Pair Share Bullet Furlong at OBS

Hip 159 | Tibor Szlavik

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The four-day under-tack show ahead of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training kicked off on a rainy day in central Florida Wednesday. The session, scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m., got underway a half-hour late and was delayed twice more during the day before finally finishing close to 4 p.m. with a pair of juveniles sharing the day's fastest furlong time of :9 4/5 and four sharing the fastest quarter-mile time of :20 3/5.

A colt by Malibu Moon (hip 15) turned in the bullet :9 4/5 furlong time for Ciaran Dunne's Wavertree Stables, which consigns the bay on behalf of Julio Rada.

“The ones that are fast are always fast,” Dunne said. “So it was no surprise that he went quick, but you hope rather than expect a :9 4/5. But he's always advertised himself as a good horse, so it was about what we were expecting.”

An $85,000 Keeneland November weanling purchase out of the Regis Farm dispersal in 2015, the youngster is out of graded stakes winner Golden Mystery (Awesome Again).

“He is a very typical Malibu Moon,” Dunne said. “He is a medium-sized horse with a lot of quality.”

Also hitting the :9 4/5 mark was hip 159, a colt by Tale of the Cat. The juvenile is consigned to the June sale by Top Line Sales.

“He's a really fast, early-looking horse,” Top Line's Torie Gladwell said. “Physically, he's a typical Tale of the Cat in size, but he's got a lot of Unbridled's Song about him as well.”

The gray is out of Midnight Ramble (Unbridled's Song), a half-sister to graded stakes winner Mo Cuishle (Saint Ballado). He was a $60,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic October Yearling purchase. “We picked him out at Timonium for ourselves,” Gladwell said. “He's got a really good walk on him–he's got a big walk, so typically that correlates into a big stride on the track. But he's got an engine, a beautiful hip behind him to push him as well.”

Top Line Sales also sent out one of four horses to work the fastest quarter-mile of the day. Hip 199, a colt by First Dude, breezed in :20 3/5.

“That horse is incredible,” Gladwell said of the dark bay. “I have to give all the credit to Double Diamond Farm. David Keely trained that horse for Double Diamond and Mr. David Dizney owns him. He just came ready. He covers a lot of ground. He looked like he was galloping in the breeze. He just did it so easy.”

Bred by Dizney, the juvenile is out of Natalie's Moment (Kris S.) and is a half to stakes placed Sola Gratia (Touch Gold), as well as to the dam of recent GIII Hendrie S. winner Code Warrior (Society's Chairman).

“I think he is a pretty special horse,” Gladwell continued. “He was pointed specifically to the June sale because he is a big colt and he needed just a little bit more time. Physically and mentally, the time between April and June really helped this horse.”

Hip 10, a filly by Kantharos, also shared the :20 3/5 bullet time. Consigned by Tom McCrocklin, the bay is out of Glittering Georgia (Texas Glitter).

Consignor James Layden sent hip 33 out to work a quarter in :20 3/5. By Scat Daddy, the youngster is a full-brother to graded stakes winner Conquest Daddyo and a half to stakes winner Hangingbyathread (Giant's Causeway).

Rounding out the :20 3/5 quarter-mile workers was hip 177, a filly from the first crop of Grade I winner Jimmy Creed. The bay, from the family of graded winners Liquor Cabinet (Ire) and Pants on Fire, is consigned by Envision Equine.

While weather conditions on the day were less than ideal, consignors were happy with the condition of OBS's synthetic track.

“I can't complain about the rain because it kept the track fair all day long,” Gladwell said. “I had horses breeze :10 flat on the second page and :10 flat on the third page. The track stayed really good all day. The rain keeps the track from getting sticky. For me, honestly, if it rained every day of the tack show I would be happy.”

Dunne admitted, “It was a horrible day.” But he added, “For all the people who want to sit out there and say, 'I wish OBS would go back to a dirt track, they need to look at a day like today. If we had a dirt track today, there would have been no breeze show. That's the beauty of the synthetic. You don't have to deal with a sloppy racetrack and you don't have to push breeze shows back. And the track was good right to the end. Four horses from the end, I think, a horse went :10 flat. So it maintains its consistency throughout the day and, as consignors, that's all we can ask.”

The breeze show continues through Saturday, with sessions scheduled to begin daily at 7:30 a.m. The June sale will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday.

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