The Ocala Breeders’ sales June auction of Two-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age wrapped up Thursday and there were several buyers from Canada.

ROBERT MARZILLI, who raced 2016 Horse of the Year Caren, bought three juveniles including one in partnership with JDLP Holdings. Marzilli, who races under Zilli Racing Stable, had a homebred debut winner last weekend at Woodbine, Lady Urus, trained by Steven Chircop.

Chircop also trains for JDLIP Holdings and the owners got together and purchased an Ontario-bred at the Ocala sale. The team paid $105,000 for a colt by Good Magic – Unreachable by Giant’s Causeway. The youngster is a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Lemon Pop and a full brother to King’s Plate hopeful Equivoque. The colt was bred by Saintsbury Farm near Lucan, ON.

Zilli also bought an Ontario-bred  Munnings filly out of the mare Druidess for $52,000 and an Ontario-bred filly by Sharp Aztez from Hijiki for $35,000.

Other Canadian buyers included Realm Racing which bought an Ontario-bred Practical Joke filly from Sonic Cyster for $30,000.

For the entire June OBS sale, 646 horses brought a total of $24,109,900 compared with 671 selling for a total of 27,137,000 last year.  The average price was $37,322, compared with $40,443 in 2022 while the median price was $20,000 compared with $23,000 a year ago. The buyback percentage 16.1%; it was 17.2% last year.
The overall sale topper was Hip No. 430, a son of Blame consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), agent, and sold to Clay Scherer, agent, for $485,000 to top the second session. The dark bay or brown colt, whose quarter in :20 3/5 was the co-fastest at the distance at last Wednesday’s Under Tack session, is out of Soul Spirit, by A.P. Indy, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Journey Home.

Ontario-breds entered in sale

Hip Workout time Breeding Consignor Buyer Price
372  10.1 F Audible Set to Dance  ON  Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent XVI  Darren Barnes15,000
426  10.0 F Practical Joke Sonic Cyster  ON  Two Oaks Equine  Realm Racing Stables, Ltd.30,000
544  10.1 C Good Magic Unreachable  ON  Golden Rock Thoroughbreds, Agent X  Zilli Racing & JDLP Holdings105,000
603  out F Dialed In Zippity Zoom  ON  White Lilac (Katie Miranda), Agent IV  WithdrawnOut
689  out C Audible Blues Legend  ON  RiceHorse Stable (Brandon & Ali Rice)  WithdrawnOut
715  10.0 F Army Mule Calina  ON  RiceHorse Stable (Brandon & Ali Rice)  Double O Racing80,000
838  out F Lemon Drop Kid Double Latte  ON  Ordonez Thoroughbreds, Agent IV  WithdrawnOut
842  10.2 F Munnings Druidess  ON  Omega Farm, Agent  Zilli Racing52,000
857  out F Tapit Ellan Vannin  ON  Eddie Woods, Agent LII  WithdrawnOut
884  10.2 F Vino Rosso Fancy Ribbons  ON  Silver Crown Thoroughbreds  Redd Road Stable 2 LLC50,000
976  10.1 F Sharp Azteca Hijiki  ON  Navas Equine, Agent VII  Zilli Racing35,000
1010  out F Quality Road Internallyflawless  ON  Eddie Woods, Agent LXIII  WithdrawnOut
1015  out C Hard Spun Isabel’s On It (GB)  ON  White Lilac (Katie Miranda), Agent IV  WithdrawnOut

Tags: JDLP Holdings, June sale, Ocala Breeders' Sales, Robert Marzilli,

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