Connect Colt Displays Speed as OBS Breeze Show Wraps Up

A New York-bred son of first-crop sire Connect   breezed the fastest quarter-mile of :20 3/5 April 17 during the sixth and final session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training under tack show.

Consigned as Hip 1135 by Scanlon Training and Sales, agent, the colt is out of the Rock Hard Ten  mare Miss Ten and from the female family of grade 1 winners Manistique  and Unbridled Command . Both his second and third dams, Unbridled Danz  (Unbridled's Song) and Chartreuse (Danzatore), are black-type winners.

Hip 1135 was bred by Hidden Lake Farm and South Elkhorn. He previously sold as a weanling for $100,000 to Jonathan Thorne when consigned by RFHF Bloodstock to the 2019 Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale. He was a $70,000 buyback from the James M. Herbener consignment to the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase.

Saturday's under tack show, which began at 9:30 a.m. ET, was pushed back an hour and a half due to a weather delay.

Eight horses shared the quickest eighth-mile time for the day of :9 4/5. They were: 

• Hip 1036, a colt by sophomore stallion Upstart   consigned by Woodford Thoroughbreds, agent, and out of Lovely Marissa  (Proud Citizen ), a half sister to stakes winner Nasty ;
• Hip 1068, a colt by freshman stallion Bird Song  consigned by Nice and Easy Thoroughbreds that is out of Ma Petite (Distorted Humor  ) and from the family of grade 1 winner and sire Sky Mesa   and grade 1 winner Maxfield ;
• Hip 1099, an Into Mischief   filly consigned by Randy Miles, agent, out of Meta Mu (Street Sense  ), a full sister to stakes-placed Tikhvin Flew ; 
• Hip 1115, a Maryland-bred colt by freshman stallion Kobe's Back  consigned by Mayberry Farm, agent, and out of Miss Charades (Mizzen Mast  ). His second dam is grade 3 winner Silver Charades  (Broad Brush);
• Hip 1118, an Ontario-bred filly from sophomore stallion Frosted   consigned by Harris Training Center, agent, out of Miss Emelia (War Front  ), a half sister to stakes winners War Officer  and Doo Lang ;
• Hip 1140, a New York-bred colt by freshman stallion Union Jackson   consigned by Wavertree Stables, agent, out of Mochima  (Wildcat Heir ) and from the family of multiple graded stakes winner Feline Story ;
• Hip 1174, a Dialed In   filly consigned by Off the Hook, agent, that is out of Negotiable  (Hat Trick ), a granddaughter of multiple graded stakes winner Blushing Heiress , and from the family of grade/group 1 winners Seventh Street  and Reynaldothewizard ;
• and Hip 1188, a Liam's Map   filly consigned by Flying Fish, agent, out of Noelle's Mischief (by Into Mischief) and whose second dam is grade 3 winner Lady Belsara .

Throughout the six sessions of the breeze show, two fillies shared the fastest quarter-mile time of :20 2/5. They were Hip 317, a Classic Empire   daughter consigned by Golden Rock Thoroughbreds from the family of grade 3 winner, multiple grade 1-placed Stays in Vegas  and grade 1 winner Persistently ; and Hip 576, a Cupid   daughter consigned by Q Bar J Thoroughbreds whose extended family includes Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) winner Barbaro.

Twenty juveniles worked an eighth-mile in :9 4/5 throughout the entire breeze show.

The sale will be held April 20-23, with sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m. daily.