Hip No. 220, a colt by Cowboy Cal consigned by Southern Chase Farm Inc. (Greg and Karen Dodd), Agent, worked a quarter in :20 4/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the second and final session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s March Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training. The dark bay or brown colt is out of Deceptive, by Clever Trick, and is a half brother to Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) winner Mizdirection.

Hip No. 318, a Discreet Cat filly consigned by Eddie Woods, Agent, worked the same distance in :21 flat. The dark bay or brown filly is out of Maria’s Pride, by Maria’s Mon, a half sister to stakes winner Smoke Mountain.

Two horses worked quarters in :21 1/5. Hip No. 244, consigned by Don R. Graham, is a chestnut filly by Malibu Moon out of stakes winner Fast Deal, by Grand Slam. Hip No. 261 is a chestnut colt by Tiz Wonderful out of stakes placed Glittering Tax, consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent.

Six youngsters shared honors for the session’s fastest eighth, stopping the timer in :9 4/5. Hip No. 59, consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent, is a dark bay or brown filly by Cowtown Cat out of Sea Saint, by Saint Ballado, and is a half sister to stakes winner Pirate Saint. Hip No. 191, consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm, Agent, is a bay colt by Harlan’s Holiday out of Cameron, by Rock Hard Ten, a half sister to stakes winner Forest Huntress. Halcyon Hammock also consigned Hip No. 329, a dark bay or brown colt by Roman Ruler out of stakes placed Mila’s Fame, by Aptitude. Hip No. 248, consigned by Eisaman Equine, Agent, is a bay colt by Discreet Cat out of graded stakes winner Fontal (ARG), by Southern Halo. Hip No. 296, a dark by or brown Yes It’s True filly consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, is out of Just for You, by Silver Deputy, a half sister to graded stakes winner Minister’s Melody. Hip No. 333, consigned by King’s Equine, Agent, is a gray or roan colt by Smart Strike out of graded stakes winner Mini Sermon, by Pulpit.

Under Tack results and videos are posted in the OBS website: http://obssales.com/marpreview/2013/

The March Sale is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 12^th and 13^th with each session beginning at 11 a.m. Hip No’s 1 – 172 sell on Tuesday; Hip No.’s 173 – 345 on Wednesday.

The OBS Day of Champions Races will be run on Monday, March 11^th with first post time at 1:00 p.m.

Hip No, 58, a colt by Henny Hughes consigned by Southern Chase Farm Inc. (Greg and Karen Dodd), Agent, sped a quarter in :20 3/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s March Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training. The chestnut colt is out of Sea Gift, by A.P. Indy, a daughter of graded stakes winner Ocean Queen.

Hip No. 50, a Henny Hughes colt consigned by Ocala Stud, worked the same distance in :21 flat. The chestnut colt is out of stakes winner Running Bobcats, by Running Stag.

Two youngsters worked quarters in :21 2/5. Hip No. 133, consigned by Southern Chase Farm Inc. (Greg and Karen Dodd), Agent, is a bay colt by Into Mischief out of Value Vetted, by Value Plus. Hip No. 163, Yesiamtalkintoyou, consigned by Craig L. Wheeler, Agent, is a bay colt by Yes It’s True out of Andrea Gail, by Storm Bird, and is a half brother to graded stakes winner Areyoutalkintome.

Three fillies shared honors for the session’s fastest eighth mile breeze, stopping the timer in :9 4/5. Hip No. 93 is a filly by Colonel John consigned by Day Vista Farms, Agent for Fifty Shades of Racing LLC. The dark bay or brown filly is out of Storm Key, by Storm Cat, and is a half sister to graded stakes placed Desert Key. Hip No. 148, consigned by Sequel Bloodstock, Inc. (Becky Thomas), Agent, is a bay filly by Pioneerof the Nile out of stakes winner Wild Catseye, by Forest Wildcat. Hip No. 164, a gray or roan filly by Old Fashioned out of stakes placed Angel Island, by Forestry, is consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent.

Ten youngsters worked eighths in :10 flat. Hip No. 18 is a filly by Proud Citizen consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, out of Polish Affair by Polish Numbers, a daughter of graded stakes winner True Affair. Hip No. 28, consigned by Eisaman Equine, Agent, is a colt by D’wildcat out of graded stakes winner Rabiadella, by Dynaformer. Hip No. 38, Yankee Dime, consigned by Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds LLC, Agent, is a Dixie Union colt out of graded stakes placed Renaissance Lady, by A.P. Indy. Hip No. 47, Harpooned, consigned by Sequel Bloodstock, Inc. (Becky Thomas), Agent, is a colt by Elusive Quality out of Rubicat, by Storm Cat, a half sister to graded stakes winner Strut the Stage. Hip No. 48, consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm, Agent,  is a Malibu Moon colt out of Runaway Ransom, by Cherokee Run, a half sister to graded stakes winner Regal Ransom. Hip No. 66, consigned by Cary Frommer, Agent, is a colt by Grand Slam out of Serena Ballerina, a daughter of graded stakes winner Do The Honors (IRE). Hip No. 97, Mariah’s Sundown, consigned by Flying Fish, Agent, is a Northern Afleet colt out of Sun Lucky, by Menifee, a daughter of stakes winner Sun Luck. Hip No. 105, Stevie, is a colt by Teuflesberg out of stakes placed Tackalac, by Known Fact, consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent. Hip No. 125, consigned by Halcyon Hammock Farm, Agent, is a Zensational colt out  of Turtle Creek Babe, By Grand Slam, a daughter of graded stakes placed Cyclorama. Hip No. 132, consigned by Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, is a colt by Speightstown out of stakes placed Union City, by Dixie Union.

Under Tack results and videos are posted in the OBS website at obssales.com.

The Under Tack Show continues Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. Hip numbers 173 – 345 are scheduled to breeze.

Spring comes early to Ocala as graded stakes winners Spring in the Air and Spring Venture headline the $100, 000 OBS Championship Stakes as OBS holds its 24^th annual Day of Champions race card on Monday, March 11^th.

The four races, for three-year-olds who have gone through the ring at an OBS sale, offer purses totaling $300,000 and will be streamed live via the OBS website at obssales.com as well as the DRF and Bloodhorse websites. Post time for the first race is 1:00 p.m.

Trainer Mark Casse will saddle both daughters of Spring at Last in the mile and a sixteenth OBS Championship Stakes for fillies, the third race on the card. John C. Oxley’s Spring in the Air’s juvenile campaign was highlighted by her victory in the prestigious Alcibiades Stakes (G1) at Keeneland. Patrick Husbands, who rode her in the Alcibiades, has been named to ride.

Spring Venture, supplemented to the race by Casse for owners Gary Barber and Stoneway Farm LLC, beat Spring in the Air last fall in the Natalma Stakes (G2) at Woodbine then returned to score in the Mazarine Stakes (G3).  Luis Saez has the riding assignment.

The field in post position order: Gold Square LLC’s Wickapecko, Joe Rocco; Christine Vogt’s Cotton Pickin, Ronnie Allen Jr.; Maestre Racing Stable and Joseph A. Arango’s One Eye Cap, Eddie Dominguez; Pinnacle Racing Stable’s Cupids Messenger, Juan Leyva; Spring Venture; West Point Thoroughbreds’ Toasting, Joel Rosario; Rich Cecrle and Jennifer Hayford-Quinones’s Time Is Forever, Alex Gonzalez; Spring in the Air. All carry 120 pounds.

The afternoon’s final race is the $100,000 OBS Championship Stakes for colts and geldings at a mile and a sixrteenth.  The race drew a field of nine, headed by TriStar Racing LLC, Joe B. Denson and Brent Gasaway’s graded stakes placed Brown Almighty, winner of the Sunny’s Halo Stakes on the turf at Louisiana Downs last summer. The first stakes winner for sire Big Brown, he ships in from Oaklawn Park for trainer Tim Ice and will be ridden by Terry Thompson.

Mark Casse sends out graded stakes placed Indiano Jones and stakes placed Sky Commander for John C. Oxley. Joel Rosario will ride Indiano Jones while Patrick Husbands will be aboard Sky Commander.

Pinnacle Racing Stables’ Uptown Anthem, on the board in three stakes at Calder at two, ships in for trainer Bill Kaplan. The gelding by Gotcha Gold will be ridden by Juan Leyva.

Todd Pletcher has supplemented Barber & Barber’s Jack Milton to the OBS Championship. The War Front colt won at first asking at Gulfstream and was second in a good effort in his only other start. Hall of Fame rider John Velazquez, aboard in both races, again has the assignment.

The field in post position order: Sky Commander; Tami Dellatore-Bobo’s Hesa Big Dude, Jesse Campbell; Indiano Jones; Kenwood Racing LLC’s Michael With Us, Edgar Prado; Michael L. Reavis’ Rico Suave, Ronnie Allen Jr.; Ken & Sarah Ramsey’s Brazilian Court, Joel Rosario; Uptown Anthem; Brown Almighty; Jack Milton. All will carry 122 pounds.

Stakes winners Cor Cor and Leinan get top billing in the first race on the card, the $50,000 OBS Sprint Stakes for fillies at six furlongs. Steve Ballou and Harriet Waldron’s Cor Cor comes in off a 4-1/2 length victory in the Battle of New Orleans Stakes on the turf at Fair Grounds. The Florida-bred filly by Smoke Glacken, a supplemental entry, suffered her only defeat when second to the highly regarded Kauai Katie Gulfstream’s Old Hat Stakes (G3) on New Year’s Day after winning Tampa’s Sandpiper Stakes in December. Scott Spieth will ride for trainer Joan Scott.

James and Alice Sapara’s Leinan ended her juvenile campaign in style with a win in Woodbine’s Glorious Song Stakes in November The Florida-bred Bwana Charlie filly comes in with earnings of $145,773 for trainer Josie Carroll. Joel Rosario has been named to ride.

Here are the horses and riders in post position order for the six furlong race for 3-year-old fillies: Bernard G. Schaeffer’s Wild For Love, Joe Rocco; John C. Oxley’s Send An Angel, Gary Boulanger; Equels Marro Racing LLC’s Circular Rainbow, Antonio Gallardo; Klaravich Stables, Inc. and  William Lawrence’s Over the Counter, Luis Saez; K.K. & V. Devi Jayaraman’s Baby Princess, Manoel Cruz; Cor Cor; Robert  A. Norman’s Dreamlicious, Juan Leyva; Leinan; Rodney R. Rowles’ Bwana Go Fast, Jermaine Bridgmohan. All will carry 120 pounds.

Seven will go in the six furlong $50,000 OBS Sprint Stakes for colts and geldings, headed by Amaty Racing Stables and Sterlng Stables’ Mind Spell, third last out in a sharp effort in a Tampa Bay Downs allowance. The Florida-bred son of Proud Accolade, trained by Jason Dacosta, will be ridden by John Velazquez.

The field in post position order: Tommy Roberts Racing Stable LLC’s Capital City, Joel Rosario; Tom Gregerson’s Rammer, Jose A. Garcia; Alan J. Garey’s Dixie Deputy, Luis Saez; Rick Shanley’s Pro Prospect, Edgar Prado; Mind Spell; John C. Oxley’s Conquestor, Gary Boulanger; Rancho Grande Farm Inc. and Ideas Medical, Inc.’s King Solomon, Federico Mata. All will carry 122 pounds.

For more information regarding the OBS Championship Stakes, please call (352) 237-2154 or visit the OBS website at obssales.com