‘He’s Always Been A Bulldog”: Nyquist Colt A Clear Standout At OBS Friday

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One of the first horses on track in the penultimate breeze show ahead of next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, a colt by Nyquist (hip 634) wasted no time setting a new high-water mark of :9 3/5, the fastest time of the sale thus far. Consigned by Ciaran Dunne's Wavertree Stables, the colt is a homebred for Cypress Creek Equine out of Paquita Coqueta (Chi) (Scat Daddy), a Chilean champion female sprinter purchased by Cypress Creek for $170,000 at Keeneland November in 2021 in foal to Laoban.

“We were collecting mares in foal to him at the time and she was a very fast-looking daughter of Scat Daddy,” said Cypress Creek's Ryder Finney. “Obviously she was fast on paper and on the track as well. [We] really liked her athletic presentation and race record when we bought her and she was the right mating for Laoban. Physically, she's a very well-made horse as well and we liked the cross so that's part of the reason why we went back to Nyquist.”

That Laoban filly became Colder Weather, now a stakes-placed runner in Venezuela. This colt, the mare's fifth foal, impressed from his early days in the fields at Cypress Creek.

“[The colt] has been the boss in ever paddock he's ever been in,” Finney said. “I don't think I've ever seen him lose a paddock race. He was very fast from day one so it does not surprise me that he worked fast. But :9 3/5 is always a little “wow”. You don't ever expect :9 3/5. But he was always a very fast looking horse and always very forward. He was always a bulldog–very forward, very confident.”

Of the decision to wait and send this late April-foaled colt to the OBS June Sale vs. one of the company's earlier spring dates, Finney explained, He was kind of a late baby. We didn't even send him down to Ciaran until December so he got a very late start. We wanted to give him every chance and let him grow up and give him the extra time.”

 

Hip 634, a 2yo colt by Nyquist?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Nyquist, clocks the only 9.3 work so far @OBSSales June under tack show!

The juvenile is consigned by @WavertreeInc (Ciaran Dunne), Agent VI! pic.twitter.com/JEJhzanyQZ

— Darley in America (@DarleyAmerica) June 13, 2025

Finney added that the colt has only continued to impress since his arrival in Florida, comparing him to another s on of Nyquist who has since found plenty of success on the track: MGSW and 'TDN Rising Star' Nysos.

“Ciaran says the horse has done nothing wrong since he got there,” Finney said. “He's been very straightforward, no hiccups. I think [Ciaran's] original impression was that the colt is kind of plain, he's a plain bay wrapper. He actually reminded me of another horse we bought as a foal, Nysos. We had him on the farm for a while before we sold him as a yearling and he was very similar in a lot of ways–a plain bay wrapper and very strong. [They're both] great movers, very efficient but not like a 17-hand gigantic colt. More of a handy, shorter type. As this colt has gotten up to speed for Ciaran, I think he's been more and more impressed. Obviously :9 3/5 is going to impress anyone.”

Nine 2-year-olds shared the sale's second fastest time of :9 4/5. Wavertree Stables was well-represented with a Liam's Map filly (hip 564) and a Bolt d'Oro colt (hip 572) each sharing the time. Liam's Map had another two runners also work in :9 4/5, a colt named Machine Gun (hip 577) consigned by Adios Amigos and a second colt consigned by Top Line Sales (hip 589). A colt by Practical Joke (hip 563) consigned by de Meric Sales, a Win Win Win filly (hip 644) consigned by Champions of the Future, a Runhappy colt (hip 653) consigned by Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds, a filly by Twirling Candy (hip 554) consigned by Golden Rock Thoroughbreds and a Bolt d'Oro filly (hip 654) under the Woodside Ranch banner also went an eighth in :9 4/5.

The fastest quarter-mile time of the day was split between three runners: a Catalina Cruiser colt (hip 538) consigned by Thorostock LLC, a Tunwoo colt (hip 697) consigned by LF Horse Training and Sales and an Omaha Beach filly (hip 705) consigned by Hoppel LLC all worked in :20 4/5.

The under-tack show concludes Saturday with a final session beginning at 7:30 a.m. The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale begins Tuesday, June 17 and runs through Wednesday, June 18 with each day's action starting at 10 a.m.

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