Ocala Breeders’ March sales for 2-year-olds during training March 20 open sale is up and running, albeit with a slow start. The session is titled by a justification The foal pushed the bid up to $1.2 million in partnership with Maverick Racing and Siena Farm won.
OBS sales manager Tod Wojciechowski said: “It’s hard to compare apples because we have an extra 200 horses and an extra day; It will be interesting to see what happens in the next two days.” “We expect RNA rates to trend down with aftermarket sales; we’ve seen a lot of activity.”
The Thoroughbred Hartley/DeRenzo consigned the Justify pony topped the session out of 3rd place Zinzay It’s called Hip 215. The precocious pony named Saturday Dream crossed the eighth mile in: 10 during last week’s challenge show. His half-brother wins his bet by Malibu Moon, Moon over Miami classified as Man o’ War Stakes (G1T), Pan American Stakes (G2T) and Mac Diarmida Stakes (G3T) in 2021.
This is the second ride through the sales round for a foal bred by Summer Wind Equine in Kentucky. It was originally sold by Lane’s End last year during Keeneland’s September Annual Sale for $250,000 to Hartley/DeRenzo.
Commenting on the top two horses of the first session, Wojciechowski said, “Those are exceptional horses (His 215 and 95), they did it on the track, and then when you go to see them in the barn. , they were spectacular. Not surprisingly, those horses did a good job. It’s the adage, you can’t hide a good horse.”
At the close of business Monday, OBS reported 131 horses out of 193 crosses sold for a total of $20,192,500. This results in an average price of $154,141 and an average price of $90,000. Sixty-two individuals failed to meet their reserves to represent the 32.1% RNA fraction.
Shipper Nick de Meric said: “It was hard to read it in the first few hours after the sale. “We don’t have the strongest group of horses today, but we’ve sold a few pretty good horses. I think once the sales gain momentum, this will be fine. All the main players are here. here and a lot of people are shopping at all levels. I think it’s going to be fine, it’s a little slow to start, but that’s every horse sale.”
During a two-day sale last year, OBS recorded 206 horses that changed hands out of 227 offered for sale for a total of $27,545,000. An average price of $133,714 and an average price of $77,500 were recorded. 21 unsold horses, representing 9.3% RNA.
Wojciechowski added: “The horses have been selling very well today and I think some RNA will be sold as we move forward and we have a lot of good horses left.”
The pony Uncle Mo consigned is Hip 95 in the ring
Five juveniles sold for over $500,000, two of which came from a Hartley/DeRenzo shipment: the session-topping Justify pony and one Uncle Mo ponies (Hip 95). Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt and Jackpot Farm’s racing partnership signed off on the sale of juvenile Uncle Mo for $950,000.
Hartley/DeRenzo sold two horses on Day 1 for $2,150,000 to be the session’s top depositor.
Randy Hartley & Dean DeRenzo
Randy Hartley commented: “We are very classy; we only bought a handful of horses. “We try and achieve the best we can. We feel that if the market is a little bit volatile or a little bit volatile, it’s called the Sport of Kings because of all the people the rich still want these pretty horses, and that’s why we’ve always tried to be a little more than the average pickpocket.”
The 10 highest-priced horses of the first session, each sold for at least $375,000, were sold to 9 separate buyers and came from stallions Superior (Hip24), listen (112), Cruiser Catalina (66), City of light (123), blur (247), good magic (262), Justify (215), Laoban (168), Uncle Mo (95), and rag alliance (200).
Heiligbrodts, in partnership with Terry Green’s Jackpot Farms, purchased three individuals with $1,485,000 in proceeds to be the top Day One buyer.
“I think it’s slow if you don’t have the right horse,” said Ciaran Dunne. “We didn’t have a great day, but it wasn’t unexpected.” “We didn’t have a good show, and in the end what matters is what they do on the track, and unfortunately we didn’t show up. There were a lot of people here and I think in it’s the desire to buy horses. You have to have what they want.”
The sale continues on March 21 with Hips 279-556 entering the ring, starting at 11 a.m. The sale ends March 22 with Hips 557-833 making it to the ring. As of Monday evening, 107 horses had been withdrawn from the remaining sessions.
