Forest Wildcat filly blitzes in :9 4/5 at OBS

SEEKINGTHEDIAMOND (Forest Wildcat) blitzed one furlong in :9 4/5 on Sunday,

posting the fastest work at the distance at the first session of the under tack

show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March Sale of Selected

Two-Year-Olds in Training. The show, which was staged on the Safetrack synthetic

surface, was postponed from Friday because of a tornado watch and heavy rains in

the forecast.

Cataloged as Hip No. 65, the dark bay filly hails from the consignment of

Hendry Training Stables, agent. The Kentucky-bred juvenile is out of the winning

Seeking the Gold mare Seeking Success. Seekingthediamond's second dam, multiple

stakes victress Testy Trestle (Private Account), is herself a full sister to

multiple Grade 1 queen and stakes producer Classy Cathy, and a half-sister to

multiple Grade 3 winner Sports View (Cox's Ridge).

Seekingthediamond was a $43,000 yearling purchase at Keeneland September.

Three juveniles earned a share of the bullet by drilling a quarter-mile in

:21 1/5, including Hip 4, a Florida-bred son of Put It Back. Consigned by M & H

Training and Sales, agent, the chestnut colt was produced by the unraced Pat's

Sister (Defrere). The two-year-old's second dam, the winning Stop the Croquet

(Stop the Music), is a full sister to Grade 1 victor and millionaire Music

Merci.

Hip 29, a colt from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 star Lion Heart,

recorded :21 1/5 for Tony Bowling and Bobby Dodd, agent. Named GRAN PATRON, the

Kentucky-bred chestnut is a half-brother to Grade 2-placed Mahzouz

(Charismatic). The youngster's dam, the winning Prosper (Affirmed), is a

half-sister to Grade 1-placed Dearly Loved (Raise a Native). Gran Patron's third

dam is Straight Deal (Hail to Reason), the champion older mare of 1967. This is

the productive family of multiple Grade 3 victor and sire Belong to Me (Danzig).

Gran Patron is already a seasoned sales veteran, fetching $70,000 as a

Keeneland November weanling and $90,000 as a Fasig-Tipton Maryland October

yearling.

Also smoking in :21 1/5 was DIPLOMATIC CODE (Pure Prize), who is offered by

Murray Smith, agent. Sporting Hip 45, the Florida-bred colt is the first foal

from the stakes-placed Revealing Blush (Diplomatic Jet), a half-sister to stakes

winner Out Our Way (New Way). The chestnut juvenile's second dam is multiple

stakes heroine Insight to Cope (Copelan), and he springs from the family of Hall

of Famer and $3.4 million earner Precisionist (Crozier).

Diplomatic Code has toured the auction ring twice before. A $40,000 OBS

October weanling, he commanded $80,000 as a yearling at OBS August.

The under tack show continues Monday at 9 a.m. (EDT), with Hips 231-460

scheduled to breeze. For live streaming video, visit obssales.com.

The sale is set for March 18 and 19, beginning at 11 a.m. each day.