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OBS Winter Mixed, Horses of Racing Age Sale closing November 9

Updated:October 29, 2012

Horsemen are reminded that the 2013 OBS Winter Mixed Sale, including the Horses of Racing Age Section, is closing on Friday, November 9th. The sale is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, January 15th and 16th, with the optional Under Tack Show set for Monday, January 14th.

OBS received extremely positive feedback from last year’s sale from both buyers and sellers. The Horses of Racing Age section with an under tack show fills a demand for owners looking to add to or adjust the size of their racing stables. Additionally, sellers of in-training horses now have an opportunity to market young, talented horses that may have had to miss juvenile sales. The timing is excellent, with the Tampa and Gulfstream meets in full swing and Ocala-area training centers, Payson Park, Palm Beach Downs and Palm Meadows occupied with northern racing stables wintering in Florida. The inaugural Horses of Racing Age sale last year produced a sales topper of $240,000.

While the Mixed Sale deadline remains November 9th, late entries for the Horses of Racing Age section will be accepted through November 22nd.  Horses withdrawn prior to December 1st will not incur any fees. In addition, supplemental entries may be accepted after the catalog has been finalized. These entries will be available on the OBS website at www.obssales.com  as well as a supplemental catalog distributed at the sale. At the optional Under Tack Show, horses may either breeze no less than three furlongs, or gallop. Video of the under tack show will be available for viewing on the sales grounds and the OBS website.

For more information regarding OBS Sales or the OBS website, please call (352) 237-2154. 

Twenty Six OBS graduates will run at the Breeders’ Cup

Updated:October 26, 2012

Pinnacle Racing Stables and trainer Bill Kaplan’s Eclipse Award winner Musical Romance will defend her title in the $1, 000, 000 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), heading a contingent of 26 OBS graduates who will run in the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita on November 2nd and 3rd. The 5-year-old Florida-bred daughter of Concorde’s Tune, sold for $22,000 by breeder Ocala Stud at the 2009 OBS April Sale, has two graded stakes wins this year and the 2011 champion Female Sprinter is now 40-12-8-8 and has earned $1,681,885.

OBS graduates Turbulent Descent and Belle of the Hall are also entered in the Filly & Mare Sprint. Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s millionaire Turbulent Descent, winner of Saratoga’s $500,000 Ballerina Stakes (G1) in August, is a grade one winner at two, three and four. The Florida-bred filly by Congrats was sold for $160, 000 by breeder Ocala Stud at the 2010 OBS April Sale.

West Point Thoroughbreds’ Belle of the Hall, a three-time stakes winner, comes into the race off a victory in Belmont’s Valor Lady Stakes. The 5-year-old Florida-bred daughter of Graeme Hall was sold as a weanling by Day Vista Farms, Agent, at the 2007 Fall Mixed Sale before bringing $340,000 when sold by Eddie Woods, Agent, at the 2009 February Sale.

Belle of the Hall is one of seven Eddie Woods consignees pre-entered. “I’m really proud to have sold so many horses running in this year’s Breeders’ Cup races,” Woods said. “And I bought another, Jeranimo, out of the OBS August Yearling Sale.” Woods declined to pick a favorite out of the large contingent of his former pupils. “That’s like asking me to choose one child over another.”

Preston Stables LLC’s Flat Out goes in the $5,000,000 Classic (G1) after winning Belmont’s $1,000,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) for the second straight year. The 6-year-old Florida-bred son of Flatter, with earnings of $2,042,383, was sold for $11,000 as a weanling by Thoroughstock, Agent, at the 2006 OBS Fall Mixed Sale.

Green B. Smith, Jr’s Nonios has also been entered in the Classic. Winner of Hollywood’s Affirmed Handicap (G3) in June, the 3-year-old colt by Pleasantly Perfect was sold for $73,000 by Eisaman Equine, Agent, at the 2011 OBS April Sale.

The $1,000,000 Turf Sprint (G1) has attracted six OBS graduates. Reneesgotzip will go, along with Camp Victory, Great Attack, Next Question, Tale of a Champion and Unbridled’s Note.

Lanni Family Trust’s Reneesgotzip is a two time stakes winner in 2012, including Santa Anita’s Santa Ynez (G2) in January. Also a graded winner at two, the 3-year-old daughter of City Zip was sold by Ricky Leppala, Agent, for $45,000 at the 2011 OBS April Sale. 

Featherston, Jacobsen & Miller’s Camp Victory, knocking heads with the best West Coast sprinters all year, scored in the $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap (G1) at Hollywood Park by 3-1/4 lengths. The 5-year-old gelding by Forest Camp, was sold for $90,000 by M & H Training and Sales, Agent, at the 2009 OBS March Sale. 

 Houyhnhnm Stable’s Great Attack, who won Churchill’s $150,350 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes (G2) a couple of hours before OBS graduate I’ll Have Another won the Kentucky Derby (G1) is a 5-year-old Florida-bred son of Greatness. The three-time OBS graduate was consigned by Hidden Brook, Agent, to the 2008 January and October Sales before being sold by Eddie Woods, Agent, for $37,000 at the 2009 OBS April Sale.

Three Diamonds Farm’s Next Question picked up his first stakes win October 14th with a victory in the $501,200 Nearctic Stakes (G1) at Woodbine. It was the second straight win for the lightly raced 4-year-old gelding by Stormy Atlantic, consigned by Leprechaun Racing, Agent, to the 2010 OBS April Sale.

Kretz Racing LLC’s Tale of a Champion didn’t get to the races until his debut at Gulfstream in April, but made up for lost time with a 1-1/4 length victory in Calder’s $100,000 Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint Stakes on July 7th. He was sold for $13,000 by Eddie Woods, Agent, at the 2010 OBS April Sale.

Mike McCarty’s Unbridled’s Note tried turf for the first time in the $100,000 Eddie D Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita on September 28 and found it to his liking, winning his first stakes race. The 3-year-old colt by Unbridled’s Song was sold for $140,000 by Jerry Bailey Sales Agency, Agent, at the 2011 OBS March Sale.

B.J. Wright’s Jeranimo will represent OBS in the $2,000,000 Mile (G1). A five-time graded stakes winner, his latest is the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile Stakes (G1) at Hollywood Park in June. The 6-year-old Florida-bred son of Congaree was sold for $50,000 by On Course Sales, Agent, at the 2007 OBS August Sale.

P and G Stables and Off the Hook Racing’s multiple stakes winner Turbo Compressor, the only OBS graduate in the $3,000,000 Turf (G1), scored his first graded victory in Monmouth’s $505,000 United Nations Stakes (G1) in July. The 4-year-old Florida-bred son of Halo’s Image was sold for $22,000 by breeder Bridlewood Farm at the 2010 OBS April Sale. He’s also the lone OBS entrant in the $3,000,000 Breeders’ cup turf (G1).

The sole OBS graduate entered in the $1,500,000 Sprint is Shivananda Racing’s Trinniberg, who has won three graded stakes this year. His latest was the $400,000 Woody Stephens Stakes (G2) at Belmont, chased by fellow OBS graduate Currency Swap (March ’11, October ’09). The 3-year-old colt by Teuflesberg was sold for $21,000 by M & H Training and Sales, Agent, at the 2011 OBS April Sale. 

OBS graduates will have a good deal to say in the races for two-year-olds, starting with Summer of Fun and Spring Venture in the $1,000,000 Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1). 

Bona Venture Stables’ 2012 OBS March graduate Summer of Fun was third in the Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland on October 11th. The daughter of Include brought $95,000 when purchased out of the Wavertree Stables (Ciaran Dunne) consignment.

Stoneway Farm LLC and Gary Barber’s unbeaten Spring Venture is already a two-time graded stakes winner, her latest a victory in Woodbine’s Mazarine Stakes (G3) on October 6th. Three for three to date, she was sold for $320,000 by Eisaman Equine, Agent, at the 2012 OBS June Sale. 

Karl Watson, Mike Pegram & Paul Weitman’s unbeaten Executiveprivilege will bid for an Eclipse Award against a strong field in the $2,000,000 Juvenile Fillies (G1). She picked up her third graded stakes win trying two turns for the first time in the $250,000 Chandelier Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita on September 29th.  The daughter of First Samurai, the 2012 OBS April Sale topper, sold by Eddie Woods, Agent for $650,000, is now five for five, and has earned $540,000.

She’ll be tested by John Oxley’s Spring in the Air, winner of Keeneland’s $400,000 Alcibiades Stakes (G1) on October 5th. It was the first stakes win for the 2-year-old daughter of Spring at Last, second to Spring Venture in Woodbine’s Natalama Stakes (G2) in September. She was sold by Eddie Woods, Agent, at the 2012 OBS March Sale for $130,000.

Hightail, Merit Man, South Floyd and Super Ninety Nine will represent OBS in the $500,000 Juvenile Sprint. Bluegrass Hall’s Hightail, a maiden colt by Mineshaft, was sold for $345,000 by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, at the 2012 March Sale.

Bruce Chandler, Double Kee LLC & Purple Shamrock Racing’s Merit Man was two for two and a stakes winner after his 5-1/2 length victory led a 1-2-3 OBS sweep the $100,000 Tim Conway Stakes at Santa Anita. The colt by With Distinction, is a two-time OBS graduate, consigned to the 2010 Fall Mixed Sale by Hartley / DeRenzo Thoroughbreds LLC, Agent before they sold him for $75,000 at the 2012 April Sale.

RAP Racing, Sullivan Stables and Mr. Lamoriello’s South Floyd, second in the Tim Conway, is a two time OBS graduate, first consigned by Hartley / De Renzo Thoroughbreds, Agent to the 2012 March Sale. The colt by Any Given Saturday was subsequently sold for $62,000 by Eddie Woods, Agent at the June Sale.

Tanma Corporation’s Super Ninety Nine won his only start, a maiden special weight test at Santa Anita on October 7th. The colt by Pulpit was sold by Sequel Bloodstock (Becky Thomas), Agent, for $260,000 at the 2012 OBS June Sale. 

Brown Almighty and Dry Summer will meet in the $1,000,000 Juvenile Turf. 

Tri-Star Racing LLC and Joe B. Denson’s graded stakes placed Brown Almighty scored in the $50,000 Sunny’s Halo Stakes at Louisiana Downs on August 4th. The 2-year-old colt by Big Brown, the first stakes winner for his sire, was sold for $22,000 by Tradewinds Farm, Agent, at the 2012 OBS April Sale. 

Sam Britt & Michael House’s Dry Summer rallied to win the $100,000 Oaks Tree Juvenile Turf Stakes on September 5th. The son of Any Given Saturday was sold for $120,000 by Eddie Woods, Agent, at the 2012 OBS April Sale. 

In the $2,000,000 Juvenile, Capo Bastone and Speak Logistics will carry the OBS banner.  

Eclipse Thoroughbreds Partners’ Capo Bastone broke his maiden impressively in his debut at Del Mar, and comes into the race off a third place finish in Santa Anita’s Frontrunner Stakes (G1) on September 29th. The son of Street Boss was sold for $175,000 by de Meric Sales, Agent, at the 2012 OBS March Sale. 

Ralph Nabavi’s Speak Logistics scored his first stakes win with a front-runnng victory in the $300,000 Florida Stallion In Reality Stakes at Calder on October 13th. The Florida-bred colt by High Cotton was sold for $62,000 by Ocala Stud, Agent, at the 2012 OBS April Sale. 

Unbridled Command wins Belmont’s Mohawk Stakes

Updated:October 22, 2012

Lakland Farm’s Unbridled Command scored his second straight stakes win on Saturday at Belmont, romping to a 6-3/4 length victory in the $175, 000 McMahon of Saratoga Mohawk Stakes. It’s the fourth straight win for the 3-year-old graded stakes winning colt by Master Command, now 9-5-1-2 with earnings of $319,040. He was sold for $28,000 by Sequel Bloodstock (Becky Thomas), Agent, at the 2011 OBS April Sale. watch his under tack video

Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum & Kevin Tsujihara’s Comma to the Top went to the lead at the start of Sunday’s $66,000 Big Bear Handicap at Santa Anita and never looked back en route to a half length victory. That’s five stakes wins for the 4-year-old Florida-bred graded stakes winning gelding by Bwana Charlie, now 23-10-2-1 and closing in on a million with $961,696 in earnings. Sold first by Beth Bayer, Agent, as a weanling at the 2010 OBS Fall Mixed Sale, he was purchased for $22,000 out of the Indian Prairie Ranch consignment at the 2010 April Sale. watch his under tack video

 

OBS pair scores at Santa Anita

Updated:October 22, 2012

Zayat Stables, LLC’s Z Big Apple scored at first asking in a 5-1/2 furlong Santa Anita maiden special weight test on Saturday, tracking fellow OBS graduate Russdiculous (June ’12) before catching and passing him in the final furlong and winning by three quarters of a length, with Najran Breeze(April ’12, August ’11) competing an OBS trifecta. The winner is a 2-year-old colt by Malibu Moon, and was sold for $250,000 by Paul Sharp, Agent, at the 2012 OBS April Sale. watch his under tack video

The following day, Hronis Racing LLC’s Imwiththeblonde went to the lead at Santa Anita in a 5-1/2 furlong maiden special for fillies and led all the way, scoring by 4-1/2 lengths over fellow OBS graduate Lady Rosamond (April “12, August ‘11). A 2-year-old Florida-bred daughter of Montbrook, Imwiththeblonde was sold for $190,000 by breeder Ocala Stud at the 2012 OBS March Sale. watch her under tack video

Decisive tops Fall Mixed Sale’s Open Session

Updated:October 17, 2012

Hip No. 373, Decisive, a mare by Pulpit consigned by Ramsey Farm, Agent, went to Jose Uzcategui for $50,000 to top the final session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2012 Fall Mixed Sale. The 4-year-old mare, in foal to Kitten’s Joy, is out of stakes winner Enduring Will, by Arch.

Hip No. 217, a colt by Kantharos consigned by Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck), Agent, went to Anthony Costanzo for $33,000. The bay weanling colt, out of stakes winner Our Tune, by Concorde’s Tune, is a half brother to stakes placed Lasso From El Paso.

Summerfield also consigned Hip No. 245, a weanling colt by Smoke Glacken sold to I.C. Stables for $30,000. The gray or roan colt is out of Road to Honor, by Double Honor, a half sister to stakes winner and stakes producer Fortune Forty Four.

Hip No. 265, Score One More, a mare by Even the Score consigned by Red River Farm, Agent, went to Arboritanza Racing for $27,000. The 6-year-old gray or roan mare, in foal to Tale of Ekati, is out of Snap to It, by Honour and Glory, and is a half sister to stakes winner Sea Dub.

Tom Mc Crocklin, Agent for Tommy Huttons Dream Stable, paid $27,000 for Hip No. 345, a yearling colt by Leonnatus Anteas consigned by Tanner Wingo. The bay colt is out of Calina, by Compadre, a full sister to stakes winner Simple Sister.

For the session, 161 horses sold for a total of $1,201,000, compared with 186 horses bringing $1,132,000 in 2011. The average was $7,460, up 22.6% from $6,086 in the corresponding session last year, while the median rose 44.4% from $3,600 in 2011 to $5,200. The buyback percentage was 22.2%; it was 21.8% a year ago.

At Tuesday’s Consignor Preferred session, 121 horses brought a total of $1,721,900, compared with 84 horses selling for a total of $1,112,200 at last year’s session. The average was $14,231, up 7.5% from $13,240 in 2011 while the median price was $11,000, a gain of 29.4% from $8,500 a year ago. The buyback percentage was 19.3%; it was 30 % last year.

The sale topper was Hip No. 35, a weanling colt by Scat Daddy consigned by Bobby Jones Equine LLC, Agent, sold to Tom McCrocklin, Agent, for $55,000.  The chestnut colt is out of Placerita, by Gilded Time, a half sister to stakes winner Singing Heart.

Next on the OBS agenda is the Winter Mixed Sale, including the Horses of Racing Age section, scheduled for January 15-16, 2013, with the Under Tack Show set for Monday, January 14. The OBS Championship Stakes is scheduled for Monday, March 11, 2013 followed by the Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, set for March 12-13.

Scat Daddy colt tops Fall Mixed Sale’s Consignor Preferred Session

Updated:October 16, 2012

Hip No. 35, a weanling colt by Scat Daddy consigned by Bobby Jones Equine LLC, Agent, was sold to Tom McCrocklin, Agent, for $55,000 to top the Consignor Preferred session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2012 Fall Mixed Sale. The chestnut colt is out of Placerita, by Gilded Time, a half sister to stakes winner Singing Heart.

Foundations Farm went to $50,000 for Hip No. 50, a filly by Majestic Warrior consigned by Kaizen Sales (Richard Kent), Agent. The bay weanling filly is out of stakes placed Royal Confection, by Candi’s Gold, and is a half sister to stakes winner Karama.

Hip No. 94, a Super Saver colt consigned by Orlyana Farm, was sold to Mt. Baldy for $47,000. The chestnut weanling colt is out of Athena of Troy, by Tejano Run, a half sister to graded stakes winner Bear Fan.

Hip No. 76, a filly by Big Brown consigned by Kaizen Sales (Richard Kent), Agent, was purchased by Machmer Hall for $45,000. The bay weanling filly is out of Trudy Capote, by Souvenir Copy, a half sister to stakes placed Dixie Crisp.

Hip No. 13, a weanling colt by Roman Ruler consigned by Pelican State Thoroughbreds, Agent, went to Foundations Farm for $42,000. The dark bay or brown colt, a half brother to grade one winner Request For Parole, is out of Madison’s Quest, by Deputy Minister.

Hip No. 22, Miss Causeway, a mare by Giant’s Causeway consigned by Glen Hill Farm was the session’s top priced broodmare, selling to Germania Farms, Inc. for $40,000. The 8-year-old chestnut mare, in foal to Northern Afleet, is out of Miss Bold Appeal, by Valid Appeal, and is a half sister to grade one winner Jersey Girl.

For the session, 119 horses brought a total of $1,689,900, compared with 84 horses selling for a total of $1,112,200 at last year’s consignor preferred session. The average was $14,201, up 7.3% from $13,240 in 2011 while the median price was $10,000, a gain of 17.6% from $8,500 a year ago. The buyback percentage was 20.7%; it was 30 % last year.

The OBS Fall Mixed Sale concludes on Wednesday with an Open session beginning at 10:30 a.m.   

Next Question wins Woodbine’s Nearctic Stakes

Updated:October 15, 2012

Three Diamonds Farm’s Next Question took the early lead in the $501, 200 Nearctic Stakes (G1) at Woodbine Sunday, and refused to surrender it until he crossed the wire with a half-length victory. Fellow OBS graduate Bear Tough Tiger (April ’10, August ’09) finished another half a length back in third. It’s the second straight win and first stakes score for the lightly raced 4-year-old gelding by Stormy Atlantic, consigned by Leprechaun Racing, Agent, to the 2010 OBS April Sale. The win gives him a 7-3-1-1 record and earnings of $403,013. watch his under tack video

Solitaire Stable, Jim Sanders, Marion Sanders and Lisa Dominguez’s Winter Book is two for two and a stakes winner after winning Sunday’s $55,000 Permian Basin Stakes at Zia Park. The 2-year-old filly by Any Given Saturday, sold by Eisaman Equine, Agent, for $50,000 at the 2012 OBS April Sale, has earned $45,000 to date. watch her under tack video

Fall Mixed Sale begins Tuesday

Updated:October 14, 2012

As 2006 graduate Flat Out prepares for a date in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2012 Fall Mixed Sale begins Tuesday, October 16th.  A total of 420 horses are cataloged for the two-day sale, scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. with hip numbers 1-172 selling in the Consignor Preferred session. Hip numbers 173 – 420 sell on Wednesday, October 17th in the Open Session, starting at 10:30 a.m.

The catalog and pedigree updates may be viewed via a Sortable Master Index in the OBSwebsite at obssales.com.  The Master Index also includes links to pedigree updates via equineline.com. The sale will be streamed live via the OBS website and also via the Blood-Horse and DRF websites.

The catalog can also be downloaded for iPad use. For more information and to obtain the application go to http://www.equineline.com/SalesCatalogApp/.  On Monday, October 15th, Equineline Representative Kyle Degener is holding two seminars at OBS on the Sales Catalog App. The seminars will cover the various features of this free iPad app, how it can be easily customized and how to get the most out of its capabilities.  Both thirty minute sessions will be held in the OBS sales pavilion. Starting times are 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. 

The sale’s 168 weanlings feature the progeny of a sire roster that includes Big Brown, Congrats, High Cotton, Leroidesanimaux (BRZ), Majestic Warrior, Midnight Lute, Mizzen Mast, Old Fashioned, Scat Daddy, Wildcat Heir, and With Distinction. First crop sires represented include Cool Coal Man, Distinctly Mine, Kantharos, Super Saver, and Tale of Ekati.

The Fall Mixed Sale’s most prominent weanling graduate is Preston Stables LLC’s Flat Out, sold for $11,000 by Thoroughstock, Agent, in 2006. The 6-year-old son of Flatter went over the $2-million mark in earnings winning Belmont’s $1,000,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) for the second straight year on September 29th.  He’s among the favorites for the upcoming Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1). Other Fall Sale graduates in the headlines recently include Del Mar Futurity (G1) winner Rolling Fog and grade one winner Currency Swap, who scored in Saratoga’s Amsterdam Stakes (G2) in August. Fall Sale graduates Another Romance, C C’s Pal and Great Attack have also won graded stakes in 2012.

The list of first crop stallions with in-foal mares in the sale includes: Archarcharch, Big Drama, Courageous Cat, Dublin, First Dude, Gone Astray and Uncle Mo.

Also featured are mares in foal to a strong group of sires including leading freshman sire Spring At Last, atop the list in large measure due to the exploits of graded stakes winners Spring Venture and Spring in the Air, both heading to the Breeders’ Cup.

Awesome of Course, Bellamy Road, Colonel John, Cowtown Cat, Flower Alley, In Summation, Kitten’s Joy, Pioneerof the Nile and Zensational are also represented.

Current information about OBS sales, consignors and graduates is now also available via social media sites Facebook and Twitter. A link on the homepage directs users to either site.  

Verso a Verso, Speak Logistics score in Stallion Stakes at Calder

Updated:October 14, 2012
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Frank Carl Calabrese’s Verso a Verso is two for two and a stakes winner after her five length victory led a 1-2-3 OBS sweep of Calder’s $300, 000 Florida Stallion My Dear Girl Stakes on Saturday. Ashlee’s Princess (August ’11) was second, with So Blessed (January ’11) checking in in third. The 2-year-old Florida-bred filly by Circular Quay is a two time OBS graduate, sold first at the 2011 August Sale before she was purchased for $11,000 out of the Journeyman Bloodstock consignment at the 2012 April Sale. She has earned $229,202 to date. watch her under tack video

 
 

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Ralph Nabavi’s Speak Logistics went right to the lead in Saturday’s $300, 000 Florida Stallion In Reality Stakes at Calder and never looked back en route to a 2-3/4 length victory, with fellow OBS graduate Uptown Anthem (June ’12, April ’12, August ’11, October ’10) finishing third. It’s the first stakes score for the 2-year-old Florida-bred colt by High Cotton, shipped in to Calder off a maiden win at Monmouth in August. Now 3-2-0-0 with earnings of $202,700, he was sold for $62,000 by Ocala Stud, Agent, at the 2012 OBS April Sale. watch his under tack video

Trinity Racing Stables, Inc.’s Silent Serenity scored her first stakes victory Saturday at Woodbine, going wire to wire in the $102,200 Ruling Angel Stakes and winning by three quarters of a length. That’s four wins in seven starts this year for the 3-year-old filly by Silent Name (JPN, sold by Eisaman Equine, Agent, for $20,000 at the 2011 OBS April Sale. The win gives her an 8-4-0-1 record with $151,183 in earnings. watch her under tack video