A fifth-of-a-second’s difference can swing hundreds of thousands of dollars during the under-tack show of the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream select 2-year-olds in training sale, but for the good of the horse, Kip Elser of Kirkwood Stables will be trying something different.
A frugal buyer rarely makes headlines at Thoroughbred auctions, but bloodstock agent and racing manager Brooke Hubbard was the name on the lips of owners Steve Young and Greg Hall when Blended Citizen won the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby Steaks on Saturday.
The catalog for the 2018 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. spring sale of 2-year-olds in training is now online, with 1,220 horses on offer.
The 2018 renewal of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March 2-year-olds in training sale could not keep up with the record gross and average sale price set last year, but figures still compared favorably to recent editions, led by an $875,000 Scat Daddy filly.
The first session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March sale of 2-year-olds in training kept close to last year’s record-paced average price and posted a higher median, led by an $875,000 filly from the final crop of Scat Daddy.
The third and final breeze show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March sale of 2-year-olds in training was highlighted by a record-tying performance by a first-crop Goldencents colt, who tied the auction company’s fastest time at a quarter-mile at 20 1/5 seconds.
Bloodstock agent Kerri Radcliffe has parted with the fledgling Phoenix Thoroughbreds operation, ending a short-lived but high-profile partnership.
Juveniles picked up the pace during the second day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March sale of 2-year-olds in training under-tack show Friday.
2018 OBS March sale of 2-year-olds in training: Hips to watch
Little has changed on the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. calendar for the 2018 juvenile season, but the shuffling of schedules by other companies has put its March sale of 2-year-olds in training in the national leadoff spot for the first time in its history.
