Hip 636, a daughter of Quality Road bred by 3C Stables, sold for $1.05 million Thursday at OBS March. OBS Sales Photo.
Seven juveniles sold for $1 million or more during the three-day Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s March sale of 2-year-olds in training this week, including a New York-bred daughter of Quality Road that commanded a final bid of $1.05 million during Thursday’s final session.
AMO Racing USA LLC landed the filly, who finished as the sale’s top-priced New York-bred and third most expensive filly overall. Ben McElroy signed the ticket on behalf of AMO Racing for Hip 636, who is out of the multiple stakes winner and Grade 1-placed Congrats mare Toasting.
“AMO is looking for high-end fillies that can go two turns on the dirt … and this filly fit the mold,” McElroy said. “She breezed very well, she’s by a top sire of fillies. She’s been on our hit list right from the get-go. We’ll take her back, assess her and make a decision on a trainer. She’s not a filly that is going to be running super early, so we have time.”
Consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables Inc., the filly breezed an eighth in :9.4 during presale workouts.
Bred by 3C Stables LLC, the filly originally sold for $350,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. She’s the fifth foal out of Toasting and a half-sister to four-time winner Robber Baron and 2025 winner Concorde Spirit.
The sale of the Quality Road filly sparked a strong final session for New York-breds. OBS reported sales on 21 of the 25 through the ring for a total of $2,986,000, an average price of $142,190 and median of $65,000.
Overall, 52 of the 63 New York-breds offered sold for $5,651,000, an average price of $108,673 and median of $52,500.
Hip 584, a daughter of Honest Mischief bred by Sequel Stallions New York, landed the top price for a juvenile by a New York-based sire on a bid of $425,000 from Joseph DiRoco Thursday. Photo courtesy of Sequel Bloodstock.
The final session also saw the sale’s top-priced juvenile by a New York-based sire in Hip 584, a daughter of Honest Mischief purchased by Joseph DiRico for $425,000.
Bred by Sequel Stallions New York LLC and consigned by Sequel Bloodstock, the filly out of the winning Street Boss mare Sugar Boss breezed in :9.4 during presale workouts. She’s a half-sister to four winners, including stakes-placed El Hefe, $119,551-earner Sweet Sugar Baby and $74,450-earner Stolen Future.
Honest Mischief, a stakes-winning 9-year-old son of Into Mischief, stands for $7,500 at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson. He topped last year’s New York freshman and juvenile sire lists.
Hip 596, a son of Cairo Prince and half-brother to last Saturday’s Gander Stakes winner Soontobeking, landed the session’s top price for a New York-bred colt at $250,000 from Jeff Bloom, agent for BBSP Trust. Consigned by Steven Venosa’s S G V Thoroughbreds, agent, the colt out of the winning Freud mare Swayed breezed an eighth in :10 during presale workouts.
Bred by Our Blue Streaks Stable and S G V Thoroughbreds – who also bred and race Soontobeking – the colt is the second foal out of Swayed. Soontobeking improved to 3-2-4 with $323,428 from 11 starts in the Gander.
