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Montbrook Colt Brings $470,000 at OBS

A handsome $470,000 son of Montbrook was the highest-priced horse sold as of 1 p.m. (EDT) at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. March select sale of 2-year-olds in training in Central Florida.

Southeast Regional: OK in Ocala

Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. key to Central Florida horsemen

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OBS February Sale: Should it Be Kept?

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. February select sale of 2-year-olds in training in Central Florida has a reputation for producing good runners. But the size of its catalog keeps shrinking, which makes the sale's future shaky.

Market Chatter: Savoring the OBS March Sale

Participants in the auction reflect on the upbeat market and discuss the reasons why the sale was so good.

Consignors, Buyers Like Slower Times at OBS

Participants in the February select juvenile auction were pleased with the changes in track maintenance, saying horses were less sore after the under tack show.

Harlan's Holiday Filly Sells for $400,000

Let's Go Stable purchases the juvenile at the OBS February select auction.

OBS February Sale Gross Falls 29.3%

The selling season for select 2-year-olds in training staggered out of the starting gate in Central Florida Feb. 17. The year's first major juvenile auction, the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. February sale, suffered sobering setbacks of 29.3% in gross revenue, 33.7% in average price, and 28% in median price from a year ago. Another discouraging result was the buy-back rate, which soared from 28.2% in 2008 to 38.3%.

2yo Whip Rules Will Be Similar

Officials of Barretts, Fasig-Tipton, Keeneland, and the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. (OBS) announced in early September that they were banding together to make major changes in the under tack shows for their sales of 2-year-olds in training. Beginning in 2009, they said they would strictly regulate the use of whips by riders during workouts and would prohibit the use of front toe grabs on horses.

March Review: Discussing the OBS Sale

Participants talk about the market at the OBS March juvenile auction.

OBS February Sale Won't Return to Calder in 2008

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's February select sale of 2-year-olds in training will be conducted in Central Florida for the second year in 2008 instead of returning to its former site, Calder Race Course.

Ocala Stud, O'Farrell Rooting for Street Sense in Preakness

Street Sense, who is going for the second leg of the Triple Crown, was broken and prepared for racing at Ocala Stud in Florida.

Forbidden Apple Honored as Florida's 2001 Horse of the Year

Arthur I. Appleton's homebred Forbidden Apple was honored as Florida's 2001 Horse of the Year during the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' annual awards dinner and ceremony in Ocala Monday night.

Electricity Possible Cause of Fatal Barn Fire

Leading New York owner Carl Lizza hoped to broaden the scope of his mostly homebred racing stable by buying a large number of yearlings in 2001. His hopes perished in a late-afternoon barn fire Feb. 23 that killed 22 horses in training at Mike O'Farrell's Ocala Stud in Florida.