$170K Artie Schiller colt at OBS March Day 1

Artie Schiller sole offering during Tuesday’s session of the March 14-15 OBS March Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale brought a winning bid of $170,000 from buyer L. E. B.

De Meric Sales, agent was the consignor of hip No. 5, a bay colt out of the Malibu Moon mare Malibu Clan. The colt’s dam is a half-sister to the precocious Cinco Charlie, winner of the Bashford Manor S. (G3) and placing in the Futurity S. (G2) and Sanford S. (G3) as a 2-year-old. 

Grade 1 winner and Breeders’ Cup Champion Artie Schiller has been one of the most prolific shuttle sires over the past decade, with 35 black type winners, 14 graded stakes winners, and earners of over $36 million to date.