Hip 247, a colt by Frosted bred by Jeff Treadway, was among the top sellers at the OBS March. opener on a bid of $475,000. Photo courtesy of Grade One Investments.
A New York-bred colt by Frosted brought a final bid of $475,000, the sixth highest price during Monday’s opening session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March sale of selected 2-year-olds in training.
Three Amigos purchased Hip 247, who is out of the unraced Scat Daddy mare Ananda and finished the day as one of nine juveniles that sold for more than $400,000. Bred by Jeff Treadway and foaled at Song Hill Thoroughbreds in Mechanicville, the colt originally sold to Ford Fugate for $50,000 at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale. Consigned by Grade One Investments LLC, agent, the colt turned in an eighth-mile breeze in 9.4 during presale workouts.
Treadway purchased Ananda for $130,000 at the 2014 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. She is the dam of two other foals, including Ananroad, an eight-time winner who finished third in last year’s West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker’s Cup Stakes with earnings of $139,966. Ananda did not produce a foal in 2022 and was bred to Astern last season.
The Frosted colt was also one of five New York-breds that sold for six figures during the opening session.
Hip 94, a daughter of Arrogate bred by Hidden Lake Farm and 3C Stables, sold for $250,000. Photo courtesy of Cary Frommer.
Hip 94, a daughter of Arrogate out of the winning Stephen Got Even mare Summer Shade, commanded the top price for a New York-bred filly on a bid of $250,000 from Mike Ryan, agent.
Bred by Hidden Lake Farm LLC and 3C Stables LLC and foaled at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater, the filly is the seventh foal out of Summer Shade, who was purchased by Hidden Lake Farm/Halmar in foal to Summer Front for $22,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November breeding stock sale. The Arrogate filly is her fourth New York-bred foal. Summer Shade, who was bred to American Pharoah last season, is also the dam of a yearling filly by Vekoma, born May 1 in New York.
Consigned by Cary Frommer LLC, agent, the filly was purchased by Frommer for $170,000 out of the RFHF Bloodstock consignment at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. She’s a half-sister to a pair of winners, including the stakes-placed and $217,896-earner Harmon.
Hip 117, a filly by Bernardini bred by Mahoney Eden Manor and partners, sold for $200,000. Photo courtesy of Brick City Thoroughbreds.
Hip 117, a filly by Bernardini out of the stakes-placed Valid Expectations mare Tea for Two, was purchased by West Bloodstock, agent for Repole Stable Inc., for $200,000.
Bred by Mahoney Eden Manor LLC, Classic Bloodstock LLC, Gary Marsh and Sandra Powers and named Tequilatini and foaled at Mahoney Eden Manor in Saratoga Springs, the filly is a half-sister to winners Cryptographer and Tijera Lee. She sold for $50,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale and was consigned at OBS by Brick City Thoroughbreds.
Tea for Two, reported sold to Robert Lambe in foal to Omaha Beach for $40,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale, is the dam of a New York-bred yearling colt by Omaha Beach and was bred to McKinzie last season.
The OBS March sale continues with the second of three sessions at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
