A filly by Vekoma bred by Trail Creek Stables sold for $130,000 to D. J. Stable Tuesday at the OBS October yearling sale. Photo courtesy of Abbie Road Farm.
A filly by freshman sire and multiple Grade 1 winner Vekoma sold for $130,000 to top the New York-bred offerings at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s October yearling sale that wrapped up Tuesday.
D. J. Stable Inc. purchased the filly, offered as Hip 462 out of Lisa McGreevy’s Abbie Road Farm consignment. Bred by Trail Creek Stables LLC and foaled at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater, the filly is the second foal out of the Empire Maker mare Sinister Siren.
Sinister Siren, a half-sister to stakes-placed Unanimously from the family of Canadian champion Delightful Mary and graded stakes winner Delightful Kiss, is the dam of the winning New York-bred 3-year-old Mitole filly Mitole’s Girl. She’s also the dam of a weanling New York-bred colt by Mendelssohn. Both were bred by Trail Creek Stables.
The OBS October sale, shifted to earlier in the week with Hurricane Milton expected in the area Wednesday, saw 33 of the 58 New York-breds through the ring sell for $549,500 and an average price of $16,652.
Hip 517, a daughter of Kantharos also bred by Trail Creek Stables, sold for $85,000. Photo courtesy of Abbie Road Farm.
Hip 517, a filly by Kantharos also bred by Trail Creek Stables, foaled at Mill Creek and sold out of the Abbie Road Farm consignment, sold for the second highest price at $85,000 to Grassroots Training & Sales LLC. The filly is the first foal out of the Quality Road mare That’s My Cue.
Hip 335, a son of Violence from the family of stakes winner and Kentucky Oaks runner-up Gambling Girl, brought the highest price for a colt at $45,000 from Alta Visa Enterprises. Bred by TLC Thoroughbreds, foaled at Stonegate Stables in Fort Edward and consigned by Silver Oaks Farm, agent, the colt is the third foal out of the Malibu Moon mare Moon Delight.
The OBS October sale marked one of the final significant markets for yearlings in North America, with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October sale – scheduled for October 21-24 – up next. Fasig-Tipton also hosts the Saratoga fall mixed sale Tuesday, October 15 in Saratoga Springs.
