Category: General News

$1.7 million Congrats filly tops OBS March 2-year-old sale

Congrats, the nation’s leading sire of winners over the past two years, had his biggest winner of 2017 in the sales ring on Wednesday when a filly by the WinStar stallion sold for $1.7 million to top the March 14-15 OBS Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. The bay filly, who had blazed through her Under […]

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More strong results for Gemologist at OBS March 2-year-old sale

The second day of the March 14-15 OBS Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training brought more solid results for leading second-crop sire Gemologist, with hip No. 555 selling for $250,000 to Blandford Stud, agent. Eddie Wood was the consignor of the chestnut colt, who is out of the Hennessy mare Gasp, who is a sister to […]

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Speedy Overanalyze colt brings $200K OBS March 2-year-old sale

Narvick International was the top bidder for a colt from the first crop of Overanalyze during the final day of the March 14-15 OBS Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. Narvick’s $200,000 bid corralled the dark bay juvenile, who had breezed a lively 10 seconds flat during the Under Tack Show. Cataloged as hip No. 472 […]

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Top-class Paynter colt hammers for $200K at OBS March 2-year-old sale

A colt by Paynter out of Grade 1 winner Awesome Humor sold for $200,000 during the final day of the March 14-15 OBS Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. The bay juvenile, hip No. 357, was consigned by Paul Sharp, agent sold to prominent buyers Alex and JoAnn Lieblong. Awesome Humor was a three-time graded stakes […]

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“Super” results OBS March 2YO sale

The first day of the March 14-15 OBS March Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale yielded stellar results for Super Saver when hip No. 153 sold for $625,000 to Kerri Radcliffe, agent. The colt consigned by de Meric Sales, agent had generated plenty of pre-sale buzz after his scintillating breeze in :20 1/5 seconds for a […]

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$285K filly leads Day 1 at OBS March sale for Gemologist

After a very strong 2016 in the auction ring, Gemologist kicked off the 2017 2-year-old sales season with a $285,000 filly during Tuesday’s session of the March 14-15 OBS March Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. The filly, hip No. 29, was consigned by Brick City Thoroughbreds and purchased by trainer Todd Pletcher, who also conditioned […]

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$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 […]

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Sonic Boom up in time in Columbia S.

Sonic Boom became More Than Ready’s latest stakes winner in Saturday’s $75,000 Columbia S. at Tampa Bay Downs when the lightly-race 5-year-old captured the one-mile turf affair by a neck in a thrilling four-horse photo. Sonic Boom, who didn’t debut until August of 2016, has rewarded his connections for their patient handling. With his stalking […]

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Artie Schiller’s Dorsett wins second straight Sandy Lane Gold Cup

Dorsett took his second consecutive running of the $107,000 Sandy Lane Gold Cup (BAR-G1), the biggest race of the year and something of a national holiday in Barbados.  The 7-year-old son of Artie Schiller won last year’s edition by a comfortable three lengths, but the margin was much closer this year after Dorsett broke very […]

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