Jessica Martini

1 week ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Jessica Martini

OCALA, FL – The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, condensed to two days this year, opened with a day of steady trade Tuesday in Central Florida. A colt by Yaupon, consigned by Julie Davies, brought the session's top price when selling for $300,000 to trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr. The session topper was one of six to sell for $200,000 or more on the day, matching the figure from the opening day of last year's three-day auction.

1 week ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Jessica Martini

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, the final major juvenile auction of the season, gets underway Tuesday in Central Florida, with bidding scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. The auction, held in recent years over three days, will be held over two days this year with a catalogue of 851 2-year-olds.

2 weeks ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Jessica Martini

Amongst a bevy of co-fastest furlong workers, Elenique, a filly from the first crop of multiple graded winner Leinster (), separated herself from the pack with a bullet quarter-mile work in :20 3/5 during the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Thursday. The Florida-bred chestnut is consigned by RiceHorse Stable and was bred by Aldo DeLuca's DeLuca and Sons Stables. “She always showed us that she was a very fast filly,” DeLuca said.

2 weeks ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Jessica Martini

A filly by Frosted ()–the first horse on the track Wednesday morning–turned in the co-fastest :9 4/5 furlong time so far at the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale and that mark was equaled later in the session by fillies by Honest Mischief (); Midshipman (); and Higher Power (). Through two of five sessions of the June under-tack show, seven juveniles have now hit the :9 4/5 mark.

2 weeks ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Jessica Martini

In the early minutes of the first session of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Tuesday, a colt by Yaupon () turned in what would be the day's fastest furlong time of :9 4/5 and that mark was matched later in the day by a filly by Leinster () and a colt by Engage (). It was the second :9 4/5 work at OBS for the colt from the first crop of Yaupon, who put in a similar work ahead of the company's March sale.