Top Japanese trainer Hideyuki Mori went to $500,000 for Hip 536, a colt by Upstart bred by Stephanie Baltzan, to top session 2 of the OBS March sale Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Scanlon Training and Sales.
Seven New York-breds sold for six figures, including a colt by Upstart who brought $500,000, to highlight the second day of the OBS March sale of 2-year-olds in training Wednesday in Ocala.
Leading Japanese trainer Hideyuki Mori, the session’s second leading buyer with six juveniles purchased for $1,665,000, landed the session topper sold as Hip 536. Consigned by Scanlon Training and Sales, agent, the colt is the ninth foal out of the winning Cuvee mare Sister Marette.
Bred by Stephanie Baltzan and foaled at Eden Manor in Saratoga Springs, the colt originally sold for $90,000 at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. He’s a half-brother to four winners, including stakes-placed Taoiseach and $256,911-earner Carbon.
Hip 454, a colt by freshman sire Yaupon out of the Grade 3-winning Silver City mare Promise Me Silver, brought the second highest price for a New York-bred on a bid of $230,000 from bloodstock agent Joe Migliore for Steven Rocco and Adelphi Racing.
Consigned by Grade One Investments LLC, agent, the colt is the sixth foal out of the $486,681-earning winner of the Grade 3 Eight Belle Stakes. Bred by Chester and the late Mary Broman and foaled at their Chestertown Farm in Chestertown, the colt originally sold for $150,000 at last year’s Keeneland September sale. He’s a half-brother to a pair of winners out of the 10-time winning Promise Me Silver, who was purchased by the Bromans in foal to Ghostzapper for $325,000 at the 2020 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Hip 356, a daughter of Yaupon, commanded the top price for a New York-bred filly at $200,000 from Stone Bridge Farm. Consigned by Navas Equine, agent, the filly is the first foal out of the winning Into Mischief mare Monorail. Bred by Newtown Anner Stud Farm and foaled at Jack’s Farm on the Hill in Millbrook, the filly sold for $115,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred sale.
Hip 331, a filly by Galilean bred by The New Hill Farm and Hidden Lake Farm, brought the top price for a juvenile by a New York sire at $55,000. Photo courtesy of Navas Equine.
That trio and the seven other six-figure purchases helped spark strong returns for New York-breds on the day. OBS reported sales on 16 of the 20 New York-breds offered Wednesday for a total of $1,746,000, an average price of $87,300 and median of $57,500. Overall, 31 of the 39 New York-breds through the ring have brought $2,665,000, an average price of $85,968 and median of $50,000.
Navas Equine also sold the day’s top-priced juvenile by a New York-based sire, Hip 331, a daughter of freshman sire and multiple stakes winner Galilean purchased by Dr. Steiner for $55,000. Bred by The New Hill Farm and Hidden Lake Farm and foaled at The New Hill Farm in Hoosick Falls, the filly is the third foal out of the stakes-placed Midnight Lute mare Midnitesalright.
Galilean, a 9-year-old son Uncle Mo out of the El Prado mare Fresia, stands for $3,500 at Questroyal North in Stillwater.
The sale concludes with the final session at 11 a.m. Thursday.
