Category: General News

Congrats, Spring at Last OBS sales wrap

WinStar stallions Congrats and Spring at Last closed the OBS Spring Sale of Two-year-olds in Training with a pair of juveniles selling for over $200,000, well above their 2014 advertised stud fees. A filly by Congrats was consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds, agent as hip No. 559. Selling during day 2 of the April 21-24 auction, […]

[ Read More ]
OBS sale features $310K Colonel John filly

The OBS Spring Sale of Two-year-olds in Training saw a filly by Colonel John garner a winning bid of $310,000, more than 17 times his 2014 stud fee of $17,500. Colonel John currently ranks fifth on the 2014 Second Crop Sire list, with the $100,000 OBS Championship S. winner Here’s Johnny his top earner this […]

[ Read More ]
Artie Schiller filly nabbed for $200K at OBS

Artie Schiller, sire of leading 2014 Kentucky Derby (G1) contender We Miss Artie, was well-represented at the April 21-24 OBS Spring Sale of Two-year-olds in Training, with a filly by the WinStar stallion bringing $200,000, more than 13 times his 2014 stud fee. Consigned by Mayberry Farm, agent, hip No. 702 went to Klaravich Stable, […]

[ Read More ]
OBS 2yo Sale wrap: Super Saver stars

Headlined by a colt that hammered for $525,000, Super Saver had a total of four juveniles from his first crop sell for at least $200,000 at the OBS Spring Sale of Two-year-olds in Training that ran April 21-24 in Ocala. Hip No. 779 sold during day three of the auction. Consigned by Crupi’s New Castle […]

[ Read More ]
$550K More Than Ready highlights OBS sale

A colt by top international sire More Than Ready brought the second-highest price during the final day of the April 21-24 OBS Spring Sale of Two-year-olds in Training, going for $550,000 to trainer Mark Casse, agent. Cataloged as hip No. 1093, the dark bay colt was consigned by Northwest Stud, Agent for Inversiones FI, LLC. […]

[ Read More ]
Bellamy Road colts shine at OBS sale

The first day of the 2014 OBS Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in training saw a Bellamy Road colt sell for $340,000, the second-highest price of the opening session of the April 21-24 sale. David M. Clark was the high bidder for hip No. 280, a bay colt out of Long Drive Home, and a half […]

[ Read More ]
Illinois Derby thriller goes to Dynamic Impact

Dynamic Impact got the nod in an ultra-tight photo finish in Saturday’s $500,000 Illinois Derby Saturday at Hawthorne, a victory that could put the 3-year-old son of Tiznow on course for a start in the May 17 Preakness (G1). Tiznow’s progeny have now earned more than $2.2 million in 2014, which has the WinStar stallion […]

[ Read More ]
Speightstown colt quickest at OBS preview

A son of Speightstown breezed a quarter mile in :20 3/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the fourth and final session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2014 Spring Sale of Two Year Olds in Training. The sale runs April 21-24, and the colt will sell […]

[ Read More ]
Bellamy Road filly takes G3 Doubledogdare

Sisterly Love proved game on the front end in the $100,000 Doubledogdare (G3) April 18 at Keeneland, dueling the entire trip with multiple Grade 1 winner Emollient to win the 1 1/16 mile main track contest by a neck over a late-closing Moment in Dixie. Trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Stewart Elliott, Sisterly […]

[ Read More ]
KTOBA honors dam of Take Charge Indy

Take Charge Lady, the dam of first-year WinStar Farm stallion Take Charge Indy, as well as 2013 champion 3-year-old colt Will Take Charge, was honored as 2013 Broodmare of the Year by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (KTOBA) at its annual awards luncheon April 17. Take Charge Indy, who is standing his first […]

[ Read More ]