, the 7-year-old Distorted Humor gelding made a winner’s circle trip for the first time since the Grade 3 Aristides last May at Churchill Downs. Jacobson said mounting a title defense with a return trip to the Aristides on May 30 is the next logical spot.
“It was an amazing race today. He beat some good horses and he’s doing real good,” Jacobson told NYRA publicity. “I can’t wait to get him back to Churchill and run him in the Aristides – he won that last year, so we’re going to aim for that.”
Consigned by Richardson Bloodstock, agent, to the 2021 OBS March Sale, Durante was sold for $130,000 to Dennis O’Neill after breezing an eighth in :10 1/5.
At Gulfstream Park May 9, Teresa and David Palmer’s Liberty Rings (Awesome Slew- America First, by Uncaptured) registered a front-running victory in the $125,000 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies to earn a trip to England.
The Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies offered the winner automatic entry into one of six stakes during the Royal Ascot meeting (June 16-20) at Ascot Racecourse, as well as a $25,000 equine travel stipend.
Trained by Nicholas Palmer, the daughter of Awesome Slew was purchased by Palmer for $27,000 from the Camelot Acres Racing and Sales consignment at the 2025 OBS October Yearling Sale.
Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company has catalogued currently 909 horses before supplements for its 2026 June Two-Year-Olds in Training & Horses of Racing Age Sale, which will be held over three days June 16-18. The catalogue is now available online at obssales.com.
Sale sessions will begin at 10:30 a.m. ET. Hips 1 – 302 plus supplements will sell June 16 with Hips 351 – 652 plus supplements going on June 17. The June 18 session will offer Hips 701 – 1002 plus supplements along with Horses for Racing Age Hips 1051 – 1053 plus supplements. Supplements close on Friday, May 22. The supplements will be added to the day that their dam’s name would have landed if they were entered in the main catalogue.
The under-tack show will run from June 9-13 starting at 7:30 a.m. ET each day. The daily schedule for the under-tack show will be determined after supplemental entries are complete.
The under-tack show and sale will be streamed live via the OBS website as well as TDN, DRF, BloodHorse, and Past The Wire websites.
Last year’s two-day June Sale saw Feminism, a chestnut filly by Curlin consigned by Caliente Thoroughbreds, establish a record price for the auction when she sold for $975,000 to owner Gus King. Feminism won first time out on April 2 at Oaklawn Park and was designated a “TDN Rising Star”. The overall average and median from last year’s sale also established new June records.
Featured on the back cover of the catalogue is CSLR Racing Partners’ Crude Velocity (Beau Liam- Sweetnsour Kitty, by Lemon Drop Kid), winner of the $750,000 Pat Day Mile (G2) May 2 at Churchill Downs. Trained by Bob Baffert, Crude Velocity was purchased by Bill Childs for $250,000 at the 2025 OBS June Sale from the consignment of Omar Ramirez Bloodstock after breezing in :20 1/5, equaling the OBS track record for the distance.
Joining Crude Velocity on the back cover are fellow June graduates Solitude Dude, Queen Maxima, El Potente, Roll On Big Joe, and Elysian Field.
Chris Fountoukis’ Solitude Dude (Yaupon-After the Party, by Into Mischief) has scored victories in the $175,000 Swale Stakes and Bay Shore Stakes. 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.
Dutch Girl Holdings LLC and Irving Ventures LLC’s Queen Maxima (Bucchero – Corfu Lady, by Corfu) earned her fifth stakes and third at the graded level when prevailing in the Grade 3, $100,000 Las Cienegas Stakes on Jan. 11. Trained by Jeff Mullins, she was purchased by Michael Pender, agent for $40,000 from the 2023 OBS June Sale after breezing in :20 3/5 from the Blue River Bloodstock consignment.
My Way Racing LLC’s El Potente (Temple City – Charmsil, by Silver Charm) won the Grade 3, $100,000 Thunder Road Stakes for the second year in a row on Feb. 7. Trained by Dan Blacker, 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 1/5.
Rancho Temescal LLC, Rancho Temescal Thoroughbred Partners, White Fence LLC and Richard Hale Jr.’s multiple graded stakes winner Roll On Big Joe (Prospective – Nina’s Gift, by Victory Gallop) earned his fifth career stakes victory when he annexed the $150,000 King Cotton Stakes Feb. 8. Trained by Bob Hess Jr., Roll On Big Joe was purchased by owner Tim Cohen (Rancho Temescal) for $90,000 at the 2022 OBS June Sale from the Gayle Woods consignment after breezing in :10 flat.
Gary Barber and Team Valor International LLC’s Canadian champion Elysian Field (Hard Spun -Elysian, by Smart Strike) captured the $150,000 Seaway Stakes (G3) last August, her second career graded stakes win. Trained by Mark Casse, Elysian Field was a $70,000 purchase at the 2022 OBS June Sale by Bruce Brown, agent, out of the Ocala Stud consignment after breezing in :21 3/5.
Other notable OBS June grads included two-time Breeders’ Cup winners Stormy Liberal and Goldencents, Grade 1 winners Adare Manor, War Like Goddess, and Yaupon as well as graded stakes winner Flood Zone.
OBS will again offer online bidding during the June 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/
Current information about OBS sales, consignors and graduates is now also available via social media sites Facebook and “X”.
CSLR Racing Partners’ Crude Velocity (Beau Liam- Sweetnsour Kitty, by Lemon Drop Kid) rocketed past pacesetting Englishmaninside the eighth pole and drew off for a 3 3/4-length victory in the $750,000 Pat Day Mile (G2) on May 2 at Churchill Downs, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates.
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Trained by Bob Baffert, Crude Velocity completed the mile over a fast main track in a stakes-record 1:33.87 and gave him his third victory in three starts.
“This horse is a freaky horse. He is so talented,” Baffert told Churchill Downs publicity. “I was very surprised that he was able to win first out with all of the trouble he got in. If he stays healthy, we’ll be hearing from this horse down the road.”
Crude Velocity was purchased by Bill Childs for $250,000 at the 2025 OBS June Sale from the consignment of Omar Ramirez Bloodstock after breezing in :20 1/5, equaling the OBS track record for the distance.
The Kentucky Derby undercard also saw James Daniell’s Yellow Card (Lost Treasure (IRE)-Paris Girl, by Pulpit) surge between horses to win by a neck in the $600,000 Turf Sprint (G2) at Churchill Downs.
Trained by Michael McCarthy, Yellow Card increased his earnings to $1,099,245 and earned his first stakes victory. He was purchased by West Bloodstock at the 2023 OBS April Sale for $87,000 from the Little Farm Equine consignment after breezing in :10 flat.
At Woodbine May 2, BAG Racing Stables LLC, Turf Express, Inc and Watkins Diamond Stables LLC’s Reagan’s Flame (Flameaway – Mizzen Donald, by Mizzen Mast) launched a strong off the pace rally to roar home in the $150,000 Whimsical Stakes (G3) over fellow OBS grad Lithe Spirit.
The Whimsical triumph was the first career graded score for Reagan’s Flame, who is trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. She was purchased by newly-minted Kentucky Derby (G1) winning trainer Cherie DeVaux for $185,000 at the 2023 OBS April Sale from the consignment of Eddie Woods after breezing in :10 1/5.
At Churchill Downs on April 30, Medallion Racing, Swinbank Stables, Joey Platts and Mark Stanton’s Cy Fair (Not This Time-Remarqued, by Arch) scored a one length victory in the $299,250 Mamzelle (G3).
Trained by George Weaver, Cy Fair captured the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) over males in November. The daughter of Not This Time was purchased by Swinbank for $185,000 at the 2025 OBS April Sale out of the Niall Brennan Stables consignment after breezing in :9 4/5.
At Gulfstream Park May 2, Mast Thoroughbreds LLC’s Bolero Bay (Basin- Essence of Audre, by Exchange Rate) scored a front-running victory in the $125,000 English Channel Stakes.
The Michael Yates-trained son of Basin had to survive an objection lodged by second-place finisher and fellow OBS grad My Favorite Bird before claiming his stakes debut. Bolero Bay was purchased by McMahon & Hill Bloodstock, agent for $15,000 at the 2024 OBS Winter Mixed Sale from the Colin Brennan Bloodstock consignment.
The May 2 Gulfstream card also saw Peachtree Stable homebred Spirit Doll (Tiz the Law-Pakhet, by Cairo Prince) score a victory in the $125,000 Honey Ryder.
Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., Spirit Doll was offered at the 2025 OBS April Sale by the Julie Davies consignment where she failed to meet her reserve after breezing in :10 2/5.
At Oaklawn Park May 2, Willy D’s (Lookin At Lucky-Boston Mine, by Mineshaft) battled back in deep stretch to win the $200,000 Lake Ouachita Stakes.
Mike Maker trains Willy D’s for Paradise Farm Corp. (Peter Proscia) and Case Chambers and he has now won four races for Maker, including the Michael G. Schaefer Memorial Stakes last July at Horseshoe Indianapolis and the Kentucky Cup Classic (G3) March 21 at Turfway Park in his last start. He was purchased for $60,000 by Greg Compton, agent for Danny W. Brown at the 2023 OBS April Sale from the Woodside Ranch consignment after breezing in :22 1/5.
At Aqueduct May 2, My Purple Haze Stables’ New York-bred Waralo (War Dancer-I Drink Alone, by Intidab) made every pole a winning one to secure his first career stakes win in the listed $150,000 Elusive Quality Stakes.
Trained by Chris Englehart, the 7-year-old War Dancer gelding was purchased by Englehart on behalf of his owners for $40,000 at the 2020 OBS Winter Mixed Sale from the consignment of Sue Vacek.
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A dark bay or brown filly by Golden Pal sold to owner/breeder Ken Ramsey for $50,000 to top the 2026 OBSOnline April Second Chance sale, a digital auction held April 24-28 featuring horses who breezed during the Spring Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale and either scratched or failed to meet their reserve.
Consigned as Hip 777 by Top Line Sales, the filly is out of the Point of Entry mare Expect an Entry, a half sister to stakes winner Becky’s Exchange. The filly breezed in :10 flat during the under-tack show.
Expect an Entry is out of the Valid Expectations mare Expect Becky, a half sister to multiple stakes winner and OBS graduate Thatsusintheolbean and stakes winner Valid Belfast.
The second highest priced horse to sell was Hip 1088, a bay colt by Roadster who brought $46,000 from H Jack Hendricks. Consigned by Ocala Stud, the colt is out of the Montbrook mare Marion Theatre and is a half brother to both multiple stakes winner and graded stakes placed R Adios Jersey, an OBS graduate, and the dam of graded stakes winner R Disaster.
The colt, who is eligible for the Florida Sire Racing Incentive program, breezed in :21 1/5 during the under-tack show.
At the close of business April 28, 11 horses were sold for gross receipts of $316,500 with an average of $28,773 and median of $27,000.
OBSOnline will also hold a “Second Chance” auction following the upcoming June Two-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale taking place June 16-18.
Rousseau Racing’s Grade 3 winner Nic’s Style (Uncaptured – Sense When, by Street Sense) outclassed her three rivals to score a dominant 5 ½-length triumph over fellow OBS grad Just a Philly in the $100,000 FHBPA Filly & Mare Sprint at Gulfstream Park April 25, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates for the week.
Trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, Nic’s Style notched her eighth victory from 14 starts and first win since the Hurricane Bertie (G3) in March 2025 at Gulfstream. She was purchased by Stephen Rousseau for $25,000 out of the Summerfield consignment at the 2021 October Yearling Sale.
At Woodbine on April 25, Mony Mony (Munnings-Super Sharp, by Super Saver) came through for jockey Sofia Vives’ third consecutive $125,000 Star Shoot Stakes victory.
Trainer Joe Sharp shipped in Mony Mony for Woodbine’s first stakes event of the new season. Mony Mony is owned by Scott Dilworth, Evan Dilworth and Randy Andrews and was purchased by Scott and Evan Dilworth for $110,000 at the 2025 OBS April Sale from the JVC Training and Sales consignment after breezing in :10 flat.
Sunday’s Woodbine card saw Arbiter (Charlatan – Bicolour, by Tiznow) deliver a commanding performance, drawing off to a six-length victory in the $125,000 Woodstock Stakes.
Trained by Wesley Ward for Resolution Road Stables, Arbiter improved his record to three wins from four starts. He was purchased by Louis Dubois and Gary Young, agent for Wesley Ward for $375,000 at the 2025 OBS April Sale from the Britton Peak consignment after breezing in :10 flat.
At Oaklawn Park April 24, favored Have Faith (Vekoma-She’ll Heir, by Wildcat Heir) captured the $135,000 Southern Hospitality Overnight Stakes by three-quarters of a length. Trained by Dallas Stewart for Holy Cow Stable LLC, she was purchased by her owners for $35,000 at the 2025 OBS April Sale from the Top Line Sales consignment after breezing in :10 2/5.
The April 26 Oaklawn Park card saw Spring Dancer (The Big Beast – Spring Included, by Include) take the $135,000 Majestic Overnight Stakes. Trained and co-owned by Randy Morse with Randy Patterson, Joe Morgan and Sam M. Vogel, she was purchased at the 2023 OBS October Yearling Sale by Champion Equine for $35,000 from the Abbie Road Farm consignment
A total of nine horses who are graduates of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company auctions have been entered in the 152nd Kentucky Derby (G1) and Kentucky Oaks (G1) to be held at Churchill Downs.
The $1.5 million Kentucky Oaks takes place May 1 with an approximate post time of 8:40 p.m. ET. The $5 million Kentucky Derby takes place May 2 with an approximate post time of 6:57 p.m.
Five OBS graduates are entered in the main body of the 20-horse field for the first leg of the Triple Crown with one also eligible. They are:
- PP 3 (50-1) – Dutch Girl Holdings LLC and Irving Ventures LLC’s Intrepido (Maximus Mischief-Overly Indulgent, by Pleasantly Perfect), winner of the Grade 1 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita Park last Fall. Trained by Jeff Mullins, Intrepido was purchased by his owners for $385,000 at the 2025 OBS April Sale from the Cardozo’s Brothers consignment after breezing in :9 4/5.
- PP 8 (15-1) – Norman Stables and Saints or Sinners’ So Happy (Runhappy-So Cunning, by Blame), winner of the Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita Park. Trained by Mark Glatt and bred by Leverett Miller, So Happy was purchased by Glatt, agent for $150,000 at the 2025 OBS March Sale out of the First Call consignment after breezing in :10 flat.
- PP 9 (10-1) – OGMA Investments, JR Ranch, High Step Racing, LLC, Michael and Jules Iavarone and TCC Stables’ The Puma (Essential Quality- Eve of War, by Declaration of War), who bested Further Ado to capture the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby at Tampa Bay Downs. Trained by Gustavo Delgado Sr., The Puma was purchased by Marquee Bloodstock for $150,000 out of the Hidden Brook consignment at the 2025 OBS April Sale after breezing in :10 flat.
- PP 13 (20-1) – John Oxley’s Silent Tactic (Tacitus-Magical Sign, by Gun Runner), who annexed the Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park. Trained by dual Hall of Famer Mark Casse, Silent Tactic was purchased by Justin Casse for $500,000 at the 2025 OBS April Sale from the Thorostock consignment after breezing in :10 1/5.
- PP 18 (6-1) – Spendthrift Farm’s Further Ado (Gun Runner- Sky Dreamer, by Sky Mesa), winner of the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. Trained by Brad Cox, 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.
- AE 24 Corona de Oro (Bolt d’Oro – Lemon de Oro, by Lemon Drop Kid), third in the Lexington Stakes (G3). Trained by Dallas Stewart for On Our Own Stable, Commonwealth Stable, et al, Corona de Oro was purchased by Champions Equine for $100,000 from the consignment of Beth Bayer at the 2024 OBS October Yearling Sale.
Three OBS graduates are among entries for the 1 1/8-miles Kentucky Oaks, which will feature a maximum of 14 starters:
- PP 4 (8-1) – West Point Thoroughbreds’ Counting Stars (Honor A.P.- Paynterbynumbers, by Paynter), winner of the Fantasy Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park. Trained by Mark Casse, Counting Stars was purchased by her owners at the 2025 OBS April Sale for $150,000 from the Wildheart Thoroughbreds consignment after breezing in :10 flat.
- PP 6 (20-1) – Averill Racing, LLC, Mathis Stable, LLC and, Tristan de Meric’s My Miss Mo (Uncle Mo – In a Dream, by Quality Road), second in the Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2). Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., My Miss Mo was purchased by Averill Racing and Mathis Stable for $320,000 from the de Meric Sales consignment at the 2025 OBS March Sale after breezing in :10 1/5.
- PP 7 (30-1) – Respect the Valleys’ Dazzling Dame (Girvin – Awesome Dama, by Corinthian), winner of the Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. Trained by Brittany Russell, the daughter of Girvin was purchased by her owners for $45,000 at the 2025 OBS March Sale from the Richardson Bloodstock consignment after breezing in :21 flat. She was previously sold to Tahoe Bloodstock from the Hare Hill Farm consignment for $65,000 at the 2024 OBS Winter Mixed Sale.
OBS has produced three Kentucky Derby winners in its history beginning with OBS April graduate Lil E Tee in 1992, future Hall of Famer and fellow OBS April graduate Silver Charm in 1997 and dual classic winner I’ll Have Another in 2012, also an OBS April graduate. Two OBS graduates have prevailed in the Kentucky Oaks: OBS April graduate Blind Luck in 2010 and OBS March graduate Plum Pretty in 2011.
For Immediate Release:
Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company has catalogued 28 horses for its OBSOnline April “Second Chance” digital auction taking place April 24-28. The OBSOnline April sale features horses that were either unsold or breezed and scratched from the record-setting OBS Spring Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale held April 14-17.
The catalogue will be available for viewing on the OBSOnline website (www.obsonline.com). Bidding will begin April 24 at noon ET and close at noon April 28.
Sires featured in the “Second Chance” sale include such first-crop stallions as OBS graduate and champion Corniche, Cyberknife, Drain the Clock, Golden Pal, Idol, Jack Christopher, Mind Control, Mystic Guide, Pinehurst, and Roadster as well as offspring by Army Mule, Essential Quality, Girvin, Maclean’s Music, McKinzie, Munnings, No Nay Never, Tacitus, Twirling Candy, Uncle Chuck, Uncle Mo, and Vekoma.
Each horse will have pedigree, video, and racing details available for viewing. Medical information will be available to veterinarians in the OBS repository.
To create an account or register to bid for the OBSOnline April Sale, visit obsonline.com.
Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company will host a “Second Chance” digital auction on its OBSOnline platform featuring horses that were either unsold or breezed and scratched from the record-setting OBS Spring Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale held April 14-17. The April online sale will be held from April 24-28.
Bidding will begin at noon ET April 24 and conclude at noon April 28.
Horses offered will feature the same hip numbers they were initially assigned for the OBS April Sale. They will be available for inspection at the location noted on their page.
Entries for the online sale close April 21.
Medical information, including radiographs and video scopes, is available in the repository and can be accessed by buyers’ veterinarians. Each horse will also have a walking video.
OBSOnline previously held a similar Second Chance auction following its March sale.
To create an account or register to bid for the OBSOnline April Sale, visit obsonline.com.
Multiple Grade 1 winner and multi-millionaire White Abarrio (Race Day – Catching Diamonds, by Into Mischief) turned back the clock and took down 2025 Triple Crown race winners Sovereignty and Journalism to prevail in the $1.25 million Oaklawn Handicap (G2) at Oaklawn Park April 18, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates for the week.
White Abarrio finished two lengths ahead of reigning Horse of the Year and dual classic winner Sovereignty, who was making his 4-year-old debut and first start against older horses. Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism, in his 4-year-old debut, finished 1 ¼ lengths farther back in third.
Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., 7-year-old White Abarrio blazed 1 1/8 miles over a fast track in 1:47.49, making it the fastest Oaklawn Handicap since Hall of Famer Cigar ran 1:47.22 in 1995. He races for owners C2 Racing Stable, Gary Barber, and La Milagrosa Stable (Antonio Pagnano).
“Today we were rewarded in one of the best races in a long, long time,” Joseph told Oaklawn publicity. “It really materialized, the matchup. Thanks for all my team that worked so hard with this horse.”
White Abarrio captured the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and 2025 Pegasus World Cup (G1) among his several high-profile victories in his 26-race career. An 11-time career winner, White Abarrio boasts $8,445,170 in earnings.
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 2/5.
At Aqueduct Racetrack April 18, Chris Fountoukis’ Solitude Dude (Yaupon-After the Party, by Into Mischief) successfully cut back in distance to improve to 4-for-4 in sprints in the listed $150,000 Bay Shore Stakes.
Trained by Saffie Joseph, Jr., the son of Yaupon previously earned stakes wins in the six-furlong Inaugural in December at Tampa Bay Downs and the seven-furlong Swale in January at Gulfstream Park. 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 Laurel Park April 18, R. A. Hill Stable and SGV Thoroughbreds’ Outlaw Kid (Violence – Calling Rhy Rhy, by City Zip) returned firing in his first start of the year to win the $100,000 King T. Leatherbury Stakes.
Trained by George Weaver, Outlaw Kid was consigned by S G V Thoroughbreds LLC (Steven Venosa), Agent to the 2021 OBS April Sale when he was sold to Myracehorse.com for $220,000 after breezing in :10 flat.
At Aqueduct April 19, Mad Dog Racing Stable’s Bam’s Bliss Kiss (Solomini- Kiska, by Into Mischief) made every pole a winning one en route to an 8 1/4-length score to bring her win streak to six in Sunday’s $135,000 Biogio’s Rose. Fellow OBS grads Sweet Brown Sugar completed the exacta by a neck over the inside rallying Midtown Lights.
Trained by Jorge Abreu, the 4-year-old daughter of Solomini was bred by Torie Gladwell. She was purchased at the 2024 OBS April Sale for $95,000 by Clear Stars Stable from the Top Line Sales consignment after breezing in :9 4/5.
