The opening day of the Ocala Breeders’ Mixed Winter Sale on January 25 saw early fireworks as the lone male joined the sale by the famous male Gunman light up the bid table at $275,000 — and total sales are up 18% from last year’s opening day.
“It’s a great way to kick off the New Year,” said OBS sales manager Tod Wojciechowski.
Cumulative figures for the first session of the two-day sale ended with 216 horses sold for a total of $4,286,000. The average price for the day is $19,843 and the average price is $10,000, while the RNA rate is 17.2%.
At the 2021 winter sale, 175 horses were sold for a total of $3,631,800. The average price of $20,753 was recorded and the RNA rate was 22.2%.
Tuesday was headlined by an aspirational short by Gun Runner, deposited by Get Away Farm as Hip 86, who sold for $275,000 to Breeze Easy during the first part of the day, the trading session. shipper’s priority (Hips 1-206). The Florida half-blood comes from a family that quickly won high school Conquer two steps and the winner bet Sheikh of Sheikhs and Homemade salsa . She was Mike Hall’s only Tuesday buyer for Breeze Easy.
Tod Wojciechowski at OBS’s Winter Mixed Sale
“We are very pleased with the result today,” Wojciechowski said. “The top selling beauty of the day Gun Runner is a pretty girl, and she definitely got a lot of action on her.
Reeves Thoroughbred Racing made two purchases on Tuesday, with the latter being the second-highest price of the day. A short-lived Laoban pony of a student’s family won the first prize Colonel Liam —The man who will attempt to defend his title in the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes presented by Baccarat (G1T) on Saturday — sold for $160,000 to Reeves. Signed by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, dealer, as the Hip 180, the pony is a full brother of the Yo Cuz winner of the December 18th Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Stakes Chain at Aqueduct race track. He was bred in New York by Seidman Stables from Steve’s Philly, a win Ekati .’s Tale mare.
The pony’s third dam is the 1st grade multiple winner and Wonder Again millionaire, who produced the Japanese stake winner Red Raven along with Amazement, Colonel Liam’s dam.
Reeves also signed the $50,000 ticket Break luck The pony longing to come out of Anea is deposited by 4 M Ranch, the agent, as Hip 16.
Shipper’s preferred trading session saw 143 horses sold for a total of $3,074,300, $21,499 median and $10,000 median, with an RNA share of 16.4% . This is an improvement from the same session a year ago, when the top 101 brought in $1,935,300 and an average of $19,161. The same average a year ago was $10,100.
The second part of the day, race-age horses (Hips 251-365), led by Freedom to speak, who sold for $145,000 to Reitman Stables. 3 year old kid American Freedom filly breeed three fastest feathers at the under tack show on Monday at: 31/2/5. She was consigned by Best A Luck Farm, the agent, as Hip 253.
Freedom Speaks were bred in Kentucky by Hartmut H. Malluche and Silesia Ranch from Macho Uno Wicked mare speed. She comes from the 2008 Canadian Horse of the Year family Fatal bullets and the winner of the Queen’s Plate 2021 Behave Safely . First through an auction round at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Promotion in October, Freedom Speaks sold $37,000 for All About the Breeze in Warrendale Sales shipments.
Free speech in the ring at the OBS Winter Mixed Sale
The number of horse heads sold in the racing age session remained stable, with 73 horses changing hands on Tuesday compared with 74 last year. Total proceeds were $1,211,700 on Tuesday, and the median was $16,599, with the median being $11,000 and an RNA rate of 18.9%. During last year’s race-age session, totals were $1,696,500, the median was $22,926, and the median was $13,000.
“The owners are protecting their racers. That’s the nature of the monster,” Wojciechowski commented. “We’ve had some scratches and it has a decline and flows from year to year depending on the horses available.”
Seven horses sold for six figures Tuesday, compared with the opening day of 2021 when six were sold for $100,000 or more.
Woodford Thoroughbreds’ John Sykes made five purchases for his Florida operation totaling $410,000 to become the top buyer Tuesday.
The first shipper on the first day of gross sales was Summerfield by Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck, which sold 11 for $387,000.
“Hopefully entering the second day of the sale on January 26, we will see the same strength in the market for the annuals that we saw on January 25,” Wojciechowski said. We are looking forward to another great day.”
While unusually cool temperatures continued to linger in Ocala, Fla., barn traffic continued to stabilize during the second day of sales.
Wednesday’s trading session begins at 11:00 a.m. ET with Hips 401-649 (additional items included)..
