Two dozen juveniles share fastest furlong time at OBS breeze show
As the under-tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s spring sale of 2-year-olds in training continues its weeklong run, the leaderboard remains crowded. Through five of seven sessions, 24 juveniles by 22 different sires share the bullet 9 4/5-second time for a furlong on the Ocala Training Center’s all-weather Safetrack.
The only stallions represented by multiple juveniles in the group are Maximus Mischief and Yaupon, the latter among this year’s freshman sires. Maximus Mischief has colts consigned by Cardozo's Brothers and Grassroots Training and Sales, respectively, in this group. Yaupon’s bullet furlong workers are a colt consigned by de Meric Sales and a filly consigned by Pick View. They are joined by colts by By My Standards, Complexity, Essential Quality, Galilean, Into Mischief, Leinster, Shancelot, and Win Win Win; and fillies by Army Mule, Authentic, Curlin, Good Magic, Justify, Kantharos, Munnings, Not This Time, Rock Your World, Temple City, Tiz the Law, and Upstart.
Yaupon also has a filly who shares the fastest quarter-mile time, 20 3/5 seconds, with a Mitole filly and an Independence Hall colt.
Longer works are rarer at under-tack preview shows, but two juveniles have worked three furlongs thus far this week, with a Munnings colt going the fastest in 34 seconds. A Connect colt is the only half-mile worker, going in 47 3/5 seconds, while a handful of juveniles have only galloped.
The OBS April breeze show continues with daily sessions through Saturday, April 12. The OBS sale then takes place over four sessions from April 15-18. In addition to noteworthy updates on DRF.com, click here for hip-by-hip results.
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