Queen's Plate Runner-Up Riptide Rock Sells at Ocala Sale

The two-day Ocala Breeders’ Sales Winter Mixed Sale ended on Wednesday, January 25 with increases across the board. For the entire Winter Mixed Sale, 377 horses sold for a total of $6,357,700, compared to 414 horses bringing $6,646,600 last year. The average was $16,864, up from $16,055 in 2022 while the median price was $10,000, compared with $8,500 a year ago. The buyback percentage was 11.7%; it was 11% in 2022.

Stronach Stables’ in Aurora, ON, sold a few horses of racing age including RIPTIDE ROCK, who was a close second in the 2021 Queen’s Plate and is a graded stakes placed Ontario-bred by Point of Entry. Consigned by Kaizen Sales (Richard Kent), agent, Riptide Rock was purchased by Randy Miles for $72,000 to top the Horses of Racing Age section. The 5-year-old chestnut gelding is out of Irish Influence, by Stephen Got Even, a daughter of graded stakes winner Relaxing Rhythm.

There were plenty of Canadian buyers at the Florida auction which offered horses of all ages.

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Manitoba trainer SHELLEY BROWN purchased six horses, four of them 3-year-olds, for a total of $79,700. Her most expensive purchase was an unraced Nyquist gelding out of Karakorum Electra (dam of very fast Woodbine winner Elektronic) for $42,000, a private sale. The Nyquist fellow worked 3 furlongs in 34 seconds flat for the sale.

Shelley Brown purchases:

219 – 34.4 2020 G Cloud Computing Donna Gail Woodside Ranch, Agent I Shelley Brown 3,500
222 – G 2020 G Favorite Light City of Light Favorite Candy RiceHorse Stable (Brandon & Ali Rice), Agent I Shelley Brown 7,000
239 – 34 2020 G Nyquist Karakorum Elektra Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), Agent VI Shelley Brown 42,000 PS
253 – 33.4 2020 F Tale of the Cat Morning Rush Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), Agent IV Shelley Brown 10,000
260 – 33.3 2017 M Chicago River Awesome of Course Petite Riviere Kim Harrison (Top Speed Farm), Agent II Shelley Brown 4,200
309 – 47 2020 F Micromanage Autumn Ash King of Kings, Agent I Shelley Brown 10,000 PS

Nick Nosowenko, who has had a lot of success purchasing horses of racing age over the years, bought two horses for a total of $17,500:

288 – G 2019 G Langcutis Unified Song of Solomon Oscar Brown Stables, Agent I Nick Nosowenko 7,500 PS
320 – 2020 F Good News Money Good Samaritan Knoxy Colin Brennan Bloodstock, Agent XV Nick Nosowenko 10,000

Mike Newell, as agent, purchased the unraced 4-year-old Wilberforce, by Kitten’s Joy from the family of Horse of the Year Alywow, for $5,500.

Greg Cox, as agent, signed the ticket for $20,000 the Irish bred 4-year-old unraced colt Unexpected Outcome (Ire), a son of More Than Ready out of a Galileo mare.

Next on the OBS agenda is the expanded March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, scheduled for March 20–22. The Under Tack Show is set for March 14–17, beginning each morning at 8:00 a.m.