For Immediate Release: 6/12/13
OBS JUNE SALE UNDER TACK SHOW BEGINS FRIDAY
Ocala, Fl. – The Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2013 June Sale of Two-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age begins Friday, June 14th and continues through Sunday, June 16th. All three sessions begin at 7:30 a.m.
Hip No.’s 1-250 (selling Tuesday, June 18th) will breeze on Friday. Hip No.’s 251-500 (251-370 selling Tuesday; 371-500 selling Wednesday, June 19th) will go on Saturday, June 15th, and Hip No.’s 501-748 (selling Wednesday) will work on Sunday, June 16th.
There are 720 two-year-olds and 26 older horses in the two-day sale, with both the Tuesday and Wednesday sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Since the beginning of 2012, June Sale graduates have won or placed in 74 stakes races, headlined by three graded victories by Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Goldencents, two graded wins by Spring Venture and one by Super Ninety Nine.
As always, the sale and Under Tack Show will be streamed live via the OBS website at obssales.com, and also via the Blood-Horse and DRF websites. The works will be available on DVD and on the OBS website, as well as in the video room adjacent to the Horsemen’s Lounge and at kiosks in the breezeway and covered walking ring areas. In-room viewing is available at The Courtyard by Marriott, Homewood Suites, Hampton Inn & Suites, Residence Inn and the Ocala Hilton, plus lounge viewing is available at the Hilton.
Current information about OBS sales, consignors and graduates is now also available via social media sites Facebook and Twitter.
A link on the homepage directs users to either site.
Sales results will be available on the OBS website, updated hourly during each session of the June Sale. In addition, the latest news regarding OBS graduates, sales schedules, nominations, credit requests, travel information and other news relevant to OBS consignors and customers is also available. E-mail should be addressed to obs@obssales.com.
For more information regarding the June Sale or OBS website, please call (352) 237-2154.
