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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019 OBS APRIL SALE ROYAL DELTA, PERRET HEADLINE 2019 HALL OF FAME CLASS STARTS TUESDAY The National Museum of Racing will induct 16 new members into its Hall of Fame Friday, Aug. 2. The 2019 induction class is comprised of jockey Craig Perret; the racehorses Royal Delta (Empire Maker), My Juliet (Gallant Romeo) and Waya (Fr) (Faraway Son); and Pillars of the Turf James E. “Ted” Bassett III, Christopher T. Chenery, Richard L. “Dick” Duchossois, William S. Farish, John Hettinger, James R. Keene, Frank E. “Jimmy” Kilroe, Gladys Mills Phipps, Ogden Phipps, Helen Hay Whitney, Marylou Whitney, and Warren Wright, Sr. The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion. The event is open to the public and free to attend. Legendary racecaller Tom Durkin will serve as master of ceremonies. Cont. p4 OBS | Photos by Z IN TDN EUROPE TODAY by Jessica Martini THE WEEKLY WRAP: THAT FRIDAY FEELING The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April 2-Year-Olds in Emma Berry is back with the latest edition of The Weekly Training Sale, which has made setting records an annual event in Wrap where she chronicles all the results from last week’s recent years, returns for a four-day engagement Tuesday in Craven Meeting. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN Central Florida. Due to modifications in the under-tack show Europe. schedule, bidding will begin at noon Tuesday, with subsequent sessions commencing as regularly scheduled at 10:30 a.m. With 1,221 juveniles catalogued, the sale continues through Friday. The April sale has firmly entrenched itself as the industry’s bellwether juvenile auction in the last decade and OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski is expecting another strong renewal this week. “April has proven itself to be the premier 2-year-old sale in the country and probably in the world,” said Wojciechowski. “We have buyers from all over the country and all over the world looking for horses at every level.” The April sale set records for gross, average and median in both of the last two years. In 2018, 698 juveniles grossed $68,735,500 for an average of $98,475 and a median of $55,000. Demand was high throughout the market in 2018, and the sale concluded with an impressive 18.1% buy-back rate. Asked if the 2019 renewal of the sale could match up to those record-setting trends, Wojciechowski said, “That’s our goal. I think this is as good a catalogue as we’ve had and certainly with the activity on the grounds, everything suggests that we can do it. 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So it’s a great sale to bring any “Everyone has reacted positively to the changes,” type of horse to.” Wojciechowski said. “You wish you didn’t have to make changes Despite an on-going polarization, demand for 2-year-olds has like that, but certainly everyone recognized the issues we were remained high in 2019 and Gladwell looks for those trends to going to face with the weather. The consignors work hard all continue through the April sale. year long to have the opportunity to showcase their horses. And “I think the market is going to remain strong,” Gladwell said. our goal is to give them the best opportunity to showcase their “It’s been strong all year. I think the good horses will sell well, horses. If we have to make a little adjustment here or there, I like always. The middle market is a little bit weaker than the think they appreciate our efforts trying to do that. And I upper echelon, but I think it’s going to be a really strong sale certainly think the buyers understand, too.” overall.” Recent graduates of the April sale include multiple Grade I winner Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute), Eclipse champion Shamrock Rose (First Dude), Queen’s Plate winner Wonder Gadot (Medaglia d’Oro) and G2 Godolphin Mile winner Coal Front (Stay Thirsty). The success of April graduates on the racetrack keeps buyers returning for more, Wojciechowski said. “The people who have bought here have obviously been happy with what they’ve bought,” he said. “That’s why they keep coming back. It becomes self-perpetuating.” While the buyers keep coming back, consignors also have plenty to like about the April sale. OBS APRIL PINHOOKING TABLE TUESDAY • APR. 23 2019 OBS April Sale Tuesday, Apr. 23 Hip Sex Pedigree Price Prev Sale Buyer/Agent Current Consignor 5 F Race Day-Fast Deal $30,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Grassroots Training & Sales Grassroots Training & Sales 6 F Shanghai Bobby-Fast Resource $95,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Hartley/DeRenzo T'breds Hartley/DeRenzo T'breds 7 C Flatter-Fast Tigress $75,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Antorwag Investments SBM Training & Sales 9 C Maclean's Music-Fearless Wildcat $57,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 E J Stable Hoppel's Horse & Cattle Co. 10 F Summer Front-Feline Flatline $45,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 First Stop Stable Niall Brennan Stables 11 C Fed Biz-Fiercely $170,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Alrashid Stable Eddie Woods 12 F Palace Malice-Fifth of April $40,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Steven Spielman Mayberry Farm 16 C Tapiture-First Freedom $50,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Another Brick Stables Ends Well 17 C Daredevil-First Installment $67,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Abbie Road Farm Mayberry Farm 20 C Congrats-Flit $25,000 FTI YRLG OCT 18 Jeanne Mayberry Mayberry Farm 25 F Pioneerof the Nile-Forestry's Magic $200,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Junie B. Jones Eddie Woods 26 F Twirling Candy-Forever Sunshine $15,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 J. C. Corp. All Dreams Equine 27 C Shanghai Bobby-Forever Vow $155,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Jake Ballis SBM Training & Sales 28 C Lea-Fortune Candy $18,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 J. C. Corp. All Dreams Equine 31 C Tapizar-Franchesca $17,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Off the Hook Off the Hook 32 C Competitive Edge-Frazier's Finest $37,000 KEE NOV BRDG 17 Brian Holmes Robert Brewer 34 C Wicked Strong-Friendly Livi $28,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Julio D. Davila De Meric Sales 37 F Quality Road-Frost Bite $65,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Eisaman Equine Eisaman Equine 38 C Midshipman-Gabeira $115,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Zayat Stables McKathan Bros. 39 C Gemologist-Galileo's Star $50,000 FTK FALL MIX 2017 Khalid Mishref SBM Training & Sales 43 F Verrazano-Gayatri $30,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Hemingway Racing & Training Stables Hemingway Racing & Training 44 C Constitution-Ghostly Darkness $30,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 K.O.I.D. Whitman Sales 48 F Goldencents-Gimme Sugar $21,000 OBS WNT MIX 18 Bryan Rice Woodside Ranch 51 F Animal Kingdom-Girl Gone Crazy $20,000 FTK OCT YRLG 2018 Pinnacle Racing Stable/Sean Perl Paul Sharp 53 C Tonalist-Giulietta $35,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 Antonio Cioffi Racing De Meric Sales 54 F City Zip-Giulio's Jewel $50,000 KEE SEP YRLG 2018 English Range Farm Envision Equine 57 F Union Rags-Glenbriar Girl $35,000 FTK SUM YRLG 2018 Bradley T'breds Shooting Star Sales OBS APRIL PINHOOKING TABLE TUESDAY • APR.