The 2018 renewal of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March 2-year-olds in training sale could not keep up with the record gross and average sale price set last year, but figures still compared favorably to recent editions, led by an $875,000 Scat Daddy filly. The two-day auction finished with 248 juveniles sold for revenues of $42,299,000, down 25 percent from last year’s record gross of $56,510,000 from 301 horses sold. The average sale price also came down from a record high, falling 9 percent to $170,560 from $187,741, while the median rose 16 percent to $110,000 from $95,000. While the gross and average saw noticeable drops from their historic numbers, the average still outperformed the 2016 edition of the OBS March sale and tied the 2015 sale, with up to 77 fewer horses sold. The buyback rate finished at 30 percent, compared with 27 percent in 2017. The OBS March sale went without a seven-figure horse for the first time since 2012, after five crossed that threshold last year. The number of horses sold for $500,000 or more fell to 17 from 30, while transactions at or above the $250,000 price point dropped to 63 from 72. The sale-topper came during Tuesday’s opening session, when Phoenix Thoroughbreds bought a filly from the final crop of the late Scat Daddy for $875,000. :: Get breeding & sales news, Beyer info, and more delivered right to your email! The dark bay or brown filly is out of the unraced Royal Academy mare Accusation, whose eight foals to race are all winners, including Grade 3 winner Sharp Sensation and stakes-placed Edgerin J, True Religion, and Innocent Man. True Religion is also a stakes producer. Bred in Kentucky by Hunter Valley Farm, the filly is from the family of Epsom Derby winner Benny the Dip and Grade/Group 3 winners Cryptic Rascal and Beggarman Thief. The filly breezed an eighth of a mile in 9 4/5 seconds during the pre-sale under-tack show, tying for the fastest overall time at the distance for this year's sale. The horses breezed over the Ocala Training Center's all-weather Safetrack surface. Tuesday's sale was the filly's third time through the auction ring, having sold first as a weanling for $160,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November sale. She was then offered at last year's Keeneland September yearling sale, where she finished under her reserve with a final bid of $335,000. Her sale price on Tuesday made the filly the most expensive auction graduate out of Accusation, surpassing the Bernardini filly Bewitching, who brought $260,000 as a weanling at the 2014 Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds consigned the filly at the OBS March sale. Eddie Woods finished the sale as the leading consignor by gross, with 15 horses sold for $4,915,000. Woods accounted for three of the sale’s top five prices, led by the second-most expensive horse of the auction, an $850,000 Pioneerof the Nile colt who sold to Larry Best’s OXO Equine for $850,000. Phoenix Thoroughbreds was the sale’s leading buyer, with three purchases totaling $1.9 million. The operation made its North American auction debut at last year’s OBS March sale, and bought the $1.7-million sale topper. This year, it entered its first juvenile sale without former bloodstock agent and Northern Hemisphere racing manager Kerri Radcliffe, after the two sides announced they had parted ways prior to the sale. Wednesday’s closing session was reflective of the overall results, with a lower gross and average, and a higher median. A total of 123 horses sold on Wednesday for $21,877,000, down 26 percent from last year’s closing day when 153 horses brought $29,743,500. The average sale price fell 9 percent to $177,862 from $194,402, while the median rose 37 percent to $120,000 from $87,500. Two horses tied for the day’s highest price, each selling for $775,000. Bloodstock agency Solis/Litt landed an Uncle Mo filly out of the unraced Carson City mare Mama Tia, whose six winners from seven runners include Grade 3 winner Southern Honey, stakes winner Cali Thirty Seven, and stakes-placed Shangroyal. Bred in Kentucky by Atlas Farm and Conor Doyle, the filly's second dam is the stakes winner Ticket to Houston, putting her in the samily family as Grade 1 winner and Kentucky Derby contender McKinzie, Grade 2 winner Runway Model, and Grade 3 winners Sea Ditty, Saham, and Lucky Player. Eddie Woods consigned the filly, as agent. She worked a quarter-mile in 21 2/5 seconds during the under-tack show. The filly previously sold for $200,000 at last year's Keeneland September yearling sale. She became the most expensive foal out of Mama Tia to sell at auction, surpassing Shangroyal, who brought $400,000 at the 2016 Keeneland September sale. Also hitting the mark was a first-crop Strong Mandate colt who sold to Carolyn Wilson. The bay colt is the first foal out of the winning Majestic Warrior mare Magestic Stinger, from the family of Group 2 winner Gairloch and Grade 2-placed First Lieutenant. He was bred in Kentucky by Golden Pedigree LLC. Consigned by Wavertree Stables, as agent, the colt breezed an eighth in 9 4/5 seconds, also tying the sale's overall fastest time. Wednesday's sale was the colt's third time through the sale ring. He sold as a weanling for $37,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November breeding stock sale, then was offered as a short yearling at last year's OBS winter mixed sale, but finished under his reserve with a final bid of $47,000. Bobby Dodd was the session’s leading consignor, with seven horses sold for a combined $2,610,000. Leading the way was an Awesome Again colt sold to Live Oak Plantation for $650,000. Wilson and Solis/Litt tied as the day’s top buyers, based on their lone purchases of the co-session-toppers. To view the full results from Wednesday’s session of the OBS March sale, click here.