Speightstown Filly Sizzles on Day 4 at OBS Under Tack

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The fourth of seven days of under tack previews at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training took place April 19, seeing a blistering fast :20 1/5 quarter-mile breeze turned in by the All Dreams Equine-consigned filly.

Bred by WinStar Farm in Kentucky, and by their hallmark stallion Speightstown  , the filly took to the all-weather track Wednesday, leaving little to be desired after she threw down the fastest quarter seen this week. The bay filly is out of Last Dance , by Revolutionary, and from the prolific family of producer Dance Swiftly, sister to Canadian Horse of the Year Dance Smartly, and half sibling to grade 1 winners Full of Wonder and sire Smart Strike. The unraced Danzig mare produced sire Speightster  and stakes winners Paiota Falls  and West Coast Swing .

A timely update to the catalog came from her Munnings   half sister, Lady Lowery , who added a stakes win in her third start this year at 3 in the Beyond The Wire Stakes at Laurel Park March 18. The Will Walden pupil is campaigned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Gary Barber, and Wachtel Stable, and hasn't been off the board in her three starts.

JC Corp. purchased the juvenile consigned as Hip 618  for $17,000 last year during the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

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The second-fastest time at a quarter was clocked in :20 3/5 by an Omaha Beach   colt, named Hard Knox. Ciaran Dunne's Wavertree Stables, agent consigns the bay as Hip 617, out of the stakes-placed Tizway  mare Lantiz . Bregman Family Racing picked up the pinhook last year during the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale for $185,000. He was bred in Kentucky by Silesia Farm and Dr. Hartmut H. Malluche.

Six juveniles breezed the co-fastest furlong in :09 4/5 Wednesday.

  • Hip 532, a bay filly from the first crop of Omaha Beach, out of Intelyhente , sister to Alcibiades Stakes (G2) winner Bel Air Beauty  and producer of the stakes-placed Count Alexander , by Scat Daddy. Wavertree Stables, agent, consigns the filly bred in Kentucky by William Duignan and Tranquility Investments. The February-born filly was sold to Red Wings Enterprises last year during the Keeneland September Sale for $200,000.
  • Hip 544, the Best A Luck Farm-consigned filly by Divining Rod  , out of grade 3 winner Island Bound . The dark bay or brown filly is half sibling to first-year sire Aloha West  , winner of the 2021 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1). Katharine M. Voss bred the filly in Maryland and sent her through the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale, where Michael J. Trombetta spent $60,000 to acquire the pinhook.
  • Hip 632, a colt by freshman sire Maximus Mischief  , consigned by Kings Equine, agent. The January-born colt is the first foal out of the Bernardini mare, Lilly Marie. He was bred in New York by Head of Plains and sold as a weanling during the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale for $70,000 to Oracle Bloodstock, agent for Perrine Time Thoroughbreds.
  • Hip 634, the Top Line Sales-consigned Tapwrit   colt, named Afternoon Surprise. The February-born colt is half sibling to grade 2-placed Dream Marie , by Graydar  , out of Lin Marie . Bred in Florida by Wind Hill Farm, he initially sold as a weanling for $62,000 to Rodolphe Brisset, agent for September Farm, during the 2021 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.
  • Hip 667, a chestnut filly by Omaha Beach, consigned by Wavertree Stables, agent. She is out of the Malibu Moon mare, Malibu Pride , sister to multiple stakes winner By the Light . The filly sold last year during the Keeneland September Sale to Red Wings Enterprises for $200,000 for her Kentucky breeder Silesia Farm and Dr. Hartmut H. Malluche.
  • Hip 692, the Randy Miles-consigned colt from the first crop of New York sire Solomini  . The chestnut is a half sibling to Ontario Derby (G3) winner Lookin to Strike , out of the Officer mare Miss Bonnie. The colt's 3-year-old half sibling, Go Get the Bag , hit the board in his debut March 30 at Aqueduct Racetrack. He was bred in the big apple by Laurel Least and Gabriel McDonough and sold for $65,000 to Cool Hill Farm during the Fasig-Tipton New York Bred Yearling Sale last year.

Scenics, 2023 OBS 2 year old in training Sale
Photo: Photos by Z

The under tack show continues April 20 at 8 a.m. ET, with Hips 701-875 scheduled to take to the track. The show will be live-streamed via the OBS website at obssales.com and BloodHorse. The breeze show concludes April 22.

Under tack results and videos are posted on the OBS website at obssales.com and can be viewed on kiosks in the breezeway and the Video Room adjacent to the Horsemen's Lounge. In-room viewing is available at The Courtyard by Marriott, Homewood Suites, Hampton Inn & Suites, Residence Inn, and the Ocala Hilton, plus lounge viewing is available at the Hilton.

The first of four days of selling begins April 25 at 10:30 a.m., with Hips 1-306 scheduled to go under the hammer, followed by Hips 307-612 April 26, Hips 613-918 April 27, and Hips 919-1222 April 28.