Jessica Martini

4 weeks ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Jessica Martini |Stefanie Grimm

by Jessica Martini & Stefanie Grimm OCALA, FL – It was mid-morning Wednesday when Kerri Radcliffe made the first seven-figure purchase of the day, going to $1.05 million for a son of Nyquist, and, by the time the bloodstock agent made a session-topping bid of $1.45 million for a colt by Gun Runner just three hips from the end of the day, a total of six juveniles had sold for seven figures during the second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training...

1 month ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Jessica Martini

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, the bellwether auction of the juvenile sales season, begins its four-day run Tuesday and continues through Friday with bidding beginning each day at 10:30 a.m.“We are hoping to capitalize on the momentum that we had at our March sale,” said OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski. “There are an awful lot of good horses on the grounds. There is a lot of activity on the grounds right now.

1 month ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Jessica Martini

Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services sold four broodmares–along with their foals–and a yearling colt as part of a major reduction of Merriebelle Stable during the Fasig-Tipton Digital April Sale which concluded Wednesday. Crimson Frost (Stormy Atlantic) (hip 12), who sold with her Forte colt, brought the group's top price when selling for $240,000 to Gracie Bloodstock.

1 month ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Jessica Martini

A colt from the first crop of Independence Hall () tied the time for the fastest quarter-mile of the week so far in Ocala when he worked the distance in :20 2/5 at the fourth session of the under-tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training Wednesday. Consigned by Wavertree Stables, the juvenile is out of Waltzing (Candy Ride {Arg}), a half-sister to graded winner Dancing Solo (Giant's Causeway) and to Grade I-placed Dancing (Bernardini).

1 month ago | thoroughbreddailynews.com | Jessica Martini

Among the some 170 catalogued horses expected to breeze during Wednesday's fourth session of the under-tack preview for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, one colt stands out on paper thanks to his famous grandmother. Shuggy (Twirling Candy) () is the first foal out of champion Zenyatta's unraced daughter Zellda (Medaglia d'Oro).