Over the last handful of weeks, offspring by Early Voting who first made their mark in the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. pavilion have repeatedly signaled that the classic-winning Taylor Made Farms stallion is a veritable source of precocity and raw ability.
During the opening session of the 2026 OBS June Two-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale, another representative of the first-crop sire turned heads on the strength of his obvious early talent.
The positive talk that has been attached to the early results of Early Voting’s stud career spilled over into the OBS sales ring June 16 as Hip 168, a dark bay or brown colt by the son of Gun Runner, sold to trainer Greg Compton, agent on behalf of MAG Racing Stables, LLC for $410,000, topping the first day of selling at the final major juvenile auction of the year.

$410,000 at the 2026 OBS June Sale. (OBS/VidHorse photo)
Currently third on the first-crop sire list, Early Voting has become the buzz horse over the last month with the likes of OBS graduates He Is No Lie and Balloteer, both of whom were purchased at the OBS March Sale, winning first time out. Consigned by Julie Davies, Hip 168 breezed in :10 flat during the under-tack show, further validating the high opinion Davies has held for his sire.
“I have been a fan of Early Voting since the yearling sales. You can ask anyone who knows me, I’ve been harping on about Early Voting,” said Davies, whose past graduates out of the OBS June Sale include multiple Grade 1 winner Adare Manor and stakes winner Solitude Dude. “This is a nice horse. Obviously, he’s fast, he’s pretty. I think this sale if you bring the right horse here, if you bring a good horse here, then there are plenty of buyers.”
The Early Voting colt is out of the winning War Front mare Cara Dura and is from the female family of graded stakes winner and sire Exchange Rate. The next chapter in his story will include heading to Compton’s Delaware Park base where he will get a freshening before trying to add to his sire’s growing resume.
“He’s a good looking individual, he had a great breeze, and the stud is off to a great start,” Compton said. “It’s pretty simple. He looks like he has a bright future. He might get a little break for 30 days and then get him back going again. (The price) was a little more than we thought, but he’s a really nice individual.
“If you want a nice horse, you’re going to have to pay for it.”
Healthy competition for standout individuals backstopped the OBS March and April sales to record results, and the initial returns for the June sale did nothing to dispel that market strength. The first day saw a total of five horses sell for $300,000 or more – compared to eight horses who hit that threshold during the entirety of the 2025 OBS June Sale – including Hip 93, a bay filly by Mo Donegal that elicited a final bid of $370,000 from agent Donato Lanni on behalf of Frank Fletcher.

for $370,000 at the 2026 OBS June Sale. (OBS/VidHorse photo)
Consigned by Envision Equine, the Mo Donegal filly is out of the multiple stakes placed Valid Expectations mare Bakken Baby and is a half sister to stakes placed winner Expect the Boss. The filly breezed in :9 4/5 during the under-tack show, tying for the fastest time at the distance.
“She looks very fast,” said Lanni, who added the filly would head to the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. “Frank (Fletcher) is an Oaklawn guy and he likes Churchill so we’re going to look at running her there.
“We love the June sale. Every horse here has a story, that’s why they’re here.”
The MorPlay Racing team has crafted plenty of success stories with OBS sale graduates, most notably with champion female sprinter Shisospicy. The team landed what they hope is their next stable star when they went to $330,000 for Hip 239, a chestnut filly by Practical Joke consigned by Caliente Thoroughbreds. The filly, who breezed in :9 4/5, is out of the winning Munnings mare Danceformunny, a daughter of stakes winner Royal Song Dancer.
“For us, this was the nicest filly on the grounds,” said Cam Dulgar of MorPlay Racing. “We didn’t really want to leave without her. She scoped clean, the physical was all there for us. Obviously, she laid down a pretty good breeze, but it was the way she did it, being the size she is. We think she could be a special horse. We knew she was going to be a standout here.”
Other top prices during the session were Hip 192, Jamoca Shake, a gray or roan filly by Uncle Mo, and Hip 220, Global Leader, a daughter of Uncle Mo, both of whom were consigned by Tom McCrocklin and sold for $300,000.
Jamoca Shake, who breezed in :21, is out of the multiple stakes placed Cuvee mare Chocolate Pop and is a half sister to multiple graded stakes winner and OBS graduate Airoforce. She was purchased by Greenwell Thoroughbreds, LLC.
Global Leader, who breezed in :20 2/5, is out of the winning, stakes-placed First Samurai mare Corey, a half sister to graded stakes winner and OBS graduate Happy Farm. She was purchased by Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt.
With the 2025 OBS June Sale behind held over two days as opposed to this year’s three-day auction, session to session comparisons is not applicable. Tuesday’s figures told a robust story nonetheless at the close of business with 163 head sold for total gross receipts of $9,066,000. The average came in at $55,620 with a median of $30,000. The RNA rate was 31.8 percent prior to post sales.
The opening session of the OBS June Sale will go down as one to remember for the father-son team of Fabian and Ruben Garcia of Fabian Sales. Hip 56, a dark bay colt by Charlatan from the female family of graded stakes winner and sire Tale of the Cat, was hammered down to D.J. Stable for $195,000, making him the highest priced horse ever sold by Fabian Sales and sparking an emotional outpouring from the younger Garcia.
“I can’t believe it,” Ruben Garcia said, wiping tears from his face. “We bought him for only $1,000. Me and my dad just thought we would take a chance with the horse and if he didn’t make it (to the sale) we would probably race him. He just turned out to be a great horse. We were comfortable with $75,000 and at the last minute my father said to put a $100,000 reserve on him and he passed that easily. This is the first high-priced horse we have sold.”
The OBS June Sale continues June 17 beginning at 10:30 a.m. For full results, visit obssales.com.







