First Crop Sires Drive Demand Calculator’S Brother Was a Good One
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facebook.com/thefloridahorse FLORIDA’S DAILY SALES DIGEST • THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016 SALE HEADLINES Published by Florida Equine Communications Inc. FTBOA.COM First Crop Sires Drive Demand Calculator’s brother was a good one. So I was prepared [to come here By JuvenilesBROCK SHERIDANby first crop sires Gemologist and Overdriven, who stands and buy him] a month ago. He previewed like a good one and I just hope at Ocala Stud, topped the bidding on the second day of the Ocala Breed- he’s another Calculator. I love Florida-breds.” ers’ Sales April sale and the top two sellers were also bred in Florida. The Hip 469 lit up the money board at $440,000 from the consignment of OBS April sale will continue Thursday and Friday to complete the four- See OBS April on page 2 day auction. Both sessions will begin at 10:30 am. Hip 564 topped the sale as Lane’s End Bloodstock went to $550,000 for an undisclosed client on a colt by first crop sire Gemologist out of Bon Caro, by Bon Point (GB). Bon Caro is also a multiple stakes-producer: the gray or roan colt is a half-brother to stakes winners Glitter City, Here’s Johnny and stakes-placed Wild Forest Cat. Consigned by Sequel Blood- stock, Agent the colt worked :10 flat for an eighth-mile. He was foaled in Florida but is not a registered Florida-bred. “He is a very impressive looking colt and has a good pedigree,” David In- gordo of Lane’s End said. “He will go to Cali- fornia where Peter Eurton will train him.” Southern California trainer Peter Miller trains Florida-bred champion Calculator, who won the Grade 3 Sham stakes last year and was most recently second by a head to winner Salutos Amigo in the Grade 1 Carter Handicap April 9 at Aqueduct, so he was ready to add an- other member of the family to his barn at Santa Anita. Therefore, it was no surprise when he went to $525,000 for Hip 517, a half-brother to Calculator by Ocala Stud’s first crop sire Overdriven, out of Back to Basics, by Alphabet Soup. The striking gray or roan colt was also consigned by Ocala Stud and impressed Miller with a :21 quarter-mile at the Under Tack show. Miller said he purchased the colt for an undisclosed client. “I train his brother [Calculator] and his sister [Gust] and they’re both lovely animals,” Miller said. “[The sale colt] was awesome. His video DIORIO PHOTO was awesome, his presence was fantastic and he had everything I look Hip 564 topped Wednesday’s session at $550,000. for in a race horse. Ocala Stud had tipped me off at the March sale that WWW.FTBOA.COM • THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016 • 2 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse OBS April from page 1 Ciaran’s Dunne’s Wavertree Stables, Inc. New OBS April Two-Year-Olds in Training York trainer Linda Rice signed the ticket on the gray or roan filly by champion sprinter and top 10 sire Speightstown out of Alpha Mama, by Unbri- Wednesday’s Top Sellers * Denotes Florida-bred dled’s Song, making the filly a half-sister to Grade Hip#Pedigree Buyer Price 2 winner Alpha Kitten. She worked an eighth-mile 564 c. Gemologist – Bon Caro .................................L. E. B. $550,000 in :10 during the Under Tack program. Consigned by Sequel Bloodstock, Agent Another Florida-bred also proved popular as 517* c. Overdriven – Back to Basics ..........................Peter Miller, Agent . $525,000 Hip 404 brought a final bid of $400,000 from Consigned by Ocala Stud Mike Ryan, Agent for an undisclosed client. The filly is by Ocala Stud stallion High Cotton, who 469 f. Speightstown – Alpha Mama ..........................Linda Rice, Agent . .$440,000 Consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent was Florida’s second leading juvenile sire in 2015, and she is out of West Side Dancer, by 404* f. High Cotton – West Side Dancer ......................Mike Ryan, Agent . $400,000 Gone West. The bay filly is a half-sister to Grade Consigned by Ocala Stud 2 winners Discreet Dancer and Travelin Man as 395 c. Macho Uno – Wadena ..................................Rockingham Ranch . $335,000 well a stakes winner Sweet N Discrett. She was Consigned by Grassroots Training & Sales LLC consigned by Ocala Stud and worked a quarter- 416 c. Archarcharch – Wild Forest Cat .......................D. J. Stable LLC . .$335,000 mile in :21 2/5 at the Under Tack show. Consigned by Randy Bradshaw, Agent I When asked what impressed him about the filly, Ryan said he liked everything. said. “And if you win an open maiden [at Gulf- Wild Forest Cat, by D’wildcat, making him a full- “I saw her two months ago [at Ocala Stud] and stream championship meet] it’s a $50,000 purse. brother to Grade 3 stakes winner Toews On Ice. I’m very familiar with the female line,” Ryan said. The program has come a long way for sure.” He was consigned by Randy Bradshaw and “I couldn’t believe how she has changed in 60 Miller also went to $335,000 for Hip 395, a worked a furlong in :10 at the breeze show. Wild days from the middle of February till here. Ocala chestnut colt by Macho Uno our of Wadena, Forest Cat is also a half-sister to stakes winner Stud is really right at the top of the list in terms of by Saint Ballado, making the colt a half- Glitter City and Here’s Johnny. consignors. I just love the way they raise horses. brother to stakes-placed Papa Turf. Consigned “The colt was outstanding,” Green said. “He Their program has been so successful for so long. by Grassroots Training and Sales, the colt, was really our number one choice from day one They do it right. She’s a homebred filly. She’s a who worked a quick :9 4/5 for a furlong, will and we’re really pleased to have him. We really very straight forward filly with a terrific demeanor. travel to Southern California to Miller’s barn thought this colt stood out. We’ll send him to “When I went to the farm and saw their stal- and will race for new owners Rockingham Joe Orseno who will train him at Monmouth. lions, I was very impressed. I call them the Clai- Ranch. D.J. Stable has been around for 30 years and borne of the South. I was very impressed with “Pretty colt. Beautiful video,” Miller said. this is probably one of the highest priced 2- the quality of stallions – Overdriven, Kantharos “Galloped out nice. I pretty much liked every- year-olds we’ve ever bought.” has done very well and Awesome of Course. I‘ve thing about him. I think he was one of the best For the session, 158 horses grossed watched them for years and have always ad- colts in the sale. You would always like to get $12,119,000, compared with 160 bringing a mired their program.” them for a little less, but for the good colts you total of $13,580,700 at the corresponding ses- Although the filly will not remain in Florida, have to step it up.” sion a year ago. The average price was $76,703 Ryan said attention should be paid by buyers to Also going to $335,000 was Jonathan Green compared with $84,879 in 2015 while the me- young Florida-breds. for his family’s D.J. Stable LLC on Hip 416, a dian was $43,500 compared with $50,000 a “Gulfstream is now racing year around and the colt by 2015 top five first-crop sire Archar- year ago. The buyback percentage was 30.7%; [Florida Sire Stakes] is very, very strong,” Ryan charch, out of the graded stakes-placed mare it was 25.2% last year. n WWW.FTBOA.COM • THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016 • 3 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse HIP# SEX SIRE TIME HIP# SEX SIRE TIME HIP# SEX SIRE TIME HIP# SEX SIRE TIME 609 C The Factor 10.2 647 F Adios Charlie 21.0 685 C Into Mischief 10.0 723 F City Zip 10.1 610 F Put It Back 10.0 648 C Stay Thirsty 10.1 686 F Twirling Candy 21.1 724 C Haynesfield 10.2 611 C Zensational out 649 F Northern Afleet 10.1 687 F Dublin 10.0 725 C Caleb's Posse 21.2 612 C Spring At Last 10.4 650 C Concord Point out 688 C Harlan's Holiday 11.2 726 F First Dude 10.0 613 F Tapizar 10.4 651 C Speightstown 10.2 689 C Gone Astray 21.2 727 C Hansen 10.2 614 C Big Brown 10.2 652 C Street Boss out 690 F Gemologist 10.2 728 F Uncle Mo 10.1 615 F Bellamy Road 21.2 653 C Into Mischief 10.3 691 C Flatter 10.1 729 F Harlan's Holiday 10.2 616 C First Dude 10.1 654 F Harlan's Holiday 20.4 692 F War Front 9.4 730 F Hansen 10.2 617 F Astrology 10.2 655 C Astrology 10.4 693 F Wildcat Heir 10.2 731 C Yes It's True 21.3 618 C Quality Road 10.0 656 C Drosselmeyer 22.1 694 F Super Saver 10.1 732 C Eskendereya 21.1 619 C Harlan's Holiday 10.2 657 F Midnight Lute out 695 F Adios Charlie 11.0 733 C Arch 10.2 620 C Trappe Shot 10.3 658 F Kantharos 10.0 696 C Soaring Empire 10.0 734 F Cowboy Cal 10.0 621 C J P's Gusto 21.2 659 C Astrology out 697 C Wildcat Heir 10.4 735 C Lookin At Lucky 10.3 622 F Brilliant Speed 10.4 660 C Awesome of Course 10.1 698 F Hansen 10.0 736 C First Dude 10.3 623 F Street Cry (IRE) 10.3 661 F Girolamo 22.0 699 F City Zip out 737 C Cape Blanco (IRE) 10.2 624 F Tapizar 10.1 662 C With Distinction 10.1 700 F Lonhro (AUS) 10.2 738 F Midnight Lute 22.1 625 F Astrology 10.3 663 F Desert Party 10.1 701 F Street Cry (IRE) 22.0 739 C Bodemeister 11.0 626 F Exchange Rate 21.1 664 F Munnings 10.1 702 C Mr.