The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 Winter Mixed Sale begins Tuesday, January 24th at 12 noon.
Hip No.’s 1 – 143 are cataloged in the Consignor Preferred Session, followed immediately by 148 horses cataloged in the Racing Age section as Hip No.’s 201- 348. The Open Session, with Hip No.’s 401 – 653 cataloged, is set for Wednesday, January 25th and also starts at 12 noon. The Under Tack Show for the Racing Age section is set for Monday, January 23rd starting at 9:00 a.m.
The Sale and Under Tack Show will be streamed live via the OBS website at obssales.com and via the Blood-Horse, Daily Racing Form, TDN and Past The Wire websites.
There are 270 yearlings cataloged by a diverse group of proven and promising sires. Audible, Bolt d’Oro, Bucchero, Caravaggio, Catalina Cruiser, City of Light, Classic Empire, Enticed, Flameaway, Frosted, Girvin, Kantharos, Khozan, Kitten’s Joy. Maclean’s Music, Malibu Moon, Maximus Mischief, Midshipman, Mitole, More Than Ready, Omaha Beach, Practical Joke, Sharp Azteca, Solomini, Tapit, Union Rags, Upstart, Vino Rosso, Violence and World of Trouble are represented.
First crop sires with yearlings include Complexity, Gift Box, Global Campaign, Gunnevera, Improbable, Instagrand, Instilled Regard, McKinzie, Shancelot, Spun to Run, Thousand Words and Vekoma.
The sale also features mares in foal to an outstanding roster of sires including: Awesome Slew, Bolt d’Oro, Connect, Dialed In, Girvin, Gunnevera, Improbable, Independence Hall, Midshipman, Mitole, Tacitus, Uncle Chuck, Vekoma and Violence.
The Winter Mixed Sale’s catalog can be viewed via the OBS website at http://obssales.com. The website’s searchable and sortable master index provides links to under tack videos, pedigree and consignor information as well as pedigree updates occurring since the catalog was printed. It has also been updated to allow shortlist creation. A link to instructions for using the new features can be found in the index header and a step by step tutorial is available in the index as well.
The Under Tack Sale on Monday can be viewed HERE: