The Ocala Breeders’ Gross sales October Yearling Sale concluded Oct. 8 with positive aspects seen throughout the board. A complete of 309 horses modified fingers throughout the two-day sale for gross receipts of $7,267,700, together with non-public gross sales—a 27% enhance on final yr’s gross of $5,724,600, from 297 head bought. The typical worth was $23,520, with a median of $15,000, up 22% and 50%, respectively. The RNA charge was 26%, representing the 106 horses who failed to fulfill their reserve.
A colt by first-crop yearling sire Jackie’s Warrior   consigned as Hip 482 topped the ultimate day of the October sale when promoting to Arroyo Bloodstock for $180,000.Â
“Donato Lanni set me apart this yr and he stated ‘Nelson, stick to purchasing good horses and make that kind of title.’Â So that is what we’re making an attempt to do,” Nelson Arroyo stated. “We’re making an attempt to go after what I actually consider in.
“I cherished the horse. He has numerous substance to him,” stated Arroyo, who operates his bloodstock operation alongside along with his son Elijah. “He has all the correct components. To me, he was my favourite horse of the sale. I informed my guys we’d must pay probably the most however thank God, we received him for lower than what we thought. His web page after all (is excellent), however his bodily and his thoughts is what received me.”
Hip 482 is the son of 2021 champion male sprinter Jackie’s Warrior and out of graded stakes-winning Damaged Vow mare Damaged Desires. She is the dam of 4 winners together with a number of graded stakes winner Caribou Membership . The colt was bred and consigned by Glen Hill Farm.Join BloodHorse Each day
Arroyo stated the plan for the colt is to carry him again subsequent spring for the OBS March Sale of 2-Yr-Olds in Coaching.
“It is a good household and he is a pleasant colt,” Tom Proctor, who skilled Damaged Desires and heads up the Glen Hill consignment, stated of the Jackie’s Warrior colt. “I feel the household goes again (to Glen Hill) about seven to eight dams. He is a giant, handsome colt who’s effectively balanced. I hope Nelson does effectively with him.”
Glen Hill Farm consigned one other homebred in Hip 506, a colt by Military Mule  who introduced $125,000 from Breeze Simple. The colt is out of the a number of graded stakes winner Closeout, who’s a full sister to graded stakes winner Capital Request, stakes winner Bricks and Ivy, and stakes-placed Household Basis and Closing Low cost.Â
Hip 549 was the highest-priced filly of the day promoting for $100,000 to Mustang Farms from the Sennebec South Farm consignment. The daughter of main freshman sire Yaupon  is out of the Into Mischief  mare Champagne Woman, who’s a half sister to the grade 1-placed stakes winner Gentle the Metropolis.Â
“She’s a cultured filly and she or he’s by no means put a foot unsuitable since she’s been right here,” stated Sandi Dorr of Sennebec South. “She’s every little thing you’ll need in a lovely filly: nice physique, strikes very well. She’s exhausting to select aside. I am glad for the chance to promote her.”
First-crop yearling sire Roadster  , the grade 1-winning son of High quality Street  who stands at Ocala Stud, was effectively acquired by the Florida market; a colt of his (Hip 480) introduced $120,000 from Sean S. Perl Bloodstock from the Blue Sapphire Stables consignment. He was bred in Florida by Diana Flores and Jorge Diaz.
Photograph: OBS/VidHorse PhotoThe Roadster colt consigned as Hip 480 on the OBS October Sale
One other Florida-bred Roadster yearling—Entire Lotta Rosie, consigned as Hip 319—was the second-highest-priced filly of the day when promoting for $80,000 to Champion Equine. The filly is out of the stakes-producing mare Shotdowninflames, and was bred by Fortress Gate Farm and consigned by Abbie Street Farm, agent.Â
Kaizen Gross sales bought 34 head for a complete of $1,133,000 to be the sale’s main consignor; and West Coast Equine was the main purchaser with 13 purchases totaling $287,000.
