Mineshaft Colt Tops OBS Day 3 Watch List

The only Mineshaft  yearling in the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s August yearling sale is among the horses to watch during the Aug. 25 final session of the two-day open sale in Ocala, Fla.

Consigned as Hip 695 by JR Racing Stables, the colt was bred in Kentucky by Twin Creeks Farm and is out of the Tiznow  mare Tizfiz, winner of the grade II San Gorgonio Handicap and earner of $410,944. Tizfiz, full sister to grade III winner and $521,040 earner Fury Kapcori, was bought by Twin Creeks for $125,000 out of the 2014 Keeneland November breeding stock sale while carrying the Mineshaft colt in utero.

Two sires who have foals from their first crops hitting the track this year are Biondetti , the sire of a filly consigned as Hip 716 by Woodford Thoroughbreds as agent, and Dialed In , who is represented by Hip 838, a colt from agent Beth Bayer.

The Biondetti filly, bred in Florida by Linda S. Rosenblatt and Emmy Gaffney, is out of the stakes-placed Texas Glitter mare Twiceasbeautiful, a half sister to grade II winner Twice As Bad. Bred in Florida by Bridle Oaks Farm, the Dialed In colt was produced from the winning Notebook mare Book the Devil, granddam of stakes winner Vallery Stripe.

Among the stallions with yearlings from their first crops selling at OBS are Prospective , sire of Hip 752 (Spring Dreams Thoroughbreds consignment); a colt from the family of champion Farda Amiga and Irish Horse of the Year and sire St. Jovite; and Liason, sire of Hip 888, an Oklahoma-bred colt consigned by Stuart Morris, agent.

HIPS TO WATCH—OBS AUGUST OPEN YEARLING SALE - DAY 2 (Based on pedigree and previous sale history, where applicable)
Hip	Description	Consignor
695	c., Mineshaft—Tizfiz, by Tiznow	JR Racing Stables
716	Twice As Magical, f., Biondetti—Twiceasbeautiful, by Texas Glitter	Woodford Thoroughbreds, agt.
743	f., Macho Uno—Wild Eyes, by Medaglia d’Oro	Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck), agt.
752	c., Prospective—Wingover, by Rahy	Spring Dreams Thoroughbreds
832	c., Crown of Thorns—Blue Katana, by Formal Dinner	Kaizan Sales (Richard Kent), agt.
838	c., Dialed In—Book the Devil, by Notebook	Beth Bayer, agt.
843	c., Posse—Brittany Goes West, by Gone West	Blake-Albina Thoroughbred Services, agt.
873	f., Gone Astray—Charms Way, by Sale Lake	Sue Vacek, agt.
888	c., Liason—Concert Strike, by Smart Strike	Stuart Morris, agt.
1004	c., Spring At Last—Goalkeeper, by Arch	Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck), agt.