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FLORIDA’S DAILY SALES DIGEST • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 SALE HEADLINES Published by Florida Equine Communications Inc. FTBOA.COM Shines By BROCK SHERIDAN The Ocala Breeders’ Sales March Sale got off to a good start with Tuesday’s opening session of the two day sale producing solid num- bers. During the first day, 137 juveniles went through the ring and gen- erated gross sales of $26,320,500, which is almost identical to last year when 167 lots produced $26,418,500 in gross sales. The average Tues- day was $192,120, up 22.9% from the $156,322 average on the first day of last year’s March Sale. The median price, was steady at $110,000. The top seller on the day was Hip 127, who brought $1,250,000. He is a bay colt from the first crop of (G1) winner Orb out of Remember, by Forest Wildcat. Remember is out of the Grade 1-placed Dancinginmydreams, who is a full sister to champion filly Heavenly Prized, stakes winner Oh What A Windfall and stakes- placed Hunting Hard. Dancinginmydreams also produced Grade 1 winner Dancing Forever and stakes-placed Puzzling. Alex Solis Jr. signed the ticket on the colt under his Solis/Litt banner for new own- ers LNJ Foxwoods, Nancy Favreau and Kathy Psoinos. “We really love the sire [Orb],” Solis said. “We have a half-sister who is one of our better horses but she got hurt before we could get black type. We saw [the colt] breeze and the gallop out was very strong. He’s done everything right. He’s very calm and collected and well balanced. We couldn’t be more excited.” Hip No. 127 topped J.J. Crupi consigned the colt, who had an under tack time of :10 for Tuesday’s session at an eighth-mile, in the name of Crupi’s New Castle Farm, agent. Crupi $1.25 million said he was not surprised that the colt earned the high numbers. “He has always been a very honest colt who has always been very professional,” Crupi said. “On the track he is all class and all man. To be very honest, he was a little behind all of my other sale horses. But

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OBS March from page 1 OBS March 2-Year-Olds in Training he is such a runner, he caught up to the others very easy.” * Denotes Florida-bred Hip 223 brought a final bid of $950,000 from Tuesday’s Top Sellers Rattler Racing, Inc. as a son of two-time Horse Hip#Pedigree Buyer Price of the Year Curlin out of the Lion Hearted mare 127 C. Orb–Remember ...... Solis / Litt ...... $1,250,000 Storm Hearted. The colt is a half-brother to Consigned by Crupi's New Castle Farm, Agent V stakes winner Wake Up Nick and was consigned by Imagine… who saw him work an eighth-mile 223 C. Curlin–Storm Hearted ...... Rattler Racing, Inc...... $950,000 in :10 1/5 at the under tack program. Consigned by Imagine... Hip 295, a Florida-bred son of Scat Daddy 295* C. Scat Daddy–West Side Dancer . . . .Live Oak Plantation ...... $950,000 out of West Side Dancer, by Gone West, also Consigned by Ocala Stud brought a $950,000 bid from Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation. The Ocala Stud 323 C. –Alexandra Rylee . . . . .Dennis O'Neill ...... $950,000 consignee is a half-brother to Grade 2 winners Bobby Dodd, Agent I Discreet Dancer and Travelin Man and Grade 211 F. Exchange Rate–Spring Jump ...... Baoma Corp ...... $850,000 2-placed stakes winner Sweet N Discreet. He Consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent IX worked a quarter-mile in :21 3/5. The third juvenile on the day to bring 116 F. City Zip–Receivership ...... Graham Motion, Agent ...... $700,000 $950,000 was Hip 323, a bay colt by Union Consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent XVIII Rags out of the stakes-winning mare Alexandra Rylee, by Afleet Alex. He was consigned by 155 C. Union Rags–Sangrita ...... Simon Callaghan, Agent ...... $685,000 Bobby Dodd, agent and Dennis O’Neill was the Consigned by Randy Bradshaw, Agent VI buyer. He worked a furlong in :10 at the under 153 C. –Sandi's Ready ...... Kerri Radcliffe, Agent ...... $625,000 tack show. Consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent XXIV “I bought him for Amr Zedan, who is a big polo guy and wants to get into the thorough- 43 F. More Than Ready–Music Score . . . .Kerri Radcliffe, Agent ...... $600,000 bred business on the top end,” O’Neill said. “I Consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent III told him this was the best horse in the sale and 126 C. War Front–Rehear ...... Carolyn Wilson ...... $595,000 he said let’s get him. We went a little higher Consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent XXXII than we wanted to but obviously we were in love with him and wanted to bring him home. Corp. Chu and his wife Susan own Florida sire of Eddie Woods, agent. By City Zip and out of He has a huge stride on him and his gallop out Chitu, who stands at Bridlewood Farm. Receivership, by End Sweep, she worked a was just fantastic. Physically, he was gorgeous “These horses that click the boxes—every- quarter-mile in :21, which was one of the and we talk about a horse that hits all the bells body comes out for them,” Lani said. “They are fastest works ever at an OBS sale. Graham Mo- and whistles… he hit them all.” tough to buy because they do everything they tion bought the filly, who is a half-sister to Bringing $850,000 was Hip 211, a bay filly are supposed to here. She jumped every hoop. multiple Grade 1 winner Palace and stakes- by Exchange Rate out of the stakes-placed She did well on the race track, she performed placed Retriever. mare Spring Jump, by Jump Start. She put in and looked good doing it. And she looked good “I loved the filly’s breeze,” Motion said. “I a quarter-mile work in :20 4/5 and was con- at the barn.” really liked her when I looked at her [Monday] signed by Eddie Woods, agent. Donato Lani Lighting up the money board at $700,000 and liked her even more when I looked at her put in the final bid for Charles Chu’s Baoma was Hip 116, a bay filly from the consignment [Tuesday] morning. She just stood out.” n WWW.FTBOA.COM • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 • 3 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse

Hip# Sex Sire Time Hip# Sex Sire Time Hip# Sex Sire Time 339 C 9.4 396 F City Zip 10.3 453 C Smart Strike out 340 C Flatter 10.2 397 C New Year's Day 10.4 454 F Maclean's Music 10.1 341 C Smart Strike 10.2 398 F Artie Schiller 10.2 455 C Two Step Salsa 10.2 342 F 10.3 399 C Into Mischief 10.0 456 C Quality Road 20.4 343 C Gemologist 11.0 400 F Kantharos out 457 C Munnings 21.2 344 F Pioneerof the Nile 10.2 401 C Uncle Mo 10.2 458 C Munnings 10.2 345 C Medaglia d'Oro 10.2 402 F Scat Daddy 10.1 459 F Flower Alley 10.0 346 C Morning Line 21.1 403 F Shanghai Bobby 10.2 460 C out 347 C Data Link 10.1 404 F 11.0 461 F Orb out 348 F Trappe Shot 10.3 405 C Gemologist out 462 C More Than Ready 9.3 349 F Tapit 21.2 406 F Take Charge Indy out 463 F Majestic Warrior 10.1 350 C Smart Strike 10.0 407 C Graydar 10.2 464 C Kitten's Joy 21.4 351 G Rattlesnake Bridge 11.0 408 C Liaison 10.4 465 C Curlin 10.0 352 C Prospective 10.1 409 C Colonel John 10.2 466 C Data Link 10.0 353 C 9.4 410 F Into Mischief out 467 F Exchange Rate 10.1 354 C Tapit 10.4 411 C City Zip out 468 F Old Fashioned 10.2 355 C Super Saver 21.3 412 C Majesticperfection 21.3 469 F Midnight Lute 10.1 356 F Majestic Warrior 10.1 413 C Jimmy Creed 10.2 470 F Pioneerof the Nile 10.1 357 C 10.2 414 C Astrology 10.2 471 F Denman (AUS) out 358 C Mizzen Mast 10.4 415 F Violence 22.0 472 C Overanalyze 10.0 359 F Pioneerof the Nile 21.0 416 C Shackleford out 473 F 10.0 360 F Congrats 9.4 417 F Creative Cause 21.4 474 C Scat Daddy 10.3 361 F Jimmy Creed 10.1 418 F Union Rags 21.4 475 C First Defence 22.0 362 C Haynesfield 21.2 419 C Bodemeister out 476 F 21.2 363 F Tiznow 10.4 420 F Giant's Causeway 10.3 477 C Sky Mesa 10.2 364 F Kantharos 20.4 421 C Poseidon's Warrior 10.2 478 C Wildcat Heir 10.2 365 C Orb 10.3 422 C With Distinction 10.3 479 F Uncle Mo out 366 C Graydar 10.2 423 F Macho Uno 10.4 480 C Tale of Ekati 20.4 367 C Sidney's Candy 21.1 424 C Orb 10.3 481 C Alternation 21.4 368 C Take Charge Indy 10.3 425 C Tapit 10.3 482 C Fast Bullet 10.1 369 C Discreetly Mine 10.3 426 F Run Away and Hide 21.4 483 F Graydar 10.4 370 F More Than Ready 10.1 427 C Orb out 484 F Gemologist 10.1 371 C Quality Road 21.3 428 C Unusual Heat 11.0 485 F Closing Argument 10.0 372 F Uncle Mo 22.3 429 C First Samurai 10.2 486 C Mizzen Mast out 373 C Blame out 430 F Mission Impazible 10.2 487 C Two Step Salsa 10.3 374 F Graydar 10.4 431 F Eskendereya 11.0 488 C Union Rags 10.0 375 C Super Saver out 432 C Two Step Salsa 10.3 489 C Mission Impazible 21.1 376 C Gemologist 11.2 433 C New Year's Day 21.3 490 C Emcee 10.1 377 F Violence 10.1 434 C Eskendereya out 491 C Mineshaft 9.4 378 C Into Mischief out 435 F Eskendereya 10.3 492 F Street Hero out 379 F Lemon Drop Kid 10.2 436 C Candy Ride (ARG) out 493 C Curlin 10.2 380 C Desert Party out 437 C Candy Ride (ARG) 10.2 494 C Ghostzapper 22.2 381 F Dialed In 22.4 438 F Take Charge Indy 10.3 495 C Tiz Wonderful 10.1 382 C Jimmy Creed 10.3 439 C Custom for Carlos 10.4 496 C Soldat out 383 F Into Mischief 10.2 440 F Jump Start out 497 C Tapizar 10.3 384 F Justin Phillip 10.4 441 C 10.2 498 C Into Mischief 9.4 385 C Munnings 10.1 442 C Lemon Drop Kid 23.1 499 C out 386 F Exchange Rate 10.1 443 F Gemologist 10.1 500 C Ghostzapper out 387 C Crown of Thorns 10.1 444 C Super Saver 21.4 501 C Tiznow 10.1 388 C Mineshaft 10.4 445 C Algorithms 10.1 502 F Kantharos 10.1 389 C 10.2 446 C Bernardini 10.3 503 C Bernardini 10.1 390 C Mineshaft 21.3 447 C Violence 10.3 504 C Munnings out 391 C Point of Entry 10.1 448 C More Than Ready 10.4 505 F Congrats 10.1 392 C Medaglia d'Oro 10.2 449 C Quality Road out 506 C Curlin 10.1 393 C First Samurai 10.2 450 F Forefathers 10.3 507 C Tizway 10.1 394 C Sky Mesa 10.1 451 C Treasure Beach (GB) 10.2 508 F Gio Ponti 9.4 395 C Dialed In 10.2 452 C Bellamy Road 11.4 509 C Tapit 10.2 WWW.FTBOA.COM • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 • 4 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse

Hip# Sex Sire Time Hip# Sex Sire Time Hip# Sex Sire Time 510 C Mineshaft 21.0 566 C Wildcat Heir 10.1 622 C The Factor 10.1 511 C Rattlesnake Bridge 10.3 567 C Ghostzapper 10.3 623 F Prospective 10.3 512 C Street Boss out 568 F Ghostzapper 9.4 624 C Old Fashioned 10.1 513 C The Factor 10.2 569 C Medaglia d'Oro 10.1 625 C Bodemeister 10.2 514 C Bodemeister out 570 C Take Charge Indy 10.2 626 C Jimmy Creed 10.1 515 C Arch 20.4 571 C Union Rags 22.1 627 C Midnight Lute 10.2 516 C Midnight Lute 10.1 572 C Biondetti 10.0 628 C Orb 21.4 517 C Trappe Shot 10.1 573 F Quality Road out 629 F Mission Impazible 10.0 518 C Violence 10.1 574 F Violence 10.3 630 C Union Rags 10.4 519 C Elusive Quality 10.3 575 C More Than Ready out 631 C Concord Point 21.3 520 F Kitten's Joy out 576 F Shanghai Bobby 9.4 632 C More Than Ready 10.3 521 F Pioneerof the Nile out 577 C Scat Daddy 10.0 633 C Courageous Cat 10.2 522 C Prospective 10.0 578 F Overanalyze 21.3 634 F Arch 10.2 523 F Algorithms 21.0 579 F Gone Astray 10.0 635 C Paynter 10.1 524 C Bold Warrior 10.0 580 C More Than Ready out 636 C Violence out 525 F Majestic Warrior 10.1 581 C Graeme Hall 11.2 637 F Tapit 10.3 526 C Tapizar out 582 C Overanalyze 10.1 638 C Mizzen Mast 10.2 527 F Speightstown 10.2 583 F Into Mischief 10.1 639 C Trappe Shot 10.1 528 F Line of David out 584 C Mission Impazible out 640 F Eskendereya 10.3 529 C First Samurai 10.3 585 F Run Away and Hide 10.1 641 C Bodemeister 10.2 530 C Astrology 10.1 586 C Pioneerof the Nile 20.4 642 C out 531 F Tiz Wonderful 10.3 587 F Artie Schiller 10.1 643 F Union Rags 21.4 532 F High Cotton 22.0 588 F Scat Daddy 10.1 644 F Malibu Moon 21.1 533 C Twirling Candy 10.0 589 F Orb 10.2 645 F Tiz Wonderful 10.1 534 C Lemon Drop Kid 10.2 590 C Bernardini out 646 C Street Sense 10.0 535 F Into Mischief 10.0 591 C Justin Phillip out 647 F Adios Charlie 10.2 536 F Street Sense out 592 F Tale of the Cat out 648 F Paynter 10.3 537 F City Zip 10.1 593 F More Than Ready 10.2 649 C Violence 10.1 538 C Tale of the Cat out 594 F Super Saver out 650 F Tapit 21.2 539 C Super Saver 10.4 595 F Smart Strike 21.2 651 C Proud Citizen 22.1 540 C Dialed In 10.0 596 C Alternation out 652 F Two Step Salsa 10.2 541 F Flat Out 10.2 597 F Majestic Warrior 10.0 653 F First Samurai 10.2 542 C Graydar 10.0 598 C Malibu Moon out 654 C Yes It's True 21.2 543 F Gemologist 10.2 599 C Take Charge Indy 21.3 655 C Flatter 10.0 544 F Flat Out 10.0 600 F 10.1 656 F Candy Ride (ARG) 10.1 545 C First Dude 10.2 601 C Bold Warrior 10.0 657 C Colonel John 9.4 546 F Bodemeister out 602 F Distorted Humor 10.3 658 F Scat Daddy 10.1 547 F Animal Kingdom out 603 C Giant's Causeway 10.0 659 C Tapizar 10.3 548 C Morning Line 10.1 604 F Graeme Hall 10.1 660 C Giant's Causeway out 549 C To Honor and Serve 10.0 605 C Point of Entry 20.3 661 C Unusual Heat 10.2 550 C Paynter 10.2 606 C Tapit out 662 C Mizzen Mast 10.3 551 F Blame 10.2 607 F Colonel John 10.4 663 C Mission Impazible out 552 F Sky Mesa 10.2 608 C Tiznow 20.4 664 C Violence 9.4 553 C Into Mischief 10.1 609 C Graydar 10.4 665 C Shanghai Bobby out 554 C Currency Swap 10.2 610 F Union Rags out 666 out 555 C Gemologist 21.1 611 C Field Commission 10.1 667 F The Factor 21.3 556 F Mission Impazible 10.1 612 C Power Broker 10.2 668 C The Factor 10.2 557 C Point of Entry 10.1 613 C Tapit 10.2 669 F Tiz Wonderful 10.2 558 C Gemologist 10.1 614 F Sidney's Candy 10.2 670 F Ghostzapper 10.3 559 F More Than Ready 10.0 615 C Justin Phillip 10.1 671 F Archarcharch 10.0 560 C Astrology out 616 C Take Charge Indy 10.2 672 C Tapizar out 561 C Mission Impazible out 617 C Bodemeister 10.1 673 C First Dude 10.1 562 F Discreetly Mine 21.0 618 out 674 C Alternation 22.0 563 F City Zip 10.3 619 C Tizway 21.1 675 C Curlin 21.4 564 F Tiznow out 620 C Into Mischief out 676 C Into Mischief 10.3 565 C Ghostzapper 21.2 621 C Super Saver 10.1 677 C Orb 10.0

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– The Road to the Kentucky Derby is ard 35-race series that awards pointsHOW toTO the GET Top INTO4 finishers THE in eachKENTUCKY race. The topDERBY 19 or 20STARTING point earners GATE will earn a spot in the starting gate for the 143 running of the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) on Saturday, May 6, 2017. One invitation will be extended to the top point earners in the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby field has been limited to 20 starters since 1975. At least 20 horses have entered the 1 ¼-mile race for 3-year-olds every year since 2004, and 16 of the last 18 years.

Non-Restricted Rank Horse Points Owner(s) Trainer Stakes Earnings 1. Gunnevera 64 Peacock Racing Stables LLC (Solomon Del-Valle, Guillermo Guerra Antonio Sano $1,042,800 & Jaime Diaz) Leaderboard Mastery 60 Cheyenne Stables LLC (Everett Dobson) $480,000 2. Tapwrit 54 Bridlewood Farm (John & Leslie Malone), Eclipse Todd Pletcher $295,570 Thoroughbred Partners (Aron Wellman) & Robert V. LaPenta 3. J Boys Echo 53 Albaugh Family Stables LLC (Jason Loustch) Dale Romans $255,000 4. 50 Brad Grady Joe Sharp $249,800 5. 34 Klaravich Stables Inc. (Seth Klarman) & William H. Lawrence Chad Brown $766,000 6. Classic Empire 32 John C. Oxley Mark Casse $1,493,820 7. El Areeb 30 M M G Stables LLC (Mohammed Al-Gadhi) Cal Lynch $330,000 8. 25 Mr. & Mrs. Jerome S. Moss (Jerry & Ann Moss) John Shirreffs $284,000 9. Untrapped 24 Michael Langford Steve Asmussen $120,000 10. State of Honor 22 Conrad Farm (Manfred & Penny Conrad) Mark Casse $119,564 11. McCraken 20 Whitham LLC (Janis R. Whitham) Ian Wilkes $285,048 12. Iliad 20 Kaleem Shah Inc. Doug O’Neill $200,000 13. Cloud Computing 20 Klaravich Stables Inc. (Seth Klaraman) & William H. Lawrence Chad Brown $60,000 +Not This Time 18 Albaugh Family Stable (Dennis Albaugh) Dale Romans $430,210 14. Wild Shot 17 Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley) Rusty Arnold II $132,200 15. Guest Suite 15 William S. Farish & Lora Jean Kilroy Neil Howard $144,040 16. Lookin At Lee 12 L and N Racing LLC (Don Nelson) Steve Asmussen $325,600 17. Term of Art 11 Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley) Doug O’Neill $119,000 18. Uncontested 11 Harry T. Rosenblum & Robert V. LaPenta Wayne Catalano $100,729 19. One Liner 10 WinStar Farm LLC (Kenny Troutt), China Horse Club (Ah Khing Todd Pletcher $300,000 Teo) & SF Racing LLC (Garvin Murphy, Neil Bowden & Tom

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Note: One spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate is an invitation to the “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby” point leader. The invitation order of preference is Epicharis-JPN (50 points), Mont Saint Legame-JPN (40 points) and Adirato-JPN (20 points). 20. 10 Isabella De Tomaso Graham Motion $272,660 21. Mo Town * 10 Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Team D Tony Dutrow $188,000 22. Three Rules 10 Shade Tree Thoroughbreds Inc., Tom Fitzgerald & Roy Geoff Jose Pinchin $142,240 +Zakaroff 10 Antone Metaxas Steve Specht $122,000 23. No Dozing 10 Lael Stables (Roy & Gretchen Jackson) Arnaud Delacour $106,500 24. Royal Mo 10 Mr. & Mrs. Jerome S. Moss (Jerry & Ann Moss) John Shirreffs $90,000 25. Local Hero 10 e Five Racing Thoroughbreds (Bob Edwards) Steve Asmussen $40,000 26. Petrov 8 Rialto Racing Stables LLC (Catherine Adams Hutt) & Southern Ron Moquett $150,000 Spring Stables (Ron Moquett) 27. Irap 8 Reddam Racing LLC (J. Paul Reddam) Doug O’Neill $112,000 28. True Timber 6 Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley) Kiaran McLaughlin $74,000 29. Talk Logistics 6 Hardway Stables (Ralph Nabavi) Eddie Plesa Jr. $60,100 30. Bonus Points 5 Three Diamonds Farm (Kirk, Debra & Jordan Wycoff) Todd Pletcher $52,500 31. Action Everyday 5 St. Elias Stable (Vincent Viola) Todd Pletcher $15,000 Klimt 4 Kaleem Shah Inc. Art Sherman $380,000 32. Hot Sean 4 Karl Watson, Mike Pegram & Paul Weitman Bob Baffert $180,000 33. Dangerfield 4 W. C. Racing (Josh Kaplan & Glenn Sorgenstein) and Doug O’Neill $171,500 Zayat Stables LLC () Syndergaard 4 Eric Fein, Christopher McKenna, Harris Fein, Guri Singh & Jerry Todd Pletcher $160,000 Walia +More Power to Him 4 Brett Mason Faith Taylor $69,000 34. American Anthem 4 WinStar Farm LLC (Kenny Troutt), S F Bloodstock LLC (Garvin Bob Baffert $20,000 Murphy, Neil Bowden & Tom Ryan) & China Horse Club (Ah Khing Teo) * DenotesWarrior’s Club Florida-bred 3 Racing Club (Gary Palmisano et al) D. Wayne Lukas $27,528

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