The Two-Year-Olds in Training sale season gets underway on the first day of spring, Monday, March 21 with the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March sale.
There are 833 juveniles catalogued for the three-day sale, continuing through Wednesday, March 22nd, with all sessions starting at 11:00 a.m. Hips 1 – 278 will sell Monday; Hips 279 – 556 on Tuesday and Hips 557 – 833 on Wednesday.
There are 164 stallions with offspring in the sale, headed by OBS March graduate and leading sire Into Mischief, represented by 12 youngsters. The roster also includes the rest of North America’s 2022 Top Ten leaders: Curlin, Gun Runner, Uncle Mo, Tapit, Munnings, Not This Time, Speightstown, Quality Road and Constitution.
The stallion roster also includes the top ten Freshman Sires of 2022: Bolt d’Oro, Good Magic, Army Mule, Justify, Girvin, OBS April and August grad Sharp Azteca, Mendelssohn, Mo Town, Oscar Performance and City of Light.
It also includes 2023’s promising first crop Two-Year-Old sires: Omaha Beach, Audible, champion OBS April graduate Mitole, Vino Rosso, Catalina Cruiser, Catholic Boy, Maximus Mischief, Flameaway, Preservationist and OBS August graduate World of Trouble.
At the Under Tack Show, two horses shared honours for the fastest eighth, clocked in :9 3/5:
Hip No. 546 is a son of Good Magic consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent. The bay colt is out of Hoppa, by Uncle Mo, from the family of graded stakes winner Wandering Star. Hip No. 654 is a son of Not This Time consigned by GOP Racing Stable Corp., Agent. The chestnut colt is a half-brother to stakes-placed Bridgette Bordeaux, out of stakes winner Meadow Bride, by Runaway Groom.
Two youngsters went two furlongs in 20 3/5: Hip No. 406, a son of Bucchero consigned by Tom McCrocklin, Agent. The chestnut colt is a half-brother to stakes-winning OBS graduate My Sassenach out of Cynthia’s Fury, by Utopia (JPN). Hip No. 631, a daughter by Enticed, consigned by Omar Ramirez Bloodstock, Agent. The gray or roan filly is a half-sister to stakes-placed J C’s a Legend out of Love’s Illusion, by Tapit, a daughter of graded stakes winner Love Match.
There are some Canadian-breds up for sale including a BC-bred filly from the first crop of Vino Rosso and an Ontario-bred colt from the first crop of Mitole.
The BC-bred filly was a $100,000 yearling purchase from breeders Bryan and Carol Anderson last year from the Keeneland September yearling sale.
The Mitole colt, bred by Josham Farms, worked one furlong in 9 4/5 for consigner Dynasty Thoroughbreds. He was a $77,000 yearling purchase from the 2022 Keeneland September yearling sale.
Canadian Breds at Ocala March Sale
Hip No. Workout time Foaling Date Sex Breeding Consignor
812 (BC-bred) 10.2 1/18/2021 F Vino Rosso – Revealing Moment BC Cary Frommer LLC, Agent I
18 10.1 2/12/2021 F Mitole – Scolara ON Halcyon Hammock Farm, Agent I $40,000 weanling KeeNov
20 10.1 1/1/2021 F Street Boss – Seeking the Light ON Limitless Thoroughbred 15 $28,000 yearling FasigTipOct
143 9.4 4/21/2021 C Mitole – Toula ON Dynasty Thoroughbreds 6 – $77,000 KeeSep yearling
160 10.1 5/5/2021 C Forever d’Oro Two Item Maker ON Clary Bloodstock, Agent 14 $25,000 yearling FasigTipton Oct
278 10.2 3/16/2021 C Point of Entry – Awesome Magnolia ON Scenic Sales 15 $20,000 yearling
408 10.0 3/1/2021 C Mo Town – Dance Play ON Eddie Woods, Agent XI 11 – $50,000 KeSep yearling
413 out 4/9/2021 C Distorted Humor Dark Mission ON Clary Bloodstock, Agent 14
436 out 3/20/2021 F Lemon Drop Kid Double Latte ON Ordonez Thoroughbreds, Agent II 16
685 10.3 3/28/2021 C Munnings – Model of Royalty (IRE) ON Gene Recio, Agent VIII 17 $47,000 Keesep yearling
The verdict is in: MITOLE has passed on the SPEED 🚀
The brilliant champion & @BreedersCup Sprint winner with another #mighty first-crop 2yo to breeze 9.4 – the only sire with 3 sub-10-second workers currently at @OBSSales March! 👏 pic.twitter.com/XaWOjVl1HY
— Spendthrift Farm (@spendthriftfarm) March 17, 2023
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