Hip 176, a New York-bred half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Horologist, sold for $380,000 to highlight Tuesday’s OBS April sale. Photo provided by Tom McCrocklin, agent.
A pair of New York-bred fillies were among a group of 23 juveniles that sold for $300,000 or more during a strong opening session of the Ocala Breeders Sales Co.’s April sale of 2-year-olds in training Tuesday.
Hip 176, a filly by More Than Ready and half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Horologist, commanded the top price for New York-bred on a bid of $380,000 from Town & Country Racing LLC. Bred by GMP Stable, Dutchess Views Farm and C. Robert Valeri and foaled at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, the bay filly is out of the winning Stephen Got Even mare Cinderella Time.
Consigned by Tom McCrocklin, agent, the filly originally sold for $260,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. She’s the fourth foal produced by Cinderella Time. Horologist won nine of 27 starts, including the Grade 2 Beldame Stakes and Grade 3 Molly Pitcher Stakes in 2020 and the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks in 2019, and earned $962,939. Horologist sold for $800,000 to Katsumi Yoshida at the 2021 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Hip 3, a New York-bred filly by Bolt d’Oro, sold for $300,000 Tuesday at the OBS April sale. Photo provided by RiceHorse.
Hip 3, a daughter of Bolt d’Oro who breezed a quarter-mile in :20.3 during presale workouts, went to Reeves Thoroughbred Racing on a private sale for $300,000. Bred by Caliburn Farm and foaled at Shorthill Farm in Ballston Spa, the filly is out of the stakes-winning Paddy O’Prado mare Above Fashion.
Consigned by Brandon and Ali Rice’s RiceHorse Stable, the filly was purchased by RiceHorse for $160,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. The filly also sold as a weanling for $72,000 at the 2021 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
OBS reported sales on 13 of the 15 New York-breds Tuesday for a total of $1,424,000 and an average price of $101,714.
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing also purchased Hip 89, a son of Practical Joke who breezed a furling in :10 and the highest-priced New York-bred colt of the day, for $230,000. Bred by Annemarie Toomey and foaled at Fort Christopher’s Thoroughbreds in Stillwater, the colt is out of the winning Big Drama mare Big Thrill. Grade One Investments LLC, agent, consigned the day’s top colt.
The sale continues with the second of four sessions at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
