Not This Time Filly Tops OBS Selected Yearling Sale

A filly sired by red-hot stallion Not This Time  was purchased by Tonja Terranova, agent, for $225,000 to top the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Selected Sale of Yearlings Oct. 13.

Consigned by Lisa McGreevy's Abbie Road Farm, the filly (Hip 149) is out of Midnight Magic (by Midnight Lute ), a half sister to graded stakes winner Coalport and French stakes winner Jolly Good Kitten. Bred in Florida by Dr. Carolin Von Rosenberg, the filly had been bought back on a final bid of $14,000 at this year's OBS Winter Mixed Sale.

"We just loved her from the first time we saw her," said Terranova, adding she could not disclose on whose behalf she bought the filly. "She's a big raw-boned good-looking filly with a great walk on her. Very smooth."

Terranova said the price was in line with expectations.

"We knew what we were going to have to pay for her, the individual she was," she said. 

"She is a beautiful filly who showed a lot of class and everything just went right," consignor McGreevy said, adding the filly was offered on behalf of Champions Equine. "We had a lot of vetting."

McGreevy said one difference between the RNA outcome in January and the sale ring success Tuesday was due in part to the emergence of Taylor Made Stallions' Not This Time as second leading freshman sire in North America.

"It's enormous the way the Not This Time foals are running," McGreevy said. "He's on top of his game. I think the timing was perfect. The man who owns her is delighted and is excited he gets to buy some more horses."

The first day of the two-day October Sale consisted of the selected yearlings and a 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age section that was added to the sale this year. The sale concludes Wednesday with the open yearlings portion of the auction, beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET.

For the selected yearling sale, 80 horses sold for a total of $3,338,000, compared with 132 yearlings bringing $5,784,200 a year ago. The average price was $41,725, compared with $43,820 last year, while the median price was $29,000, compared with $32,000 in 2019. The buyback percentage was 40.7%; it was 29% a year ago.

For the 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age section, 29 horses sold for a total of $816,500, averaging $28,155 with a $16,000 median figure.

"There were some bright spots and we would like to have seen the RNA rate down," said OBS sales director Tod Wojciechowski. "It is very polarized. That trend is continuing."