Ocala Breeders’ Gross sales introduced Oct. 11 it would launch OBSOnline, a brand new digital platform, with an internet public sale for horses that failed to satisfy their reserves or had been withdrawn from the latest October Yearling Sale.
Entries for the timed on-line public sale will shut Oct. 18. Bidding will open Oct. 24 and shut Oct. 30.
The October Yearling Sale was initially scheduled to run from Oct. 8-9. As a result of risk of Hurricane Milton, OBS officers made the choice to maneuver the beginning date of the sale up at some point within the curiosity of the security and welfare of the horses and sale members.
The October Yearling Sale held an abbreviated opening session on Oct. 7 and concluded Oct. 8.
“We felt offering this chance to the horses that had been both purchased again or scratched from our yearling sale was necessary,” mentioned OBS director of gross sales Tod Wojciechowski. “I feel it’s apparent that Hurricane Milton impacted the journey of consumers to the sale. By putting these horses within the on-line sale format, it would give consumers a second likelihood. We’re appreciative of the collaborative effort of the consignors, consumers, workers, board members and public sale workforce to have the ability to react to the pending storm and permit us to conduct the sale a day sooner than initially deliberate. This was not a straightforward resolution or a easy activity to implement, so it was necessary for everyone to tug collectively to make it occur.”
Those that select to take part within the on-line sale is not going to must pay an entry payment. There can even be diminished commissions. Consignors can have the choice of bringing the yearlings to OBS for inspection Monday, Oct. 28.
Entry varieties for the OBSOnline October 2024 public sale might be discovered at obssales.com or in laborious copy on the OBS workplace.
Further OBSOnline Auctions have been set for December and January as nicely.
The December 2024 on-line sale will likely be open to all horses whereas the January on-line sale will likely be restricted to 2-year-olds and horses of racing age. The January on-line sale will open for bidding in the course of the OBS January 2025 Winter Blended Sale stay public sale, which runs from Jan. 28-29. The web sale will shut Jan. 30.
A singular element to the OBSOnline December and January Sale will likely be an optionally available underneath tack present.
“Consignors can have the chance to showcase their unraced prospects or these horses with out latest kind with an electronically timed work over the OBS monitor,” mentioned OBS president Tom Ventura. “These exercises will likely be videotaped and posted with every horse.”
OBSOnline December 2024
- Entries shut: Dec. 2
- Optionally available Below Tack: Dec. 6
- Bidding Begins: Dec. 12
- Bidding Closes: Dec. 17
OBSOnline January 2025 Sale
- Entries shut: Jan. 14
- Optionally available Below Tack: Jan. 17
- Bidding Begins: Jan. 23
- Bidding Closes: Jan. 30
This press launch has been edited for content material and elegance by BloodHorse Employees.
