There was a lot of excitement north of Toronto on Tuesday, March 21 when hip no. 408 entered the sale ring at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March Two-Year-Old in Training Sale in Ocala, FL. The strapping bay Ontario-bred colt by Mo Town – Dance Play by Malibu Moon, bred by Katie Browne and Brian Bell and sold by Browne’s mother Sue Foreman last fall at the Keeneland September sale for $50,000 was being re-sold as a juvenile by pinhooker Eddie Woods, agent.

‘Marvin’, as the colt is affectionately known, is the second foal produced for Browne and Bell by their mare Dance Play, whom the couple purchased for $3,500 at the 2020 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale in foal to Lookin at Lucky.

Browne and Bell bred Dance Play, an unraced daughter of Malibu Moon from the family of stakes winner and Group 1 placed U S Ranger, to Mo Town, a Grade 1 winning son of Uncle Mo, whose first crop did well in 2022.

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