Average and median price both finished up after three days of selling at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales June auction of 2-year-olds in training, generating a significantly higher gross on more horses sold, according to official sales results.
A Ghostzapper filly who was among the standouts of the under-tack preview show sold for $445,000 as the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age gained momentum on Thursday, with the gross and average both up heading into its finale.
A colt by perennial leading sire Tapit sold for $400,000 as the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age opened its three-day run with mixed figures.
The results from the star-studded Belmont Stakes card will continue to reverberate through the racing world, as the major Grade 1 stakes on the card have implications in various divisional races heading into the second half of the year. But the results also will have a ripple effect into the bloodstock world, boosting the value of various stallions and families, and perhaps also rippling into the auction ring at this week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age.
The under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age, which concludes the market’s sales calendar in North America, has a crowded leaderboard as 11 juveniles finished tied for the fastest furlong.
The leaderboard got even more crowded on the second-to-last day of the under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age, as four juveniles tied for the fastest furlong and two tied for the fastest quarter-mile to join the logjam of bullet works.
Three colts by a diverse trio of sires worked furlongs in 9 4/5 seconds to tie for the fastest time overall at the distance as the under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age moved past the midway point with its third of five sessions on Friday.
A colt by Distorted Humor breezed the day's fastest furlong as the under-tack preview for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age continued with its second of five sessions on Thursday.
A filly by late sire City Zip and a colt from the first crop of Daredevil turned in the fastest times at their respective distances during the first of five under-tack preview sessions for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age.
A Bernardini filly bought for $11,500 as a yearling was resold for $420,000 at Wednesday’s Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita 2-year-olds in-training sale, the most expensive hip of the new auction.
