A juvenile by one freshman sire The Big Beast broke through a crowded leaderboard to record the overall fastest furlong time as the under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training concluded with its third session on Saturday.
A logjam on the leaderboard of the under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training continued on Friday, as a dozen juveniles tied the fastest furlong time established in the prior day's opening session.
The major-market North American juvenile sale season gets underway with the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training that begins Tuesday.
Young sires led the way on a crowded leaderboard on Thursday during the first of three pre-sale under-tack preview show sessions for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training.
The major-market 2-year-olds in training sales season will begin with annual auctions in Florida this March, and then will continue on to make stops in Kentucky, Maryland, and California on a changing sale calendar. Daily Racing Form will have you covered throughout the season, taking a closer look at market trends, standout stallions, and the top prospects eyeing the racetrack later this year. That begins with our special edition, presented by WinStar Farm. Take a closer look at new and returning sales, noteworthy consignors, a standout class of freshman sires, our exclusive Beyer Speed Figure metrics, and more.
Just more than a month after the death of James Bryan “J.B.” McKathan Jr., the McKathan Brothers Training Center operation will again hang out its shingle with prominent representation in Florida’s 2-year-olds in training sales.
Last year, consignor Kip Elser of Kirkwood Stables and an unnamed client took the unorthodox route of galloping their offerings, rather than sending them through a timed breeze, at the under-tack preview show for the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale of 2-year-olds in training. The experiment proved a moderate success – and not only are Elser and his client back for more this season, the scope of the project has expanded.
Into Mischief hasn’t fooled around while building his stud career, climbing the North American stallion ranks to become a perennial leading juvenile sire by a number of measures, a commercial success, and now, the most popular stallion by book size on the continent. His latest juveniles are eagerly anticipated as sale season begins.
No Nay Never, a son of the late Scat Daddy, carried on the legacy of his sire’s international success by emerging as Europe’s leading freshman sire of 2018. As the world waits to see how well his progeny train on, one filly from his second crop will represent him at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March sale of 2-year-olds in training.
Weeks after he disbanded his Santa Anita-based training stable, Mike Machowsky has been fully engulfed in his new role as the California representative of the Fasig-Tipton sale company.
