$400,000 Tiz the Law filly tops first session at OBS June sale

A $400,000 filly from the first crop of Tiz the Law led Wednesday’s opening session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age as the penultimate juvenile sale of the season opened with solid results.

OBS reported 173 horses sold for a total of $6,825,500 in Wednesday's session, the first of three overall. In last year’s first session, 225 sold for a total of $8,047,900.

The average price was $39,454, a gain of 10 percent compared to $35,768 in 2023. The median price was $21,000, up 5 percent compared with $20,000 a year ago. The buyback rate was 33 percent in what has been a very selective marketplace, compared to 15 percent last year.

The session-topping filly is from the first crop of Tiz the Law, winner of the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at 2 and then an additional trio of top-level races at 3 in 2020 – the Florida Derby, Belmont Stakes, and Travers Stakes. His session-topper was purchased by Bill Childs from the consignment of agent Tom McCrocklin. The filly, an April 30 foal, had distinguished herself by working a quarter-mile in 20 2/5 seconds during last week’s under-tack preview show. She was one of two who tied for the bullet at that distance on the Ocala Training Center's all-weather Safetrack.

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The Kentucky-bred filly is out of the winning Dixie Union mare Southern Silence, dam of four winners from as many starters, including Grade 1-placed stakes winner Esplanande, Ohio's horse of the year; as well as fellow Ohio stakes winner Liberate.

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