MIZZEN MAST OFFSPRING LEAD WAY AT OBS TUESDAY
Take a Picture - two year old by MIZZEN MAST - sold for $240,000
to top the Tuesday session of the the OBS Spring Sale of Two Year Olds
In Training Sale. photo by Joseph DiOrio and taken from Blood Horse.com
article taken from the 20th April, 2011 edition of the Thoroughbred Daily News
A pair of juveniles by MIZZEN MAST headlined Tuesday’s second session of the four-day Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April Sale. A colt by the Juddmonte stallion jumped to the top of the leader board late in the day with a final bid of $240,000 from EQB’s Patrice Miller. Hip 679, consigned by Paul Sharp, agent, is out of Copper Rose (Unbridled), a half-sister to graded stakes winner Namaqualand (Mr. Prospector). He worked a quarter-mile in :21 flat at last week’s under tack show. The bay colt was purchased by Machmer Hall and partners for $60,000 as a Keeneland November weanling in 2009, and RNA’d for $75,000 at Keeneland last September. “I loved this colt from the day I laid eyes on him as a weanling,” reported Machmer Hall’s Carrie Brogden. “He was a very uncomplicated, sound horse that worked well and vetted cleanly. There were two other partners on him that bought into him sight unseen, and I appreciate that so much. Paul and Sarah [Sharp] have been amazing friends and partners over the years. They do a great job, and people that buy off them know the horses’ best days are ahead of them and not behind them. I am absolutely delighted and thrilled.” Brogden was following a proven formula with yesterday’s colt. “We love MIZZEN MAST as a sire,” she said. “I have sold three with Paul Sharp. Two have become graded stakes horses, including the graded stakes winner Strike the Bell, who we pinhooked with Dave Ingordo.” Earlier during Tuesday’s session, a filly by MIZZEN MAST sold for $210,000 to Narvick International. The gray filly (hip 516), out of Baby Lets Cruise, is a half-sister to stakes placed Quick Ride (Afleet Alex), and was consigned by Costanzo Sales. Anthony Costanzo purchased the youngster for $42,000 as a Keeneland September yearling. She worked a furlong in :10 flat at last week’s breeze show. Through two days of the four-day auction, 403 juveniles have grossed $12,679,500. The average of $31,463 is up 15.6% from the 2010 figure of $27,210. The sale continues today at 10:30 a.m.
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Date: 20 April, 2011