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FLORIDA’S DAILY SALES DIGEST • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 SALE HEADLINES Published by Florida Equine Communications Inc. FTBOA.COM Sells For Seven Figures ally stamping his horses. And the By BROCK SHERIDAN Drama hit late during the first day ones he really stamps are the ones of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company that can really run. I thought he March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Train- would bring a million-plus. I knew ing as Mike Repole and Coolmore he’d be the sale topper.” went to $1.3 million for Hip 245, a Trainer , who also dark bay or brown by champion trained Uncle Mo for Repole, was at and leading first crop sire Uncle Mo, Repole’s side during the bidding. who raced in Repole’s colors and now “He breezed phenomenally and stands at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud. looked beautiful on the shank,” The seven-figure colt is out of the Pletcher said of the popular juvenile. stakes-winning Setareh and was “He worked really well and has a ter- consigned by Cary From- rific disposition and mer, Agent. Setareh is we’re extremely, ex- also a half-sister to the tremely high on Uncle multiple stakes-pro- Mo. The rest of the ducing Misty Rain world is too. [Uncle and Whisper. The colt also Mo] is doing extremely well [as a sire]. impressed at the Under Tack Show as Every time there is a [Kentucky] Derby he worked :10 1/5. prep, there are two, three or four “Coolmore and I are partners on Uncle Mos in there. He’s just a phe- Uncle Mo and so we nominal first-crop sire to be doing talked about [buying Hip 245],” Re- what he is doing. When they perform pole said after the purchase. “They like this one on the racetrack and like the horse and I liked the horse, they’re conformed the way this one is so we decided to get together and – he is just the whole package.” Hip 245 topped Tuesday’s buy it. He looks like Uncle Mo as a 2- session at $1.3 million year-old. It seems like Uncle Mo is re- JOE DIORIO PHOTO See OBS March on page 2 WWW.FTBOA.COM • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 • 2 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse

OBS March from page 1 Agent Bradley Weisbord went to $850,000 OBS March Two-Year-Olds in Training for Al Shaqab Racing, WinStar Farm and the China Horse Club for a bay colt by Malibu Stakes (G1) winner Twirling Candy, out of the Tuesday’s Top Sellers stakes-producing mare Sage Mist, by Henny Hughes. Consigned by Eisaman Equine, Agent, Hip#Pedigree Buyer Price Hip 222 is a half-brother to stakes winner High- 245 C., Uncle Mo–Setareh...... Repole Stable / M.V. Magnier ...... $1,300,000 way Boss and also worked an eighth-mile in :10 Cary Frommer, Agent II 1/5 at the Under Tack Show. 222 C., Twirling Candy–Sage Mist...... Al Shaqab Racing / WinStar / China Horse Club ...... $850,000 “It all came together here in the last five min- Eisaman Equine, Agent utes between Al Shaqab Racing and WinStar Farm. WinStar is also going to possibly bring in 101 C., War Front –Maryfield...... Solis / Litt ...... $675,000 some of their partners,” Weisbord said. “This is Eddie Woods, Agent XX the best horse for our team today. He has the 182 C., Curlin–Polly Alexander (IRE)...... MMG Stables LLC ...... $625,000 pedigree of a two-turn horse and his breeze was Champions Training Center LLC, Agent special. Hopefully he’ll turn into a Saturday af- ternoon horse and maybe a stallion prospect.” 155 C., –Onebadkitty...... Town & Country Racing LLC / Spendthrift Farm LLC . . .$575,000 Hip 101 was expected to sell for a nice price de Meric Sales, Agent XXXVIII and the dark bay or brown colt by Alfred G. Van- derbilt Stakes (G2) winner and popular stallion vorite. He’s very sound, well balanced and has War Front did not disappoint, bringing a good pedigree.” $675,000. Out of the champion female sprinter Hip 155 lit up the money board at $575,000 Maryfield, by Elusive Quality, he worked a quar- from the consignment of Nick de Meric’s de ter-mile in :20 3/5 at the Under Tack Show from Meric Sales, Agent. Shannon Potter, of Town the consignment of Eddie Woods, Agent. Jason and Country Racing LLC, signed the ticket on Litt signed the ticket as Solis/Litt, his partner- the colt for a partnership of Town and Country ship with Alex Solis Jr. Racing LLC and Spendthrift Farm LLC. “We purchased him for a group of clients,” “He had a great breeze,” Potter said. “He Litt said. “We’re going to send him to Jim Bol- galloped out very well and looked as if he did it ger in Ireland. He breezed beautifully and is out really easy. And we were also looking for a po- of a champion mare so there were a lot of things tential stallion prospect.” to like. Eddie Woods said he has liked him from By champion Bernardini, the dark bay or the start, so we have had an eye on him.” brown colt is out of the stakes-winning mare MMG Stables went to $625,000 on Hip 182, Onebadkitty, by Street Cry. Onebadkitty is also a chestnut colt by two-time Horse of the Year a half-sister to stakes-winner Jaws N’ Paws and Curlin, out of the stakes-placed mare Polly stakes-placed Incline Village. He worked a quar- Alexander (Ire), by Foxhound. Also seen clock- ter-mile in :21 flat. ing a :21 flat during the Under Tack Show, she Gross sales and averages were not available impressed Glenn Brok, who signed the ticket on at press time. n the purchase as agent for MMG Stables. “He’ a nice horse,” Brok said. “I’ve looked at a lot of horses at this sale and he was my fa- Todd Pletcher and Mike Repole JOE DIORIO PHOTO WWW.FTBOA.COM • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 • 3 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse Marion County Colt Gaining His Stride Campbell homebred Abiding Star wires field in Laurel’s Private Terms Stakes

By Mike Mullaney It took some time for Abiding Star to fig- ure out his role in life, but if Laurel’s Private Terms Stakes was an indication, longtime Mar- ion County breeder and owner Gil Campbell just might have a memorable spring. His homebred son of Uncle Mo, the longest shot on the board at 18-1, led wire to wire in Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile event, winning handily by 1½ lengths under Jevian Toledo. Off the board in three of his first four starts, he was making his fifth start for cur- rent trainer Ned Allard in the Private Terms Florida-bred Abiding Star and he came into the race winner of his last JIM MCCUE PHOTO two outings, breaking his maiden – in his sev- enth career start – against $40,000 claimers “He’s just maturing…coming into himself. Typically, 3- going seven furlongs at Laurel on New Years’ Day, then posting a comfortable score in his year-old colts, they’re not always real smart. Sometimes entry-level allowance, a 6½-panel outing at they need more time to get themselves together, and he’s Parx on Feb. 29. Both victories came in front-running fashion. getting things together.”—Mary Allard Abiding Star was dismissed in the Private Terms, with wagering focused on Marengo tions of :24.89 for the first quarter-mile, fol- it at a nice, decent pace… We thought he’d Road and Charmed Victory, the 1,2 finishers lowed by a half-mile in :49.66. There was get the job done,” she said, adding that she in the Feb. 15 Miracle Wood at Laurel three some movement from the back at that point, believes he has shaken free from the apparent weeks before; Charmed Victory, the runner- but after encouragement from Toledo, the colt cluelessness of his early career. up in that race, was slightly favored at 3-2 exhibited he had plenty left in the stretch run “He’s just maturing…coming into him- over Marengo Wood, who went off at 8-5. while changing leads near the sixteenth pole. self,” she said. “Typically, 3-year-old colts, Neither threatened Abiding Star at any The key to the Private Terms came just they’re not always real smart. Sometimes point in the Private Terms. after the break, according to Allard’s wife, they need more time to get themselves to- Toledo sent his mount to the front at the Mary, who was on hand to saddle the horse. start, establishing an open lead through frac- “We thought if he made the lead and kept See Abiding Star on page 4 WWW.FTBOA.COM • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 • 4 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse

Abiding Star from page 3 FTBOA’s Award Gala gether, and he’s getting things together. “He’s happy, training really good, doing really well.” The final time for the Private Terms was 1:46.61. He paid $39.40 and his record from nine starts reads 3-1-1 with career earnings of $109,985. Flash McCaul came from last in the field of six to finish second, six lengths head of Whiskey Tree. Marengo Road, Charmed Vic- 1 2 tory and Let Me Go First completed the order. While he has been winning on the front end, Abiding Star – a product of Campbell’s Stonehedge Farm near Williston – continues to display stoutness. He is the second of three named foals, all colts, out of the 10- year-old Dynaformer mare Abiding, who rep- resents an ultra-productive family for Darby Dan Farm. Offspring from that family include 3 4 such stakes winners as Java Moon, Andover Way and Darby Creek Road. No commitment was made after the Pri- vate Terms, but a next step for Abiding Star could be the nine-furlong, $100,000 Federico Tesio April 9 at Laurel, and, perhaps, a late nomination to the Triple Crown. n

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1) Accepting the award for Champion older female and Horse of the Year Sheer Drama, pictured, from left, David Fawkes; Jen Warden; Mark Queen, son of owner/breeder Hal Queen, and farm manager Ian Warden. 2) Leading Trainer of Florida-breds (by earnings/blacktype stakes wins) Cheryl Gold, on behalf of her husband, trainer Stanley Gold, and FTBOA First Vice President Joe M. O’Farrell III. 3) The Bruce Campbell Award, the McKathan family honored for their role in training Triple Crown Champion American Pharoah 4) Leading Trainer of Florida-breds (by wins), FTBOA Second Vice President Gil Campbell with trainer Kath- leen O’Connell 5) Needles – Small Breeder of the Year Award, Kim and Bonnie Heath, whose family campaigned Needles, and winner Maria Haire, her mother Mary Haire and Catherine Jager. 6) Florida Breeder of the Year and Leading Owner (by Florida- bred earnings) Fred Brei of Jacks or Better Farm and FTBOA First Vice President Joe M. O’Farrell III. 7) Joe O’Farrell Memorial Award, Ocala Breeders’ Sales spokesman Jay Friedman and Jim and Karen Perrone of Perrone Sales. 7 WWW.FTBOA.COM • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 • 5 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse

Hip# SEX SIRE TIME Hip# SEX SIRE TIME Hip# SEX SIRE TIME Hip# SEX SIRE TIME 307 C Yes It's True 11.0 384 F Midnight Lute 10.1 461 F Dialed In 10.0 538 C Wildcat Heir 10.0 308 C Uncle Mo 10.1 385 C Gemologist 10.0 462 F Gemologist 10.2 539 F Hansen 21.2 309 F Tizway out 386 C Bold Warrior 22.0 463 F Gemologist 10.1 540 F City Zip out 310 F Union Rags 10.1 387 C To Honor and Serve 21.2 464 C Quality Road 10.2 541 C Tale of Ekati 10.2 311 F The Factor 10.1 388 G Custom for Carlos 21.4 465 F Flatter 10.2 542 F 9.4 312 C Union Rags 10.2 389 F Bodemeister 22.0 466 F Algorithms 10.1 543 F Giant's Causeway 9.4 313 C Aikenite 10.0 390 F Uncle Mo 10.3 467 C Malibu Moon 10.0 544 C Archarcharch out 314 F Kitten's Joy 10.0 391 F Hansen 10.1 468 F To Honor and Serve 10.0 545 F Bodemeister 9.4 315 C Candy Ride (ARG) 10.1 392 F 10.2 469 C 21.1 546 F Lemon Drop Kid 9.4 316 C Put It Back 10.1 393 F Lonhro (AUS) out 470 F Union Rags out 547 C Tapizar 10.1 317 C Tiznow 10.0 394 C Fastnet Rock (AUS) out 471 C Tale of the Cat out 548 F Kitten's Joy 10.2 318 C Old Fashioned 10.2 395 C Exchange Rate 10.0 472 C Bodemeister 21.3 549 C Creative Cause out 319 F Astrology out 396 C To Honor and Serve 10.2 473 C Mineshaft 9.4 550 F Algorithms 10.1 320 C Trappe Shot 20.3 397 C Union Rags 10.1 474 C Spring At Last 10.1 551 C Lemon Drop Kid 10.1 321 C Malibu Moon 10.0 398 F Wildcat Heir out 475 C Majesticperfection 10.3 552 C Adios Charlie 21.3 322 C Adios Charlie 9.3 399 C 10.1 476 C Lemon Drop Kid 10.2 553 C Ready's Image out 323 F First Samurai 10.2 400 F Mission Impazible 10.2 477 F Bellamy Road 10.2 554 F Harlan's Holiday 10.1 324 C Street Boss out 401 C Tapizar out 478 C Harlan's Holiday 9.4 555 F Tale of the Cat 10.4 325 C Tiz Wonderful out 402 C Mizzen Mast 10.1 479 C Gemologist 10.0 556 F Gemologist 10.3 326 C Speightstown out 403 F Stormy Atlantic 10.2 480 F Uncle Mo 10.0 557 C Exchange Rate 10.0 327 C Stay Thirsty 10.1 404 F Majesticperfection 10.0 481 C Tiznow 10.2 558 F Twirling Candy 20.2 328 C Value Plus 21.3 405 C Harlan's Holiday 10.1 482 C American Lion 10.4 559 C Archarcharch 10.4 329 C Bold Warrior 10.2 406 C Hansen 10.1 483 C Harlan's Holiday out 560 C Discreetly Mine out 330 C The Factor out 407 F Ice Box 10.2 484 C Tiz Wonderful 10.0 561 C Bodemeister 10.1 331 C Tiz Wonderful 21.0 408 F Uncle Mo out 485 C Into Mischief 10.0 562 C Tapit 21.2 332 F Congrats 9.4 409 C Midnight Lute out 486 F Gemologist 10.0 563 C Hard Spun 10.4 333 C Archarcharch 10.3 410 C Into Mischief 10.0 487 F Trappe Shot 10.3 564 C Mr. Sidney 10.1 334 F Tiz the One 10.0 411 F Tapit 10.0 488 F Wildcat Heir 21.3 565 C You Luckie Mann 21.2 335 F Uncle Mo 10.2 412 C Girolamo 10.2 489 F Sky Mesa 10.0 566 C First Samurai 10.2 336 C Congrats out 413 C Malibu Moon 9.4 490 F Majestic Warrior 10.1 567 F Stay Thirsty 10.1 337 C Union Rags 10.3 414 C Hard Spun 10.2 491 F Tale of the Cat 10.1 568 C To Honor and Serve 10.1 338 F Into Mischief 10.2 415 F Sidney's Candy 10.2 492 F Hold Me Back 21.2 569 C First Dude 9.4 339 C Biondetti 9.4 416 C Congrats 10.3 493 F Bodemeister 10.2 570 C Proud Citizen 10.3 340 C Pioneerof the Nile 10.1 417 C Candy Ride (ARG) 10.1 494 C Bernardini 21.2 571 C Wildcat Heir 10.1 341 F Gemologist 10.0 418 F 10.2 495 C Ghostzapper 10.2 572 C Gone Astray 10.1 342 C Smart Strike out 419 F Big Drama 10.2 496 C Mission Impazible 10.0 573 C Medaglia d'Oro out 343 F Flatter 10.0 420 F Roman Ruler 10.2 497 C First Dude 10.0 574 F Tapizar 10.0 344 C Trappe Shot 10.0 421 C Awesome of Course 10.2 498 C To Honor and Serve 10.0 575 C Into Mischief 10.0 345 F Caleb's Posse 10.1 422 C Bluegrass Cat out 499 F Trappe Shot 10.1 576 C Uncle Mo 10.0 346 C Hansen 9.4 423 C Bernardini 21.1 500 F Creative Cause 10.2 577 F Curlin 10.3 347 C Congrats 10.0 424 C Stay Thirsty 21.0 501 F Shackleford 10.1 578 C 9.4 348 F Mizzen Mast 10.1 425 F Gemologist 10.1 502 C Girolamo 10.2 579 F Congrats 10.3 349 F To Honor and Serve 10.2 426 C Candy Ride (ARG) 10.2 503 C Harlan's Holiday 10.1 580 F Bodemeister 9.4 350 C Sky Mesa out 427 F Bernardini 10.3 504 C Quality Road 10.2 581 F Broken Vow out 351 F To Honor and Serve 10.2 428 C Astrology 10.1 505 C Two Step Salsa 9.4 582 C The Factor 10.2 352 C Midnight Lute 10.1 429 F Ghostzapper 10.0 506 F Freud 10.2 583 F Colonel John 10.0 353 C Medaglia d'Oro 10.1 430 C Wildcat Heir 10.1 507 C Dialed In 21.2 584 F Arch 10.1 354 F Shackleford 10.1 431 C Run Away and Hide 21.0 508 F Tapizar out 585 F After Market 20.3 355 C Scat Daddy out 432 C Shackleford 10.0 509 C Street Cry (IRE) out 586 C To Honor and Serve 10.2 356 F Speightstown 10.1 433 F Shackleford 10.3 510 C Midnight Lute 21.2 587 F Harlan's Holiday 10.1 357 C Flatter 10.1 434 C Sky Mesa 10.2 511 C Girolamo 10.2 588 C First Samurai 10.0 358 F Old Fashioned 10.0 435 C Tapizar 20.3 512 C Gemologist 10.0 589 F Sky Mesa 10.2 359 C More Than Ready 10.1 436 C Union Rags 10.2 513 C Dialed In out 590 C Awesome Again 10.1 360 C Street Boss 10.1 437 F Scat Daddy 9.4 514 F Majestic Warrior 10.3 591 C Smart Strike 9.4 361 C Bellamy Road out 438 F Midnight Lute 9.4 515 C Flashy Bull 10.3 592 C Ghostzapper 11.1 362 C Proud Citizen 10.2 439 C Broken Vow out 516 F The Factor 10.2 593 F In Summation 10.1 363 C Unusual Heat 21.2 440 F Kantharos 10.1 517 C Bodemeister 10.0 594 F Discreetly Mine 10.1 364 C Custom for Carlos 10.1 441 C Midshipman out 518 F Divine Park 10.1 595 F Harlan's Holiday 10.2 365 F Dominus 10.1 442 C Into Mischief 10.0 519 F Uncle Mo 9.4 596 F Creative Cause 10.2 366 C Colonel John 10.2 443 C Algorithms out 520 F First Dude 10.1 597 F Into Mischief 9.4 367 C Yes It's True 10.1 444 C Lookin At Lucky 10.1 521 C Astrology out 598 F Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) out 368 C Overdriven 10.0 445 F Adios Charlie out 522 F Quality Road 10.0 599 C American Lion out 369 C Giant's Causeway 10.0 446 C Midshipman 21.2 523 C Colonel John out 600 F Creative Cause 10.4 370 F Gio Ponti 10.0 447 C Bellamy Road 10.1 524 C Pioneerof the Nile 10.1 601 C Midshipman out 371 F Broken Vow out 448 C Lemon Drop Kid 10.0 525 C Cape Blanco (IRE) out 602 C Union Rags out 372 C Rule 10.1 449 C City Zip 9.3 526 C Uncle Mo 21.1 603 C The Factor 10.2 373 F Astrology 21.2 450 F Into Mischief out 527 C Flashstorm 9.4 604 C Big Drama 10.2 374 C Colonel John 10.3 451 C Warrior's Reward out 528 F Court Vision 10.3 605 F Shackleford 10.1 375 C Union Rags 10.1 452 out 529 C Talent Search 10.1 606 C Kantharos 9.3 376 C Arch 10.2 453 C Kantharos 10.1 530 F Mission Impazible 22.1 607 C Kantharos out 377 F Creative Cause 21.2 454 C Mizzen Mast 10.1 531 C Into Mischief 21.3 608 C First Dude 10.1 378 C More Than Ready 21.2 455 C The Factor 10.0 532 F Frost Giant 20.2 609 C First Dude 21.4 379 C Custom for Carlos 10.2 456 F Candy Ride (ARG) 10.3 533 C Unbridled's Song 10.1 610 C Bellamy Road 10.1 380 F The Factor 10.1 457 F Kitten's Joy 10.2 534 C Tiago 21.1 611 C Exclusive Quality 21.0 381 C Run Away and Hide 21.3 458 C The Factor out 535 F Union Rags 10.0 612 C Stormy Atlantic out 382 C Stay Thirsty 21.0 459 F Even the Score 10.0 536 F Quality Road 9.4 613 C Smart Strike out 383 C Tizway 10.4 460 C Kitten's Joy 20.3 537 C Put It Back 10.2

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