Three Amigos struck for a speedy filly by first-crop sire Early Voting in the course of the ultimate day of the Ocala Breeders’ Gross sales Spring 2-12 months-Olds in Coaching Sale April 17. Donato Lanni, bidding on behalf of Three Amigos—Michael Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman—went to $850,000 for Hip 1037.
“We’re very comfortable to get her. She’s lovely,” Lanni mentioned. “She did every thing proper all week. Bob (Baffert) liked her.”
She breezed a co-fastest quarter-mile in :20 2/5 in the course of the under-tack present for consignor Jesse Hoppel.
“She was one which we actually wished,” he mentioned. “Her work was phenomenal. She ran in opposition to a headwind that day, too. She galloped out good, however she was critical on the market. All of us liked her. The crew liked her.”
Lanni mentioned the filly will ship to the barn of coach Bob Baffert. Join BloodHorse Day by day
Hip 1037 was bred in Kentucky by Doug and Felicia Branham and Pippa’s Hurricane. She is the second foal of the American Pharoah mare, Lipstikliesnlovers, who’s out of the graded stakes winner Cherokee Queen. The filly hails from the household of grade 1 winner Home Product , who gained the 2024 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
Hoppel bought the filly for $45,000 on the 2025 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Three Amigos bought one different juvenile in the course of the sale, a colt (Hip 133) by Honor A. P. for $725,000 from the consignment of Bryan Ford Coaching Steady. The colt breezed a furlong in :09 4/5, the co-fastest time of the session. He’s out of the Nyquist mare Searching for Mo Jewel, who’s a half sister to a number of grade 1 winner Deterministic .
Morplay, Marquee, MyRacehorse Workforce up For Important High quality Colt
After breezing a quarter-mile in :20 4/5 in the course of the under-tack preview, Hip 1027, a colt by Important High quality , turned numerous heads, together with these of Ramiro Restrepo of Marquee Bloodstock, Cam Dulgar of Morplay Racing, and Joe Moran of MyRacehorse. The trio determined to leap in collectively and secured the colt for $775,000.
Marquee Bloodstock and MyRacehorse bought the stakes-winning Fame in 2024, and Morplay and Marquee partnered on a $230,000 Girvin colt on the primary day of the OBS Spring sale. Marquee and Morplay Racing additionally teamed up final month on three juveniles on the OBS March 2-12 months-Olds in Coaching Sale, together with a Nyquist colt who breezed a furlong in :09 4/5 for $1.2 million.
“He is an distinctive athlete,” Moran mentioned of Hip 1027. “We wished a game-changer colt, and I believe it is so simple as that—this was a game-changer colt.
“He breezed distinctive. I believe Mr. (Jesse) Hoppel had an important breeze present. He at all times does. However, simply the effectivity of this colt, and the best way he moved on the monitor, he looks as if a two-turn colt that we’re searching for.”
A coach has but to be decided.
Restrepo, who purchased Tampa Bay Derby (G3) winner and Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful, The Puma , additionally by Important High quality, at this sale final yr, has excessive hopes for the colt.
“Hopefully that is the sequel,” Restrepo mentioned relating to his luck with Darley’s Important High quality.
“It is a pleasure to have guys like Morplay and MyRacehorse concerned. They have been so profitable on the monitor, and once you come along with a very good group, it is simply optimistic vibes throughout.”
Hip 1027 was bred in Kentucky by JAMS Bloodstock and Godolphin. He’s the fourth foal of the Pomeroy mare Let’s Parlay, who hails from the rapid household of a number of grade 1 winner Thoughts Management .
Hoppel bought the colt for $80,000 on the 2025 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Asagi Stables Goes to $1 Million for Not This Time Filly
Photograph: OBS/VidHorse PhotoThe Not This Time filly consigned as Hip 1136 within the ring on the OBS Spring Sale
Roger Tovar’s Asagi Stables went to $1 million for Hip 1136, a filly by main sire Not This Time , who breezed a speedy furlong in :09 4/5.
The filly, consigned as Hip 1136 by Wavertree Stables, agent, is the sixth foal of the graded stakes-placed Uncle Mo mare Moana , who hails from the household of grade 1 winner Ceiling Crusher . Bred in Kentucky by WinStar Farm and Larry Taylor, she was bought as a yearling by Silver Linings for $185,000 on the Keeneland September Sale.
Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables completed the day because the second-leading consignor, promoting 24 from their draft for a complete of $8.62 million.
