March 13 often is the ultimate day of the Ocala Breeders’ March Sale of 2-Yr-Olds in Coaching, however there are nonetheless loads of choices to amass a top-quality juvenile, together with a number of siblings of grade 1 winners.
It will not take lengthy for a type of pedigrees to reach within the ring as Hip 558 will likely be among the many first 14 choices.
The grey or roan filly bred in Kentucky by Machmer Corridor and Carrie and Craig Brogden is consigned by de Meric Gross sales, who received out of the OBS gate quick by promoting an Military Mule  colt (Hip 81) for $950,000 March 11, the second-highest buy of the day.
This filly supplied by de Meric has the pedigree to be one thing particular. By the improbable Lane’s Finish stallion Twirling Sweet  , the filly is out of the Unbridled’s Track mare Particular Me . That’s the identical mating that produced Present Field  , winner of the 2019 Santa Anita Handicap (G1) amongst three graded triumphs, who has joined his sire within the Lane’s Finish stallion ranks.
Moreover, this filly is a half sister to three-time grade 1 winner on turf Gina Romantica (Into Mischief  ), two-time grade 2 winner and grade 1-placed on dust Stonetastic (Mizzen Mast), and two-time graded stakes winner on artificial Particular Forces (Sweet Experience  ).Join BloodHorse Day by day
“The pedigree and the filly, I feel she may go wherever and she will run on something,” stated de Meric Gross sales’ Tristan de Meric. “There’s not very many pedigrees like this that get supplied at a 2-year-old sale, so she’s an thrilling one to have on the barn. She’s undoubtedly been properly acquired.”
In accordance with de Meric, the filly’s bodily and thoughts matches the pedigree.
Photograph: OBS Gross sales Photographs/Photographs by ZThe Twirling Sweet filly consigned as Hip 558 on the OBS March Sale
“She has an awesome physique, nice energy, actually covers lots of floor,” de Meric stated. “She’s at all times had an awesome thoughts and been good to work with all yr. She was a simple one to get began and prepared for this sale. We have been blissful to have the filly. She’s been stunning on the shank and on paper.”
In the course of the below tack present March 8, the filly breezed a furlong in a :10 2/5.
“She’s by no means been a filly that we put a ton of strain on, we do not put a lot on any of our horses to be trustworthy,” de Meric stated. “She’s one we have at all times taken our time with. On paper, she wasn’t a filly that needed to have a lights-out bullet breeze to catch individuals’s consideration.”
That curiosity has been excessive, in keeping with de Meric, who stated the “proper individuals” have been maintaining a tally of the filly.
Additionally catching loads of curiosity is Hip 729, a colt bred in Kentucky by B Flay Thoroughbreds. Consigned by Paul Sharp, the chestnut is by Munnings  out of the unraced Tapit  mare Amagansett , making him a half brother to grade 1 winner Tenma .
“He is superbly made. Thoroughly-balanced, right colt,” Sharp stated. “He is simply on the verge of maturing. He is a horse the place there’s much more coming for positive. He is received an awesome head, nice eye on him. A really engaging horse.”
An $850,000 buy herself on the OBS Spring Sale of 2-Yr-Olds in Coaching final yr, the 3-year-old Tenma, by Nyquist  , is 4-for-5 to date in her profession. Counted amongst these victories is the 2024 Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1), 2024 Starlet Stakes (G2), and Feb. 2 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3), in addition to a runner-up efficiency within the 2024 Oak Leaf Stakes (G2). She is taken into account one of many prime contenders for the Might 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs, at present sitting sixth on the factors leaderboard to qualify.
Sharp stated he is adopted Tenma’s profession intently following her look within the Wavertree Stables consignment at OBS final yr, noting how precocious she was at the moment. With the half brother he consigns a Might foal, and Sharp sees his growth prone to come a bit later than Tenma however to the identical stage of high quality.
“This horse is gonna be a little bit later growing, I feel, however he is received all the suitable attributes to observe in her footsteps at that stage,” Sharp stated. “He is a little bit higher mover than the typical Munnings—to not knock Munnings as a result of he is been superb to us. He is received lots of good issues about him and I feel he may very well be a really top-quality horse with out a lot downside. He simply must develop up and discover his individuals, discover his coach. He is a simple horse to be round.”
The colt flashed a few of that anticipated expertise throughout the March 8 below tack present, breezing a furlong in :10 1/5 below gentle urging.
Photograph: OBS Gross sales Photographs/Photographs by ZThe Munnings colt consigned as Hip 729 breezes one furlong in :10 1/5 on the OBS March Sale
“I beloved the best way he went. He broke off very professionally, carried himself properly,” Sharp stated. “He labored :10 1/5 below a pleasant, quiet journey—not lots of urging or something, that is simply his pure method of going. He is very obsessed with his work, and we’re very blissful about that.”
Sharp envisions the colt as a flexible addition to a purchaser’s secure, believing the horse can deal with each dust and turf surfaces. Being by Munnings, he’s eligible to run properly at distances from six to 9 furlongs, however the Tapit affect on the dam aspect may lengthen him even additional.
“All I do know from what we have seen is that he trains very properly, trains with good rhythm and a very good stride, and he is dealt with all the pieces we have requested of him very classically. He is a very good horse,” Sharp stated.
There may be additionally fairly a little bit of potential within the pedigree and below tack efficiency of Hip 757, a colt bred in Kentucky by Fred Hertrich III and John Fielding. Consigned by Navas Equine, the chestnut is by Extra Than Prepared out of Autumnal , making him a full brother to 2020 Eclipse champion turf feminine Dashing Fall .
“He comes from a really robust household, and he is additionally presenting himself like this household has thrown these (identical) genes (as Dashing Fall) on him,” stated consignor Jonathan Navas. “He is a really athletic horse. Once you pull it aside, he checks lots of the bins for a very good racehorse. He is received good shoulders, good conformation, good prime line, good hindquarters.”
Photograph: OBS Gross sales Photographs/Photographs by ZThe Extra Than Prepared colt consigned as Hip 757 on the OBS March Sale
Dashing Fall earned practically $3 million in an 11-for-15 profession, triumphing in grade 1 firm six instances, together with within the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), with three placings. In whole, she received 10 graded stakes on the turf.
Navas broke and skilled the colt over a mud floor at Nelson Jones Farm and Coaching Heart close to Ocala, Fla., and says the colt carried out very properly on the dust regardless of his full sister’s prowess on the grass. The colt does have some dust success within the rapid household with his Road Sense  half sister, Milam , being a stakes winner and three-time graded stakes-placed on the floor.
“When he was on the farm, he was coaching simply nearly as good as he carried out at OBS (on artificial) and I prepare on a mud floor,” Navas stated. “When you might have expertise, you might have expertise.”
That OBS efficiency on the artificial was eye-catching, posting a furlong in :09 4/5 throughout the March 8 below tack present, making him a promising pinhook prospect for Arroyo Bloodstock after they spent $80,000 to amass him on the 2024 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. In accordance with Navas, the breeze time has made the colt a “common boy” amongst inspecting potential patrons.
“I consider the horses that really have the flexibility to try this (:09 4/5), they’re actually proficient,” Navas stated. “Based mostly off what I’ve seen prior to now, those who’ve the flexibility to do it right here, they’re additionally going to carry out on the observe. They’ve the expertise. He was in a position to go :09 4/5, and shut the half mile in :45 4/5—which breaking the :46 at OBS is a really, very robust gallop out. It is standing out.”
