Florida-Breds Fire Bullets at Under Tack Shows

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FLORIDA’S DAILY SALES DIGEST • TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 SALE HEADLINES Published by Florida Equine Communications Inc. FTBOA.COM Optimism for OBS March Sale Florida-breds fire bullets at Under Tack Shows

By BROCK SHERIDAN Last year, the Ocala Breeders’ Sale Company decided to make a few changes to the format of their March Sale for 2- Year-Olds in Training as they dropped the “select” tag and catalogued approximately 200 more juveniles, increasing their of- fering from about 400 in 2014 to roughly 600 last year. That tweak in the format re- sulted in a 48 percent increase in gross sales and positive reviews from both buyers and consignors so OBS officials have continued with the more inclusive format. Hip 92 See OBS on page 2 March JOE DIORIO PHOTOS WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 • 2 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse

Other March grads that won graded stakes in 2015 include Appealing Tale, winner of the Kelso Hand- icap (G2) and Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2); Ben’s Duchess, L.A. Woman Stakes (G3); Coach Inge, Brooklyn Invitatonal (G2); Ekati’s Phaeton, Davona Dale Stakes (G2); Feath- ered, Edgewood Stakes (G3); Hebbronville, Jersey Shore Stakes (G3); High Dollar Woman, Indiana Oaks (G2); Kober ’s Back, Commonwealth Stakes (3) and Palos Verdes Stakes Hip 101 (2); Madefromlucky, Peter Pan Stakes (G2) and West OBS March from page 1 ographs placed in the Repository, all informa- Virginia Derby (2), Night Prowler, Dania Beach tion placed by consignors and all Veterinary Ra- Stakes (3) and Transylvania Stakes (3), Ocean “Last year we made the change. We opened diographic Reports. Knight, Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3); and it up with the hopes of attracting a broader buyer “One of the things that is new for this year is Stopchargingmaria, Allaire DuPont Distaff base,” OBS Present Tom Ventura said. “We were we have instituted a repository,” Ventura said Stakes (G3) and Longiness Breeders’ Cup happy with the results last year and we stuck “That is not something that is new to the busi- Distaff (G1). with it this year. The consignors stepped up and ness but it is new for us. So it is important for brought some very nice horses.” the buyers to adapt to the repository policy. It March Sire Power The catalogue this year has 612 juveniles has been well received by the bulk of the buyers Several Florida sires are represented in the with Hips 1 through 306 scheduled to sell today and consignors. We have the information here if catalogue including Adios Charlie, Awesome of whle Hips 307 – 612 are set for tomorrow. Both they choose to look at it.” Course, Big Drama, Biondetti, Exclusive Quality, sessions will begin at 11 a.m. First Dude, Gone Astray, High Cotton, In Sum- “We’re looking forward to a good sale. We March Alumni Graduate to mation, Kantharos, Overdriven and Two Step have a really good catalogue with some very Graded Stakes Salsa. well bred horses and then we have some horses Last year there were 15 OBS March gradu- There are also several first crop sires offered that are nice physicals that may not have quite ates that won graded stakes including Toyata throughout the catalogue including Aikenite, Al- the same pedigree but will stack up very nicely Blue Grass Stakes (G1) winner Carpe Diem, gorithms, Astrology, Florida sire Biondetti, physically,” Ventura continued. Dubai Golden Shaheen Stakes (G1-UAE) winner Bodemeister, Bold Warrior, Brilliant Speed, Bul- One new feature OBS has planned for this Secret Circle, Alcibiades Stakes (G1) winner let Train, Caleb’s Posse, Creative Cause, Dialed auction is the implementation of a Repository. Gomo, and Jack Milton, winner of the Maker’s Repository information shall include all radi- 46 Mile (G1). See OBS March on page 3 WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 • 3 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse

OBS March from page 2

In, Dominus, Gemologist, Get Stormy, Hansen, Jersey Town, Maclean’s Music, Mission Im- pazible, Florida sire Overdriven, Rule, Shackleford, Stay Thirsty, Tapizar, The Factor, To Honor and Serve and Union Rags.

Top Under Tack Show Performers

Before going through the auction ring, the juveniles were able to showcase their talents during three Under Tack Shows held last week at the Ocala Training Center track adjacent to the sales complex. Florida-bred Hip 257 The fastest works at the Wednesday session included a pair of colts Two Florida-breds put in the fastest times third and final session of the Under Tack Show from the Eddie Woods consignment that both during the Thursday Under Tack Show and for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2016 worked quarter-miles in :20 3/5. Woods was again the consignor of the one. March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. Hip The first was Hip 92, a colt by Kentucky A Florida-bred gray or roan filly by The Fac- 532, consigned by Dormellito Stud Sales, is a Derby (G1) winner Super Saver, out of the tor out of the stakes-winning mare Silver Cub, dark bay or brown filly by Frost Giant out of Easy stakes-winning mare Lunargal, by Yes It’s True. by City Zip worked a quarter in :20 2/5 for Erin, by Johannesburg, a daughter of graded Lunargal is also a half-sister to graded-stakes- Woods and will sell as Hip 257. Silver Cup is stakes winner Dancin Renee. Hip 558, a dark bay winner and freshman sire Astrology, graded- also a half-sister to stakes winners Silver Heart or brown filly by Twirling Candy consigned by de stakes-winner Lunarpal and stakes-winner and Aspenglow. Meric Sales, Agent, is out of Felicitee, by Menifee, Lunarlady. Hip 323 put in the quickest furlong on the a half sister to graded stakes placed Mazella. The next with a two furlong bullet was Hip day, stopping the clock in :9 3/5. The dark bay A pair of colts turned in the session’s fastest 101, a dark bay or brown colt by popular sire or brown colt is by Ocala Stud stallion Adios eighth-mile, stopping the timer in :9 3/5. Hip War Front, winner of the Grade 2 Alfred G. Van- Charlie, out of The Church Lady, by Valid Wager, 449, consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm, derbilt Breeders’ Cup Handicap. The colt is out making him a half-brother to stakes-winner Agent, is a bay colt by City Zip out of Cap’s of the Grade 1-stakes-winning mare Maryfield, Sheyene Girl and stakes-placed Codio. He is Legacy, by Stroll, a daughter of stakes winner a daughter of Elusive Quality and a half-sister to consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Sta- In My Cap. Hip 606, a Florida-bred, chestnut stakes-placed Quiet. bles, Agent. colt by Ocala Stud stallion Kantharos consigned There were 14 juveniles that worked furlongs Fillies by Frost Giant and Twirling Candy by de Meric Sales, Agent, is out of Gracious As- in :9 4/5 Wednesday including Hips 20, 29, 43, 64, worked quarter-miles in :20 2/5 to share honors sault, by Glitterman, a full-sister to graded 73, 80, 91, 116, 124, 126, 167, 171, 178, 189. for the fastest work at the distance Friday at the stakes placed Glitman. n WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2016 • 4 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse

Hip# Sex Sire Time Hip# Sex Sire Time Hip# Sex Sire Time Hip# Sex Sire Time 1 C Quality Road 10.0 78 C First Samurai 10.2 155 C Bernardini 21.0 232 C Union Rags 10.2 2 F Wildcat Heir 10.1 79 C Uncle Mo 10.0 156 F Midnight Lute 10.0 233 C Majesticperfection out 3 C Dialed In 10.1 80 C Tale of the Cat 9.4 157 C The Factor 10.0 234 C Majesticperfection 10.0 4 F Sky Mesa 10.3 81 C City Zip 10.0 158 C Wildcat Heir out 235 C Blame 10.0 5 C Pioneerof the Nile out 82 F Northern Afleet 10.2 159 F Curlin out 236 C Distorted Humor 10.0 6 F Super Saver 10.1 83 F Brilliant Speed 10.3 160 F Into Mischief 10.1 237 F Lookin At Lucky 9.4 7 C Tale of the Cat out 84 C Tapit 10.1 161 C Gemologist out 238 F Maclean's Music 10.1 8 C Lemon Drop Kid 10.1 85 F Dunkirk 10.1 162 out 239 C Yes It's True 10.1 9 C Smart Strike 10.2 86 F Super Saver 10.0 163 C Trappe Shot 20.4 240 C Telling 10.2 10 C Wildcat Heir 10.2 87 C Ghostzapper 20.4 164 F Adios Charlie 10.4 241 C Forestry 9.4 11 F Malibu Moon 10.0 88 C Gemologist 21.2 165 C Successful Appeal out 242 F Bernardini 10.4 12 C Distorted Humor 10.1 89 F More Than Ready 10.1 166 C First Dude 10.3 243 C Cowboy Cal 21.0 13 F Giant's Causeway 20.4 90 F Flatter out 167 C Hansen 9.4 244 C Tizway 10.1 14 F First Dude out 91 F Wildcat Heir 9.4 168 F The Factor 10.1 245 C Uncle Mo 10.1 15 C Scat Daddy 10.0 92 C Super Saver 20.3 169 C Overdriven out 246 C Flatter 21.0 16 F Union Rags 10.0 93 F Curlin 10.2 170 F Stay Thirsty 10.3 247 C Old Fashioned 10.0 17 F Harlan's Holiday 10.1 94 C Smart Strike out 171 C Gemologist 9.4 248 F Any Given Saturday 10.0 18 F Bernardini 21.1 95 C Hard Spun 10.2 172 C Algorithms out 249 C Lookin At Lucky 10.0 19 F Gemologist 10.0 96 F Drosselmeyer 10.2 173 C Tizway out 250 F To Honor and Serve 10.2 20 C Gone Astray 9.4 97 F Pioneerof the Nile 20.4 174 C Union Rags 21.1 251 C Midshipman 10.0 21 F Exchange Rate 10.0 98 F Speightstown 10.0 175 C Unbridled's Song 10.1 252 F Shackleford out 22 F Harlan's Holiday 10.2 99 F Discreetly Mine 10.1 176 F Harlan's Holiday 10.2 253 C Jersey Town 10.2 23 C Graeme Hall 10.1 100 F Malibu Moon 10.1 177 C High Cotton 10.2 254 C Elusive Quality 21.1 24 F Scat Daddy 10.2 101 C War Front 20.3 178 F Maclean's Music 9.4 255 C Shackleford 10.2 25 C Tapit 10.1 102 C Quality Road 10.1 179 C Into Mischief 10.1 256 C Tiznow 10.1 26 F Tiznow 10.3 103 F Put It Back 10.1 180 F Hansen 10.0 257 F The Factor 20.2 27 C Bodemeister 10.1 104 C Hard Spun 11.1 181 F Maclean's Music 10.0 258 F Lemon Drop Kid 10.2 28 C Smart Strike 10.2 105 C Dialed In 10.2 182 C Curlin 21.0 259 C Algorithms 21.3 29 F Shackleford 9.4 106 F Wilburn 10.1 183 C Tiznow 10.2 260 C High Cotton 20.4 30 C Tapizar 10.0 107 C Tapizar 10.1 184 C Arch 10.3 261 F Giant's Causeway 10.1 31 C Quality Road 20.4 108 C Maclean's Music 10.2 185 F High Cotton 21.3 262 F City Zip out 32 C Tiznow 10.4 109 C Stay Thirsty 10.0 186 C Algorithms 10.1 263 C Trappe Shot 10.2 33 F Henny Hughes 10.2 110 F Shackleford 10.2 187 F Munnings 10.4 264 C Midshipman out 34 C First Dude 21.1 111 C Big Drama 10.2 188 C Tapizar 10.1 265 C High Cotton 11.0 35 C Astrology 10.2 112 C Gone Astray 10.3 189 C Girolamo 9.4 266 F Warrior's Reward 10.3 36 C City Zip 10.0 113 C Union Rags 10.1 190 F Algorithms 10.1 267 C Bodemeister 10.0 37 C Candy Ride (ARG) 10.4 114 C Candy Ride (ARG) 10.2 191 C More Than Ready 21.2 268 F City Zip 22.0 38 F Lookin At Lucky 10.1 115 C Bernardini 10.0 192 F Bodemeister 10.1 269 C Gio Ponti 10.2 39 F Tapit 21.4 116 F Big Drama 9.4 193 C Flatter 10.1 270 C Harlan's Holiday 10.2 40 F Uncle Mo 10.1 117 C Temple City 10.2 194 C Eskendereya 10.1 271 C The Factor 10.4 41 C Justenuffhumor 10.2 118 C Bernardini 10.0 195 F Lemon Drop Kid 10.1 272 F Exchange Rate 10.1 42 C Malibu Moon out 119 C Union Rags 10.2 196 C Into Mischief 10.2 273 C Bellamy Road 10.2 43 F Into Mischief 9.4 120 F Flashstorm 21.1 197 C Telling 10.0 274 C Bodemeister 21.4 44 C Archarcharch 10.1 121 F Smart Strike 10.3 198 C Into Mischief 21.1 275 C Uncle Mo 10.0 45 F Wildcat Heir 10.1 122 F Warrior's Reward 10.1 199 C Into Mischief 10.0 276 C Sky Mesa 10.1 46 F Yes It's True 21.3 123 F Put It Back - 200 C Caleb's Posse 20.4 277 F Yes It's True 10.0 47 C Brilliant Speed out 124 F More Than Ready 9.4 201 F Malibu Moon out 278 F Lookin At Lucky 10.0 48 F Uncle Mo 10.2 125 C First Dude 10.2 202 C Blame 10.1 279 C Stormy Atlantic 10.0 49 F Midnight Lute 10.2 126 F Into Mischief 9.4 203 F Majesticperfection 10.2 280 F Biondetti 10.0 50 C Gemologist 10.2 127 F To Honor and Serve 10.2 204 F Super Saver 10.0 281 F Archarcharch 10.3 51 C To Honor and Serve 21.2 128 F Trappe Shot 10.3 205 F Greatness 21.1 282 F First Samurai 9.4 52 F Astrology 10.1 129 C Munnings 10.3 206 C Biondetti 10.2 283 C Ghostzapper 10.1 53 F First Dude 10.1 130 C Get Stormy out 207 F Bodemeister 10.1 284 F Tizway out 54 C Field Commission 10.1 131 C Bullet Train (GB) 21.3 208 C Discreetly Mine 10.1 285 F Tiz Wonderful - 55 F Mission Impazible 10.0 132 C Here Comes Ben 10.2 209 C Speightstown 10.0 286 C Malibu Moon 10.3 56 F Giant's Causeway 10.2 133 F Awesome Again 10.2 210 C Into Mischief 9.4 287 C Union Rags 10.2 57 C Gemologist 10.0 134 C Giant's Causeway out 211 F Stay Thirsty 10.3 288 F Malibu Moon out 58 F Ghostzapper 10.2 135 F The Factor 10.0 212 F Hard Spun 10.1 289 C American Lion 10.1 59 C Pioneerof the Nile 10.2 136 C Lemon Drop Kid 10.0 213 C Candy Ride (ARG) out 290 C Tapizar 9.4 60 C Congrats 10.1 137 C Harlan's Holiday 10.3 214 C More Than Ready 20.3 291 F High Cotton 10.1 61 F Majestic Warrior 10.1 138 F Lonhro (AUS) 10.1 215 C Sky Mesa out 292 F Macho Uno 10.1 62 F Harlan's Holiday 10.3 139 F Kantharos 10.1 216 F Union Rags 10.2 293 C Curlin 9.4 63 C Mineshaft 21.1 140 C Mizzen Mast 21.3 217 C Union Rags 10.1 294 F City Zip 10.1 64 F Trappe Shot 9.4 141 C To Honor and Serve 10.2 218 F Blame 22.0 295 F Into Mischief 21.1 65 F Tizway 10.0 142 C Munnings out 219 C Gemologist 10.1 296 C More Than Ready 10.0 66 C Uncle Mo 10.3 143 C Stay Thirsty 10.3 220 F Astrology 10.2 297 F Shackleford 10.3 67 C Tapizar 10.0 144 C Gemologist 10.1 221 C Wildcat Heir 9.4 298 C Simmard 10.3 68 F Discreet Cat 10.2 145 F Into Mischief 10.0 222 C Twirling Candy 10.1 299 C Mizzen Mast 9.4 69 C Girolamo 10.1 146 C Bellamy Road 10.2 223 C High Cotton 10.2 300 F Colonel John 10.0 70 F Yes It's True 10.1 147 F Broken Vow 10.2 224 F To Honor and Serve 10.2 301 C Congrats 10.2 71 F Successful Appeal 10.1 148 F City Zip out 225 C The Factor out 302 C Forefathers 9.4 72 F Gone Astray 10.0 149 C Munnings 10.2 226 C Twirling Candy 10.4 303 C Harlan's Holiday 10.2 73 F Into Mischief 9.4 150 C Stay Thirsty 10.1 227 C Blame 10.3 304 C To Honor and Serve 21.1 74 F Union Rags 10.2 151 C Caleb's Posse out 228 F Gone Astray 20.4 305 F Repent 10.3 75 F Warrior's Reward out 152 C Gemologist 10.0 229 F Sky Mesa 10.1 306 F Unbridled's Song 21.4 76 C Arch out 153 C Scat Daddy 10.1 230 C City Zip 10.1 77 C Mizzen Mast 10.2 154 C Lemon Drop Kid 22.1 231 C Speightstown 10.1

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In 1974, Casse was one of the horsemen JOE DIORIO PHOTO ation. Mark Casse’s son and assistant, Nor- who launched the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. man, is named for his He served as its director and, for more than a In 1974, Casse was one of the horsemen grandfather. quarter-century, its chairman. He also served who launched the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Norman Casse is as a director of the Florida Thoroughbred also the father of Breeders’ and Owners’ Association, and sat or Co. He served as its director and, for more Justin Casse, who op- assisted on the boards of the Florida Thor- than a quarter-century, its chairman. erates Casse Sales, oughbred Charities, and Florida Thorough- and John Casse, who bred Retirement Program, Florida Farm At Cardinal Hill, Casse co-bred three sells equine insurance. He is also survived Managers’ Club, and Florida Stallion Station. Florida-bred millionaires: Lost Code as part of by wife Galina, grandchildren Cheryl, Nor- He was also on the President’s Council at the Mareinvest83, and Isitingood and Hi Friend man, Joel, Camille, Alex, Camden, Cade, University of Florida. Code with the late Harry Katz. Lost Code, a son Kyle, Colby and Maxwell. n

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