The $1.2 million Tapit colt who led the last phase of the late Robert Lothenbach’s Thoroughbred dispersal at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March sale of 2-year-olds in training last week has arrived at his new trainer’s farm and already has a name.The colt, purchased in partnership by West Point Thoroughbreds and D. J. Stable, has been named Sandman and has taken up residence at Mark Casse’s training center in Ocala. The colt was one of 37 juveniles sold for a combined $4,528,000 at OBS March from Lothenbach’s program. The nationally prominent owner and breeder died in November at age 64, and his stock has been of major interest at a series of sales this spring.“This is a horse that, had it not been for the sad and tragic and untimely death of Bob Lothenbach, this horse would not be in the sale,” Jason Blewitt, an ownership adviser for West Point, said of the colt consigned by Tom McCrocklin, as agent. “This is a horse they bred to race. They didn’t breed commercially to bring these horses to the market.”Highlighting that the Lothenbach horses were not prepared early or prepped for the commercial marketplace, the draft’s offerings simply galloped during the under-tack preview show. Analysis of times and prices shows that juveniles working swiftly, particularly those turning in a furlong in 10 seconds or less – fetch the highest prices, and that fewer horses gallop because of those commercial trends. Last year at OBS March, 36 of 38 juveniles working a furlong in less than 10 seconds sold through the ring, for an average price of $395,194. No gallopers were offered at that sale; 24 were offered across five sales in 2023, with 23 selling for an average of $16,770.The Tapit colt – a half-brother to graded stakes winner She Can’t Sing, from the family of Grade/Group 1 winners Music Note, Musical Chimes, and Mystic Guide – created value for his buyers. “He might have brought $2 [million] or $3 million as a Saratoga yearling,” West Point ownership adviser Joe Bianca said. “He just galloped during this sale, so we maybe got him at a slightly lower point than we would normally get. . . . Just has been galloping, he’s just revving up now, so you know he’s gonna get bigger and better.”Behind the Tapit colt, the Lothenbach dispersal was led by a $325,000 Medaglia d’Oro filly purchased by T.W. Bachman and a $310,000 Authentic colt purchased by Mike Repole. The Lothenbach horses were the highest-priced gallopers at a 2-year-old sale in many years. OBS has sortable online records available going back to 2016. In this time, the most expensive galloper was a $225,000 Ghostzapper colt purchased by One Choice Bloodstock at the 2018 June sale. Named Cristiano, he won 3 of 16 career starts.Fasig-Tipton has sortable online results available going back to 2010. The most expensive galloper in this span was a $280,000 Bernardini filly purchased by Mike Ryan at the 2016 Gulfstream sale; Jamyson ‘n Ginger was Grade 2-placed. The other major auction house, Keeneland, does not have sortable online results with breeze times alongside prices.