Freshman sires came to the forefront during the under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training, with juveniles by Tiz the Law and Vekoma tied for the fastest furlong and a filly by Win Win Win holding the fastest quarter-mile as the four-day show concluded Saturday. There were 853 hips cataloged for the OBS March sale, which runs March 12-14 to kick off the 2-year-old sale season in North America. The breeze show took place March 6-9, with works on the Ocala Training Center's all-weather Safetrack surface. After winds were reported in the first part of the week, the two fastest furlong works were both turned in on Friday, with the fastest quarter-mile breeze occurring Saturday. A colt from the first crop of classic winner Tiz the Law and a filly by fellow multiple Grade 1 winner Vekoma each breezed a furlong, the traditional measuring stick for these sales, in 9 3/5 seconds. Behind them, a logjam of 52 juveniles breezed in 9 4/5 seconds, also achieving the gold-standard time of less than 10 seconds for their works. Tiz the Law, by Constitution, won the Grade 1 Champagne as a juvenile. In the pandemic-shuffled 2020 racing season, he added additional Grade 1 triumphs in the Florida Derby, Belmont Stakes, and Travers Stakes before finishing second in the Kentucky Derby. Standing at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky, he averaged $94,955 from his first-crop yearlings sold last year. His bullet-working colt, who showed precocity despite being a May foal, is consigned by Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds. He is out of the Grade 3-placed Majesticperfection mare Our Majesty. :: KENTUCKY DERBY 2024: Derby Watch, point standings, prep schedule, news, and more Vekoma, by Candy Ride, won five stakes races, including the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap, long considered a stallion-making race. The Spendthrift Farm resident averaged $96,825 from his first yearlings - more than four times his introductory stud fee of $20,000. His bullet-working filly, consigned by Wavertree, as agent, is out of the winning Unbridled's Song mare Minnelli, dam of three winners from as many starters. Tiz the Law and Vekoma each also had one filly in the large group of 9 4/5-second workers, moving them toward the front of this class. Other freshmen who distinguished themselves with multiple swift workers during the breeze show were Eclipse Award champion Improbable, with three colts working 9 4/5 seconds; multiple Grade 1 winner Mckinzie with two colts and a filly in the group; Grade 1 winner Global Campaign, with two colts; and stakes winner Honest Mischief, with a colt and a filly in the group. Other representatives for first-crop sires in the group included colts by Authentic, Complexity, Promises Fulfilled, Shancelot, and Volatile; and fillies by Caracaro, Instagrand, and Thousand Words. Established sires with workers in the 9 4/5 group were Bolt d'Oro, Mitole, and Munnings, with three each; Twirling Candy with two; and American Freedom, Caravaggio, Catalina Cruiser, City of Light, Constitution, Flatter, Frosted, Goldencents, Laoban, Liam's Map, Lord Nelson, Maclean's music, Maximus Mischief, Midnight Storm, More Than Ready, Neolithic, Not This Time, Nyquist, Practical Joke, Uncle Mo, and Violence with one each. The fastest quarter-mile work of 20 1/5 seconds was turned in by a Florida-bred Win Win Win filly consigned by Ocala Stud, where her sire stands. Behind her, three juveniles were tied at 20 2/5 seconds - a colt from the first crop of champion juvenile Game Winner, a colt by Justify, and a filly by Munnings. This is the first crop for Win Win Win, a Grade 1-winning grandson of Sunday Silence. His filly is out of the Union Rags mare Unamity, whose first starter is a winner. She is from the immediate family of Grade 1 winners Discreet Cat and Discreetly Mine. The 2023 OBS March breeze show finished with two juveniles tied for the fastest furlong at 9 3/5 seconds, matching this year's bullets, and two tied for the fastest quarter, at 20 3/5 seconds. The furlong-bullet workers included eventual Grade 1 winner Muth, who sold for a sale-topping $2 million to lead five seven-figure lots as OBS March finished with a 17 percent jump in average and an unchanged median compared to 2022. As shown by Muth, breeze show times can play a key factor in sale results. Analysis of times and prices [https://www.drf.com/news/breeze-show-times-dont-tell-entire-story] showed that juveniles working a furlong in under 10 seconds were the highest-priced group at this sale last year, averaging $395,195, compared to $224,935 for those working in 10 seconds flat. Those who worked a quarter in under 21 seconds averaged $361,000. For hip-by-hip results from the breeze show, click here. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.