Jackie’s Warrior Colt Tops Closing Day Of OBS October

[Wandering Eyes]

Yearlings by first-crop stallions continued to be in demand during Wednesday's closing session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's October Yearlings Sale as a colt by Jackie's Warrior (hip 482) topped the session at $180,000. Bred and consigned by Glen Hill Farm, the colt was picked up by Elijah and Nelson Arroyo of Arroyo Bloodstock who deemed him on social media to be “our favorite horse of the entire catalog.”

“Physically, he was one of the most muscular horses that we saw,” Elijah said. “He has a really nice presence to him and good angles. We try to look for horses that fit with the group that we've bought this year and he definitely fits and more. He's got a great mind to him.”

The Arroyos, who founded the racing information portal TBX, have been active across the yearling sales this season buying horses they believe can be future stakes runners. They also acquired a Solomini filly (hip 156) for $15,000 on Tuesday during the sale's opening session.

“We're trying to focus on horses who we believe have a real, big chance of being stakes horses when they run,” Nelson added. “We're trying to buy horses that, even if they pinhook well or not, that they're going to make it at the races and we believe in them. Horses that we believe have a bright future.”

Jackie's Warrior, who was announced at a $25,000 stud fee for 2026 ahead of his first 2-year-olds making the races next season, saw plenty of success last month at Keeneland including a $1.3m colt who sold to West Bloodstock. Given that success, the Arroyos were prepared to spend for their top colt.

“The two horses that I loved in this sale were hip 177 (Tuesday's sales-topper by Mo Donegal who sold for $240,000) and this one, who I liked a little more. He had a little bit more size, it's a colt, a popular freshman sire, bigger page. So we were prepared to have the [new] sales topper. Thank God he went under $200,000!”

Elijah, Nelson, and Brandon Arroyo | Jessica Martini

Out of a graded stakes winner in Broken Dreams, the Jackie's Warrior colt is a half to MGSW Caribou Club (City Zip) and a three-time track record setter at Gulfstream in Fly the W (Ghostzapper). Third dam One Dreamer was also a GI Breeders' Cup Distaff winner. There's quality still in the pipeline as well with Caribou Club's 2-year-old Into Mischief filly, named Eze Village, unraced but on the work tab at Saratoga over the summer.

In addition to breeding and consigning the session topper Wednesday, Glen Hill Farm also added the day's second highest price when another homebred son of Army Mule (hip 506) brought $125,000 to Breeze Easy LLC. That colt is out of MGSW Closeout, a full-sister to GSW Capital Request, SW Bricks and Ivy and GSP Family Foundation.

“It's a good family and he's a nice colt,” Glen Hill's Tom Proctor told OBS of the Jackie's Warrior colt. “I think the family goes back (to Glen Hill) about 7-8 dams. He's a big, good looking colt who is well balanced. I hope Nelson does well with him.”

Other first-crop stallions in demand Wednesday included Roadster who had a colt (hip 480) go the way of Sean S. Perl Bloodstock for $120,000 and a filly (hip 319) purchased by Champion Equine for $80,000. A pair of stallions with their first 2-year-olds this year also saw success with Spendthrift's Yaupon (recently bumped to $60,000 for 2026) and Florida's Pleasant Acres Stallions member Leinster both well represented.

There were four hips across the six-figure mark Wednesday, bringing the two-day total to eight. That eclipses the mark set by last year's OBS October Sale where seven yearlings hit six figures.

During Wednesday's final session, 146 yearlings sold for $3,635,100 for an average of $24,898 and a median of $18,500. The buy-back rate was 26.2%. Cumulatively over two days, 308 yearlings sold for $7,247,700 with an average price of $23,531 and a median of $15,000. The overall buy-back rate was 25.5%.

The post Jackie’s Warrior Colt Tops Closing Day Of OBS October appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

View the full article