Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s spring sale of 2-year-olds in training offers the widest swath of juveniles of any auction in North America – there are 1,208 hips cataloged for this year's sale, set for Tuesday through Friday. There are solid horses to be found at all price points, for all manner of operations.
A filly from the first crop of Tiz the Law worked a quarter-mile in 20 1/5 seconds to lead that section of the work tab as the under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s spring sale of 2-year-olds in training continued on Tuesday.
John Stewart emerged last fall as a major new player in the Thoroughbred marketplace, purchasing everything from weanlings to broodmares with the goal of developing a full-scale breed-to-race operation in Kentucky. He will now also likely have several juveniles active this year as he was again among the leading buyers at a major-market auction, with acquisitions for his Resolute Racing string at OBS March led by a $1 million Authentic colt.
Last year's yearling marketplace was strong, leading to questions about how pinhookers might make a profit as many had to pay more on their initial investment. The team of Randy Hartley and Dean DeRenzo has proved time and again that it can be done, and the savvy pinhook partnership hit home runs with two seven-figure sales as the juvenile sales season opened at OBS March.
Freshman sires led the way on the third and final day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March sale of 2-year-olds in training, with a $1.8 million Win Win Win filly and a $1 million Authentic colt bringing the curtain down on a breeze-up season opener with stable figures.
A $1.5 million Not This Time colt and a $1.3 million Flatter colt led the way in Wednesday’s trade as the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March sale of 2-year-olds in training moved past its midway point with solid figures.
A $1.2 million Tapit colt from the ongoing dispersal of the late Robert Lothenbach’s Thoroughbred holdings led the first of three sessions at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March sale of 2-year-olds in training on Tuesday as the company opened the breeze-up season in North America.
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Freshman sires came to the forefront during the under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training, with juveniles by Tiz the Law and Vekoma tied for the fastest furlong and a filly by Win Win Win holding the fastest quarter-mile as the four-day show concluded Saturday.
The North American breeze-up sale season gets under way this week, with the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training taking place over three sessions, from Tuesday through Thursday.
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Juveniles have come out ready to run for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training, which kicks off the breeze-up season in North America. At the midway point of this week's under-tack preview, there is a logjam on the leaderboard, with 18 juveniles tied for the fastest furlong at 9 4/5 seconds.
