For the second day in a row, a filly by a top sprinter from the consignment of Tom McCrocklin flaunted her ability over the Ocala Breeders' Sales track.
With cooler temperatures in play April 8, McCrocklin watched as Hip 363, a chestnut filly by Spendthrift Farm's Mitole , threw down the fastest time for a quarter when she breezed in :20 2/5 during the third day of the under tack show for the OBS Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.
The Mitole filly duplicated the effort put forth by fellow McCrocklin entrant Hip 181 April 7 when the daughter of Spendthrift's Yaupon also worked in :20 2/5 to post the fastest time at the distance. The Mitole filly is out of the winning stakes-placed Big Drama mare Sadie Be Good, an OBS grad who has had two of her three foals to race become stakes-placed.
Keeping with the trend, McCrocklin also sent out Hip 508, a chestnut colt by Tiz the Law out of the winning Forestry mare Taboo who worked in :20 3/5 Tuesday. Taboo is out of grade 1 winner and producer Dream of Summer and is a half sister to grade 1 winners Creative Cause and Vexatious and grade 2 winner Destin.
"Both horses today, they are fast horses," McCrocklin said. "I was not surprised but I was certainly pleased. They had trained well at the farm and prepped well here. They both have standard things I like in a horse: big deep shoulder, big deep heart girth, long, pretty neck, and a strong hind leg.
"We're very happy and we've had a really good breeze show so far. We still have other cakes in the oven."
Tuesday saw two horses break the :10 barrier. Hip 356, a bay colt by Galilean consigned by Next Level Thoroughbreds, and Hip 416, a bay colt by Into Mischief out of the winning Empire Maker mare Silk Route, each worked an eighth in :09 4/5 to post the fastest time at the distance.
Consigned by Kings Equine, the Into Mischief colt is a full brother to unbeaten multiple stakes winner Taraz.
The colt by Galilean is out of grade 2 winner Royale Michele, by Elusive Quality, and provided a highlight moment for Next Level's Abraham Gardea in his first year of consigning on his own.
"He's been showing us that he could really run from the beginning," said Gardea. "He always showed he had a lot of speed and ever since I put the blinkers on him, he's just turned into a different horse. He's more focused. He's got a good personality, a good mind. He's just a good horse to be around.
"The is my first year for the consignment so it's really nice to have a horse like that."
A total of 28 horses worked in :10.
One horse worked in :20 4/5: Hip 452, a bay colt by Independence Hall out of the winning Uncle Mo mare Star Cactus consigned by Wavertree Stables. Star Cactus is out of graded stakes winner Madame Cactus.
The OBS Spring under tack show continues April 9 at 8 a.m. ET with hips 520-691. The under tack show runs through April 12 with the sale itself taking place April 15-18 with sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET each day.
This press release has been edited for content and style by BloodHorse Staff.
