facebook.com/thefloridahorse FLORIDA’S DAILY SALES DIGEST • TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016 SALE HEADLINES Published by Florida Equine Communications Inc. FTBOA.COM OBS April is Wo rld Class Turf (G1) victress Stephanie’s Kitten and Florida-bred champion sprinter and Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1) winner Wild Dude. Nine OBS April sale graduates have won Eclipse Awards and last week, two were named Sovereign Award winners by the Canadian Jockey Club. Riker, who passed through the OBS ring in 2015, was named Canada’s champion 2-year-old male after he won the Grey Stakes (G3) Swynford Stakes and Colin Stakes while Academic took home honors as the champion 3-year-old filly O after winning the British Columbia Derby (G3), T O H P Canadian Derby (G3) and Woodbine Oaks. Aca - S E T demic is a 2014 OBS April graduate. A I X O In recent years OBS officials have “opened S S A up” the prestigious March sale of 2-year-olds in & T I O training to attract a broader buyer base to much Florida-bred champion Wild Dude N E B success. While some have wondered what im - session will include Hips 608 – 912 while 913 – pact that may have had on the April sale, OBS By BROCK SHERIDAN The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company begins 1216 will pass through the ring on Friday. director of sales Tod Wojciechowski points out their Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training Buyers from around the world have traveled that the reason behind the change resulted from today which has evolved over the years into one to Ocala in search of the next thoroughbred the opposite direction. of the more preeminent thoroughbred auctions stars as the April sale considers among its “The natural evolution of the April sale now in the world. The first Hip is set to go on the graduates 2012 Kentucky Derby presented by makes it one of the best 2-year-old sales in the blocks at 10:30 am and the sale will continue Yum! Brands (G1) winner I’ll Have Another, world,” Wojciechowski said. “I think April has had each day through Friday as roughly 1,200 juve - Florida-bred Horse of the Year and Breeders’ as much effect on the March sale as the changes nile thoroughbreds are scheduled to change Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) winner Musical in the March sale have affected the April sale. hands. Hips 1 – 304 are scheduled to go today Romance, XpressBet Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) while 305 – 607 will sell tomorrow. Thursday’s winner Trinniberg, Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare See OBS April on page 2 WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016 • 2 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse OBS April from page 1 When we opened up March, the goal was to pro - to register the fastest times at that distance Slam, and a half-sister to stakes placed vide the consignor a greater opportunity to decide during the week. Phaniebdancing. The dark bay or brown filly is on the best time to market [a given] horse. When The first to put in the bullet two furlongs was also consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds. your horse is ready to sell, whether it be in March, Hip 790 from the consignment of Ciaran It was another Florida-bred in Hip 242 on Tues - April or June, you know with confidence that you Dunne’s Wavertree Stables, Inc. Chief Ruling is day, a chestnut colt by Shackleford out of Some - can market your horse.” a son of freshman sire Shackleford, a winner of thing Brewing, by Meadowlake. The colt is Wojciechowski said OBS has improved more the Preakness Stakes (G1), Metropolitan Hand - consigned by Envision Equine and is a half-brother than just auction formats in recent years. More icap (G1) and Clark Handicap (G1), out of the In to graded stakes-placed Pedal tothemedal. tangible changes will also be evident to consignors Excess (Ire) mare Expressive Diva, a half-sister There were five at the Wednesday session. Hip and buyers at OBS. For the first time, April atten - to San Juan Capistrano (G1) winner Ringask - 428, a chestnut colt by Maclean’s Music con - dees noticed the cover built over the six furlong iddy and stakes-placed At Dawn. signed by Eddie Woods, Agent, is a half-brother to chute on the Training Center track where Under Saturday’s breeze show produced the other stakes-placed Leprechaun Kid out of stakes-win - Tack participants wait before they put in ner Wonderful Luck, by Trust N Luck. Hip Hip 26 is a Florida-bred filly who their official works. While April showers and 429, Teddy Bear, consigned by Journeyman worked a quarter-mile in :20 3/5 thunder storms have only threatened this Bloodstock Services, Inc. (Brent & Crystal year’s breeze shows, having the new cover Fernung), Agent, is a Florida-bred colt by has provided extra security from inclement Wildcat Heir out of Wontoo, by Montbrook, weather for humans and horses alike. a half-sister to stakes placed Wonone. The April sale will also be the third OBS Hip 445, a chestnut filly by Old Fash - auction in which consignors and buyers will ioned consigned by Blue River Bloodstock, O have the use of a Repository for radi - T Inc., Agent, is a half-sister to graded O H P ographs and other pertinent information on stakes-placed Mystery Girl out of A B C O I R O each horse offered during the sale. Woj - I Amanda, by Alphabet Soup. Hip 491, con - D E ciechoski said that the reviews on the O signed by Southern Chase Farm, Inc., J Repository during and after the January and two in Hip 1127 and Hip 1214. (Greg & Karen Dodd), Agent, is a dark bay or March sales have been positive. The former is a bay filly by Horse of the Year and brown filly by Exchange Rate out of Arcing, by “So far, we’ve heard nothing but compliments leading sire Ghostzapper out of the stakes-winning Arch, a daughter of graded stakes-placed Pertu - [about the Repository],” Wojciechowski said. “It’s mare Mighty Eros, by Freud. Mighty Eros is also a isane (GB). Hip 599, a bay colt by Into Mischief been very smooth. We’ve offered it in the January half-sister to stakes-placed Think I’m Hooked and consigned by Thoroughbred Champions Training sale and the March sale and given the large num - the stakes-producing mare Mighty Good. She is Center LLC, is out of Casa Lima, by Limehouse, ber of horses in the April sale, it will certainly be consigned by Off the Hook, LLC, Agent. a half-sister to graded stakes placed stakes-win - a test. But we are very confident after our March Hip 1214 will be one of the last to go the ring ner Honolua Storm. sale and I think our consignors and buyers will but should keep many potential buyers in atten - On Thursday it was Hip 797, a Florida-bred again be satisfied.” dance as the daughter of leading third-crop sire filly by Biondetti consigned by Woodford Thor - Last week, OBS hosted six days of Under Quality Road out of Over Andover, by War Chant. oughbreds, Agent, out of Fantasy Forest, by Tack shows from Monday through Saturday for Over Andover is a half-sister to Discovery Handi - Forestry, a daughter of graded stakes-placed horses in the April sale. cap (G3) winner Called to Serve and the filly is stakes winner Travelator. “We’ve seen a lot of good horses on display on consigned by Q Bar J Thoroughbreds LLC, Agent. At Friday’s session it was Hip 837, a bay colt the racetrack during the breeze show,” Woj - There were nine quarters in :20 3/5. by Quality Road consigned by Eddie Woods, ciechowski said. “I think those horses will please At Monday’s first session it was Hip 26, a Agent, out of graded stakes-winner French Satin, the buyers when they see them at the barn as well.” Florida-bred filly by Woodford Thoroughbreds by French Deputy, and a half-brother to graded Three horses worked quarter-miles in :20 2/5 stallion Biondetti out of Phanie Slam, by Grand stakes-placed stakes winner Midnight Transfer. n WWW.FTBOA.COM • TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016 • 3 www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse HIP# SEX SIRE TIME HIP# SEX SIRE TIME HIP# SEX SIRE TIME HIP# SEX SIRE TIME 1 C Candy Ride (ARG) 10.2 77 C Yes It's True 10.4 153 F Trappe Shot 10.1 229 F Stay Thirsty 10.4 2 C Discreet Cat out 78 C Kitten's Joy 10.1 154 C American Lion 21.4 230 C Put It Back 21.1 3 F First Dude 21.3 79 C Into Mischief 10.4 155 C Lookin At Lucky out 231 C Dominus 10.2 4 F Arch 10.0 80 C Mizzen Mast 21.2 156 C Tapizar out 232 F Awesome of Course 10.3 5 C Bodemeister 10.2 81 C More Than Ready out 157 C Old Fashioned 9.4 233 C Tizway 10.2 6 C Tizway 10.2 82 F Include 10.2 158 C First Samurai 10.1 234 C Hansen out 7 C The Factor 10.1 83 F Into Mischief out 159 C Harlan's Holiday 10.0 235 F Kitten's Joy 10.1 8 C First Dude - 84 F Gio Ponti 10.3 160 C Noble's Promise 10.1 236 C Greatness 21.3 9 F Pomeroy out 85 F Flatter out 161 F Dominus 10.0 237 F Old Fashioned 10.2 10 C Bellamy Road out 86 C Quality Road 10.2 162 F Awesome Again out 238 F Drosselmeyer 10.2 11 C Into Mischief 10.1 87 C Into Mischief 10.1 163 C Songandaprayer 10.1 239 F Archarcharch 22.0 12 C Kantharos 10.2 88 C Horse Greeley 10.3 164 F Lookin At Lucky out 240 F Mizzen Mast 22.2 13 F Desert Party out 89 F Malibu Moon 10.2 165 C Drosselmeyer 10.3 241 C Tapit out 14 F To Honor and Serve 10.2 90 C Tiz Wonderful 10.2 166 C Bodemeister 10.2 242 C Shackleford 20.3 15 F Tale of Ekati 10.3 91 C Interactif 10.0 167 F To Honor and Serve 10.3 243 F Kantharos 10.1 16 C Sky Mesa 10.0 92 F Bustin Stones 10.3 168 F The Factor 20.4 244 C Tizway 21.4 17 F Jersey Town out 93 C Into Mischief 21.4 169 F Awesome Again 10.2 245 C Uncle Mo out 18 F A.