Songandaprayer colts top OBS session

Hip No. 879, LAKE ISLAND (Songandaprayer), sold for the top price of $460,000

to Zayat Stables at Thursday's session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's

Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. The Florida-bred, consigned by Eisaman

Equine, agent, is out of the winning Meadowlake mare Island Lake, a half-sister

to stakes-placed winner Zenvar (Zen).

The bay colt worked a quarter-mile in a bullet :20 4/5 at last Friday's under

tack preview.

Hip 909, a bay colt by Songandaprayer, fetched $375,000 from Buzz Chace, agent.

Consigned by Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds, agent, the Florida-bred is the

first foal out of the unraced Personal Hope mare Just Personal, a half-sister to

the stakes-winning, stakes-producer Diamonds and Legs (Quiet American).

The colt worked one furlong in :10 1/5 at the under tack preview.

For the session, 186 horses sold for $6,543,100, an 18.6 percent increase

compared to last year when 196 horses sold for an aggregate of $5,515,000. The

average price jumped 25 percent, from $28,138 to $35,178.

For complete results, visit obssales.com.

The sale concludes Friday, beginning at 10:30 a.m. (EDT).