In the wake of 2020 June graduate Medina Spirit’s victory in the Kentucky Derby (G1), the catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2021 June Sale of Two-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com. Supplemental entries are being accepted until May 19th.
There are 858 two-year-olds and 15 older horses cataloged for the three-day sale, with all sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m. Hip No.’s 1 – 316 will sell on Wednesday, June 9th; Hip No.’s 317 – 632 will be offered on Thursday, June 10th and Hip No.’s 633 – 874 plus supplements will sell on Friday, June 11th.
The Under Tack Show will have five sessions, from Wednesday, June 2nd through Sunday, June 6th. The daily schedules will be announced after the close of Supplemental entries. All Under Tack sessions begin at 7:30 a.m.
The Under Tack Show and Sale will be streamed live via the OBS website as well as the DRF, TDN, BloodHorse and Past The Wire websites.
Online bidding will again be available. Bidders must register in advance. For more information, please go to the OBS website at: online bidding information. Walking videos and conformation photos may be available in addition to under tack videos for each horse.
Led by 2020 graduate Medina Spirit’s Kentucky Derby (G1) triumph, OBS June Sale graduates have been in the headlines often since the beginning of the year.
Zedan Racing Stables Inc.’s Medina Spirit became the fourth OBS graduate to win the Kentucky Derby (G1), gamely holding off a wall of horses and scoring by half a length. The 3-year-old Florida-bred colt by Protonico became the newest OBS millionaire with a 6-3-3-0 record for trainer Bob Baffert and earnings of $2,175,200. A two-time OBS graduate, he was sold as a yearling by Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck), Agent, on behalf of breeder Gail Rice at the 2019 Winter Mixed Sale for $1,000. watch the auction ring video catalog page
He was then purchased for $35,000 by Gary Young on behalf of Zedan Racing Stables out of the Whitman Sales consignment at the 2020 June Sale after turning in an Under Tack three eighths in :33 flat, the sale’s co-fastest at the distance. watch the auction ring video watch his under tack video catalog page
George Krikorian’s War Like Goddess made her debut last September at three, scored in her first two starts, and has posted graded stakes wins in her last two trips to the post. After a victory in Gulfstream’s Orchid Stakes (G3) in March, she returned to take Keeneland’s Bewitch Stakes (G3) on April 23rd. The 4-year-old daughter of English Channel, consigned to the 2019 OBS June Sale by Hemingway Racing and Training Stables, was sold for $30,000 after turning in an Under Tack eighth in :10 2/5. Now 5-4-0-0 for trainer Bill Mott, she has earned $246,184 to date. watch her under tack video
Gary Barber, Tom Kagele and Madaket Stables LLC’s C Z Rocket scored his fifth stakes victory in Oaklawn’s Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) in his most recent start, getting the best of Sprint champion Whitmore for the second straight time. The 7-year-old Florida-bred son of City Zip is now 25-11-2-2 for trainer Peter Miller and has earned $1,311,641. He turned in an Under Tack eighth in :10 1/5 before he was purchased out of the Stephens Thoroughbred consignment at the 2016 OBS June Sale for a then sale record $800,000. watch his under tack video
Peter Redekop B. C. Ltd.‘s Anothertwistafate, also trained by Peter Miller, scored his second graded stakes win in Santa Anita’s San Gabriel Stakes (G2) in his first start at five. The son of Scat Daddy, now 11-5-2-0, has earned $490,505 to date. At the 2018 OBS June Sale, he was purchased for $360,000 out of the Wavertree Stables consignment after breezing an eighth in :10 1/5 at the Under Tack Show. watch his under tack video
LLP Performance Horse, LLC’s ill-fated Zenden’s first graded stakes win was his last, the 5-year-old son of Fed Biz sustaining a catastrophic injury after a stakes record victory in the $1,500,000 Golden Shaheen Stakes (G1) at Meydan. Trained by Carlos A. David, he compiled a 15-6-3-0 career record and earned a total of $1,131,760. At the 2018 OBS June Sale, he turned in an Under Tack quarter in :20 3/5 before he was sold for $47,000 by Potrero Stables, Agent. watch his under tack video
The catalog can be viewed via the OBS website at obssales.com. The website’s searchable and sortable master index provides links to under tack videos, pedigree and consignor information as well as pedigree updates occurring since the catalog was printed. It has also been updated to allow shortlist creation. A link to instructions can be found in the index header and a step by step tutorial is available in the index as well.
The iPad version of the entire catalog is available via the equineline Sales Catalog app. The app allows users to download and view the catalog, record notes and also provides innovative search, sort and rating capability. For information and downloads visit: equineline.com/SalesCatalogApp/.
Sales results will be available on the OBS website, updated frequently during each session of the Sale. In addition, the latest news regarding OBS graduates, sales schedules, nominations, credit requests, travel information and other news relevant to OBS consignors and customers is also available. E-mail should be addressed to obs@obssales.com.
For more information regarding the June Sale or OBS website, please call (352) 237-2154.