A bay colt by Belong to Me listed as Hip No. 362 logged the fastest quarter-mile
at the second session of the under tack preview show for the Ocala Breeders’
Sales Company’s 2006
March Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training, going the distance in :21 on
Saturday. Consigned by Wavertree Stables (Ciaran Dunne), the Kentucky-bred is
out of the winning Vassar (Royal Academy) and comes from the same female
family as 1999 Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-G1) victor Saffron Walden, 1999 E.P.
Taylor S. (Can-G1) heroine Insight (Fr) and 1999 Bashford Manor S. (G2) winner
Dance Master. The colt was previously purchased for $105,000 at the 2005
Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Hip 286, a dark bay colt by Anees, put together the quickest three-furlong
drill, going the distance in :35. Consigned by Gayle Woods, agent, the
Kentucky-bred is out of the stakes-winning Silver Spool (Strike Gold), who also produced
stakes-placed Shake the Bank (Sandpit [Brz]). The colt was bought at last year’s Keeneland
September Yearling Sale for $80,000.
Three two-year-olds tied for the quickest furlong in :10. The first, a bay Songandaprayer filly consigned by Off the Hook, agent, as Hip 290, is out of the
winning Sister James (Diablo), who is a half-sister to Grade 3-placed Shakka
Con. The Florida-bred was sold for $50,000 at the 2005 OBS August Yearling Sale.
The second, a gray filly by Belong to Me consigned by Racehorse Consignment,
agent, as Hip 481, is out of the unraced mare Constant Companion (Relaunch), who
is a half-sister to Grade 3 winner Winged Victory. The Kentucky-bred was bought
at the 2005 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $27,000. The third is a bay
Songandaprayer colt named STREME who is consigned by Eisaman Equine as Hip 497.
The Florida-bred is out of stakes-winning Daisy Dukes (Ghazi) and comes from the
same female line as 1974 Arlington-Washington Futurity (G1) winner Greek Answer.
The next under tack show is set for next Friday at 9 a.m. (EST). The two-day
sale begins on March 21 at 11 a.m.