Two colts bring $1.6 million at OBS juvenile sale

Sons of Giant's Causeway and Tapit each brought final bids of $1.6 million

within minutes of each other at Tuesday's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2014

March Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

The first through the ring, a February 29 colt by Giant's Causeway, was

gaveled down to Stonestreet Stables. From the consignment of Northwest Stud, the

Kentucky-bred sported Hip No. 343.

Produced by the Grade 2-placed stakes winner Rebridled Dreams (Unbridled's

Song), the colt is a half-brother to 2010 Breeders' Futurity (G1) winner J. B.'s

Thunder (Thunder Gulch) and the multiple English stakes winner and multiple

Group 3-placed Doncaster Rover (War Chant).

The juvenile, who previously sold for $550,000 as a Keeneland September

yearling, worked one-furlong in :10 1/5 at the under tack show.

The co-sale topper, a Tapit colt, was obtained by Al Shaqab Racing from Eddie

Woods, agent. The April 16 Kentucky-bred toured the ring as Hip 350.

Produced by the winning Rhumb Line (Mr. Greeley), the colt is a full brother

to multiple Grade 1 queen Zazu and the Grade 2-winning Flashback. His

half-siblings include stakes winner Corinthian's Jewel (Corinthian) and the

Group 2-placed Art Princess (Officer).

The juvenile worked one furlong in :10 2/5 at the under tack show.

Demi O'Byrne, representing Coolmore, was the final bidder at $1.3 million for

Hip 230, a Malibu Moon colt consigned by Bobby Dodd, agent.

The April 17 Kentucky-bred, produced by the unraced Layreebelle (Tale of the

Cat), is a half-brother to a pair of 2014 stakes winners. The four-year-old

filly Spellbound (Bernardini) captured the La Canada S. (G2) at Santa Anita by a

neck on January 19, while the three-year-old colt Kid Cruz (Lemon Drop Kid) was

a convincing four-length winner of the $100,000 Private Terms S. at Laurel on

March 8.

The juvenile, whose second dam is Grade 3 winner Voodoo Lily (Baldski),

worked one furlong in :10 at the under tack show. He previously brought $200,000

at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale.

Business was up across the board at the conclusion of trading Tuesday, as 198

two-year-olds sold for $37,817,500, an increase of 31.3 percent over last year

when 185 juveniles grossed $28,794,000. The average was up 22.7 percent, from

$155,643 to $190,997, while the median rose 10 percent, from $125,000 to

$137,500.

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