Following are horses to watch at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. 2-year-olds and horses of racing age sale, based on their pedigrees and past auction performances. Pre-sale under-tack show performance, conformation, physical characteristics, veterinarian records, and late pedigree updates were not taken into consideration.
In its second year back from hiatus, the Indiana Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale aims to continue growing its reputation to the point where it might one day be considered a destination event for the region beyond the Hoosier State.
A Midnight Lute colt on Thursday became the third juvenile to tie for the fastest one-furlong breeze time at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-year-olds and horses of racing age sale’s under-tack show.
The first day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s June 2-year-olds and horses of racing age sale’s under-tack show was hampered by heavy rains that hung over the central Florida region on Wednesday, but the day concluded with a pair of colts sharing the fastest time for an eighth of a mile, in 9.80 seconds.
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 300 horses for its Kentucky July yearling sale, which kicks off the North American yearling sale season on July 11 in Lexington, Ky.
Bloodstock agent Dennis O'Neill was among the first and biggest believers in Uncle Mo when his freshman crop was coming to the sales, and now he is offering high praise for Orb after purchasing a son of the Kentucky Derby winner for $710,000 on Tuesday.
There won’t be many more opportunities to purchase a son or daughter of perennial leading sire Smart Strike.
Without Forefathers, there might have been no American Pharoah.
Into Mischief, last year’s leading juvenile sire, put three horses among the top 10 prices at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training, more than any other stallion.
For the third year in a row, the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training was led by a seven-figure offering – this time a sales-record-priced $1.5-million Curlin colt – as it posted across-the-board gains.
