Maria's Mon filly leads the way at OBS

A Maria's Mon filly topped Tuesday's opening session of the Ocala Breeders'

Sales Company's 2009 June Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing

Age, bringing a final bid of $130,000 from Shim Racing. The Kentucky-bred was

sold by the Wavertree Stables (Ciaran Dunne), agent, consignment and is out

of multiple stakes queen Merit Wings (Silver Hawk). This is the female family of

2008 Canadian champion turf horse and Woodbine Mile (Can-G1) winner Rahy's Attorney (Crown Attorney), and Grade 2

victress India (Hennessy)

Listed as Hip No. 40, the gray filly worked an eighth of a mile in a

co-bullet :10 1/5 at last Saturday's Under Tack session.

The top three sellers Tuesday were fillies. Hip 260, a dark bay daughter of

Fusaichi Pegasus, registered the second highest-price of the session when

selling for $122,000 to Christina Jelm, agent for Eamon Cleary. Out of the

multiple Argentinean Group 3-placed Wandel (Arg) (Fitzcarraldo), the

Kentucky-bred filly is a half-sister to 2004 Argentinean champion three-year-old

filly Salt Champ (Arg) (Salt Lake), who captured the 2005 Santa Monica H. (G1)

in her lone U.S. start. The youngster was sold by Harris Training Center, agent,

and worked an eighth in :10 3/5 at the Under Tack Show.

HITTHEJACKPOT (Grand Reward), a Kentucky-bred bay filly who sold as Hip 87,

commanded a $70,000 sales price from Frank Fletcher Racing. She hails from the

Pleasant Colony mare On the Town, who is a daughter of 1990 champion grass mare

Laugh and Be Merry (Erins Isle [Ire]). From the SGV Thoroughbreds (Steven Venosa),

agent, consignment, the juvenile miss worked a quarter-mile in :22 2/5 at the

Under Tack Show.

For the session, 146 horses sold for an aggregate $2,132,100, a decrease of

46.7 percent from last year when 192 head brought $4,003,200. The average dipped

30 percent, from $20,850 to $14,603, and the median was down 30.8 percent,

from $13,000 to $9,000.

The two-day sale concludes Wednesday. For complete results, visit

obssales.com.