Here are horses to watch at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. March sale of 2-year-olds in training, based on their pedigrees and past auction performance, both their own and notable family members.
While it is not the first sale on the juvenile calendar, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. March sale of 2-year-olds in training will provide the most accurate glimpse of the market thus far, with a large and diverse catalog of horses.
A quartet of horses tied for the fastest time over an eighth of a mile Thursday during the first Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March sale of 2-year-olds in training under-tack show, while a Super Saver colt stood alone at a quarter-mile.
If any doubt remained that Cary Frommer knows how to pick and condition an Uncle Mo yearling for a juvenile sale, it was shattered on Wednesday when she consigned a $1.5-million filly by the red-hot sire to top the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream selected sale of 2-year-olds in training.
The Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream selected sale of 2-year-olds in training is often the playground of established buyers who come to Florida to spend top dollar on prospects with the hopes of graded success in the near future. That order was disrupted this year by Larry Best of OXO Equine, who purchased two of the sale's three most expensive horses: the sale-topping Uncle Mo filly for $1.5 million and a $1.1-million More Than Ready colt.
The 2017 edition of the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale of selected 2-year-olds in training continued to grow the auction’s profile in its third renewal since moving to the south Florida racetrack, posting across-the-board gains led by a $1.5-million Uncle Mo filly.
Five juveniles each covered an eighth of a mile in 10 seconds flat on Monday to lead the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale of selected 2-year-olds in training under-tack show.
A pair of well-bred juveniles each worked a furlong in 10 seconds flat during the first set of the breeze show for the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream sale of selected 2-year-olds, setting the bar for their peers entered in tonight's sale.
The catalog for the Barretts March sale of selected 2-year-olds in training is now online, featuring 129 entries.
Zayat Stables has long been an active player on the buyer's side of the auction ring, but it plans to expand its interest on the selling end at the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream select sale of 2-year-olds in training.
