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Siblings to 133 group and listed winners, including nine group 1 winners, feature in a high-class catalog for the Tattersalls December Foal Sale Nov. 25-29.

Through Oct. 5, Godolphin's dual-group 1 winner Ombudsman (IRE) remains atop the latest Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025.

The Jockey Club is projecting a North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop of 17,000 in 2026. This represents 300 fewer foals than the 2025 foal crop estimate of 17,300.

Letters to the Editor from the Oct. 9 issue of BH Daily.

Ocala Breeders' Sales October Yearling Sale concluded Oct. 8 with gains seen across the board. A total of 309 horses sold during the two-day sale for a total of $7,267,700 including private sales, a 27% increase on last year's gross of $5,724,600.

Multiple graded stakes winner Utah Beach will look to return to form Oct. 10 in the $400,000 Sycamore Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland. The 5-year-old gelding will be one of the last graded stakes starters trainer Ignacio Correas IV will saddle.

The Munnings mare Stifled Heiress, the dam of Gallant Bob Stakes (G2) winner Mad House, topped the Fasig-Tipton October Digital Sale after selling for $470,000 to Pursuit of Success.

Godolphin picked up where they left off on Day 1 by securing a son of Frankel for 2.2 million guineas during the opening hour of selling on Day 2 at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Oct. 8. Amo Racing later went to the same price for two colts.

Trainer Aidan O'Brien has entered four fillies in the Oct. 10 Fillies' Mile (G1) at Newmarket Racecourse, with the Prestige Fillies (G3) and Moyglare Stud (G1) winner Precise set to be joined by Moments of Joy, Sugar Island, and Composing. 

Gal in a Rush and Ms. Tart have different connections and train at separate racetracks hundreds of miles apart. But when it's time to race, the two female sprinters regularly land in the same spot.

The 2023 GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner White Abarrio (Race Day) breezed a half-mile in company Thursday at Gulfstream Park in preparation for a planned start in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile Nov. 1 at Del Mar.

Breezing outside of stablemate Practically Dark (Practical Joke), they covered four furlongs on a fast track :45.86, the fastest clocking of seven recorded at the distance.

“Today was 24 days out, almost three weeks, so we wanted a strong work,” said trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. “He put in a strong work. He worked from the half, but it was almost a five-eighths breeze–strong half, finish up past the wire and gradually gallop out. A half in 45-and-change, [five furlongs] 58, out in 1:11. It was a good work.”

Thursday's breeze was the 2025 GI Pegasus World Cup winner's third since returning to Gulfstream following an eventful trip in the 1 1/14-mile GI Jockey Club Gold Cup Aug. 31 at Saratoga. He breezed a half-mile in :46.56 Oct. 2 and three furlongs in a swift :33.73 Sept. 25.

“I think we're going to go for two more works here,” Joseph said. “Then, we'll ship on the 23rd.”

 

WHITE ABARRIO and PRACTICALLY DARK worked in company @GulfstreamPark this morning 1/7 4F 45.86. pic.twitter.com/mMHxNwo2An

— C2 Racing Stable (@C2RacingStable) October 9, 2025

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Keeneland has supplemented seven horses–three weanlings, three racing or broodmare prospects and one young broodmare–to Book 1 of the November Breeding Stock Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The session, which has cataloged 220 horses, begins at 2 p.m. ET.

The broodmare Roikop, who is consigned by Lane's End, agent, is out of Grade II winner Red Ruby, a daughter of Tiznow and a half-sister to Grade III winner and sire Mo Tom; stakes winner and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Beautician; and stakes winner Bella Castani. Roikop also is from the family of Grade II winner Crupi.

The weanlings are:

• A colt from the first crop of Grade I winner Annapolis who is the first foal out of Grade II winner Window Shopping, by American Pharoah. Consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent, he is from the family of Grade III winners Delightful Joy and Cali Star; stakes winner and Grade I runner-up Quickick; and stakes winner Seymourdini.
• A daughter of Medaglia d'Oro who is the first foal out of stakes winner Truth Hurts, by Tonalist. From the family of Grade II winner Elaborate and Grade III winner Areyoutalkintome, the filly is consigned by Baldwin Bloodstock, agent.
• A filly by Vekoma out of Scene Queen, a winning daughter of Bernstein. From the family of stakes winners Ask Bailey, Miami Slick and Cielo Otono, she is consigned by Baldwin Bloodstock, agent.

The racing or broodmare prospects in Round 1 of supplements are:

• Border Czar, an undefeated stakes-winning 2-year-old filly by Beau Liam consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. Winner of the My Dear Stakes in July at Woodbine, she is out of Adalee, a winning daughter of Street Boss, and from the family of stakes winners Placid Lake, Smoke Chaser and Fortune Forty Four.
• Dashingly, a 4-year-old stakes-placed winner by Liam's Map consigned by Denali Stud, agent. Her dam is Tiger Silk (AUS) a winning stakes-placed daughter of All American.
• Into Champagne, a stakes winner by Into Mischief who is a 4-year-old out of the Speightstown mare Bedford Land. From the family of Grade I winner Pool Land, Grade II winner Our Flash Drive and Grade III winner Old Chestnut, she is consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, agent.

A total of 3,082 horses have been cataloged to the November Breeding Stock Sale, which will cover eight days through Tuesday, Nov. 11. Keeneland will consider supplemental entries to Book 1 until the November Sale begins. The stand-alone Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale will take place Wednesday, Nov. 12.

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Steve Venosa's SGV Thoroughbreds, a regular consignor on the 2-year-olds in training sales circuit, made its debut on the digital auction scene and came away with the sale-topper at the Fasig-Tipton October Digital Sale which closed Wednesday. Venosa and partners sold the broodmare Stifled Heiress (Munnings) (hip 242) for $470,000 to Bryant Prentice's Pursuit of Success, LLC. The 9-year-old mare, who sold in foal to Leinster, came into the virtual sales ring with a big update after her 3-year-old son Mad House (Vekoma) won the GII Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx three weeks ago.

“The mare had a very big update a few weeks ago and Jesse [Ullery] from Fasig-Tipton reached out to me,” Venosa explained. “We discussed it and we came to a mutual agreement on where we felt the mare was going to fall price-wise and I felt comfortable with that. I really trust Fasig-Tipton and Jesse. They have a great team over there. And that's why we decided to put the mare in the sale.”

Stifled Heiress remained at Venosa's farm in Ocala during the bidding and, while she didn't attract in-person visits, there was still plenty of interest ahead of sale time.

“I did get several calls on her with people who had questions,” Venosa said. “The people who know me, they felt comfortable talking to me about it. There was more interest than I really thought there would be.”

Stifled Heiress was originally purchased as a pinhooking prospect for $51,000 at the 2017 Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association Summer Yearling Sale.

“We had bought her to put in a 2-year-old training sale,” Venosa said. “We brought her down to Gulfstream, but she had some radiographic issues and it was just one of those things where she did not make the races. So we went ahead and bred her. We wound up breeding her to Vekoma the first year and that turned out to be Mad House. And that's when everything came together with the mare.”

Of the mare's sale-topping final price Wednesday, Venosa said, “She exceeded expectations. We were very, very happy with the outcome. Having a graded winner and being a young mare, it all made sense.”

Mad House joins stakes winner Soontobeking (King for a Day) and his stakes-placed half-brother Black Volt (Cairo Prince) to come out of Venosa's broodmare band of “a handful of mares.”

“Maybe I will get into the mare business instead of the 2-year-olds,” Venosa said with a chuckle, before admitting, “But I like going to see what they look like versus waiting 11 months and then they come out and their legs are on backwards.”

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Hundreds of Kentucky HBPA-member trainers will now be eligible to sign up for a workers' compensation policy that covers their stable employees at a possible substantial savings.

In a statement released Thursday morning, the Kentucky HBPA noted that “Kentucky HBPA members are now eligible for an existing partial self-funded workers' compensation program created and managed by horsemen. The insurance eligibility and procedures will be under HBPA Insurance Workers' Compensation. The partial self-funded program is administered by Gallagher Risk Management and insured by Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company, which is an A+ superior-rated insurer by A.M. Best.”

Signups have already begun and trainers can find out more about eligibility requirements and get an application by emailing or stopping in the Kentucky HBPA office and visiting with Yeruza Rodriguez. Trainers can email Brandon Hamilton or Cindy Leigh to secure an application.

“Jordan Blair has been waiting for such a breakthrough workers' comp program for Kentucky trainers for years,” the statement continues. “To illustrate the savings, Blair said he would have saved approximately 30 percent annually with the HBPA Insurance Workers' Compensation program compared to his previous policy.”

“I couldn't be happier. It really is fair,” said Blair, a first-term Kentucky HBPA board member. “It's a great deal for Kentucky horsemen. It's hard to make money training horses. The only way I make money is by winning races. I don't make money on my day rate. Workers' comp is one of the biggest expenses a trainer has. This saving is going to trickle down. That's not money staying in the bank. The benefits are going to be passed on to everyone involved.”

The plan works by being partially self-funded and a not-for-profit, HBPA Insurance avoids advertising, commissions, some taxes and other costs that are part of for-profit insurance companies. The program utilizes a per-start format that reduces the need for trainers to undergo cumbersome workers' comp payroll analysis.

Per the HBPA, to be eligible a Kentucky-based trainer will have to make at least 60 starts in a year among affiliate states that already have the program in place (currently Kentucky, Louisiana and Florida). Any new HBPA affiliate added to the program will automatically be included. Trainers signing up for the workers' comp program must be a card-signed member of the Kentucky HBPA.

The non-refundable minimum policy is $1,500. That covers a trainer's initial starts, with the per-start fee kicking in after that initial deposit is exhausted. The per-start fee is a tiered system, starting at $110 per runner. The fee increases for those who have had workers' comp claims. Like any workers' comp insurance, a policyholder can be dropped, or not accepted in the first place, if they have too many claims.

HBPA Insurance will have field agents on the grounds to work with horsemen to process workers' comp claims in a timely fashion, as well as to make sure trainers and their staff adhere to safety practices.

“Workers' comp is among the crushing costs for horsemen,” said Kentucky HBPA president Dale Romans. “This is a way to help all trainers by taking that rate down. This has been something our horsemen have wanted and needed for a long time. This is truly horsemen helping horsemen.”

The website is currently under construction and will provide more information soon.

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References on the subject of time are legion.

“Time is of the essence.” “A stitch in time saves nine.” The Rolling Stones sang in 1974, “And time waits for no one.” Speaking of endgames there is, “No amount of money ever bought a second of time”–you can use that Tony Stark nugget if you want.

In the world of Thoroughbred auctions, everyone from the consignors to the bidders are always racing against the clock. Of course, there is plenty of innovation out there to assist before a decision needs to be rendered, especially since Fasig-Tipton has stretched the boundaries with its online platform.

Their October Digital sale is now history as of Wednesday, and the edition included a robust catalogue with over 400 booked initially.

The third highest return (Hip 3) was the appropriately named Save Time (Into Mischief–Chamber, by Tapit), a 4-year-old filly offered as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency. The gray's past performances include clearing an allowance condition at Churchill Downs in mid-May and a third-place finish in a stake at Charles Town Aug. 22.

Owned by the Lyster Family in the historic nerve center of Versailles, Kentucky, Ashview Farm is the one who keyed in the winning bid when they went to $310,000 to acquire Save Time. Gray Lyster, who shares a wide-variety of duties with his parents, Wayne and Margaret “Muffy” Lyster and his brother Bryan Lyster, said that the filly checked all of their boxes when it came to being a perfect broodmare acquisition for their operation.

Ashview's Gray Lyster | Fasig-Tipton

“So, we bred Imaginationthelady by Not This Time, who won the [GII] Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland last Friday, and is out of a half-sister to the dam of this filly,” said Gray Lyster. “That was the immediate draw to this one's family and we were spurred on by our success that we literally just had. She's [Save Time] done a little bit of everything, which is important to me as a broodmare prospect.”

If an Into Mischief-Tapit cross and having second dam MGISW Sightseek (Distant View)–a half-sister to Juddmonte's MGISW Tates Creek (Rahy)–down the sheet was not enough, Save Time also had a good physical according to Lyster. Her racing days though are all but over he confirmed.

“Most people would say 'why not race her' but I am the farmer that is more excited about the chance to prep a horse for the breeding season than trying to breed an in-training filly in February or March,” he said. “With their reproductive organs once they let down for 60 to 90 days, they're really ready to be bred. So, that's how your mind works going into the season. I want them cycling in February more than I want them running in January.”

Going into the digital sale, Lyster said he was not looking to add a broodmare at this exact time because the world of digital sales has created what he calls 'catalogue fatigue' which can bite you throughout the year.

“I used to get really souped up and ready for a couple of big catalogues and then I'd target some of the smaller ones,” Lyster said. “As a breeder it was always November, January and February and you knew you needed to get ready for your catalogue work. So, it's a little daunting now with all of the different sales frankly.”

Despite the frothy pace, Lyster says that the digital market is perfect for sellers because if you need to unload stock after February then you do not have to wait till November to trade.

Ashview will send Save Time to the breeding shed | Fasig-Tipton

“I'm starting to get into the cycle and pay attention to the catalogues because there might be a filly like this one that pops up,” he said. “The carrying costs of Thoroughbreds is difficult, so people are looking to move them at different times and if you're in the market then there are benefits.”

Lyster said he hopes that traditional auctions take a page from the online selling model because accessing data appears more concise and you can zero in on what is important to you.

“We have seven in this sale right now and the reason is the drought,” he said. “I can move them now instead of them grazing for another three or four more months. I love the opportunity. I would say I get more questions from folks about our horses in the digital sales than during the in-person ones, which kind of shocked me at first.”

Another positive contribution made by the digital Thoroughbred sales revolution in America is that locales outside of places like Kentucky can take part in the larger market. The Ashview co-manager explained that this phenomenon could be a shot in the arm for the industry.

“It's so expensive to operate a sales consignment,” said Lyster. “If there's a guy breeding in Indiana and he's got a slew of yearlings worth $5,000 or $10,000 then shipping them and paying sales fees can really jump. By keeping his stock at home, he's got more control and a wider set of sellers to attract. It's a win from a regional perspective.”

Returning to the subject of time, for the Ashview farmer the Fasig-Tipton October Digital sale came along at the right moment. Gray Lyster saved time by acquiring… err Save Time. Maybe you can buy a second.

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Fasig-Tipton has supplemented seven additional hips to next month's November Sale including Serra Do Mar (Arg) (Jump Start), the dam of last year's GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast), and Overly Indulgent (Pleasantly Perfect), who produced this year's GI American Pharoah Stakes winner Intrepido (Maximus Mischief) and is offered carrying a full-sibling to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile hopeful.

The full list of supplements includes:

• 2025 Twirling Candy–Ultimate Cause filly (Hip 91): Weanling filly by Twirling Candy, sire of this year's Grade I-winning females Ag Bullet, Fionn, and Kilwin. She is out of a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Silver State. Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent.
• 2025 Flightline–Wind Chasin filly (Hip 92): Weanling filly by undefeated Horse of the Year Flightline. Flightline's first crop of yearlings have averaged $749,084 this year, with 12 yearlings sold for seven-figures. Consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, agent.
• Serra Do Mar (Arg) (Hip 214): Dam of last year's GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Full Serrano (Arg). Full Serrano is twice Grade I-placed this year and is pointing for a return trip to the upcoming Breeders' Cup. Serra Do Mar is a full sister to Argentinian champion Seresta, who is in turn a multiple stakes producer in Japan. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
• Dazzling Move (Hip 215): Four-year-old daughter of Not This Time won this year's GIII Royal Delta Stakes at Gulfstream and finished second in the GI Odgen Phipps Stakes. She has seven career stakes wins or placings and earnings of nearly $500,000. Consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.
• Blast (Hip 216): Daughter of Harlan's Holiday has produced two stakes performers from her first three foals, including Velocity, winner of this year's GI Del Mar Oaks. She is offered in foal to National Treasure, an Eclipse champion and classic winner. Consigned by Bridie Harrison, agent for Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds.
• Lady Moscato (Hip 217): An $800,000 yearling purchase, this daughter of Quality Road won the Bugler Stakes at Oaklawn Park this year. She is a full sister to Salty, winner of the GI La Troienne Stakes who subsequently sold for $3,000,000 at Fasig-Tipton November. Consigned as a broodmare prospect by Mulholland Springs, agent.
• Overly Indulgent (Hip 218): Dam of two-year-old colt Intrepido, winner of last weekend's GI American Pharoah Stakes. Intrepido is pointing for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile for his next start. Consigned by Mulholland Springs, agent, she is offered in foal to Maximus Mischief carrying a full sibling to Intrepido.

With these latest additions, the Fasig-Tipton November Sale catalogue now features 68 graded stakes winners or producers, 28 of which are Grade I. The latest entries may be viewed online and will also be available in the equineline sales catalogue app.

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In its annual Report of Mares Bred (RMBs) released Thursday, The Jockey Club estimates that the 2026 foal crop will be 17,000. That represents a slight decline of 300 from the 2025 crop.

The foal crop projection is computed by using RMBs received to date for the 2025 breeding season. RMBs are to be filed by August 1 of each breeding season.

The number of mares bred has fallen every year since 2015, when 34,122 mares were bred. Over that ten-year period, the foal crop has dropped by 28%.

During that same period the number of stallions covering 200 mares or more has increased from four to 10. The high mark was in 2022 when 16 stallions covered 200 or more mares.

Through Sept. 20, 2025, The Jockey Club reports that 740 stallions covered 24,681 mares. It estimated that an additional 2,000 to 3,000 will be reported as bred during the 2025 breeding season.

Of the RMB reports received, 201 mares were part of the Mare Incentive Program, which waives registration fees for certain 2026 foals of mares that meet criteria defined by The Jockey Club. This initiative was announced in December 2024 to stimulate interest in mares that appear to have left production. The report of Mare Incentive Program mares is available to anyone with an Interactive Registration account and is filterable by 12 data elements, including sire, dam sire, age, money earned, and class of race achieved.

Tiz the Law, who stands at Coolmore for a fee of $30,000, led all stallions, having been bred to 274 mares. That was just one more than Arabian Knight, who topped all first-year stallions. Arabian Knight stands at Hill 'n' Dale, also for a fee of $30,000. Tiz the Law was bred to 158 mares in 2024 or 116 fewer than he was bred to this year.

The top ten was rounded out by Practical Joke (263), Justify (244), Charge It (235), Domestic Product (224), Gun Runner (218), Not This Time (214) Vekoma (211), and National Treasure (202). Of the top 10 sires, four (Tiz the Law, Practical Joke, Justify and Domestic Product) stand at Coolmore. Spendthrift had two sires make the list in Vekoma and National Treasure. Gainesway, Hill 'n' Dale, Three Chimneys and Taylor Made each had one sire on the Top Ten list.

As is always the case, Kentucky again led North America in Thoroughbred breeding activity. During 2025, Kentucky's 189 reported stallions covered 16,373 mares, or 66.34% of all mares reported bred in North America. With 1,270 mares bred in California that edged New York (1,122) for second place on the list. Florida was next with 1,066. As recently as 2024, Florida produced 1,432 foals. The decline could be because Florida breeders are being cautious, not knowing the fate of Gulfstream Park.

Standing in New York, Bucchero was the most active stallion outside of Kentucky. He was bred to 192 mares. The leading sire in Florida was Win Win Win, who was bred to 137 mares.

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Hip 543, a filly by Drain the Clock bred by The New Hill Farm, sold for $65,000 at this week’s OBS October yearling sale. Photo courtesy of Colin Brennan Bloodstock.

A filly by Drain the Clock sold for $65,000 and a Central Banker filly commanded a final bid of $60,000 to lead the way at the two-day OBS October yearling Tuesday and Wednesday in Ocala, Florida.

Six K’s, agent for Allan McCannon, landed Hip 543, a filly from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Drain the Clock out of the unraced Lookin At Lucky mare Westerly.

Bred by and foaled at The New Hill Farm in Hoosick Falls and consigned by Colin Brennan Bloodstock at Highlander Training Center, agent, the filly originally sold as a weanling for $47,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale.

She’s the second foal out of Westerly, who is out of the Grade 3-winning Red Ransom mare Western Ransom and is a half-sister to the dam of Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner and $1,673,185-earner Nobals.

Nick Sallusto, agent for Thorostock, landed Hip 74, a daughter of four-time leading New York sire Central Banker out of the winning Touch Gold mare Holy Gold named Golden Touch.

Hip 74, a filly by leading New York-sire Central Banker bred by Seacoast Thoroughbreds of New England, sold for $60,000. Photo courtesy of McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds.

Bred by Seacoast Thoroughbreds of New England, foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs and consigned by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, agent, the filly is a full sister to stakes-placed $88,137-earner Gold in Them Hills and the two-time winner Scales of Gold and a half-sister to the winning Teuflesberg mare Get Your Gold. Holy Gold is also the dam of the 2-year-old Solomini filly Peace of Gold, who finished third in her most recent start October 2 at Aqueduct for Seacoast Thoroughbreds.

Central Banker, a 15-year-old son of Speightstown out of the Go for Gin mare Rhum, stands for $7,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds. He’s topped the New York general sire list the last four seasons.

OBS reported sales on 43 of the 68 New York-breds through the ring for a total of $866,500, an average price of $20,151 and median of $17,000.

Three others sold for $60,000 – Hip 92, a colt by Roadster; Hip 238, a filly by Drain the Clock; and Hip 410, a filly by Colonel Liam named Humor in Uniform.

RAN Racing purchased Hip 92, who is out of the unraced Grey Swallow mare Joyous Angel. Bred by Jimmy L. Gladwell at foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, the colt was consigned by Afleet Equine Services, agent.

Black Cherry secured Hip 238, who is out of the winning A.P. Indy mare Girlaboutown. Bred by Barry R. Ostrager, foaled at Hidden Lake Farm in Stillwater and consigned by Summerfield, agent, the filly is a half-sister to stakes-placed Ready A. P. and three-time winner, $128,798-earner Az U Chase Me and two other winners.

Hip 410, who is out of the stakes-placed Lemon Drop Kid mare You’re Kidding, went to White Owl Stable. Bred by Wendy L. Christ, foaled at Hidden Lake Farm and consigned by Lisa McGreevy’s Abbie Road Farm, agent, the filly is a half-sister to six winners including the 3-year-old Win Win Win filly Victoriously who won her debut in late August at Saratoga Race Course.

 

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Yearlings by first-crop stallions continued to be in demand during Wednesday's closing session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's October Yearlings Sale as a colt by Jackie's Warrior (hip 482) topped the session at $180,000. Bred and consigned by Glen Hill Farm, the colt was picked up by Elijah and Nelson Arroyo of Arroyo Bloodstock who deemed him on social media to be “our favorite horse of the entire catalog.”

“Physically, he was one of the most muscular horses that we saw,” Elijah said. “He has a really nice presence to him and good angles. We try to look for horses that fit with the group that we've bought this year and he definitely fits and more. He's got a great mind to him.”

The Arroyos, who founded the racing information portal TBX, have been active across the yearling sales this season buying horses they believe can be future stakes runners. They also acquired a Solomini filly (hip 156) for $15,000 on Tuesday during the sale's opening session.

“We're trying to focus on horses who we believe have a real, big chance of being stakes horses when they run,” Nelson added. “We're trying to buy horses that, even if they pinhook well or not, that they're going to make it at the races and we believe in them. Horses that we believe have a bright future.”

Jackie's Warrior, who was announced at a $25,000 stud fee for 2026 ahead of his first 2-year-olds making the races next season, saw plenty of success last month at Keeneland including a $1.3m colt who sold to West Bloodstock. Given that success, the Arroyos were prepared to spend for their top colt.

“The two horses that I loved in this sale were hip 177 (Tuesday's sales-topper by Mo Donegal who sold for $240,000) and this one, who I liked a little more. He had a little bit more size, it's a colt, a popular freshman sire, bigger page. So we were prepared to have the [new] sales topper. Thank God he went under $200,000!”

Elijah, Nelson, and Brandon Arroyo | Jessica Martini

Out of a graded stakes winner in Broken Dreams, the Jackie's Warrior colt is a half to MGSW Caribou Club (City Zip) and a three-time track record setter at Gulfstream in Fly the W (Ghostzapper). Third dam One Dreamer was also a GI Breeders' Cup Distaff winner. There's quality still in the pipeline as well with Caribou Club's 2-year-old Into Mischief filly, named Eze Village, unraced but on the work tab at Saratoga over the summer.

In addition to breeding and consigning the session topper Wednesday, Glen Hill Farm also added the day's second highest price when another homebred son of Army Mule (hip 506) brought $125,000 to Breeze Easy LLC. That colt is out of MGSW Closeout, a full-sister to GSW Capital Request, SW Bricks and Ivy and GSP Family Foundation.

“It's a good family and he's a nice colt,” Glen Hill's Tom Proctor told OBS of the Jackie's Warrior colt. “I think the family goes back (to Glen Hill) about 7-8 dams. He's a big, good looking colt who is well balanced. I hope Nelson does well with him.”

Other first-crop stallions in demand Wednesday included Roadster who had a colt (hip 480) go the way of Sean S. Perl Bloodstock for $120,000 and a filly (hip 319) purchased by Champion Equine for $80,000. A pair of stallions with their first 2-year-olds this year also saw success with Spendthrift's Yaupon (recently bumped to $60,000 for 2026) and Florida's Pleasant Acres Stallions member Leinster both well represented.

There were four hips across the six-figure mark Wednesday, bringing the two-day total to eight. That eclipses the mark set by last year's OBS October Sale where seven yearlings hit six figures.

During Wednesday's final session, 146 yearlings sold for $3,635,100 for an average of $24,898 and a median of $18,500. The buy-back rate was 26.2%. Cumulatively over two days, 308 yearlings sold for $7,247,700 with an average price of $23,531 and a median of $15,000. The overall buy-back rate was 25.5%.

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The Fasig-Tipton October Digital sale closed Wednesday evening with broodmare Stifled Heiress (Munnings) as the topper when she was taken home for $470,000 and 240 horses sold for $4,947,500, according to a press release from the auction company on Wednesday.

Offering horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, broodmares, yearlings, and weanlings, the online sale closed over two days with Stifled Heiress (hip 242), who is in foal to Leinster, going to Pursuit of Success LLC from the consignment of SGV Thoroughbreds, agent. The daughter of Munnings is already the dam of two winners from two starters, including this year's GII Gallant Bob Stakes winner Mad House (Vekoma).

Blame It On Alphie (hip 232), in foal to perennial leading sire Into Mischief, sold for $400,000 to Hunter Valley Farm & Mountmellick Farm from the consignment of Mulholland Springs, agent. By Blame, Blame It On Alphie is a stakes placed half-sister to three stakes winners.

“It's always nerve-wracking to be the first sale of the year offering a large quantity of breeding stock,” said Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron. “Broodmares in foal were clearly in high demand–which makes perfect sense given the time of year. Our numbers are up significantly from 2024 to 2025: horses offered, sold, average, and gross are all showing major increases. The number of registered bidders rose by 25 percent, which is an incredible jump.

“Gains like that don't happen by chance,” he said. “This was the result of a massive collective effort. We turned around a 400-horse catalogue in just ten days–an enormous undertaking. That meant vetting, photos, seller descriptions, and mountains of paperwork. Buyers, too, put in the work to study the catalogue and come prepared. It was a true team effort from everyone involved, and we're deeply grateful to our customers for giving us the opportunity to put on this show.”

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