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OBS Market Comments: Enthusiasm Prevails

OBS Market Comments: Enthusiasm Prevails

Read what people had to say following an upbeat first session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. March select sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Bloodstock & Markets - Profits on the Rise

Bloodstock & Markets - Profits on the Rise

Reduced stud fees lead to better percentages during '11 yearling sale season.

 Tuesday, September 20, 2011
September Sale Talk: What's Going to Happen?

September Sale Talk: What's Going to Happen?

Buyers and consignors discuss their expectations for the market at the Keeneland September yearling auction.

 Saturday, September 10, 2011
Pinhookers' Fortunes Improve at Keeneland

Pinhookers' Fortunes Improve at Keeneland

Pinhookers' 2-year-olds are more profitable because they spent less to acquire them as yearlings.

 Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Keeneland Sale Shows Signs of Stabilization

Keeneland Sale Shows Signs of Stabilization

The Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds in training generated figures that were close to last year's results, providing more evidence that the Thoroughbred marketplace is in the process of stabilizing.

 Monday, April 11, 2011

Filly Gets Chance to Work Late for Sale

Our Perfect Ten, a daughter of Medaglia d'Oro, missed the Keeneland under-tack show because of a shoeing mishap but got the chance to work April 4, a day before the 2-year-olds in training sale.

 Sunday, April 04, 2010
Market Chatter: Savoring the OBS March Sale

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.

 Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Hartley Trying Training in California

Florida pinhooker Randy Hartley is training a string of horses in Southern California, but he will continue to be involved in reselling juveniles purchased as yearlings or weanlings though Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds.

 Friday, July 24, 2009
Florida Sellers Back in Force at Barretts

Florida Sellers Back in Force at Barretts

While some Florida consignors bypassed this year's Barretts March select sale of 2-year-olds in training, most of the major players have returned in force for the company's May juvenile auction.

 Saturday, May 09, 2009

Songandaprayer Colt Shines at Barretts

A Songandaprayer colt worked a quarter mile in :21, turning in the fastest time for the distance May 7 at Fairplex Park in Southern California during the under tack show for the Barretts May sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Friday, May 08, 2009
Inside Track: Go Green

Inside Track: Go Green

After watching a Discovery Channel show documenting how residents of Greensburg, Kansas, were rebuilding their tornado-ridden city as a "model green community," horse industry veterans Chad and Tammy Hassenpflug became determined to support that community in a special way.

 Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Looking Back: Keeneland Market Was Tough

Looking Back: Keeneland Market Was Tough

The Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds in training was the fifth and final major select juvenile auction of the year, and its results followed the downward trends seen at the earlier sales. Read what buyers and consignors had to say about the market in Lexington April 6 and 7.

 Saturday, April 11, 2009
Owner Not Angry With Mullins

Owner Not Angry With Mullins

Florida pinhooker Randy Hartley, who owns an interest in Gato Go Win, said he wasn't angry at trainer Jeff Mullins for an incident that caused the colt to be scratched by stewards from the April 4 Gotham Stakes (gr. III) at Aqueduct the same day Mullins sent out I Want Revenge to win the Wood Memorial (gr. I).

 Thursday, April 09, 2009
OBS March Sale Gross Declines 38%

OBS March Sale Gross Declines 38%

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. closed out the two-day run of its March select juvenile auction with a bang as an El Prado colt named El Kingdom brought the sale's most expensive price of $450,000 March 18.

 Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Sale Talk: Reacting to a Down Market

Sale Talk: Reacting to a Down Market

Participants in the Keeneland September yearling sale talk about falling prices for horses and the effects of America's growing financial crisis.

 Sunday, September 21, 2008
People Reflect on Keeneland Sale

People Reflect on Keeneland Sale

Participants in Keeneland's April juvenile auction talk about the horses and the new format.

 Friday, April 11, 2008
Don Gato Brings $800,000 at Keeneland

Don Gato Brings $800,000 at Keeneland

Average rises as fewer horses are sold at Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Keeneland Changes Getting Mixed Reviews

Keeneland Changes Getting Mixed Reviews

Participants in the Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds in training have a lot to talk about prior to the auction's two-night run, which is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday in Central Kentucky.

 Sunday, April 06, 2008
Speightstown Progeny Hot at Calder

Speightstown Progeny Hot at Calder

Offspring by Speightstown attracting attention at Fasig-Tipton juvenile sale.

 Monday, February 25, 2008
Breeders' Award Program Announced

Breeders' Award Program Announced

Dean De Renzo and Randy Hartley have announced a breeders' reward program for their 2008 stallions.

 Friday, February 22, 2008
Reports Positive on OBS Track

Reports Positive on OBS Track

New SAFETRACK surface at OBS getting good reviews.

 Monday, January 28, 2008

Polytrack Produces Fast Times at Keeneland Under Tack Show

The times were freakishly fast at Keeneland Monday when the first under tack show for a juvenile sale in North America was conducted over Polytrack.

 Monday, April 09, 2007

Pieces Coming Together for Solid OBS March Sale

After establishing a record gross, average and median last year, Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's general manager and director of sales Tom Ventura is confident of another stellar sale when the two-day select 2-year-olds in training sale kicks off March 27 at the Central Florida auction house.

 Monday, March 26, 2007

Hot Horses Drawing Attention at Ocala March Sale

Trainers and bloodstock agents from across the country converged on the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's grounds March 25 to inspect the 520 horses catalogued for the annual selected 2-year-olds in training sale March 27-28 in Central Florida. Here's a look at some of the leading prospects.

 Sunday, March 25, 2007

Storm Cat Colt Dies During Calder Workout Show

A Storm Cat colt, which sold for $900,000 as a yearling, collapsed and died Sunday at Calder Race Course during the first under tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Sunday, February 25, 2007

The 'Big Mo' Is Rolling for Saratoga Select Yearling Auction

There's a lot of momentum going into the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling auction, which starts its two-night run Tuesday in upstate New York.

 Monday, August 07, 2006

Fasig-Tipton Review: Buyers and Sellers Talk About July Yearling Market

The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July select yearling auction sold its first seven-figure horse since 1983 and generated sale records for its average and median prices last Monday and Tuesday.

 Friday, July 21, 2006

Forestry, Tiznow Colts Could Shine in Fasig-Tipton's Sale Ring

Which horses are going to make the buyers show us the money at the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training Tuesday?

 Monday, February 27, 2006

Roar of the Tiger to Hartley/De Renzo in Florida

Stakes-placed Roar of the Tiger, a full brother to champion and prominent freshman sire Giant's Causeway, has been retired from racing and will enter stud as a joint effort between John Jones III and Robert Trussell's Walmac International and Randy Hartley and Dean De Renzo's Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds.

 Friday, September 17, 2004

Mood Optimistic at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky

Two days before the Monday start of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July select yearling sale, all the signs were positive for a strong market.

 Sunday, July 18, 2004

Successful Appeal to Relocate to Walmac in Kentucky

The speculation concerning Successful Appeal's move to John T.L. Jones Jr.'s Walmac International near Lexington is over.

 Friday, July 16, 2004

OBS March Sale Sets Records for Gross, Average, and Median

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March select sale of 2-year-olds in training ended its record-setting run Wednesday, posting major gains that lifted the gross revenue, average price, and median price to the auction's highest levels ever.

 Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Sons of Tiger Ridge, Chief Seattle Attracting Attention at OBS March Sale

A sweet-natured colt nicknamed "Tigger" is among the horses buyers are talking about at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Sunday, March 14, 2004

Gross, Median Increase During First Session of Midlantic Sale

The middle market was strong Monday during the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training, with the median price increasing 10.0% over last year's comparable figure.

 Monday, May 19, 2003

Strength Continues on Second Day of OBSC Sale

The second day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s Fall Mixed sale built on the strength it showed during the opening session on Oct. 8. While the opening session showed depth in the weaning end of the market, Tuesday session's breadth stretched to the mares as well. Tuesday was the second of two consignor-preferred sessions.

 Tuesday, October 08, 2002

Hartley, De Renzo To Purchase 150 Acres of Warnerton; To Stand Unbridled Time

Randy Hartley and Dean De Renzo have reached an agreement to purchase 150 acres of the late Marvin Warner's Warnerton Farm near Ocala, Fla.

 Monday, August 19, 2002

OBS March Sale Ends With Record Average

A record average of $73,610 was established for the OBS March select sale of 2-year-olds in training, which ended its two-day run on Wednesday.

 Wednesday, March 20, 2002

No Positives in 2-Year-Old Sale Drug Tests

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company reported there were no positive results of random drug tests taken on horses that worked out Jan. 29 in preparation for Tuesday's 2-year-olds in training sale at Calder Race Course. OBSC took blood samples from 21 horses that took part in the first Under Tack Show. An additional 22 horses were tested randomly during Sunday's second Under Tack Show. "Everything went well," OBSC general manager and sales director Tom Ventura said of the testing.

 Sunday, February 04, 2001