Vekoma Filly Breezes Fastest Quarter to Lead Day 5 of OBS June Under-Tack Show

Vekoma Filly Fastest During Final Day Of OBS June Breeze Show

A filly by 2024's champion freshman sire and current leading third crop sire Vekoma (hip 876) stole the show Saturday during the final breeze show ahead of next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. Consigned by Jesse Hoppel's Hoppel LLC, the New York-bred put up a co-sales best quarter in :20 2/5, one of only two hips to share that bullet across the five days of previews. “In years past, she might have been t…

Vekoma Filly Breezes Fastest Quarter to Lead Day 5 of OBS June Under-Tack Show

Having enjoyed a career milestone at the start of the juvenile sales season, consignor Jesse Hoppel is heading into the last major two-year-old auction of the year with reason to believe there is more momentum in his corner. On the final day of under-tack shows for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June Two-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale, Hoppel’s consignment proved to be well represented, highlighted by Hip 876, a dark bay or b…