Bulmaro, Yaupon filly share fastest furlong at OBS under-tack show

Two juveniles put the same sharp stamp on Day 4 of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales June under-tack show on June 12: Bulmaro, a dark bay or brown Medaglia d’Oro colt, and a dark bay or brown filly by Yaupon each breezed an eighth in :09 4/5, sharing the fastest furlong time of the session. In a market built on separating real racehorses from eye-catching clockers, that kind of tie matters because it gives buyers two different pedigrees, two different backstories and one same message: the speed is legitimate.

Bulmaro, cataloged as Hip 824 for consignor Marcial Galan, may have been the more revealing mover. Co-bred by Jason Hall, Herschel Martindale, Joe Wheeler and David Branch, the colt is out of the Desert Party mare Scarlet Emerald, a winning sprinter and an OBS graduate whose production already includes stakes-placed Naughty Lottie. Hall said Bulmaro had impressed him from the beginning, and the :09 4/5 work carried extra weight because the colt missed three months of winter training after a stall accident, a forearm hematoma and surgery that followed bony growth. Hall said, “We think he would have stood out even in March or April.”

That is the kind of detail that changes how a juvenile is sold. A bullet work by itself can make a breeze video circulate; a bullet work after a setback, from a colt by Medaglia d’Oro, makes buyers ask whether the horse has the frame, mind and toughness to keep advancing. Medaglia d’Oro was pensioned from stud duties by Darley in October 2025, so a colt like Bulmaro also serves as a reminder of how durable that sire line remains in the OBS pipeline.

The Yaupon filly’s tie was equally meaningful for a different reason. Yaupon entered stud in 2022 and stood for $60,000 in 2026, and any standout showing by one of his early juveniles adds another data point to a commercial profile that is still forming. Spendthrift’s 2026 sales notes pointed to a Yaupon colt that topped the final session of the OBS March sale after an eighth in 9.4, and to eight lots that averaged $347,500 there. That is real momentum, not just catalog copy.

OBS scheduled the 2026 June 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale for June 16-18 in Ocala, Florida, with under-tack works set for June 9-13 at 7:30 a.m. The auction drew 909 horses before supplements, with hip ranges running 1-302, 351-652 and 701-1002, plus supplements and horses of racing age. Last year’s June sale produced a record $975,000 Curlin filly, and that backdrop is exactly why a :09 4/5 breeze can ripple so far through the market: at OBS, one fast half-second can change a horse’s price, but the ones with pedigree and purpose can change the whole conversation.