Limehouse filly tops successful OBS juvenile session

A Limehouse filly sold to Alex & JoAnn Lieblong for $320,000 Monday at the

first session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of

Two-Year-Olds in Training. Offered by Eisaman Equine, agent, the Kentucky-bred

sported Hip No. 292.

The session-topper was produced by the stakes-placed Dominica (Housebuster),

a full sister to stakes winner Find the Treasure. Both were reared by the Grade

3-placed stakes winner Lost Lode (Mr. Prospector), a daughter of Grade 1 winner

Past Forgetting (Messenger of Song).

Also among Past Forgetting's descendants are Grade 2 winners Concerto

(Chief's Crown) and Sweet Fervor (Seeking the Gold), and Grade 3 victors

Codified (Lear Fan) and Illusioned (Woodman).

The May 6 juvenile, previously a $28,000 Keeneland September yearling, worked

one furlong in :10 1/5 at last week's under tack show.

A colt from the first crop of multiple Grade 1 winner Colonel John brought a

final bid of $290,000 from Steven W. Young, agent. Consigned by de Meric Sales,

agent, the Kentucky-bred toured the ring as Hip 26.

The April 30 juvenile was produced by the winning Always Ready (Dixieland

Band), a half-sister to Grade 1 winner and noted sire More Than Ready (Southern

Halo). Always Ready has reared three winners and is the second dam of Peruvian

Group 2 winner Sheriff Pete (Mineshaft). This extended family includes Grade 1

winners Bail Out Becky (Red Ransom) and Stephanie's Kitten (Kitten's Joy).

The bay, who previously sold as a $70,000 Keeneland September yearling,

worked one furlong in :10 at the under tack show.

Also selling for $290,000 was a Henny Hughes son of the multiple

stakes-placed Dress for Succes (Tricky Mister). K.K. Eishindo was the winning

bidder on Hip 300, who was consigned by Wavertree Stables (Ciaran Dunne), agent.

The March 23 Kentucky-bred, who counts as a half-sister the Grade 3-placed

Switch to the Lead (Songandaprayer), hails from the extended family of multiple

Grade 2 winner Friendly Lover (Cutlass) and multiple Grade 3 star Gators N Bears

(Stormy Atlantic), both sires.

The bay sped a quarter-mile in :21 at the under tack show.

FLAT JACK (Flatter), a West Virginia-bred colt, was sold privately to West

Point Thoroughbreds for $285,000 after leaving the ring. Hip 5 was offered by

Ocala Stud, agent.

Produced by the winning Adena's Girl (Personal Flag), Flat Jack is a

half-brother to the multiple stakes-placed producer Ready and Tough (Good and

Tough). This female family yielded Preakness winner Prairie Bayou (Little

Missouri), the champion three-year-old male of 1993, and his Grade 2-winning

half-brother Flitch (Demons Begone).

The March 24 dark bay, who sold last October for $165,000 at Fasig-Tipton

Kentucky, drilled two furlongs in :20 4/5 at the under tack show.

At the conclusion of trading Monday, 189 horses had sold for $11,372,500, an

increase of 51 percent over the corresponding session in 2012 when the sale of

186 juveniles grossed $7,533,000. The average and median also rose

substantially, by 48.6 and 48 percent, respectively. The average jumped from

$40,500 to $60,172, while the median went from $25,000 to $37,000.

The sale continues daily through Thursday with sessions beginning at 10:30

a.m. (EDT). For full results, visit

obssales.com.