BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Four juveniles worked an eighth mile in :9.80 to make up the list of the fastest furlong works at the Thursday under tack show at OBS Training Center. Four 2-year-olds went a quarter mile in :20.60, the fastest times of the day at that distance.

Thursday was the fifth of seven days of under tack works by 2-year-olds set to hit the auction block next week in the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring Sale of 2-year-olds in training set for Tuesday through Friday. Each session will start at 10:30 a.m. EST.

The under tack show will continue through Saturday, starting each day at 8:00 a.m. EST. Tomorrow, Hips 864 – 1035 are scheduled to breeze.

Hip 741 was the first to work a furlong in :9.80 from the consignment of Torie and Jimbo Gladwell’s Top Line Sales LLC as agent. The chestnut filly is by Justify out of Aurora Point, by Malibu Moon, a half-sister to Grade 1-placed stakes-winner Rattlesnake Bridge, who stands in Florida at LFW Farms in Ocala.

 

Hips 775, 788 and 792 also worked an eighth mile in :9.80.

Consigned by David Scanlon Training and Sales as agent, based at Oak Ridge Training Center in Morriston, Fla., Hip 775 is a chestnut colt by Essential Quality out of stakes-placed mare Be Sneaky, by Into Mischief. The colt is from the family of multiple Grade 2-winner Red Ruby and Grade 1-winner Beautician.
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“[The time] wasn’t surprising from that horse,” Scanlon said. “We’ve just been really high on him all year. He looks like a real 2-year-old type. He’s a real strong horse, big hip, big, gorgeous walk. He’s just a beautiful athlete. He’s a little stronger than some of the Essential Qualities. I think some of them have looked a little more like they’re going to develop later, but he’s much more mature.

“He’s out of an Into Mischief mare and I can see a lot of Into Mischief in him.”

Hip 788 is a bay filly from the Pick View Consignment of Joe Pickerrell and Courtney Roberts. She is by freshman sire Yaupon out of the stakes-winning mare Big Time, by Astrology. Big Time is a half-sister to Grade 3-placed, stakes-winner Classy John.
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David McKathan and Jody Mihalic’s Grassroots Training and Sales as agent consigns Hip 792, a bay colt by Maximus Mischief out of Bless You, by Munnings. The colt is from the family of Grade 2-winner Shes All Eltish.
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Working quarter miles in :20.60 were Hips 734, 736, and 799—all consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables consignment as agent; and 787, consigned by Ocala Stud as agent.

Hip 734 is a bay colt by Honest Mischief out of Ascent, by More Than Ready. Ascent is a half-sister to Grade 3-winner Easter Gift; graded stakes-placed, stakes producer Wings of an Angel and stakes-producer Exes N Ohs.
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Hip 736 is a dark bay or brown filly by first crop sire Knicks Go out of the Majestic Warrior mare As I Please, a half-sister to multiple graded stakes-placed Fuhriously Kissed.
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Hip 787 is a chestnut colt by Vekoma out of the Florida-bred mare Big Thrill, by the late Florida-bred Big Drama, a half-sister to Florida-bred stakes-winner Determinato.
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Hip 799 is a bay filly by Bolt d’Oro out of Blue Kisses, by Pulpit, a half-sister to stakes-producer Summer Moon.
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There were 25 2-year-olds who worked an eighth mile in :10 flat Thursday including one Florida-bred, a chestnut filly by Florida-based freshman sire Leinster.

Consigned by Susan Montanye’s S B M Training and Sales as agent, Hip 699 is out of the Exclusive Quality mare Always Proud, a half-sister to Grade 3-winner Yes He’s The Man. The filly is from the female family of Kentucky Derby (G1)-winning champion I’ll Have Another, broodmare of the year Leslie’s Lady, Hall of Famer Beholder, Grade 1-winner Mendelssohn and six-time leading sire and OBS grad Into Mischief.

Bred in Florida by Ascencion Farm, the filly was purchased at last year’s OBS October Sale of yearling by Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt for $20,000.
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