BY BROCK SHERIDAN
A Florida-bred colt by Ocala Stud’s 2024 leading first crop and leading juvenile sire Win Win Win was among seven juveniles to work an eighth mile in :9.80 during the under tack show at the OBS Training Center Wednesday. The under tack session was the fourth of seven days of timed workouts for 2-year-olds set for this year’s OBS Spring Sale to be conducted next Tuesday through Thursday. Each under tack show begins at 8:00 a.m. EST while each session of next week’s auction will start at 10:30 a.m.
Hips 520 – 691 worked Wednesday while Hips 692 – 863 are scheduled to breeze Thursday.
The Win Win Win colt, Keep Praying, is Hip 680 and is consigned by Camelot Acres Racing and Sales as agent. He is out of the stakes-winning Florida-bred mare Additional Prayer, by Songandaprayer, and is a half-brother to Grade 3-placed, stakes-winning Florida-bred Hear My Prayer; and stakes-placed Florida-bred Hihellohowareyou, both graduates of OBS. Hihellohowareyou sold for $220,000 at the 2022 OBS Spring Sale while Hear My Prayer was a $16,000 yearling in 2018. Keep Praying, Hear My Prayer and Hihellohowareyou were all bred in Florida by Janet Erwin.
Additional Prayer, who won the J J’sdream at Calder in 2008, is a half-sister to stakes-producer Deluxe Heir.
Others working furlongs in :9.80 Wednesday were:
Hip 531, a filly by Kantharos out of That’s My Cue, by Quality Road consigned by Grassroots Training and Sales LLC as agent. The filly’s second dam, Hondo’s Way, is a half-sister to Grade 2-winner and stakes-producer Nothing But Fun.
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Hip 564, a filly by first crop sire Rock Your World consigned by Julie Davies LLC as agent. The filly is out of the winning Graydar mare Touch of Gray from the family of Grade 2-winner Fortune Pearl.
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Hip 578 is a filly by Tiz the Law out Grade 3-placed, stakes-winner Tulsa Queen, by Cactus Ridge. She is consigned by Kings Equine as agent and Tulsa Queen is a half-sister to stakes-producer Touch Screen.
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Hip 585 is a colt by first crop sire Yaupon out of the Stormy Atlantic mare Twitterpated, a full-sister to multiple graded stakes-winner Stormy Lucy and graded stakes-producer Elusive Luci. The colt is consigned by de Meric Sales as agent.
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Hip 627 is a colt by Complexity out of We Love Lucy, by Majesticperfection. Consigned by Top Line Sales LLC, the colt is a half-brother to stakes-winner Reasoned Analysis and stakes-placed Ican. We Love Lucy is also a half-sister to stakes-winner Entre Amigos and stakes-placed Tell Tale Friend.
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Top Line Sales LLC as agent also consigns Hip 677. The filly is by Good Magic out of the stakes-winning mare Acqua Fresh (Uru), by Ecclesiastic and is from the family of Canadian champion sprinter King Ruckus and multiple graded stakes-winner Repent.
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Hip 619 was the only juvenile to work a quarter mile in :20.40 Wednesday. Consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables Inc., as agent, the colt is from the first crop by Independence Hall out of Waltzing, by Candy Ride (Arg). Waltzing is a half-sister to Grade 3-winner Dancing Solo, stakes-placed Dancing and stakes-producer Prancing.
“We were probably as confident bringing him up there as you could be with a horse,” Dunne said. “You don’t ever expect one to go in :20 2/5, I think that’s the first time we’ve had one go that fast. In terms of how he trained and prepped, he couldn’t have given any better signs than he was giving.
“Physically, he’s a stunning horse. He’s a big rangy horse, very athletic. He surpassed all expectations. I would say that the only way anybody doesn’t like him is if they don’t like horses.”
The Independence Hall colt was a $285,000 purchase by Superfine at last year’s Keeneland September Sale of yearlings. He was also a $120,000 purchase by Dudley Racing at the 2024 Keeneland January Sale of horses of all ages.
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