Finally held under sunny skies Friday, the penultimate under-tack preview at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training kept the momentum rolling with another slew of fast works.Distinguishing themselves with the quickest quarter-mile times of the sale thus far were a pair of fillies both consigned by Tom McCrocklin who worked in :20 2/5.“It feels so good [to have some sun],” McCrocklin said. “I'm tired of the rain and the horses were tired of the rain. So it was a good day.”First up was a filly by Oscar Performance (hip 851) whom McCrocklin purchased for $125,000 as a yearling out of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale last year. The filly's dam, already responsible for a stakes runner in Daylight Ride (El Prado {Ire}), is herself a stakes-placed half-sister to two-time Eclipse winner Covfefe (Into Mischief) and to Japanese MGSW/MG1SP Albiano (Harlan's Holiday). This is the family of further Grade I winners Acoma (Empire Maker) and Arch (Kris S.).Equaling the mark later in the session, a filly by Liam's Map (hip 915) was another Fasig-Tipton purchase by McCrocklin, this time for $120,000 at the October Yearling Sale last fall. She is the first foal out of a winning Honor Code half-sister to SW Ex Pirate (Malibu Moon) with further success found under the third dam in MGISP Palacio de Amor (Dixieland Band).“They're both really nice fillies,” McCrocklin said. “I went into the breeze with high expectations for both and they didn't let me down. All of my horses have really showed up. These are two different kinds of fillies. The Oscar Performance filly is a little more compact, not quite as big. And the Liam's Map filly is a big, scopey, stretchy filly and should keep on going [further]. They're both really nice horses.”That pair of fillies were two of four who worked Friday for McCrocklin, all of whom finished under the :21 flat mark with an Upstart colt (hip 925) going in :20 3/5 and a Jackie's Warrior colt (hip 889) finishing up the action in :20 4/5.“The market strength continues to be at the top,” said McCrocklin. “If you don't have that, you might be in for a tough week.”Twelve 2-year-olds matched the day's fastest furlong of :9 4/5 including a Jack Christopher colt (hip 822) consigned by Britton Peak. Purchased by Arroyo Bloodstock for $270,000 at the Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale, the colt is a half-brother to MSP Walley World (More Than Ready) and is one of five horses of the seven to be offered this week by Arroyo to breeze in :9 4/5.“It's still hitting me,” said Nelson Arroyo. “It feels real good. We put in a lot of work and it feels so good to see it pay off. I want to thank the whole team, without them it wouldn't be possible. Greg Martin did a great job training. This is the first year we've worked with him and he's doing a great job. And I'm real pleased. He's done a great job. My boys, Eliajh and Brandon they have done a great job. And I want to thank Dean DeRenzo for sure because that's the man who is making this all possible. He's the one who taught me all this stuff.”Other juveniles to match the :9 4/5 mark, all consigned by Britton Peak and purchased by Arroyo last year, include a Life Is Good colt (hip 312), an Upstart colt (hip 462), a Drain the Clock filly (hip 703) and a colt by Mo Donegal (hip 734).“When I buy these horses, I'm sticking to what Dean (DeRenzo) and Randy (Hartley) taught me,” Arroyo continued. “That's all I'm doing. I can't take much of the credit because I'm going by what they told me to do. They all need to check certain boxes, certain angles. The physical has to be there and the presence, the way that the walk, the way they act. They all have the same thing. Every horse we bought this year, we thankfully had the budget to choose the ones that we really liked. It was just that, if you look at them all, they all have the same kind of fit, the same kind of physical. The angles, the physical, and the mind.”The under-tack show concludes Saturday with a final session beginning at 8 a.m. The OBS Spring sale will be held next Tuesday through Friday. Bidding commences each day at 10:30 a.m.The post Sunny OBS Friday Features Sharp McCrocklin Fillies appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.