Hip 853, a filly from the second crop of New York-based sire Redesdale, sold for $115,000 during Thursday’s OBS June finale. Photo courtesy of Harris Training Center.
A pair of juveniles by New York-based sires Redesdale and Solomini sold for six figures and were part of a half-dozen that commanded final bids of $105,000 or more during the final session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale Thursday in Ocala.
Hip 853, a filly from the second crop of Redesdale, brought the third highest price for a New York-bred a the sale and in the final session on a bid of $115,000 from e5 Racing. Bred by and foaled at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater and an $8,000 buy at last year’s OBS winter mixed sale, the filly is out of the Tiz Wonderful mare Elba’s First.
Harris Training Center LLC, agent, consigned by filly, who breezed in :10 during presale workouts. The filly is the third foal out of Elba’s First.
Redesdale, a 10-year-old son of Speightstown, stands for $2,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs. He topped the New York freshman sire list in 2022, siring seven winners and the earners of $455,463 and ranked second on the 2021 second-crop sire list through Thursday.
Hip 745, a colt by New York-based freshman sire Solomini, sold for $110,000 Thursday at OBS. Photo provided by Britton Peak.
Hip 745, a colt from the first crop of Solomini, sold for $110,000 to NY Bound. Bred by Fergus Galvin and Jayne Johnson and foaled at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag, the colt is out of the Indian Charlie mare Cheyenne Autumn and is a half-brother to stakes winner and course-record setter Firecrow and three-time winner Double Whopper.
The colt, who breezed an eighth in :10 and originally sold for $25,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale, was consigned by Britton Peak, agent. Cheyenne Autumn is also the dam of New York-bred yearling colt by Solomini and a Kentucky-bred colt by Complexity born March 26.
Solomini, an 8-year-old son of Curlin out of the Storm Cat mare Surf Song, stands for $6,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds.
Those two juveniles helped propel the New York contingent to a strong final session. OBS reported sales on 25 of the 28 New York-breds offered Thursday for a total of $1,381,000, an average price of $55,240.
Hip 868, a colt by the late Arrogate, brought the highest price for a New York-bred at the OBS June sale on a bid of $375,000 from Marquee Bloodstock. Photo courtesy of Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds.
A colt by the late Arrogate, sire of recent Belmont Stakes winner Arcangelo, led the way for New York-breds in the final session and for the sale on a bid of $375,000 from Marquee Bloodstock, agent. The colt, who breezed an eighth in :10, also finished as the sale’s fourth most expensive juvenile.
Offered as Hip 868 and named Victory Avenue, the colt is the second foal out of the unraced Scat Daddy mare Epic Scataway. Bred by Epic Racing and foaled at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, the colt was a $150,000 out of the Summerfield consignment at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale by Hartley/DeRenzo and he was consigned at OBS June by Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds LLC, agent.
The colt is a half-brother to the 3-year-old Liam’s Map filly Epic Miss Justice, who is in training with Kelly Breen at Monmouth Park and has placed twice in three starts. Epic Scataway also produced a colt by Accelerate in early February.
Overall, OBS reported sales on 69 of the 77 New York-bred 2-year-olds at the sale for $2,428,200, an average price of $35,191.
