Uncle Mo filly tops NY-bred juveniles in opening session of OBS March

[1]By Sarah Mace

A New York-bred filly from the second crop of Uncle Mo was the top New York-bred juvenile to change hands during the first session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2016 March sale of 2-year-olds in training on Tuesday. Three other New York-breds, all fillies, fetched six-figures during the session.

Dennis O’Neill went to $350,000 to secure the bay topper (Hip 40[2]) from the Mayberry Farm consignment after she posted a :10 1/5 breeze in the under tack show. Bred by Joe DiRico and foaled at Keane Stud in Amenia, the sale filly is out of Jessica’s Halo and a half-sister to seven winners, led by Jessica is Back (Put It Back), winner of the Grade 1 Princess Rooney H. in 2010 and earner of over $836,000. Hip 40 sold first last summer at the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred preferred yearling sale to Chace Stable for $130,000.

Hip 178[3], who turned heads with a co-bullet :9 4/5 breeze on the first day of the under tack show, was purchased from the Woodford Thoroughbreds consignment by Westrock Stables LLC for $185,000 via private sale. From the first crop of Mclean’s Music out of Placerita (Gilded Time), she is a half-sister to stakes winner Saturday Nite Ride and issues from the family of Grade 1 winners The Big Beast and Slew the Dragon. Bred by Canyon Lake Thoroughbreds and also foaled at Keane Stud, she went for $50,000 as a short yearling at last year’s Keeneland January mixed sale before being purchased by Woodford Sales for $117,000 at the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred yearling sale.

A pair of chestnuts consigned by Sequel Bloodstock also met the six-figure threshold. Hip 55[4] from the first crop of New York sire Mission Impazible[5] brought $150,000. Bred in partnership by Sequel Thoroughbreds & Twin Creeks Farm and foaled at Sequel Stallions in Hudson, she breezed a :10 flat eighth under tack. Out of Kettle’s Sister, a Maryland-bred daughter of More Than Ready, she is a half-sister to Vinceremos (Pioneerof the Nile), winner of the Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes, and one other winner. The filly’s second dam is stakes-placed Safe at the Plate, who is a half-sister to champion sprinter and $2.1-million-dollar earner Safely Kept. Hip 55’s half-sister by Majestic Warrior, now a placed runner, sold for $300,000 on the first day of last year’s OBS March sale.

Finally, an Awesome Again filly bred by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, LLC (Hip 133[6]), where she was foaled, was hammered down to Kenwood Racing LLC for $100,000 after posting a :10.2 breeze. Out of stakes-placed runner Money My Honey (Red Bullet), the filly’s second dam is Grade 1 winner Collect the Cash, producer of Grade 1 winner Stately Victor. She too is a graduate of the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred yearling sale, purchased by $50,000 by Global Thoroughbreds.

Of the 14 New York-bred 2-year-olds on offer Tuesday, eight sold (including the private sale) for an average of $125,875 and $97,500 median.

Overall in the opening session of the OBS sale the average price was $160,741, down 11.5% from last year. The overall median dipped 4.2% to $115,000.

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