The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s June sale of 2-year-olds and horses in training marks the last chance to acquire an unraced juvenile prior to the division heating up, with major summer meets ahead. And this 2-year-old sales season has already been plenty hot. The OBS June sale, which takes place over three sessions from Tuesday through Thursday, has 981 hips cataloged. This includes supplements, the majority of them 2-year-olds. The sale is coming off a record edition in 2025, as a Curlin filly, now named Feminism and a debut winner in April at Oaklawn, sold for a sale-record $975,000 as the auction also established records for average and median. The bar is thus set high as OBS June looks to finish what has been a strong season. The OBS March sale kicked off the season with year-over-year gains, including a record gross, and the company’s flagship spring sale in April, topped by a record $10.5 million Flightline colt, posted records for gross, average, and median. Last month’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale, the other major-market auction in this category, established records for average and median. First-crop sires have been in demand this season, led by unbeaten Horse of the Year Flightline, who, in addition to his $10.5 million OBS spring topper, led the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale with a $2.1 million colt. However, both Flightline juveniles entered in the OBS June sale have been withdrawn, perhaps leaving room for others in this class to shine. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Across the three major-market auctions held this season, 17 juveniles have sold for prices of $1 million or higher. Eight of those have been by first-crop sires. In addition to Flightline (Lane’s End Farm), Eclipse Award champion Corniche (Coolmore’s Ashford Stud) also has been represented by a pair of juveniles in this group. Others in this freshman class to crack the leaderboard include champion Epicenter (Ashford), champion Jackie’s Warrior (Spendthrift Farm), and Grade 1 winners Cyberknife (Spendthrift) and Drain the Clock (Gainesway Farm). Corniche was a seven-figure juvenile purchase who showed precocity, going on to an unbeaten season capped by the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile to earn a divisional Eclipse. His progeny were thus expected to show their foot early. Indeed, he is one of a handful of freshman sires with multiple winners already, with a pair of victors. Prior to outs, Corniche is well represented in the OBS June catalog, with 13 lots cataloged. Through June 11, the freshman sires with multiple winners this year are two-time Breeders’ Cup winner Golden Pal (Ashford) with five; Grade 1 winner Life Is Good (WinStar Farm) with four, including Kentucky Juvenile winner Waggley; Preakness winner Early Voting (Taylor Made Farm) and Grade 1 winner Roadster (Ocala Stud) with three each; and Corniche with his duo. While the norm is for juveniles in this auction to be unraced, Santa Anita Derby winner Roadster – who, like Corniche, is a son of Quality Road – is represented by a winner in this catalog. It’s Smoking was a 7 1/4-length winner of his career debut in a five-furlong maiden special weight on May 22 at Gulfstream Park after this catalog was released. He raced for Kenneth Davis and Ortega Stables, the latter of which consigns him as agent. Several juveniles by freshman sires also distinguished themselves early in the under-tack preview show, taking place from June 9-13 on the Ocala Training Center’s all-weather Safetrack. Through the first three of five sessions, a logjam of 14 juveniles had tied for the fastest furlong time at 9 4/5 seconds. Those included a trio by freshman studs – a colt by Jackie’s Warrior and fillies by Belmont winner Mo Donegal (Spendthrift) and Grade 1 winner Colonel Liam (Ocala Stud). The other juveniles tied for the fastest furlong to that point included a pair of colts by Maximus Mischief (Spendthrift); colts by Lotsa Mischief (Fleming Thoroughbred Farm), Munnings (Ashford), and Silver State (Claiborne Farm); and fillies by Army Mule (Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm), Central Banker (McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds), Independence Hall (WinStar Farm), King for a Day (Irish Hill and Dutchess Views Stallions), Practical Joke (Ashford), and Rogueish (Solera Farm). A filly by the late Uncle Mo (Ashford) stood alone with the fastest quarter-mile at 20 2/5 seconds. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.