Ocala Breeders Sales saved the best for last during the third session of the Spring 2-Year-Old Sales in Training on April 18. A colt belong to Nyquistist (hips 891) consigned by Wavertree Stables, dealer and one of the last horses to cross the ring, sold for $550,000 to Donato Lanni, dealer for Zedan Racing Stable, to top the day’s offerings.
The beautiful flying colt was produced from a grade 1 winning horse Empire manufacturer mare Coma . Winner of the 2010 Spinster Stakes (G1) for owners Helen Alexander and Helen Groves and trainer David Carroll, the millionaire earner has won 9 of 19 career starts in racing splash. As a stallion, she was the dam of nine other foals of racing age, producing three winners out of six foals entered in the race, including Hidden enemy who earned $238,501, and Roswell (a chubby 3 year old girl into mischief ), the first winner this year. This is also the family of the student who won the 1st grade award Roof And covfefe .
Bred in Kentucky by Alexander-Groves Thoroughbreds, the colt was purchased by Red Wings, a partnership between Ciaran Dunne and Wavertree’s J. Paul Reddam, for $150,000 from the Gainesway consignment at the sale September prices at Keeneland last year. Before his trip through the ring, the colt took eighth place at :10 in the preview under tack.
“Obviously he had a very fast wind,” Lanni said. “He’s got a great pedigree. The mare is about due. She’s a terrible racehorse and hasn’t really bred yet. He’s a horse that has come here and done everything that’s been asked of him, and he looks worthy. He’s the kind of horse we’re happy to have. He’s definitely the horse we want. Plus, the sire is on fire.”
Dunne had high hopes for the colt, who showed off his speed and stamina in the show boasting and boasting of his sire strength, as well as an all-black family.
“It seems like every sale I sit here talking about how great Nyquist is, and between each sale he does more to justify what you say about him,” Dunne shares. ”. “He’s a beautiful horse. His work has been fantastic, and I think he’s been well received at the stable. We’re probably very disappointed in what he’s brought in. I think he could have carried a little more. But he was bought very well and sold well.”
The second highest priced horse of the day and top was Hip 643, a daughter of Bolt d’Oro Purchased by Woodford Thoroughbreds for $450,000. Commissioned by de Meric Sales, the gray or roan was bred in Kentucky by H. Allen Poindexter and is no longer a winner. Henry Hughes mare Blue sky . She won eighth place in :10 in the uncorrected preview.
A total of 147 units changed hands on Thursday for a total of $15,122,000, in line with the average price of $102,871. The average price was $65,000 and 41 horses (22%) were reported unsold. The cumulative total over the three sessions showed 478 yearlings sold for $61,893,500 compared to 531 yearlings sold for $67,624,000 at the respective time in 2023. The bright spot was the average price of $75,000 in This week is up slightly from the $65,000 average at the same stage last year, suggesting a more balanced mid-market.
The impact of results in Thursday’s penultimate session was a large number of disqualifications. A total of 114 horses out of 302 listed in the session were placed on the disqualification list.
“Sales have definitely increased,” OBS sales director Tod Wojciechowski said. We had a high number of sales today.” “It was definitely the lightest day we’ve had so far. We still have tomorrow, so hopefully we’ll be able to recover and have a better day tomorrow. Obviously, we had a lot of difficulties and it was slower.” over the remaining two days, I really have nothing to attribute it to.”
Perhaps another factor that could impact the day’s results is the increasing number of sales transactions being made online or over the phone.
“We always want to have people on site,” Wojciechowski said. “It seems certain, online bidding is more popular these days. We’ll see how it goes tomorrow.”
Consignor David Scanlon, who sold a $925,000 Into Mischief (Hip 603) colt in the Monday April 17 session, said of the market this week, “Good. There are some points It’s a little difficult. You’ll sell a good one and start to feel good, and then you come back, and it humbles you a little bit. We’re doing well few horses, but then sold them after the reserve, so you have to be quite okay with the reserve. For the high end, that’s fine. I think we struggled a little bit in the low-end and mid-market.
The sale ends with the fourth and final session on April 20 with the hip 907-1208 scheduled to go on sale starting at 10:30 a.m. ET. As of Thursday afternoon, a total of 80 horses had been withdrawn from the final session.
