Top Line Sales’ Jimbo and Tori Gladwell have become synonymous with quality horses offered in brooding establishments along the East Coast. Starting April 19 at the Ocala Breeders 2-year-old’s Spring 2022 sale, they have 52 horses to go through the ring over a four-day sale, many horses. among them won the highest honor during the secret show.
After the first day of showings, Tori Gladwell led BloodHorse through the shipment and marked some interesting horses on their stacking cards.
“We start with 60 cataloged calves and have 52 horses to go through, hopefully,” Gladwell said. “We have two horses of the ‘no brain’ type, (first one is) Uncle Mo ponies (Hip 206). He was supposed to be in for the March Sale and got some warm underpants, so we stopped in and gave him some time, that’s why he’s in. this discount. He’s still a bit immature, but he has all the right parts and is a beast. “
Hip 206 is the first pony in Astrology mare Borealis Night, bred in Kentucky by Corser Thoroughbreds. He hit the eighth mile in: 9 4/5 on the second day of a poor show. His bangs are sisters with congratulations Daughter Kinsley Kisses , came third in the 2016 editions of Adena Springs Beaumont Stakes (G3), Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) and Delaware Oaks (G3). Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3) -put Spooky forest via Ghostazapper is her other nimble little sister, all from middle school families Ever Elusive and the winner Summer Saratoga . The original foal made its way through the ring at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, where he sold it to Scott and Evan Dilworth from a Terrazas Thoroughbreds consignment for $250,000.
City of Light colt consigned as Hip 301 works eighth mile in: 9 4/5 at the OBS Spring Sale snooze show
Another highlight is the Hip 301, City of light colt recently passed The Gulfstream Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s selective sale of 2-year-olds in training, where he failed to hit his $575,000 price tag.
Gladwell said: “He went through The Gulfstream Sale, which started on: 9/4 in Miami. He was the last horse in the ring; he had an interest in him but couldn’t make it. “. “Thankfully, I’ve got him double in on this sale, so we can knock him down. We don’t train him in between the two sales; it’s a change of pace in the mix. two weeks. He’s back and back to work on: 9 4/5 here at OBS, and I think he’s a special horse and extremely talented.”
The Kentucky pony crossed Keeneland in September to breeders Pam and Martin Wygod and Oliver and Emily Bushnell, selling for $275,000. He comes from a family with an income of $1.4 million Rage fever a winner of seven graded stakes and sister with winning male level 3 Stormin fever and 3rd layer is placed Loud fever all by the famous prince Storm Cat .
“The March OBS sale seems to be super early horses (which) want to do too much too fast. So we pick March and April horses from that delineation; sometimes the horses. In the later April Sale are horses that may be larger and need Gladwell’s comment a little more time and get ready for this sale. “Currently, we have 18 horses for sale. (Selling 2-year-olds in the Atlantic Ocean in Fasig-Tipton), they are usually our late bloomers or may hiccup earlier in the spring. It’s also a good dirty surface that buyers like to see the horses change from polytrack to dirt. “
The March OBS sale delivered solid results for Top Line, with 17 of the top 18 selling for a total of $4,534,000. Two of their early calves were among the top-selling horses in that sale. One American pharoah Sold for $1 million to Donato Lanni, longtime customer Susan Chu of Baoma Corp., who named the chubby dog Muteki. Another explosion occurred when Japanese coach Hideyuki Mori spent $900,000 on a son of Bolt d’Oro out of the Stupid Cause.
“This year, we killed it with the Bolt d’Oros we had,” Gladwell said. “Everybody’s talking about him. They’re smart and want to do it, but not to the point of self-harm. They seem to be very well-trained horses, which I like. Mentally. , they are cold, and they go with the flow.”
On the second day of the OBS Spring Sale, Gladwells is offering a Urge filly (Hip 461) in the mare Vindication Full Moon Frolic, winner and 3rd place sister Have fun . The Dirty Man became: 9 4/5 wind Tuesday in eighth place to be the fastest companion of the day at long distances. It was bred in Kentucky by Frank DeSavino and deposited by the late James Herbener; she sold for $160,000 to Elusive Thoroughbreds at Keeneland September Sale.
Gladwell commented, “(Hip 461) very nice person; I keep telling people she’s a chubby Saratoga. She’s medium size, super fast, super sound and she wants to be. do that. I can see her going to Saratoga and doing fine.”
Accelerate filly consigned as Hip 461 works eighth mile in: 9 4/5 at the OBS Spring Sale secret show
“Our West Bank filly (Hip 507) is excellent; she’s a strong adult — we own her in a partnership we’ve worked together every year. Her muscles are impressive; Her forearms and forearms are huge,” Gladwell remarked. I don’t think she’ll be the sprinter, the five-hair kind; I think she will want to go a little further.”
Shredded chestnuts Smart Strike mare Hatpin 3rd in Canada and my sister won 3 Shaishee and to Dannhauser , a winner bets on both surfaces. The Kentucky mutt has started: 10 flat Tuesdays on the eighth track. She originally sourced the shipment of Small Lot Sales to Keeneland’s September Sale for $85,000 by Grade One Investment Firms.
Top Line also sells a talent Mo town filly who put on a quick show Wednesday, went in: 9 4/5 to share the top title with four other minors at a distance. Bred in Kentucky by Moreau Bloodstock International, this little pup went through the OBS October Sale, selling for $42,000 to Bishop Bloodstock from a KP Sales consignment.
“I like Dream Town,” Gladwell said. “I’m not sure how many of them are out there, and this is the only one I’ve had all year; she’s a filthy monster. She got in: 9 4/5 with one gallop; I think it’s the fastest of the day. She can be a phenomenally good person on the road for someone.”
Mo Town consigned as Hip 687 in action at mile eight: 9 4/5 at the OBS Spring Sale secret show
“The other horse I land on will be the filthy animal of Good magic (Hip 1083), another freshman of whom I only have one,” said Gladwell. This bastard did everything right. She is just the right size, puts together well and has a nice balance. “
Good Magic filly chestnuts come from the family Up with the bird , the first prize winning weeding machine sent the bank $ 1.8 million to the owner / breeder of Sam-Son Farm. Bred in Kentucky by Breeze Easy, this will be the girl’s fourth trip through the sale after failing to sell as expected. The Good Magic was running at: 10 units on the final day of the show running out of control over an eighth mile.
Gladwell notes: “We had trouble getting annuities last year, so we are producing more fingerlings at home this year. “We have 17 mares, we sell a few mares, and those that we think will match the 2 year old sales we bring in. That’s where the American Pharoah comes from. in March.”
The healthy market seen last year has turned into a 2 year old market, a trend that is predicted to continue through this drop and into the summer.
“As soon as the war started overseas, we were worried about what the actual stock market would do; We also got into that a little bit.” “I know buyers tend to spend more money on the market, so we were worried if it went up, the Thoroughbred market might follow, but luckily not yet. The March sale was strong and I feel this discount will be very strong; all the players are here shopping. I really haven’t seen anyone who isn’t here.”
Gladwells started Top Sales in 2007, initially selling fingerlings, but they had success in Ocala selling fry. Their 26-acre farm serves as a base and where all the porcupines from the previous year come in to get ready for the fry season.
“All of our horses get out as soon as they come home from the highly anticipated sale. We pull back their shoes (if they have one), and then they all go out together. out in a few paddles until we ship at a discount,” Gladwell said. “I think turnout is important to them, it gives them a mental boost and they continue to have a mental breakdown. god when progressing on the track.”
While the farm only has 55 stalls, they rely on Jimbo’s sister Nelly Breeden and former farm manager Omar Ramirez to handle the overflow.
Gladwell commented: “There are 90 to 100 trained horses among the three of us working together for sales training. Our focus is mainly on sales horses; we don’t bring a lot of horses straight in. racecourse for our customers because our specialty is to prepare these horses for the 2 year old sale.”
