Ocala Breeders’ Sales March 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale concluded March 12 with a record gross of $72,050,000, including private sales, surpassing the previous record set in 2023 when 464 juveniles brought $71,473,500.
“Gratified, pleased; happy for the consignors,” said OBS director of sales Tod Wojciechowski. “I say all the time, they bring the horses, and it’s the quality of horses that they bring is what brings those prices; so I’m very happy for the consignors.”
Over the course of three days, 443 horses were sold, with gains across nearly every key metric. The average price rose 7% to $162,641 (up from $151,992 in 2025), while the median saw a 21.4% jump to $85,000 (up from $70,000 in 2025). The RNA rate of 21.7% represented the 123 horses that failed to meet their reserve, compared with a 17.6% RNA rate at last year’s sale…