Honest Mischief colt, Central Banker filly among top sellers Thursday at OBS April sale

Five New York-breds – including one by 2024’s leading New York freshman sire Honest Mischief and another by four-time leading New York sire Central Banker – sold for $200,000 or more to highlight the third day of the OBS April 2-year-olds in training sale Thursday in Ocala, Florida.

Maverick Racing and CHC Inc., the buying team behind the New York-bred Grade 1-placed classics contender River Thames, landed the session’s top-priced juvenile when they went to $750,000 for a colt by Vekoma. Hip 787[2], who is out of the winning Big Drama mare Big Thrill, also finished the day as the sale’s top-priced New York-bred through three of the four sessions.

Consigned by Ocala Stud, agent, bred by Annemarie Toomey and foaled at Fort Christopher’s Thoroughbreds in Fort Edward, the colt originally sold for $145,000 out of last year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. He’s the fifth foal out of Big Thrill, whose first three foals are multiple winners and six-figure earners. The colt breezed a quarter-mile in :20.3 during presale workouts.

Joe Migliore, agent for Steven Rocco and Adelphi Racing, went to $290,000 for Hip 657[3], a colt by Honest Mischief out of the unraced Woodman mare Woodflower.

Bred by Sequel Stallions New York LLC and consigned by Sequel Bloodstock, the colt is the 13th out of Woodflower and a half sibling to 10 winners led by stakes winner Magna Rose and the stakes-placed duo of Where’s Dominic and Arigatou Gozaimasu. Woodflower is also the dam of a yearling New York-bred colt by Freud.

Honest Mischief, a 9-year-old son of Into Mischief out of the Grade 1-winning Seattle Slew mare Honest Lady, stands for $7,500 at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson. Currently fifth on New York’s general sire list, Honest Mischief topped the Empire State’s freshman sire list in 2024 with 13 winners and progeny earnings of more than $1.64 million.

Sallusto & Kimmel, agent for Winning Move Stable, went to $200,000 to buy Hip 837[5], a daughter of Central Banker out of the winning Spring At Last mare Calidez.

Bred by BHMFR, LLC and foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, the filly is the fourth foal out of Calidez. She’s the dam of two winners – For Love and Honor, a two-time winner and earner of $164,475; and Mascara. The filly originally sold for $82,000 to top the New York-bred offerings at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Eastern fall yearling sale[7]. She was consigned at OBS by Best A Luck Farm LLC, agent.

Central Banker, a 15-year-old son of Speightstown out of the stakes-winning Go For Gin mare Rhum, stands for $7,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs. He topped the New York general sire list from 2021 through 2024 and leads this year’s list with progeny earnings of nearly $1.5 million.

OBS reported sales on 20 of the 26 New York-breds through the ring Thursday for a total of $2,853,000, an average price of $142,650 and median of $92,500. Overall, 47 New York-breds have sold for $5,375,000, an average price of $114,362 and median of $75,000.

The sale concludes with the final session at 10:30 a.m. Friday.

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