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FLORIDA’S DAILY SALES DIGEST • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019 Published by Florida Equine Communications Inc. SALE HEADLINES FTBOA.COM October Yearling Sale Begins Tuesday In addition to the 693 yearlings in the printed and buyers,” OBS director of sales Tod Woj - BY OCALA BREEDERS’ SALES sale catalog, 20 yearlings have been supplemented ciechowski said. “The videos provide a much COMPANY PRESS OFFICE OCALA, FL— The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Com - to the selected yearling sale as Hip numbers 205 – more meaningful way to gain information in ad - pany will host their annual October Yearling Sale 224. Twenty-nine yearlings have been vance of the sale. beginning Tuesday with more than 700 horses cat - supplemented to the open yearling “We were delighted with the re - alogued for the two-day sale that continues through sale, catalogued as Hip numbers 694 sponse to the supplemental entry Wednesday. The selected portion of the sale will be – 722 . program a year ago, in both the qual - held Tuesday and will begin at noon and the open The first group of walking videos of the ity of the offerings and their reception session is slated for Wednesday with the first horse selected yearlings is now available on the website. in the marketplace,” said Wojciechowski. “We have scheduled to pass through the ring at 10:30 a.m. Videos have also been uploaded to the iPad version. again catalogued a number of horses perhaps not There are 224 yearlings in the selected session “The evolution from still photos to walking shown at their best advantage earlier in the sea - while 442 yearlings are catalogued for Wednesday. videos has been well received by both consignors son, but the additional time to mature should en - hance their appeal.” The selected portion of the sale will feature year - lings from the first crop of Florida sires Jess’s Dream, who stands at Ocala Stud; and Pleasant Acres Stal - lions’ Ride On Curlin. Other Florida sires repre - sented in the selected ses - sion include Adios Charlie, Bahamian Squall, Chitu, First Dude, Khozan, Prospective, The Big Beast, Two Step Salsa, Treasure Beach (GB) and Uncap - tured. Other sires with year - lings passing through the ring for the first time include Air Force Blue, Anchor Down, Bradester, Brody’s

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OBS from page 1 Inclusion, Speighster, Tamarkuz, Texas Red, Tourist, OBS October Yearling Sale Upstart and War Dancer. Florida-breds World of Trouble and X Y Jet CATALOG UPDATES are featured on the covers of the October year - There are several notable recent updates since the catalog printed. ling catalog with World of Trouble on the front • Hip No. 2 , a colt by Ocala Stud stallion Adios Charlie, is a half-brother to newly stakes-placed cover and X Y Jet on the back. Florida-bred OBS graduate Me and Mr. C., second in Laurel’s Howard County Stakes. World of Trouble is a multiple-graded-stakes • Hip No. 3 , a filly by Constitution, is out of a half-sister to the dam of newly stakes-placed winner of such races as the Grade 1 Jaipur In - Florida-bred Smash Factor, by Journeyman Stud leading freshman stallion Khozan, second in vitational Stakes at on June 8 and the $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes In Reality Stakes on Sept. 28 at Gulfstream. the Grade 1 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct in • Hip No. 43 , a filly by Kitten’s Joy, is a full-sister to 3-year-old Solar Kitten, third in the Virginia April. The 4-year-old colt has won nine of 13 ca - Oaks at Charles Town on Aug. 31. reer starts with earnings of $1,263,300 and he • Hip No. 48 , a colt by Laoban, is out of a half-sister to the dam of newly stakes-placed Skygaze, was bred in Florida by Daryl and Sandy Clark of third in Saturday’s Mazarine Stakes (G3) at Woodbine. Plantation, Fla., in the name of their Darsan Inc. • Hip No. 58 , a colt by Kitten’s Joy, has a newly minted stakes winning half-brother in Catch a Bid, winner of Saratoga’s Riskaverse Stakes on Aug. 22. X Y Jet is also a millionaire winner of sev - • Hip No. 66 , a colt by Into Mischief, is out of a half-sister to the dam of Florida-bred Bean, a 2- eral graded stakes including a victory in the year-old filly by Bernardini, a nearly eight-length maiden special-winner at Arlington on Sept. 20. Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen sponsored by • Hip No. 76 , a colt by Sky Mesa, is out of Happy Choice, a half-sister to the dam of Perfect Alibi, win - Gulf News at Meydan Race Course in Dubai, ner of the Spinaway (G1) in September and second in Friday’s Alcibiades Stakes (G1) at Keeneland. U.A.E. on March 30. Bred in Florida by Didier • Hip No. 130 , a filly by Texas Red, is a half-sister to newly stakes-placed Over Thinking, sec - Plascencia of Ocala. He has won 12 of 25 starts ond on Aug. 16 in Del Mar’s CTT and TOC Stakes. and is one of a dozen Florida-breds with more • Hip No. 186 , a colt by Brody’s Cause, is out of a half-sister to the dam of Adventist, winner than $3 million in career earnings. of Saturday’s Greenwood Cup Stakes (G3) at Parx Racing. As always, the sale will be streamed live via • Hip No. 199 , a colt by Ocala Stud stallion Prospective, is a half-brother to Florida-bred Chance the OBS website as well as the DRF, TDN and It, a seven-and-a-quarter-length winner of Gulfstream’s $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes BloodHorse websites. In Reality Stakes on Sept. 28. • Hip No. 301 , a colt by Laoban, is out of a half-sister to the dam of Adventist, winner of Sat - Current information about OBS sales, con - urday’s Greenwood Cup Stakes (G3) at Parx Racing. signors and graduates is now also available via • Hip No. 315 , a daughter of Temple City, is out of a half-sister to the dam of newly stakes social media sites Facebook and Twitter. A link placed Brooke Marie, second in the Christiecat Stakes at Laurel in September. on the homepage of the OBS website directs • Hip No. 321 , a Brody’s Cause filly, is out of a half-sister to newly graded-stakes-winner users to either site. Varenka, who took the Lake Placid (G2) at Saratoga in August. Sales results are available on the OBS web - • Hip No. 375 , a daughter of Paynter, has a newly stakes placed full sister in Amandrea, sec - site, updated hourly during each session of ond on Sept. 4 in the Indiana Grand Stakes. every sale. In addition, the latest news regard - • Hip No. 476 , a filly by Flat Out, is a half-sister to the dam of stakes winner Unmachable, win - ing OBS graduates, sales schedules, nomina - ner of the Washington Cup Juvenile Colts and Geldings Stakes. tions, credit requests, travel information and • Hip No. 507 , a son of Pleasant Acres Stallions resident Treasure Beach (GB), is out of a half- other news relevant to OBS consignors and cus - sister to newly graded-stakes-placed Love So Deep (Jpn), second in Deauville’s Darley Prix de Pomone (G2) on Aug. 18. tomers is also available. E-mail should be ad - • Hip No. 526 , a filly by Khozan, is a half-sister to 2-year-old Florida-bred OBS graduate filly Big dressed to [email protected]. Affair, a six-length maiden special-winner at Gulfstream on Sept. 28. For more information regarding the October • Hip No. 661 , a daughter of Central Banker, has a newly stakes-placed half-brother in OBS gradu - Sale or the OBS website, please call (352) 237- ate Mission Wrapitup (March ’19), third in Finger Lakes’ New York Breeders’ Futurity last Monday. 2154. n WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019 • 3 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse Victory by Is One For the Ages “It’s just a relief to have him back at the BY SANTA ANITA PRESS OFFICE Like Bill Mazeroski’s home run that won the same level he went out,” Mandella said. “We World Series, Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech and had some tough obstacles to overcome at the Secretariat’s 31-length victory in the Belmont, start [surgery for an entrapped epiglottis that the mythic return to glory by Omaha Beach in caused him to miss the ], and Saturday’s Santa Anita Sprint Championship then some lesser ones—just stupid things—af - (Grade 1) will grow in lore through the ages. terward, a virus, a horse dropping the rider in The pre-race favorite for the Kentucky Derby front of us during a workout, just [things] you presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) on May can’t contro. But it forced us to improvise and it 4 finally returned to the races after a myriad of turned out well.” aborted attempts that kept the 3-year-old son Breeders’ Cup options for Omaha Beach of War Front racing-free since last April 13, would be the Sprint, the Dirt Mile (G1) or the when he won the Grade 1 on a Classic (G1), but Mandella had any decision on sloppy track. hold. Mandella, two of whose most recognizable “I’m not even thinking about it today,” he personal traits are humility and self-depreca - said. “I’m just enjoying the win. We’re going to tion, stood in solitary satisfaction on a glorious run him in the Breeders’ Cup, but we’ll see how Sunday morning at Santa Anita. he comes out, get him back to the track, and let “I haven’t had him out of bed yet, but he him tell us.” looks good over the [stall] door,” Mandella re - Magnanimous in defeat, Jorge Navarro, sponded when asked how Omaha Beach came trainer of Shancelot, the 1-5 favorite that fin - out of the Sprint Championship, a Breeders’ Cup ished second to Omaha Beach after setting the “Win and You’re In” event that provided the win - pace as is his wont, tweeted out the following: ner a fees-paid berth to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint “Shancelot came back to the barn in good order. (G1) on Nov. 2. “He just got beat by an exceptional horse O T

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n B WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019 • 4 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse All’s Well in Blue Prize (Arg ) Camp Following Sprinster Victory Bourbon Winner Peace Achieved BYL KEXEIENNGTEOLNA, NKYD— PTRraEinSeSr IOgnFaFcIiCo ECorreas IV Returns to Churchill reported that Merriebelle Stable’s Blue Prize (Arg) exited her repeat victory in Sunday’s $500,000 Jud - JSM Equine’s Peace Achieved returned to dmonte Spinster (Grade 1) in good shape as prepa - Churchill Downs Sunday night following his rations began for Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) run at neck triumph in the Dixiana Bourbon (G3) for 2- Santa Anita on Nov. 2. year-olds. “She ate up everything last night and is good “I talked to [assistant] David [Carroll] this this morning,” Correas said Monday of the 6-year- morning, and he said Peace Achieved was fine old mare, who became the fourth horse to win the this morning,” said Allen Hardy, who oversees Juddmonte Spinster in back-to-back years. trainer Mark Casse’s Keeneland string. Last in the field of five in the early going, The victory in the Dixiana Bourbon earned Blue Prize was steered to the outside at the head Peace Achieved a spot in the $1 million Breed - of the stretch by Joe Bravo and eventually wore ers’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) to be run at a mile at down favored Elate. Santa Anita on Nov. 1. “At the three-sixteenths pole, I saw they Peace Achieved held off Vitalogy (GB) for the were not going away from her,” Correas said. “I victory. didn’t know if she would win, but I knew she Trainer Brendan Walsh said Vitalogy was fine O T had a big chance.” Monday morning with plans to be determined O H P

Correas said he would start working on ship - as to whether Vitalogy would remain here or go Y D A Blue Prize ping plans for Blue Prize, who finished fourth in to Walsh’s barn at Churchill to prepare for a O C last year’s Distaff at Churchill Downs behind possible Breeders’ Cup run. composition of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Ju - winner Monomony Girl. The bulk of her training Vitalogy, who began his career in Europe venile Turf Sprint (G2) to be run Nov. 1 at Santa for the Distaff will be done at Keeneland. with trainer Joseph O’Brien, is owned in part - Anita at five furlongs. Elate, owned by and Adele nership by Qatar Racing Limited, Marc Detam - Breeze Easy’s undefeated Four Wheel Drive Dilschneider, returned to trainer Bill Mott’s barn pel and Bottle Rocket Stable. took the six-furlong Futurity (G3) at Belmont at Churchill after the race Sunday. Walsh already has a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Park by three lengths, and shortly afterward Whit Beckman, assistant to trainer Chad (G1) contender in Maxfield, winner of Satur - Ten Broeck Farm’s Kimari unleashed a last-to- Brown, said Peter Brant’s third-place finisher, day’s Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1), who is first run to win the five-and-a-half-furlong In - Dunbar Road, came out of the race fine with going to do his pre-Santa Anita training at dian Summ er. plans to be determined. Keeneland. “She’s kicking and bucking on her morning As the lone 3-year-old in the race and facing walk,” Ward said Monday morning of Kimari, older horses in Grade 1 company for the first Ward Doubles Up on BC Juvenile who beat the boys for the second time in her time, Dunbar Road was beaten only a length- Sprint Contenders career.” and-a-quarter as the second choice. “She has a Within a span of 30 minutes Sunday, trainer Both the Indian Summer and Futurity were bright future,” Beckman said. Wesley Ward stamped his footprint all over the Breeders’ Cup Challenge races. n Florida...the Best State for Business

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