BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A Florida-bred filly by Omaha Beach topped the two-day Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company Winter Mixed Sale with a $100,000 final bid from Discovery Bay Bloodstock during the sale’s Open Yearling Session conducted on Wednesday, Jan. 24, the second day of the two day sale.

The OBS Winter Mixed Sale began Tuesday, Jan. 23 with a Consignor Preferred Session and a Horses of Racing Age Session.

Consigned by Fly By and selling as Hip 409, the Omaha Beach filly was bred in the Sunshine State by Dominique Damico and is out of the Curlin mare Gardenista, whose dam is the multiple graded stakes-winner Valbenny (Ire).

Hip 87, a colt by Mitole, topped the Consignor Preferred Session after dropping the gavel at $95,000 on a final bid from Calumet Farm. The bay colt is by Mitole out of the Terrell mare Wild Hickory, a half-sister to multiple graded stakes-winner Alert Bay, and was consigned by Danielle Loya’s Silver Oaks Farm as agent.

Selling for $90,000 was Hip 494, Sweet Mitole, a Florida-bred filly by Mitole out of Pointe du Hoc, by Soldat consigned by Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck’s Summerfield. Point du Hoc is a half-sister to stakes producer Crooked Answer and the filly was bred in Florida by Susan Kahn.

Selling for $85,000 to Love’s Equine as agent for Classic Automations LLC was Hip 30, Mighty Yaupon, a Florida-bred colt from the first crop by Yaupon out of the stakes-placed mare Mighty Souper, by War Front. Mighty Souper is the dam of Florida-bred Forever Souper, who just won the $75,000 Sunshine Turf Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Consigned by Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck’s Summerfield, the colt was bred in Florida by Dominique Damico.

Also bringing a final bid of $85,000 was Hip 110, a bay filly from the first crop by Charlatan out of the Distorted Humor mare Charge of Angels, a full sister to stakes-winner Dramedy and stakes-placed Cal Nation and a half-sister to Grade 1-winner Bluegrass Cat, Grade 2-winner Lord of the Game, stakes-winner Sonoma Cat and stakes-producers Showpiece and Cool Storm. Consigned by Francis and Barbara Vanlanendonck’s Summerfield, the filly is a half-sister to stakes-placed Winning Number. The filly was purchased by Latinos y Mas.

Hip 610, a Florida-bred filly by the late Florida sire Uncle Chuck, dropped the gavel at $80,000 on a final bid from Grade One Investments LLC. Consigned by Fly By the filly is out of the Daredevil mare Champina, a half-sister to stakes-placed Payday Too and Forty Nine Watts. The filly was bred in Florida by Dominique Damico.

Latinos y Mas also went to $75,000 to acquire Hip 80 from the Beth Bayer as agent consignment. The Florida-bred colt is by Practical Joke out of the Yes It’s True mare Valley Oak, a full sister to stakes-winner Little Rocket. The colt was bred in Florida by Nature Coast Thoroughbreds.

Hip 79, a bay filly from the first crop by Charlatan, went for $72,500 to Supernova Stables from Richard Kent’s Kaizen Sales as agent consignment. The filly is out of the stakes-winning Langfuhr mare Ullapool, a half-sister to stakes-winner John Barleycorn.

Selling for $72,000 was Hip 125 from Danielle Loya’s Silver Oaks Farm as agent consignment. Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt purchased the dark bay or brown filly by first crop sire Silver State out of Home Again, by Speightstown. Home Again is a half-sister to stakes-placed Game Fair.

The top seller from the Horse of Racing Age Session was Hip 227, a 3-year-old filly by Enticed out of Pyrite Storm, by Formal Dinner, who was purchased for $70,000 by Emerald Sales, agent for K E M Stables. The filly was consigned by Gutierrez Sales as agent and Pyrite Storm is a half-sister to stakes-placed runners Rachel Lynn B C and Kira’s Wink.

The Open Session sold 168 yearlings for gross sales of $2,033,400 compared to last year’s Open Session that sold 186 yearlings for $2,065,700. The average price rose 8.9% to $12,104 when compared to last year’s Open Session average of $11,106. The median dropped to $5,000 from $7,500 a year ago.

The Consignor Preferred Session sold 83 head for $1,913,400 for an average of $23,053 and a median price of $16,000. That compared to 99 juveniles generating gross sales of $2,696,700 during the Consignor Preferred Session in 2023 when the average was $27,239 and the median was $20,000.

The Horses of Racing Age Session sold 31 head for gross sales of $545,000 for an average of $17,581 and a median of $11,000. The average was a 5.45% increase compared to last year’s Horses of Racing Age average of $16,672 and the median was a 10% jump above the $10,000 median last year.

Cumulative totals for the two-day auction reflect 282 head bringing $4,491,800 for an average of $15,928 and a median of $8,000. Last year’s Winter Mixed Sale sold 380 head for $6,346,200, averaging $16,701 and a median of $9,500.

Summerfield was the leading consignor during both days, selling 43 head for $808,800. Beth Bayer sold 51 head for $608,400.

The sale’s leading buyer was Latino y Mas, who purchased two yearlings for $160,000 while Arindel took home six head for $156,000.