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
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