FTBOA Announces Settlement of Lawsuits
Settlements resolved three legal actions against the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association.
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Ocala Breeders' Sales June Catalog Now Online
The catalog for the Ocala Breeders' Sale's 2018 June 2-year-olds and horses of racing age auction is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com.
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Saint Michael First Winner for Handsome Mike
Pleasant Acres Stallions' Handsome Mike was represented by his first winner from his first starter when Monarch Stables' Saint Michael took a May 4 maiden claiming race at Gulfstream Park.
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OBS Changes Dates for June Sale
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2018 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds & Horses of Racing Age is now scheduled for three days beginning Wednesday, June 13 and ending on Friday, June 15.
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OBS April Has Second Year of Across-the-Board Records
The four-day 2-year-olds in training sale sold 66 horses for $250,000 or more and generated a 15.8% increase in median to a record $55,000.
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$1.1M Medaglia d'Oro Filly is Exclamation Point at OBS
Agent Steve Young acquired the filly, who is half sister to grade 1 winner Stormello and graded stakes winners My Best Brother and Gala Award, for an undisclosed client. "She brought what she was supposed to bring," he said.
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Stonestreet, e Five Racing Buy $800,000 Kantharos Colt
Bloodstock agent John Moynihan bought the fleet Kantharos colt (Hip 1164), which became the co-highest-priced horse at the Ocala Breeders' Sales April 2-year-olds in training sale. The colt was bred and sold by Ocala Stud, which stood Kantharos.
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Owner Ed Orr Stretches for $700,000 Munnings Colt
Colorado owner Ed Orr prevailed in a bidding war for the strapping bay colt that topped a lot of buyers' short lists. The colt was the most expensive horse the owner said he's ever bought at auction.
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'Good Money for Good Horses' at Positive OBS Sale
The first three sessions' gross sales are tracking 7.9% ahead of 2017 at $51,550,500, and the average price of $96,718 is 8.1% higher than at this point in 2017 More significantly, the collective median is tracking 22% ahead of last year at $55,000.
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War Front Colt Tops OBS Day Three at $725,000
Katsumi Yoshida bought the colt out of grade 1-placed, group winner River Belle, who is the dam of three black-type runners. The colt worked in :21.1 during the Ocala Breeders' Sales April 2-year-olds in training sale under tack show.
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Off the Hook Strategy Pays Off With $625,000 Colt
The colt bought by Phoenix Thoroughbreds is one of two dozen homebreds offered by Off the Hook in its consignment at the Ocala Breeders' Sales April 2-year-olds in training sale.
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Owner Jeff Drown Gets Candy Ride Filly for $650K at OBS
Minnesota owner will send the filly, out of stakes-placed Minesave, to trainer Chad Brown in New York. Brandon and Ali Rice's RiceHorse Stable consigned the filly, who worked in :21.1 at the under tack show.
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OBS Sets Record as Lows Buy Session-Topper
Robert and Lawana Low, who campaign undefeated Kentucky Derby (G1) contender Magnum Moon, spent $750,000 on their next two-turn hopeful April 25 and topped the second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales April 2-year-olds in training sale.
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Malibu Moon Filly Goes to Peter Fluor for $700,000
Bloodstock agent Marette Farrell signed the ticket on Fluor's behalf for the striking dark bay daughter of Malibu Moon out of Just Joyful, a half sister to champion and grade 1 winner Boston Harbor and black-type winner Cloudburst.
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Protest Over Barretts Sale Horse Draws Attention at OBS
Nearly a dozen protesters with seven-foot-tall signs disparaging a consignor at the ongoing Ocala Breeders' Sales April 2-year-olds in training sale greeted participants April 25 as they headed to the second session of the four-day auction.
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Lows Go to $750,000 to Secure Tapit Colt at OBS
Owners Robert and Lawana Low spent $750,000 on Hip 352, their next two-turn hopeful during the second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales April 2-year-olds in training sale.
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Yoshida Buys Good Magic Half Brother for $700,000
A Speightstown half brother to Good Magic, the champion 2-year-old of 2017, sold for $700,000 during the second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales April 2-year-olds in training sale April 25.
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Fletcher Kick-Starts OBS Sale with $800,000 Filly
A Quality Road filly from the family of top sire and dual Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Tiznow set the bar at $800,000 during the opening session April 24 of the four-day Ocala Breeders' Sales April 2-year-olds in training sale.
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Top Colt, So Far, Goes to Alex Lieblong for $550,000
Owner Alex Lieblong said the colt impressed him by working :10 into a stiff headwind during the under tack show. The colt will go to trainer Ron Moquett.
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Two Juveniles Share OBS Under Tack Fastest Work Time
A Quality Road filly and a Strong Mandate colt shared the fastest eighth-mile workout time of :10 during the April 16 first session of the under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales spring 2-year-olds in training sale.
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Hi Happy Notches First Stateside Win in Pan American
Hi Happy (ARG), who took the 2015 Carlos Pellegrini (G1) in his native Argentina, returned to the winner's circle for the first time since to land his first stateside win in the $250,000 Pan American Stakes (G2T) March 31 at Gulfstream Park.
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Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale's Average, Median Soar
The auction posted the second-highest average and median in the sale's history, and the highest in both categories since the move to Gulfstream Park in 2015.
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Take Charge Paula Seeks Gulfstream Oaks Rebound
Four weeks after having her streak snapped at three consecutive stakes, Peter Deutsch's Take Charge Paula seeks a return to her winning ways March 31 in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2).
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Best Digs Deep to Land $1.2M Into Mischief Colt
Larry Best's OXO Equine went to $1.2 million to acquire the Into Mischief colt consigned by Eddie Woods as agent. The colt's second and third dams, respectively, are graded stakes winners Added Asset and Added Elegance.
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Fast-Working Orb Filly Brings $900,000 from Baoma
The chestnut Orb filly that worked a quarter-mile in :21, the fastest work since Fasig-Tipton began selling at Gulfstream Park, sold to Baoma Corp. The filly's second dam is grade 1 winner Dream of Summer, the dam of Creative Cause and Destin.
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Coolmore Strikes for $1M Scat Daddy Colt
Trainer Todd Pletcher signed the ticket for the colt on behalf of Coolmore. Sold as Hip 31, the colt is out of the stakes winner Risky Rachel and the family of multiple graded stakes winner Say Florida Sandy.
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Madison's Luna Runs Away With Hutcheson
Rigney Racing's Madison's Luna conceded considerable experience in the $100,000 Hutcheson Stakes (G3) March 24 at Gulfstream Park, in his stakes debut in just his second start.
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Ivy Bell Overcomes to Win Inside Information
A stumble at the start and heavy traffic late did nothing to deter Ivy Bell March 17 at Gulfstream Park, as the Archarcharch mare overcame with a late-closing victory in the $200,000 Inside Information Stakes (G2).
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Phoenix Strikes for Session-Topper at OBS March Sale
Phoenix founder and CEO Amer Abdulaziz Salman was in attendance at this year's first day of the OBS March sale and left with a filly from the last crop of Scat Daddy purchased for a session-topping $875,000
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Juvenile Standouts from Regional Sires
Progeny by Uncaptured, He's Had Enough, and Central Banker taking to training
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Connections of Tampa Bay Derby Horses Consider Options
Trainer Rodolphe Brisset will talk to WinStar Farm president Elliott Walden and representatives of Quip's other owners, China Horse Club International and SF Racing, to determine how best to get to Louisville.
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Eight Supplemented to Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale
Details on these entries can be viewed online or through the Equineline catalog app.
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Daddys Lil Darling Set for Hillsborough Season Debut
The strong-galloping filly all but put herself in the entry box for the $225,000 Hillsborough Stakes (G2T) with the way she trained in Florida the past few months for Ken McPeek, who will send her out to her first start as a 4-year-old March 10.
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Classic Rock Rolls to Win Gulfstream Park Sprint
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing's Classic Rock split horses at the top of the stretch and pulled away to a three-length victory in the $100,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint (G3) March 3 at Gulfstream Park.
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Thewayiam, Maraud Stand Out on Gulfstream Lawn
Thewayiam used a bold inside move March 3 to win the $100,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3T), while Maraud edged past pacesetter Speed Franco inside the final 70 yards to win the $100,000 Palm Beach Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park.
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Sadler's Joy Worth the Wait in Mac Diarmida Win
Sadler's Joy made his connections sweat in the March 3 $200,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (G2T) at Gulfstream Park but produced a joyous result as the chestnut runner came from the clouds to best One Go All Go by three-quarters of a length.
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Speed Franco Heads Palm Beach; Thewayiam Eyes Another
One of the favorites in the 1 1/16-mile event is Grupo 7C Racing Stable's Speed Franco. The son of Declaration of War enters the Palm Beach off a gutsy performance in the one-mile Feb. 3 Dania Beach (G3T), when he got his nose down at the wire.
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Caledonia Road Gets Back to Work in Florida
The 2017 champion 2-year-old filly has been on the muscle with trainer Ralph Nicks in Florida, and finally was able to stretch her legs for the first time this season with a three-furlong move in :38.45.
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RMTC Board Grants Interim Accreditation to Florida Lab
The RMTC board granted interim accreditation to the University of Florida Racing Laboratory at its Feb. 13 meeting at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
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March Chases Grade 1 in Gulfstream Park Turf
The son of Blame has evolved into an accomplished turf performer who is set to compete in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Stakes (G1T) Feb. 10 at Gulfstream Park.
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As a Gelding, Overdriven Starts New Career
Former stallion has begun retraining at New Vocations.
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Social Inclusion's First Foal is a Florida-bred Filly
The first reported foal for Social Inclusion (Pioneerof the Nile—Saint Bernadette, by Saint Ballado) is a bay filly, out of Got Dimples, born Jan. 27 in Florida, announced Woodford Thoroughbreds Feb. 1.
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Strike Power Looks to Make the Grade in Swale
A sizzling debut by Courtlandt Farms' Strike Power earned him a step up to graded company in just his second start.
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Rainbow Heir Retired to Ocala Stud
An earner of $804,395, Rainbow Heir has been retired from racing and arrived Jan. 30 at Ocala Stud Farm in Florida, where he will take up his new career as a stallion in 2018. His fee has been set at $3,500 stands and nurses.
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Rainbow Heir Caps Racing Career, Clement Exacta Rules
New Farm's homebred Rainbow Heir went out a winner in the $175,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Jan. 27, while Stormy Victoria and Celestine gave trainer Christophe Clement a 1-2 finish in the $125,000 South Beach Stakes.
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Pegasus Day Handle Clears Record Mark
There was no sophomore slump for the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1). The first edition last year handled $40.2 million, a Gulfstream Park record for a non-Breeders' Cup program. It was a high bar, but Pegasus 2 vaulted over it.
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Tommy Macho Wins Hooper, Jordan's Henny Shines
Paul Pompa Jr.'s Tommy Macho powered to the front around the far turn and fended off game longshot Conquest Big E to snap a six-race losing streak in the $175,000 Fred W. Hooper Stakes (G3) Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park.
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Catholic Boy Works at Tampa Bay Downs
Trainer Jonathan Thomas shipped the homebred son of More Than Ready to the oval in Oldsmar, Fla. to breeze Jan. 27 in preparation for his 3-year-old debut in the Feb. 10 Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3).
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Neolithic to Stand at Pleasant Acres in Florida
Multiple grade 1-placed Neolithic, who retired from racing in December, will stand at Joe and Helen Barbazon's Pleasant Acres Stallions in Morriston, Fla., for the 2018 breeding season. He is the first son of Harlan's Holiday to stand in the state.
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High Cotton Pensioned Because of Declining Fertility
While some in the Thoroughbred breeding industry bemoan the large books of mares required to be a commercial stallion, a book of 100-plus mares is what Ocala Stud's grade 3 winner High Cotton required to be a viable, potent sire.
