The final under-tack show ahead of this week's OBS April Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training took place Easter Sunday morning in Ocala, with no fewer than eight juveniles sharing the day's fastest furlong of :9 4/5.
Consignor Randy Miles, agent, was represented by two of the day's bullet workers. Hip 939, a May-foaled son of Street Boss–Auntie Soph (Valiant Nature), is a half-brother to seven winners from as many to race from his dam, including three black-type performers, and hails from the Mill Ridge family of Grade I winners Dynaforce (Dynaformer) and Cetewayo (His Majesty) (video). Miles also consigns hip 998, a Shackleford filly whose third dam Clear Mandate (Deputy Minister) was a treble Grade I winner and bred GISW and Three Chimneys stallion Strong Mandate (Tiznow) (video).
Claiborne inmate Flatter was responsible for Sovereign Award-winning 2-year-old male Avie's Flatter and another Ontario-bred grandson of A.P. Indy shared the bullet Sunday. Consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds as agent, the May 9 foal–cataloged as hip 1214–is out of the stakes-winning and Grade II-placed Ever Elusive (Elusive Quality) (video).
First-crop sire Palace (City Zip) was represented by a $100,000 colt at the OBS March Sale and his de Meric Sales-consigned daughter of Avenging Tomisue (Belong to Me) was another to broach the 10-second barrier Sunday. Hip 943 carries a cross over A.P. Indy similar to Classics contender Improbable and counts Flaxman standout producer Chimes of Freedom (Private Account) as her third dam (video).
Hip 1111 will have many, including Becky Thomas's Sequel Bloodstock, making a wish, and she brings a big pedigree to the table. By Medaglia d'Oro, whose top-level winners Bolt d'Oro, Plum Pretty and Dickinson are all out of A.P. Indy mares, the dark bay is a half-sister to SW & GISP Bajan (Speightstown) and is out of a half to GI Kentucky Oaks winner Lemons Forever (Lemon Drop Kid), dam of champion Forever Unbridled (Unbridled's Song) and her stakes-placed Medaglia d'Oro half-brother Forever d'Oro. (video).
King's Equine's hip 935 is already named Superbloodwolfmoon (Malibu Moon), an April-foaled bay whose stakes-placed dam A Story of Revenge (Tale of the Cat) is a half-sister to the late GISW I Want Revenge (Stephen Got Even). (video).
The session's other bullet breezers were: hip 1168, a California-bred daughter of Lakerville (Unusual Heat) consigned by TIP Thoroughbred Investment Possibilities, agent (video); and Shanghai Bobby colt hip 1179, a Randy Bradshaw-consigned son of Grade III-winning turfer Dyna Da Wyna (Doc's Leader) (video).
The session's swiftest two furlongs was turned by Envision Equine's hip 951, a colt from the first crop of Fast Anna (Medaglia d'Oro), who clocked :20 2/5. Out of the winning Tapit mare Ballad, the Florida-bred hails from the extended female family of the very talented Valid Expectations.
A pair of juveniles shared the fastest quarter-mile work, stopping the clock in :20 3/5. Top Line Sales, agent, sends out hip 928, a filly from the first crop of Competitive Edge (Super Saver), who has already been represented by a winner at the races this spring. The bay is a half-sister to SW Aaron's Orient (Orientate) (video). Hip 1106, consigned by Harris Training Center LLC, is related to five winners from seven to the races, including GSW Calgary Caper (El Corredor) (video).
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