Omaha Beach Filly Tops OBS Spring Sale Under-Tack Show with Blazing :20 4/5

Tom McCrocklin sent Hip 74 through the Ocala clockers and the number that came back stopped the conversation: :20 4/5, the fastest quarter-mile of the entire first session of the under-tack preview for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. The dark bay filly by Omaha Beach owned the April 6 leaderboard, and with three tailwinds converging at once, she may well own the ring when bidding opens next week.

McCrocklin paid $400,000 for the WinStar Farm-bred filly at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale from the Taylor Made Sales Agency consignment. That investment looked prescient as she galloped out of her works. "She's a big, imposing, physical filly," McCrocklin said. "She has a beautiful stride and she galloped out really, really well. I couldn't be happier with her." Hip 74 is the third foal of the More Than Ready mare Ready for Charm, whose second dam, Deb's Charm by Silver Charm, is both graded stakes-placed and graded stakes-producing.

The pedigree page got a jolt of electricity just days before the workout. Percy's Bar, by Upstart out of Honestly Deb (Super Saver), a half sister to Hip 74's dam Ready for Charm, won the Ashland Stakes (G1) at Keeneland and now sits third on the Kentucky Oaks (G1) leaderboard. G1 proximity rewrites catalog pages overnight, and buyers looking for Classic pedigree heat now have it on Hip 74's family line.

Against that backdrop, the :20 4/5 carries real commercial weight. The OBS quarter-mile track record stands at :20 1/5, set in 2024, and the horses who hit that mark at the under-tack show cashed in at the auction ring. On the same April 6 card that Hip 74 topped, three horses clustered at :21 flat, including a Karakontie colt (Hip 113), an Audible colt (Hip 121), and a Street Sense filly (Hip 169), while 17 juveniles tied for the session's fastest furlong time at :09 4/5. Hip 74 stood alone at the front of the quarter-mile rankings. The following table shows what OBS session-leading quarter-mile workers have returned in the ring:

The sire reinforces the commercial ceiling. Omaha Beach, a three-time Grade 1 winner on the track (Arkansas Derby, Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes, Malibu Stakes) standing at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky, is the premier son of War Front in the American breeding shed. He ranked No. 1 Cumulative Second-Crop Sire across all major categories in 2024, producing 28 black-type horses and 12 black-type winners. His second-crop 2-year-olds in training have sold for as much as $510,000 at auction, with multiple results at $350,000 and above. By 2025 he was the leading third-crop sire with 27 black-type winners and 9 graded winners, led by Grade 1 performers Kopion and And One More Time. He covered 188 mares in 2024, a testament to the sustained commercial conviction the industry holds in his book.

Hip 74 arrives at the OBS Spring sale carrying session-best speed, a freshly minted G1 pedigree connection through Percy's Bar, and the Omaha Beach brand at its peak valuation. That combination rarely walks through a catalog twice.