OBS June Sale Day 1 Topped by $290K Bolt d'Oro Filly

The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company June Sale of 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age saw a steady trickle of bidding during the opening session June 7, with a filly by Spendthrift Farm's freshman sire Bolt d'Oro   leading the day at $290,000, selling to Greg and Caroline Bentley.

The Niall Brennan Stables consigned filly (Hip 191) breezed a furlong in :10 flat during the under tack preview last week to be the co-fastest of her session. Out of the stakes winner Over the Edge , the filly is half sibling to grade 2-placed Top of Mind  (by Curlin  ) and the stakes-placed Stormy Holiday  (by Harlan's Holiday). The Kentucky-bred filly was sourced by Ryston Stables from last season's Keeneland September Sale for $75,000 from the Castle Park Farm draft.

The Bentleys were the session 1 leading buyers with their single purchase.

Lexington bloodstock agent Donato Lanni signed the slip for his new clients based in Pennsylvania.

"It's been a very, very tough year," Lanni said. "I love coming to the June sale. It's a typical June sale; you have to try to find them. There is a horse in June for everybody. There's a horse out there for all different levels. You just have to get through them all and do a lot of research."

At the conclusion of the Tuesday session, 184 horses sold of the 275 through the ring for gross receipts of $7,107,500, establishing an average price of $38,628 and a median of $25,500. There were 91 juveniles who failed to meet their reserve price to represent an RNA rate of 33.1%, to show an increase of 90%.

The opening session of the 2021 sale saw 196 horses sold of the 240 on offer for final figures of $7,756,400. Suitable for an average price of $39,573 and a median of $20,000. A total of 44 horses failed to meet their reserve to represent an RNA rate of 18.3%.

Thirteen 2-year-olds commanded six figures, all selling to separate entities.

Session 1 leading consignor, Ciaran Dunne's Wavertree Stables, sold all seven horses on offer for gross figures of $541,500, good for an average of $77,357 per head.

The June Sale continues tomorrow, June 8, at 10 a.m. ET with Hips 375-748 on offer. June 9 will be the final day of selling with Hips 749-1167 slated to go under the hammer. The sale will be live-streamed via the OBS website at obssales.com and the BloodHorse website.