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FLORIDA’S DAILY SALES DIGEST • TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 Published by Florida Equine Publications Inc. SALE HEADLINES WWW.FTBOA.COM OBS Sale is Last Call For Talented 2-Year-Olds BY NICK FORTUNA in January and the $100,000 Those runners prove that there is plenty of At the 2010 OBS June sale of 2-year-olds in Stakes at Hollywood in November. talent to be found at the June sale, said Tom training and horses of racing age, good things One of the biggest bargains from last June’s Ventura, OBS’s general manager and director of came to those who waited. The year’s final sale sale was Florida-bred Positive Response, a son sales. of juveniles produced a trio of high-profile of Vinery stallion Pomeroy bred by Rosebrook “Those are three nice horses out of the sale,” stakes winners and Florida-bred Farms LLC and Ventura said. “Some horses can benefit from gave horsemen a rea- Positive Response Moreau Bloodstock the extra time that June gives them. May Day son to mark their cal- International Inc. The Rose was a horse that blossomed later in the endars for this year’s gelding owns victo- year, and she certainly turned out to be a very sale, which runs ries in the $100,000 nice horse.” today and Wednes- John Battaglia Me- Perhaps the most famous graduate of the day, with each ses- morial Stakes at Tur- See OBS page 2 sion beginning at fway Park in March, 10:30 a.m. the $75,000 Gold SPOTLIGHT Graduate Florida-bred May Rush Stakes in De- OBS Day Rose, a daughter cember and the May Day Rose of Rockport Harbor $100,000 California By PATRICK VINZANT bred and consigned LANG PHOTO Derby in January, by Bridlewood Farm, Bouquet Booth both at Golden Gate Florida-bred May Day Rose topped the (inside) topped last June’s Fields. one-day OBS June offering a year ago, sell- sale at $220,000 and Bouquet Booth ing for $220,000 to trainer , has proven to be a was only a bit more agent for . Bred by the late wise investment for expensive, selling for See Graduates page 2 owner Kaleem Shah $30,000 last June. and trainer Bob Baf- The daughter of fert. The filly has won Flower Alley won the five of her nine starts Delta Princess Stakes for $324,555. (G3) at Delta Downs May Day Rose in November and the won the $100,000 $98,000 Silverbullet- HODGES JR. PHOTO Railbird Stakes (G3) at Hollywood Park in May, day Stakes at Fair Grounds in January. Last Sat-

the $100,000 Instant Racing Stakes at Oaklawn urday, she finished third in the Regret Stakes BENOIT & ASSOCIATES PHOTO Park in April, the Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3) at (G3) at Churchill Downs. Florida-bred May Day Rose WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 • 2 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse OBS from page 1 OBS June sale is Dr. Zic, who was consigned by The Florida Horse Honored in Equine Publishing Another Episode Farm and sold for $40,000 in The Florida Horse magazine received one of the highest accolades in equine publishing on Satur- 2008. She earned the biggest win of her career day during the American Horse Publications annual awards dinner in San Diego, Calif. For the fifth con- in April 2010 at Keeneland in the Vinery Madi- secutive year, The Florida Horse was honored with AHP’s coveted general excellence award. son Stakes (G1). Sixty-nine AHP members were named finalists in the 2011 A total of 605 juveniles and 18 older horses contest for material published in 2010. Participation in this

, Florida’s tax-friendly, pro-business environmentisFrom coast poised to and coast ready to were cataloged for this year’s contest represented a record-breaking 118 AHP mem- attract new companies and create new employment opportunities.

• No personal state income tax. week’s sale. Last June’s bers and 830 entries. • No individual capital gains tax. • Ranked third in the U.S. for number of horses and size of horse industry. • National leader in veterinary and equine research. • Horses are exemptfrom sales tax one-day sale produced In addition to the general excellence award, The Florida Horse when purchased from their original breeder. • Feed and animal health items, along with other specific items, are also exempt. • Florida’s greenbeltexemption provides property tax breaks for Florida horse farms. • No tax on stallion seasons. • Physical climate allows for year-round solid gains over the June collected nine awards in all, including first-place awards for equine training, racing, showing and business opportunities. Florida-bred Awesome Feather became the third filly in history to sweep the Florida Stallion Stakes series and the first to go on and win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).

www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ FLORIDA DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE Florida... AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION AND CONSUMER SERVICES 801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474 Adam Putnam, Commissioner 850-921-7916 • Fax 850-922-0374 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 e-mail: [email protected] 2009 sale, with 230 juve- design and publication/staff advertisements. The Florida Horse’s the Best State for Business LIZ LAMONT PHOTO www.ftboa.com • [email protected] 407 S. Calhoun • 427-A Mayo Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399 niles selling for a total of Art Director John Filer was responsible for the design of the win- winning advertisement $4.91 million and an aver- ning entries. Summer Best, Michael Compton and Patrick Vinzant contributed the copy for the winning ad. age of $21.357. In addi- Writer Cynthia McFarland earned a second-place award for The Florida Horse for an equine care tion, eight older horses article on deworming, and the magazine’s annual farm and service directory ranked second in the brought $42,400 for an competition in the special issues division. Tom Ventura average of $5,300. Member print publications achieving multiple honors in a variety of categories included West- The two-day sale in June 2009 saw 284 ju- ern Horseman with 10 awards; Barrel Horse News, The Canadian Sportsman, Chronicle of the veniles sell for a total of $4.7 million and an av- Horse, and The Florida Horse followed with nine awards. Quarter Horse News and Trot Magazine erage of $16,536. In addition, 15 older horses earned eight awards each. Other notable winners included Thoroughbred Times and American Cow- sold for a total of $58,900 and an average of boy with six awards and Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred with five awards. $3,927. American Horse Publications is a non-profit association promoting excellence in equine publishing media. Ventura said he’s hoping this week’s sale can build on the momentum of the OBS March and to $104,543 from $106,383 in 2009, there was At the April sale, the average rose to $31,193 April sales of 2-year-olds in training, which both far more activity from buyers. A total of 245 ju- from $27,918 in 2009. A total of 841 juveniles saw strong numbers. Though the average at the veniles sold for $25.6 million at the March sale, brought $26.2 million in April, compared with March sale of selected juveniles dipped slightly up from $17.8 million for 167 head in 2010. 736 head bringing $20.5 million in April 2010. “The 2-year-old sales held up pretty well, SPOTLIGHT Graduates and I’m hopeful that it continues and that we OBS tured the Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3) at Santa move forward a little bit off of last year,” Ven- Graduates from page 1 Anita, the Instant Racing Stakes at Oaklawn tura said. “We’re bouncing back after some Arthur Appleton, the filly was consigned to the Park and the Railbird Stakes (G3) at Holly- tough years, but there seems to be a little bit sale by Bridlewood Farm. wood Park last month. Currently, her bankroll more of a positive feel. Certainly the purses The daughter of Rockport Harbor justified stands at $324,555. around the country have been holding up, and her sale-topping status, winning the Sharp Cat May Day Rose is produced from May Day that’s what the buyers need to help offset Stakes at Hollywood Park last fall. She con- Bluff, an unraced half-sister to graded stakes their risk. cluded her juvenile season with two wins and winner Roza Robata. Appleton acquired the “You see some higher-profile trainers here, a second-place finish from four starts with dam at the 2005 OBS October Mixed Sale for so that’s a good sign, and we’ve had a decent earnings of $124,555. $75,000. In addition to May Day Rose, May number of credit requests from buyers who As a 3-year-old this season, she has al- Day Bluff has also produced multiple stakes might not have gotten horses bought earlier in ready notched three stakes victories. She cap- winner May Day Vow. the year. Similar to the April sale, there’s a horse here for every budget.”

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FLORIDA DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND CONSUMER SERVICES AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION Adam Putnam, Commissioner 850-921-7916 • Fax 850-922-0374 801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474 e-mail: [email protected] 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 407 S. Calhoun • 427-A Mayo Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399 www.ftboa.com • [email protected] LIZ LAMONT PHOTO WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 • 3 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse MakingCompiled by Nick Fortuna OUNDTHE RTristan de Meric, breeze show was well-attended, and I saw some a lot of action, a lot ofS people looking so far. I think de Meric Sales horses that could really run.We had a good horse (the sale is) going to be OK.” “We have two fillies come out of this sale last year, and I was the under- John Kimmel, selling on the first day. bidder on that filly, May Day Rose.This sale is be- One is a Lion Heart filly ginning to pick up and look like it’s going to gain trainer who is an addendum to momentum.” “I’m down here fol- the catalog and worked lowing a particular horse in 10 1/5. She’s a really Eddie Woods, or two that I liked earlier nice filly and looks like consignor but for whatever reason she’ll be precocious and “I have a really nice didn’t get sold. I think it early. The other one is a Congrats colt who worked will be a wide spectrum. very well and is a beauti- You have a lot of lower-

NICK FORTUNA PHOTO Tapit filly who looks like she’s going to be more of a two-turn kind of horse. ful mover. He’s just a re- end horses in here be- She’s really coming together nicely. Those two fillies ally good-looking colt. We cause it’s the last sale of are probably the best we have for the first day. also have a Cape Town COGLIANESE PHOTO the year. You’ll probably “The last few sales have been really good. We that we’re very proud of, find some horses go for basically nothing and a haven’t done this sale for about four or five years, but hip No. 475. He worked few that really look good and do everything right, we’ve had a lot of calls from people who are still look- really quick and is a mas- and there will probably be enough buying pressure ing for horses, so I think the market will hold up and CINDY MIKELL PHOTO sive, good-looking horse. here for them to do fairly well.” the sale will be OK.” “It’s a good sale. It will always be a good sale. People need horses, and they come here. There are Michael Feriole, Tradewinds Farm Brent Fernung, Journeyman Bloodstock some reruns, fair enough, but the bar has been ad- “We’re excited about hip No. 116, a With Dis- “I have an Aldebaran filly, hip No. 141, that has justed, and horses will be able to be sold. It’s the last tinction filly who worked in 10 2/5 on Saturday and checked all the boxes for me. She’s a beautiful filly, she stop for us, so reserves are a little lower, and I think galloped out really strong. She’s a beautiful-moving worked great, she’s stayed sound, and she’s out of a people are aware of that. There are still people out filly.We also have hip No. 220, a nice Corinthian filly young Danzig mare. I love there looking for horses, so they’ll show up here.” who also worked in 10 2/5 on Saturday and had a this filly.As a group, they strong gallop out. She has a body and a half on her. all can run some. I have a Jim Crupi, Crupi’s New Castle Farm And we’ve got a beautiful Tapit filly that we breezed Saint Anddan filly, hip No. “Hip No. 108 is a pretty decent horse. He had (Sunday), and she looks like she’s going to be a re- 181, that is a nice filly. I the second-fastest ally nice filly. also have a Utopia colt and breeze of the sale, he “We’ve been pretty a Flower Alley colt that goes good and acts like busy (Monday) morning. have been training really a good horse. I think We’ve been blessed with good, and I have a Repent he’ll bring some money. activity, so we hope they colt that looks like the Re- He’s by Badge of Silver, follow us up to the ring pents I’ve been around and the mare is Clap (today) and Wednesday. I

LOUISE REINAGEL PHOTO that go off and do well. Happy. She’s a good love this June sale. I just “This sale started out just as an excuse to be mare who has had a think it gives the horses able to simulcast the Belmont Stakes, and it’s couple of stakes a lot more of a chance to turned into a solid horse sale. I think the weather horses. mature and fill in. I just NICK FORTUNA PHOTO here is torture this week. It’s awfully hot, but the NICK FORTUNA PHOTO “It’s solid; we’ve had think it’s a good sale.”

a colt by Rockport Harbor consigned by Best A Luck Farm, I Hip No. 16 is a Bernstein colt consigned by Robert Think Fast agent, worked eighths in :10 flat. The session’s fastest quar- Brewer. OBS held its two-day under tack preview ter was turned in by hip No. 453, a colt by Stormello who I Hip No. 80, named Leroy Jr. is a son of Stonewall traveled the distance in :20 4/5. The colt is consigned by Farm Ocala sire Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) and is consigned this past weekend for the OBS June Sale Blue River Bloodstock, agent. by Hoppel’s Horse and Cattle Company, agent. The colt, By MICHAEL COMPTON Hip No. 399 drilled the fastest three-eighths with a named Leroy Jr., is out of graded stakes winner Booly, by Potential buyers in town for the OBS June sale spent the clocking of :33 2/5. The Florida-bred daughter of Safely’s Apalachee. weekend braving high temperatures during the sale’s under Mark is consigned by Gayle Woods, agent. I Hip No. 154, named French Breeze, is an Elusive tack preview over the Safetrack surface and getting their first At Saturday’s under tack preview, hip No. 9, a filly by Bridle- Quality filly consigned by Paul Sharp, agent. looks at the juveniles slated to sell today and tomorrow. wood Farm sire Mr.Sekiguichi, worked the quickest three-eighths Saturday’s fastest half-mile breeze of :47 1/5 was On Sunday, a Florida-bred filly by Proud Accolade con- in :33 3/5. The filly is consigned by Blue River Bloodstock, agent. recorded by hip No. 241, a colt by Pure Prize consigned by signed by Lynne Boutte, agent, worked an eighth in :9 4/5 to The fastest quarter was recorded by hip No. 106, who 30-30 Farm, agent. post the fastest time at the distance at the final session of the went in :21. The Sir Shackleton colt is consigned by J. Car- All workouts were recorded and are available for view- under tack show. The filly, selling as hip No. 317, is a half-sis- los Garcia, agent. ing at the sales grounds and on the internet at www.ob- ter to stakes winner Too Experience. Three runners—hip No. 16, hip No. 80 and hip No. 154, ssales.com. They also are available for in-room viewing at Also on Sunday, hip No. 326, a colt by Speightstown con- shared honors for the fastest eighth on Saturday, stopping Ramada Inn, The Courtyard by Marriott, Homewood Suites, signed by Hoppel’s Horse and Cattle Company, and hip No. 531, the timer in :10. Residence Inn and the Ocala Hilton. WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 • 4 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 • 5 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2011 • 6 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse