On the third and closing day of the Ocala Breeders’ Gross sales March 2-12 months-Olds in Coaching Sale March 13, Marquee Bloodstock secured a filly by freshman sire Maxfield  for $1.25 million from the de Meric Gross sales consignment. The bay filly breezed an eighth of a mile in :09 4/5 on the below tack present March 8.
Hip 721 is out of the Quiet American mare All in With Aces, making her a half sister to grade 1 winner Laborious Aces and stakes-winning and graded stakes-placed Astrollinthepark . She was bred in Kentucky by Taylor Made Stallion, Louis Brooks Ranch, Baysore Stables, and Spence Houlihan, Brian Kahn, Hugh Owen, and Pollock Farms.
She was bought as a weanling for $165,000 by Machmer Corridor on the 2023 Keeneland November Breeding Inventory Sale, and RNA’d the next 12 months on the Keeneland September Yearling Sale at $210,000 with consignor Machmer Corridor.
“For no matter cause, I can’t let you know why, she did not promote in September,” mentioned Carrie Brogden of Machmer Corridor. “We thought we had been being conservative, she offered very early in E-book 2. Possibly it was only a signal.”
Hip 721 had many small companions who had been completely happy to share the success, together with Dan Quickhill who works at Fasig-Tipton as a ticket signer, Ben Posen from Little Pink Feather Racing, and Emil Spadone, Brogden’s daughter’s using coach.Join BloodHorse Day by day
Picture: OBS Gross sales PhotoRamiro Restrepo (left) on the OBS March Sale
“It type of will get repetitive the superlative you hear on a regular basis when all people buys an costly horse,” mentioned Ramiro Restrepo, who signed the ticket for Hip 721 for his Marquee Bloodstock. “Her work was excellent, not simply within the time, however in the way in which she did it. It was very apparent that she was a gifted filly.
“Clearly, there was lots of people on her, you would see that within the bidding course of. It was only a huge battle.”
“You by no means anticipate that a lot,” mentioned Tristan de Meric. “We knew all people that was there may get her over that million mark. When it does occur, we’ve got to be actually grateful.”
Ramirez mentioned the filly reminded him of a number of graded 1-placed Ferocious , a horse Marquee Bloodstock bought at this sale final 12 months for $1.3 million.
“She jogged my memory a bit of little bit of Ferocious,” he mentioned. “Just a bit bit extra female, however she had a number of the identical traits that he did, from the work to how they carry themselves out again.
“We’re making an attempt to purchase a pleasant group of fillies, who will hopefully be broodmares for our group in a while, however we’re very excited to ecstatic to have her, and we’ll see what the longer term holds. We’re determining the place she”ll be going to coach, we have not picked that out but, however we’re very excited to have her.”
Epic Horses Lands $1 Million Nyquist Colt
Picture: OBS Gross sales PhotoThe Nyquist colt consigned as Hip 725 within the ring on the OBS March Sale
Hip 725, a colt by Nyquist   and half brother to a number of stakes winners Avenue Lute  and Alottahope , introduced $1 million from Epic Horses. The colt was bred in Maryland by Bowman and Higgins Steady.
The Scanlon Coaching & Gross sales-consigned colt breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 throughout the third day of the below tack present.
“He was an excellent mover on the observe,” mentioned Shannon Potter, who signed the ticket on behalf of Epic Horses. “We actually preferred him bodily, he is simply what they’re searching for. He’ll go to Todd (Pletcher).
“We knew he (Hip 725) was going to be costly. I used to be ready to see if he was going to present me the okay to hit it yet one more time or not, and he did.”
Epic Horses additionally purchased Hip 606, a filly by Vekoma  , for $165,000 from the Kings Equine consignment. She additionally breezed an eighth in :10. On the second day of the sale, they purchased a Tapit   colt (Hip 419) in partnership with Spendthrift Farm for $550,000 from de Meric Gross sales.
Amo Racing Goes to $1.05 Million for High quality Street Filly
Amo Racing USA went to $1.05 million for Hip 636, a daughter of High quality Street   from the Wavertree Stables consignment. Hip 636 is out of the stakes-winning and a number of graded stakes-placed Congrats mare Toasting , who received $565,035 on the observe for proprietor West Level Thoroughbreds.
Picture: OBS Gross sales PhotoThe High quality Street filly consigned as Hip 636 within the ring on the OBS March Sale
Ben McElroy, performing as agent for Amo Racing, signed the ticket for the filly who clocked an eighth of a mile in :09 4/5 over the past day of the below tack present March 8. The bay filly was bought as a yearling for $350,000 at Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale by Havertz Stables.
“Amo (Racing) is searching for some high-end fillies that may go two activates the dust and be a basic filly,” mentioned McElroy. “This filly match the mould. She breezed very nicely, she’s by a high sire of fillies, like Abel Tasman, Bellafina—he is simply been nice through the years. And, she was that kind of bodily, and she or he’s been on our hit listing proper from the get-go.”
McElroy mentioned no fast plans had been set for the filly.
“We’ll take her again, we’ll assess her, after which we’ll decide on a coach. Clearly, she’s not a filly that is going to be working tremendous early. So, we’ve got time to make choices. She’ll most likely head off the early a part of the summer season.”
Consignor Ciaran Dunne of Wavertree Stables mentioned he was anticipating a worth like what she introduced.
“She’s by a correct stallion,” mentioned Dunne. “To not denigrate another horses, however he is a confirmed commodity. He is bought two (Kentucky) Oaks winners, a number of grade 1 winners. She has a license to be a very good horse; she’s out of a mare that would actually run (Toasting), and she or he proved herself on the racetrack. If ones like that may’t do it, I do not know what can.”
