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Norman Stables LLC and Saints or Sinners’ So Happy (Runhappy-So Cunning, by Blame) made a successful leap into graded company when he prevailed in the Grade 2, $200,000 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita Park January 10, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates for the week.

Bred by Leverett Miller and trained by Mark Glatt, So Happy’s victory kicked off a banner weekend that saw OBS graduates sweep all three graded stakes scheduled. The son of Runhappy surged to the lead inside the final furlong and held off a late charge from 1-2 favorite and fellow OBS grad Buetane to score by two lengths.

“I was really happy with the way he handled the seven-eighths because usually that’s a pretty good indication they will go two turns,” winning jockey Mike Smith told Santa Anita publicity. “He was well within himself running underneath the wire. I was really happy with the way he did things.”

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.

So Happy’s triumph set the stage for an outstanding couple of days for Glatt and Saints or Sinners. The following day’s Santa Anita card saw the connections enjoy more success with another OBS grad when Margarita Girl (Twirling Candy-My Day, by Uncle Mo) was victorious in the Grade 3, $100,000 Las Flores Stakes to notch her first career graded win.

A 4-year-old daughter of Twirling Candy, Margarita Girl joined Glatt’s barn as a juvenile with high expectations after being purchased by Saints or Sinners for $575,000 at the 2024 OBS March Sale from the Wavertree Stables consignment after breezing in :9 4/5.

The Jan. 11 card at Santa Anita also saw Queen Maxima (Bucchero – Corfu Lady, by Corfu) earn her fifth stakes and third at the graded level when prevailing in the Grade 3, $100,000 Las Cienegas Stakes for older fillies and mares on the hillside turf course.

A 5-year-old daughter of fellow OBS grad Bucchero, Queen Maxima is owned by Dutch Girl Holdings LLC and Irving Ventures and trained by Jeff Mullins. Consigned by Blue River Bloodstock, she was purchased by Michael Pender, agent for $40,000 from the 2023 OBS June Sale after breezing in :20 3/5.

At Fair Grounds on Jan. 10, Blue Fire (Aurelius Maximus – Mystic Blue, by Maimonides) proved too much in the $100,000 Bob F. Wright Memorial Stakes, winning by 2 1/4 lengths. Owned by Stonestreet Stables and Peter Leidel and trained by Steve Asmussen, Blue Fire was purchased for $32,000 by Fast Horses out of the 2023 OBS Winter Mixed Sale from the Kaizen Sales consignment.

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A total of five horses who are graduates of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company auctions were announced as finalists for the 2025 Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards, which honors excellence in Thoroughbred racing.

Morplay Racing’s Shisospicy (Mitole – Mischief Galore, by Into Mischief) is a finalist for three divisional honors: champion 3-Year-Old Filly, Female Sprinter, and Female Turf. The daughter of Mitole won three graded stakes in 2025 with the highlight coming when she became the first 3-year-old filly to win the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar. Trained by Jose D’Angelo, Shisospicy was offered at the 2024 OBS April Sale by Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds where she was an RNA after breezing in :9 3/5.

Fellow OBS April grad Nysos (Nyquist – Zetta Z, by Bernardini) is also up for multiple honors as a finalist for Older Dirt Male and Male Sprinter. Trained by Bob Baffert for owner Baoma Corp and lessees Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith, and Michael B. Tabor, Nysos earned four graded stakes victories in 2025 including his victory in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Del Mar. He was purchased for $550,000 out of the Best A Luck Farm consignment by Donato Lanni, agent for owner Baoma Corp, at the 2023 OBS April Sale after breezing in :9 4/5.

Swinbank Stables, Medallion Racing, Joey Platts, and Mark Stanton’s Cy Fair (Not This Time-Remarqued, by Arch), a graduate of the 2025 OBS April Sale, is a finalist for champion 2-Year-Old Filly on the strength of her victory in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1) Oct. 31 at Del Mar. Cy Fair became the second filly to win the race, joining Twilight Gleaming (IRE) in 2021. 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.

Leon King Stable Corp. and Julia and Michael Iavarone’s Bentornato (Valiant Minister-Her Special Way, by Put It Back), is a finalist for champion Male Sprinter after scoring a 2 ¼-length victory in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at Del Mar.  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.

Zedan Racing Stables’ Brant (Gun Runner-Tynan, by Liam’s Map), who set an all-time OBS record when he sold for $3 million at the 2025 March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, is a finalist for champion 2-Year-Old Male following a three-race campaign that saw him earn a victory in the Grade 1, $300,000 Del Mar Futurity Sept. 7 before finishing third in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Brant was consigned to the OBS March Sale by Eddie Woods and lit up the board in record-setting fashion after breezing in :9 3/5, the fastest time of any horse in the March catalogue.

The Eclipse Awards are voted upon by the NTRA, represented by member racetrack racing officials and Equibase field personnel, NTWAB, and Daily Racing Form, and are produced by the NTRA. Winners in each category are determined by who receives the most first-place votes.

Winners in each category will be announced at the 55th Annual Eclipse Awards ceremony held Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026 at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Michael Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s Usha (Tiz the Law- Animal Appeal, by Leroidesanimaux) uncorked a powerful performance under jockey Juan Hernandez to prevail in her Grade 1 debut in the $300,000 La Brea Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park Dec. 28, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates for the week.

Usha raced in mid-pack down the backstretch, split horses near the quarter pole and then drew off in the stretch to romp by 5 ¼ lengths for trainer Bob Baffert, becoming the first Grade 1 winner for her sire, Tiz the Law.

“Usha showed up today,” Baffert told Santa Anita publicity. “She came back here and that worked well. We expected this when I shipped her to Kentucky, and didn’t win a race, but today she showed up.”

Usha was purchased by her owners for $600,000 at the 2024 OBS April Sale from the On Point Training & Sales consignment after breezing in :9 4/5.

The Dec. 28 opening day card at Santa Anita also saw Nysos (Nyquist – Zetta Z, by Bernardini) edge stablemate and fellow Grade 1 winner Nevada Beach by a head in the Grade 2, $200,000 Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes going 1 1/16 miles on dirt. Both are trained by Baffert.

The victory added to a banner year for Nysos, who prevailed in last month’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Del Mar and now has won seven of eight career starts with $1,238,500 in earnings. He was purchased for $550,000 out of the Best A Luck Farm consignment by Donato Lanni, agent for owner Baoma Corp, at the 2023 OBS April Sale after breezing in :9 4/5. Also listed on the owner’s line for Nysos as lessee’s are Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith, and Michael B. Tabor.

Also on the Santa Anita card, Kretz Racing’s veteran gelding Cabo Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile-Fancy Day (IRE), by Shamardal) earned the sixth stakes win of his career when rolling to a front-running victory in the Grade 3, $100,000 San Gabriel Stakes.

Trained by George Papaprodromou, Cabo Spirit has earned five wins at the graded level and improved his career bankroll to $1,356,836. Cabo Spirit was consigned to the 2021 OBS April Sale by Eddie Woods, Agent, and purchased for $575,000 by Gayle Van Leer, Agent, after breezing in :20 4/5.

At Aqueduct on Dec. 26, Tristar Farm’s Doc Sullivan (Solomini-Queen Frostine, by Giant’s Causeway) eanred a determined win over fellow OBS grad Quick to Accuse in the $125,000 Alex M. Robb Stakes for New York-breds.

Trained by John Ortiz, the 4-year-old son of Solomini won the rubber match with multiple stakes-winner and fellow OBS grad Bank Frenzy, who finished third. Doc Sullivan has now won 3-of-5 matchups between him and Bank Frenzy, including last out in the seven-furlong NYSSS Thunder Rumble on Nov. 22.

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 Oaklawn Park Dec. 27, West Point Thoroughbreds’ Counting Stars (Honor A.P.- Paynterbynumbers, by Paynter) wheeled back on short rest to score an eye-catching victory in the $150,000 Year’s End Stakes.

Trained by dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse, Counting Stars was running back in 13 days after earning a four-length win in the $135,000 Astral Spa Stakes at six furlongs Dec. 14. She was purchased by her owners at the 2025 OBS April Sale for $150,000 from the Wildheart Thoroughbreds consignment after breezing in :10 flat.

Daniel Alonso’s multiple graded stakes winner Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator – Twinkling, by War Chant) fought off a stretch-long challenge to prevail by a head in the $150,000 Harlan’s Holiday (G3) at Gulfstream Park Dec. 20, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS graduates for the week.

With the victory, the 6-year-old horse earned a berth for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 24. The son of Exaggerator, who also captured the 2022 Harlan’s Holiday, notched his 10th graded stakes victory during a career in which he’s earned more than $3.7 million under the care of trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr.

“He’s 6 going on 7, but trust me, his works were as good as he ever worked, and we were quietly optimistic that he would run well,” Joseph told Gulfstream Park publicity. “But you never know. I think you have to ride the horse patient. I think that’s one of the keys to him.”

Skippylongstocking was purchased by Alonso for $37,000 out of the Top Line Sales consignment at the 2021 OBS April Sale after breezing an eighth in :10 2/5.

The Dec. 20 card at Gulfstream Park also saw Ms. Bucchero (Bucchero-Give Glory to God, by Mutakddim), owned and trained by Diane Morici, rally along the inside down the stretch to win the $125,000 Sugar Swirl, a race where five of the six entrants were OBS grads.

Nic’s Style was second while favorite and defending race winner Mystic Lake was third.

A 5-year-old mare by OBS grad and leading New York sire Bucchero, Ms. Bucchero was an RNA from the consignment of Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds at the 2022 OBS April Sale after breezing in 10.0.

At Laurel Park Dec. 20, Golden Lion Racing’s Complexity Jane (Complexity –Bestinthebusiness, by Ghostzapper) displayed determination to score the victory in the $100,000 Carousel Stakes. Trained by Brittany Russell, the daughter of Complexity 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 Turfway Park Dec. 21, WinStar Farm’s Canadian champion Caitlinhergrtness (Omaha Beach – Belatrix, by Giant’s Causeway) proved much the best in the $219,000 My Charmer Stakes.

Trained by Kevin Attard, Caitlinhergrtness became racing’s newest millionaire with earnings of $1,071,569. Her overall record stands at 17-6-4-2. Last year’s King’s Plate winner was consigned by Off the Hook to the 2023 OBS April Sale where she sold for $375,000 to Maverick Racing & Siena Farms after breezing in :10 flat.

At Oaklawn Park Dec. 19, Randy Patterson, Sam M. Vogel and Joe Morgan’s Dreaminblue (Street Boss-Dreamy Blues, by Curlin) made a three-wide move approaching the quarter pole before drawing off down the lane to win the $135,000 Silks Overnight Stakes by three lengths.

Trained by Randy Morse, Dreaminblue stopped the clock in 1:09.10, the quickest of the first four days of the 2025-2026 Oaklawn season. He was purchased by Patterson for $120,000 at the 2024 OBS June Sale from the McKathan Bros. Sales consignment after breezing in :10 1/5.

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)

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Warming (Global Campaign-Haute Style, by Unusual Heat) settled near the rear of the field and then shot through horses at the top of the stretch to win the Grade 3, $100,000 Autumn Miss Stakes on the turf at Santa Anita Park Oct. 26, leading the slate of stakes-winning OBS grads for the week.

The Autumn Miss was the first graded stakes win for Warming, who bested second-place finisher and fellow OBS grad A Thousand Miles.

“Around the quarter pole, the horse in front of me dropped out and I saw the opportunity to shoot in between them,” winning jockey Juan Hernandez told Santa Anita publicity. “I asked my filly to go in through that hole and she did it. She just kept accelerating to the wire.”

Trained by Graham Motion, Warming 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.

At Aqueduct Oct. 25, LSU Stables’ multiple stakes-winner Bank Frenzy (Central Banker-Storm Now, Tiznow) staved off a late bid from fellow OBS grad Doc Sullivan to capture the $250,000 Empire Classic during the annual Empire Showcase Day.

Trained by Rudy Rodriguez, Bank Frenzy earned his sixth career stakes victory – all coming in New York – as the 5-year-old Central Banker chestnut inched that much closer to millionaire status. The gelding opened his 2025 season with consecutive state-bred wins in the Stymie and Haynesfield at Aqueduct and also annexed the state-bred Commentator at Saratoga Race Course in June.

Bank Frenzy, the 2024 NYTB Champion Older Dirt Male, was purchased by Philip Harding for $110,000 out of the 2022 OBS April Sale from the Sequel Bloodstock consignment after breezing in :10 2/5.

The Empire Showcase card also saw David Staudacher and Paradise Farms Corp.’s The Wine Steward (Vino Rosso–Call to Service, by To Honor and Serve) prevail in the $200,000 Hudson Stakes.

Trained by Mike Maker, the 4-year-old Vino Rosso colt was purchased for $340,000 by Maker from the Sequel Bloodstock consignment at the 2023 OBS March Sale after breezing in :10 2/5.

At Gulfstream Park Oct. 25, Peachtree Stable homebred Spirit Doll (Tiz the Law-Pakhet, by Cairo Prince) had everything go her way racing first time on the grass and powered to a 6 ½-length victory over fellow OBS grads Vita Mia and Bayou Brigid in Saturday’s $75,000 Our Dear Peggy.

Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., Spirit Doll became a first-time stakes winner. She 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 Mahoning Valley Oct. 25, Crown the Buckeye (Yaupon–Feisty Tomboy, by Unbridled’s Song) made it two wins in a row with his victory in the $100,000 Best of Ohio Juvenile Stakes. Trained by Mike Maker and owned by Paradise Farms Corp., Staudacher, David and Hooties Racing LLC, Crown the Buckeye pulled away late to win by 4 ¼-lengths.

Bred by Pick View LLC, Paul W. Schaffer & William D. Pickerrell, the son of Yaupon was purchased by Sean S. Perl Bloodstock for $250,000 from the Grassroots Training & Sales consignment at the 2025 OBS April Sale after breezing in :10 flat.