Hip 379, a colt by leading New York sire Central Banker bred by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, sold for $140,000 Thursday at the OBS June sale. Photo courtesy of de Meric Sales.
A colt by three-time leading New York sire Central Banker sold for $140,000 Thursday to highlight the second session of the OBS June 2-year-olds in training sale in Ocala.
Kim Valerio, agent, signed for Hip 379, a son of Central Banker out of the winning Quality Road mare Adira. From the family of Grade 1 winner Salty, graded stakes winner Vegas Prospector and stakes winner She Rides Tonite, Adira is the dam of New York-bred winners Get the Gold, Box of Joe and Bad Larry and an unraced 2-year-old Goldencents cold Golden Boy Pop.
Consigned by de Meric Sales, agent, and bred by and foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, the Central Banker colt originally sold for $25,000 to Kathryn Martin at the 2023 OBS winter mixed sale.
Central Banker, a 14-year-old son of Speightstown, stands for $7,500 at McMahon of Saratoga. He currently ranks second on the New York general sire list, with more than $1.7 million in progeny earnings, behind fellow McMahon of Saratoga stallion Bucchero.
Hip 382, a colt by Tiz the Law bred by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, sold for $130,000 during the second session OBS June sale Thursday. Photo courtesy of Top Line Sales.
McMahon also bred the second highest priced New York-bred that sold during the second session – Hip 382, a colt by classic winnining-New York-bred Tiz the Law that brought $130,000.
Oracle Bloodstock, agent purchased the colt out of the stakes-placed Wild Desert mare Adriatic Dream. A half-brother to the stakes-winning Central Banker filly Niko’s Dream, the colt is also sibling to two other New York-bred winners.
Consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, agent, the colt originally sold for $50,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.
Tiz the Law, a son of Constitution campaigned by Sackatoga Stable, earned New York-bred Horse of the Year honors in 2019 and 2020, along with 2-year-old male and 3-year-old male championships in those respective seasons. He won six of nine starts, including the Belmont Stakes, Travers Stakes and Florida Derby at 3, and earned $2,735,300 over two seasons.
Thursday’s session included another six-figure New York-bred purchase – Hip 656, a daughter of New York-based freshman sire Honest Mischief that brought $100,000 from S. O. K. Racing Partnership. Bred by EKQ Stabls Corp. and foaled at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag, the filly is the third foal out of the unraced Irish-bred Smart Strike mare Force Majeure.
Consigned by Julie Davies LLC, agent, the filly originally sold for $80,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale, then brought $60,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.
Honest Mischief, an 8-year-old son of Into Mischief, stands for $6,500 at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson.
OBS reported sales on 28 of the 34 New York-breds through the ring for $918,700, an average price of $32,811. Overall, 43 New York-breds have sold for $1,197,200, an average price of $27,842, over the first two sessions.
The sale concludes with the final session at 10 a.m. Friday.
