Battling the Wind, Trio Share Fastest Furlong at OBS Thursday

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The under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, delayed a day by weather and beset by a strong and persistent headwind when it opened Thursday, nonetheless got off to a fast start when the first horse on track, a colt by Charlatan (hip 176), worked a furlong in :9 4/5. Just a few minutes later, a son of another freshman sire, Maxfield (hip 119), equaled that time and the trio of bullet workers on the day was completed later in the first set by a colt by Maclean's Music (hip 238).

Consigned by Torie and Jimbo Gladwell's Top Line Sales, hip 176 is from the first crop of GI Arkansas Derby winner Charlatan (Speightstown) and out of graded-placed Hang a Star (Tapizar). He was bred by Newstead Corp.

Top Line Sales also sent out hip 238, who is out of stakes winner Katie's Kiss (Kantharos). The colt was bred by Torie Gladwell, Cincinnati Equine, Borrowdale LLC, Knollwood Farm and Valerie Dailey and was purchased in utero for $75,000 at the 2022 Keeneland November sale.

From the first crop of multiple Grade I winner Maxfield (Street Sense), hip 119 is consigned by Wavertree Stables. The bay colt, who was a $75,000 Keeneland September purchase, is out of multiple stakes winner and graded-placed Eyeinthesky (Sky Mesa).

“He's always been a really nice horse, hence his positioning in the breeze show today,” said Wavertree's Ciaran Dunne.

Wavertree sent out two juveniles by Maxfield to work Thursday. In addition to the bullet worker, the consignment was also represented by a filly (hip 290), who is scheduled to work Friday.

“I have two Maxfields and they are both in this sale,” Dunne said. “They are two very different horses. He's very sleek and lean and the filly is a bigger, rangier type. I don't see a lot of Street Sense in him. He's just a beautiful horse.”

Dunne admitted conditions were difficult during Thursday's first of what is now a three-day under-tack show. Hip 119 conducted his work into a significant headwind.

“I think he breezed in a 17mph headwind that popped up on the screen when he was going,” Dunne said. “And that was pretty typical of the day. It gusted as well, so some of them got a bit of a break and others just got the worst of it. From start to finish, it was a really tough day. But that's no one's fault. It's just the conditions that there were. I am sure that the astute horse buyers will sort through it and pick themselves out a couple who are going to be real value, especially if, as we are expecting, the wind changes and they have a tailwind tomorrow. It will definitely be two completely different racetracks.”

A pair of juveniles shared the fastest quarter-mile time of :20 4/5 for the session. First up was hip 19, a filly by Connect (Curlin) out of stakes-placed Catsadiva (Tale of the Cat). The bay filly, purchased for $20,000 at the Fasig-Tipton July sale, is consigned by Hoppel, LLC, agent. Equaling that time later in the session was hip 245, a colt by Fog of War out of stakes-placed Kiss the Lady (Quiet American). The colt, consigned by Omar Ramirez, was purchased by Luis Quevedo for $4,000 at the OBS Winter sale last year and RNA'd for $9,000 at the OBS October sale.

The under-tack show continues Friday and Saturday with sessions beginning at 8 a.m. The March sale will be held next Tuesday through Thursday with bidding commencing each day at 11 a.m.

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