With indicators up across-the-board for the just-completed the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. August Yearling sale, the results for New York-bred yearlings virtually mirrored (and in some cases exceeded) the overall results for the sale.
Of the 55 New York-bred yearlings catalogued (5 for the select session on August 24, and 50 for two open sessions on August 25-26), 40 of the 48 offered sold (including two private sales). The percent not sold (16.7%) was better for New York-breds than the tally for the sale overall (27.3%). The 40 yearlings grossed $456,400 for an average of $11,410, while the cumulative sale average was $14,805 (up 29.9% from last year). The New York-bred median of $8,000 was identical to the sale median (which for the sale soared a whopping 60.0% from last year).
The top-selling New York-bred yearling, also the fifth highest seller (and second highest priced filly) in the first open session, was Hip 367, a daughter of the late Grade 1-winner Sunriver, whose promising career at stud began at Jamie LaMonica’s Empire Stud, where he stood for the 2008 and 2009 breeding seasons. The dark bay/brown filly, bred by Hidden Point Farm Inc. and foaled at Empire Stud, first sold as a weaning at the OBS Fall Mixed sale for $4,500 to Anthony Perri (agent), and was purchased from consignor Beth Bayer (agent) on Wednesday by Wesley Ward (agent) for $42,000. Her first dam, the winning Capote mare Flylightly, has produced six winners of six foals to race, including stakes-placed Elusive Air (Elusive Quality). Second dam Miss Storm Bird (Storm Bird), a half-sister to three stakes-winners, has produced two dams of stakes winners including Golden Jewel Box, whose daughter, multiple Grade 1-winner Golden Ballet is also the dam of this year’s Grade 1 Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer. The filly gets an A+ TrueNicks rating.
The three other standout New York-bred yearlings in the sale were all consigned by agents of Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck). Hip 751, a chestnut filly also by Sunriver, and also bred by Hidden Point Farm Inc. and foaled at Empire Stud, was purchased by Quarter Pole Enterprises, LLC for $40,000. Hip 172 a bay colt by Closing Argument bred by Thomas-Narlinger, LLC and A. R. Properties and foaled at Sequel Stallions NY, who has a stakes-placed full brother (Vital Argument), sold in the select session to Blue Devil Racing IBS. (agent) for $38,000. Also selling for $38,000 was Hip 775, a bay colt by Dixieland Band bred by New Dawn Stud LLC and Robert B. Raphaelson and foaled at Sez Who Thoroughbreds, who is a half-brother to stakes winner Double Devils Food. The buyer was Leprechaun Racing (agent).
Fourteen of the 40 yearlings sold were sired by nine different current New York stallions. Read the Footnotes and Stonesider each had three yearlings sell, Wild Desert had two and Andromeda’s Hero, Freud, Greeley’s Galaxy, Hook and Ladder, Say Florida Sandy and Utopia each had one. The top seller of this groups was a dark bay/brown colt by Freud (Hip 167), bred by Carapan Farm, LLC, who was purchased in the select session by Bruce Alexander for $22,000. Click here for a link to the New York Stallion Registry.
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