The first session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March sale of 2-year-olds in training kept close to last year’s record-paced average price and posted a higher median, led by an $875,000 filly from the final crop of Scat Daddy. Tuesday’s trade closed with 111 juveniles sold for revenues of $19,625,000, according to figures reported by OBS shortly after the close of business on Tuesday evening. That figure was down 27 percent from last year’s opening day when 148 horses brought $26,766,500. The average sale price dropped 2 percent to $176,802 from $180,855, while the median rose 5 percent to $105,000 from $100,000. The buyback rate finished at 40 percent, up significantly from last year’s day-one figure of 28 percent. The top of the OBS March marketplace was without a seven-figure horse during the opening session for the first time since 2014. The number of horses sold for $500,000 or more dropped to 10 from 12, while purchases at or above $250,000 fell to 30 from 36. Phoenix Thoroughbreds made a massive debut at last year's OBS March sale, buying the $1.7-million sale-topper, and the young operation made another splash on Tuesday, going to $875,000 for a Scat Daddy filly to lead the first session. :: 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. Phoenix Thoroughbreds also purchased a $400,000 Uncle Mo filly on Tuesday in its first North American juvenile auction since parting ways with bloodstock agent and Northern Hemisphere racing manager Kerri Radcliffe. Larry Best’s OXO Equine was Tuesday’s leading buyer, with two purchases totaling $1.425 million. Still a relative newcomer to the marketplace, Best bought the day’s second-most expensive horse, an $850,000 Pioneerof the Nile colt. De Meric Sales was the day’s leading consignor, with 14 horses sold for a combined $2,490,000. The most expensive was a filly from the first crop of Will Take Charge, who sold to Ed Savant Jr. for $525,000. The OBS March sale concludes Wednesday, with the session beginning at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. To view the full results from Tuesday’s session, click here.