By Sarah Mace
Thursday’s third session of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-year-old sale produced a new top-selling New York-bred colt. Hip 852, a grey/roan individual by Macho Uno with European roots, brought $80,000 when hammered down to Ruis Racing LLC after posting a sharp eighth in :10 1/5.
A graduate of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale, the colt was purchased by Harris Training Center, his OBS consignor, for $25,000.
Bred by Patrick and Brittney Durtschi and foaled on April 21, 2014, Hip 852 is out of Sierra Vista (GB), a Group 2 winner in England by Atraf (GB). She came to this country for broodmare duty in 2008 after selling to Anthony Stroud Bloodstock for $355,505 at the 2007 Tattersalls December mare sale. She last changed hands when purchased by Doug Branham for $32,000 at the 2013 Keeneland November sale.
Sierra Vista has produced two winners from four foals to start, led by her first surviving foal, Kentucky-bred stakes winner Golden Rifle by Ghostzapper.
The tally for New York-breds at OBS after three sessions is 39 sold of 61 offered (including six private sales) for a cumulative average of $23,515 and median of $11,500. The buyback rate is 36.1%.
In the sale as a whole the average is $27,783, down from last average at the same point in the sale by 29.1%. The cumulative median for the sale is $13,500, down 28.9%
OBS June concludes on Friday beginning at 10:30 a.m. (Hips 901-1226, including the supplemental entries and Horses of Racing Age).
