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Looking Back: Reflecting on the F-T Fla. Sale

Looking Back: Reflecting on the F-T Fla. Sale

Read what the particpants in the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training had to say about the market and some of the horses they bought.

 Monday, March 07, 2011
Three Horses Bring $400,000 or More at OBS

Three Horses Bring $400,000 or More at OBS

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. February select sale of 2-year-olds in training suffered downturns in its key business figures of gross, average price, and median price for the second year in a row.

 Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tiznow Colt Brings $475,000 at OBS Sale

Tiznow Colt Brings $475,000 at OBS Sale

Price surpasses sale-topping amount at 2009 edition of February juvenile auction.

 Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Juvenile Sale Outlook: Modest Expectations

Juvenile Sale Outlook: Modest Expectations

Several consignors make predictions about the market's performance.

 Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Acting Zippy Has Lots of Pep in Connally Turf

Acting Zippy Has Lots of Pep in Connally Turf

Acting Zippy dictated a slow pace for jockey Robby Albarado and had enough left to hold off Orientate Express for neck victory in the $197,000 John B. Connally Turf Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Sam Houston Race Park Jan. 30.

 Sunday, January 31, 2010
A.P. Indy Colt Brings $675,000 at OBS

A.P. Indy Colt Brings $675,000 at OBS

A strapping A.P. Indy colt became one of the most expensive horses ever sold at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s spring sale of 2-year-olds in training when he brought $675,000 April 20. Jimmy Bell, the president of Sheikh Mohammed's Darley America operation, signed the sale ticket in the name of John Ferguson Bloodstock as the auction began its four-day run in Central Florida with increases in the number of horses sold, gross revenue, and average price.

 Monday, April 20, 2009
Pinhookers Will Be More Cautious

Pinhookers Will Be More Cautious

With prices tumbling at the early select sales of 2-year-olds in training, pinhookers, who provide most of the stock for the auctions, already are thinking about how they are going to approach their next buying-and-selling cycle. It's not good news for yearling consignors because, in general, pinhookers plan to be much less aggressive when buying young horses later this year.

 Thursday, March 12, 2009
Reports Positive on OBS Track

Reports Positive on OBS Track

New SAFETRACK surface at OBS getting good reviews.

 Monday, January 28, 2008

She Says It Best Sold Privately by Bowling and Partners

She Says It Best, winner of the 2005 Darley Alcibiades Stakes (gr. II), has been sold privately after being retired from competition following an injury.

 Monday, February 13, 2006

Sellers Looking for Solid Start to Juvenile Selling Season at OBS Calder Auction

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s auction at Calder Race Course is the leadoff hitter for the select juvenile selling season. Heading into Tuesday's sale in South Florida, consignors weren't predicting it would smack a home run, but they were looking for the business equivalent of a solid double -- or maybe a triple -- to get the year started.

 Monday, February 06, 2006

Forest Camp, Pulpit Offspring Could Sell Well at OBS Calder

Who will be the big horse at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's select sale of 2-year-olds in training Tuesday? We don't have the answer, but based on the talk around Calder Race Course in South Florida, here are some horses that could sell very well.

 Monday, February 06, 2006

She Says It Best Entered in Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Sale

She Says It Best, winner of the 2005 Grade Alcibiades Stakes (gr. II), is a late entry for Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky winter mixed Sale in Lexington on Feb. 12 and 13.

 Friday, January 13, 2006

Grade II-Winning Filly She Says It Best Retired

She Says It Best, who won last year's Darley Alcibiades Stakes (gr. II) for 2-year-old fillies at Keeneland, has been retired from racing after suffering a slab fracture of her left knee.

 Thursday, January 12, 2006

She Says It Best Says It All in Alcibiades

She Says It Best took the early lead and never looked back en route to a 2 1/2-length upset in the Alcibiades Stakes (gr. II), the opening-day feature at Keeneland on Friday.

 Friday, October 07, 2005

Grade I Winner City Zip's First Winner

City Zip, a grade I winner at Saratoga, was represented by his first winner when his son With a City won May 21 at Calder Race Course.

 Monday, May 23, 2005

Saint Ballado Colt Brings $500,000 at OBSC Sale

A Saint Ballado colt purchased for $25,000 last fall was sold for $500,000 Tuesday to top the first half of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's selected 2-year-olds in training sale at Caler Race Course.

 Tuesday, February 05, 2002

Florida Derby Update: Songandaprayer Works; New Jock for City Zip

Fountain of Youth Stakes winner Songandaprayer was on the track for a serious seven-furlong trial on Thursday. With jockey Edgar Prado in the saddle, Songandaprayer was clocked in 1:23 4/5 handily and is on schedule for his appearance in the $1 million Florida Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles here on March 10. Songandaprayer went in fractions of :36 1/5 for three furlongs, :47 4/5 for the half-mile, :59 4/5 for five furlongs, 1:23 4/5 for seven furlongs and galloped out a mile in 1:38 3/5.

 Thursday, March 01, 2001