OCALA, FL – A filly by Triple Crown winner Justify became the highest-priced horse to ever sell at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training when bringing a final bid of $1.4 million from Speedway Stables and the three-day auction continued to produce figures ahead of its record-setting 2025 renewal through its second session Wednesday in Central Florida.Through two days of trade, 351 juveniles have sold for $18,883,000. The average stands at $53,798 and the median at $27,000.Last year's two-day renewal of the June sale produced a record average of $51,107 and a record median of $25,000 when 500 horses sold through the ring for a gross of $25,553,500.From 671 catalogued juveniles, 482 went through the sales ring with 131 failing to meet their reserves for a buy-back rate of 27.2%–up from 17.1% a year ago.“When I was asked before the sale what I thought about June, I said, 'We've had a great March and April, and I don't see that changing just because it's the June sale,'” said OBS Director of Sales Tod Wojciechowski. “June has become a sale in its own right and many of the consignors have said that they point horses to this sale.”The record-setting daughter of Justify was aimed at the June sale after a setback earlier in the year and, after watching her sell Wednesday, consignor Jesse Hoppel stressed the importance of the company's final 2-year-old sale of the year.“Growing up in this industry, we kids were dragged here,” Hoppel said. “And there have been times when this sale was what turned our family from red to black for the year. This sale is really important for all of the 2-year-old consignors.”Hoppel continued, “I've done well here year after year. Hopefully, it will continue.”The seven-figure filly marked the second straight record-setting high-priced offering at an OBS sale following the $10.5-million son of Flightline who sold at the April sale.“The quality of horses these guys are bringing to the market and the results that horses from June, and March and April have at the racetrack, people see that,” Wojciechowski said. “That's what's caused the upward spiraling effect of the 2-year-old market. And the quality of horse keeps stepping up, so [the record price] is not surprising.”The OBS June sale concludes with a final session beginning at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.'Absolutely Amazing': $1.4-Million Justify Filly to SpeedwayMarette Farrell outbattled Donato Lanni in a war of phone bids at opposite ends of the pavilion to acquire a filly by Justify (hip 428) for an OBS June record $1.4 million on behalf of Peter Fluor and K.C. Weiner's Speedway Stable. Farrell did her bidding on the phone with OBS's Andrew Fernung sitting in the back of the pavilion, while Lanni was on the phone with Wade Cunningham in the auction stand. Justin Holmberg, sitting directly next to Cunningham, egged his fellow auctioneer on several times during the bidding, but eventually there was no answer to Farrell's final, record-setting bid.“She was absolutely amazing,” Farrell said of the filly. “As soon as I saw the breeze, all I wanted to do was go back to the barn to see her. And so many times you are disappointed when you see a phenomenal breeze like that. But when I went to the barn, she was everything I could have hoped for. She had size, muscle, presence, a great sense of mind.”The gray filly is out of stakes winner Harbingerofthings (Rockport Harbor) and is a half-sister to graded winner and Grade I-placed Tell Your Daddy (Scat Daddy) and to graded winner Dynadrive (Temple City).“She is by a phenomenal sire in Justify who we are real believers in,” Farrell said. “Peter Fluor loves Justify, so that was an added plus. And of course, she is a half to a Grade I-placed filly and a couple of other really good horses. It's Mindframe's extended family. Speedway Stable has a broodmare band now and these are the kind of fillies we want to add to the band. The ones that have brilliance.”Consigned by Hoppel, the filly is the first to sell for seven figures at the OBS June sale. The auction's previous high-priced record was set last year when a filly by Curlin–Mufajaah (Tapit) sold for $975,000.“I hated that we had to pay that much money,” Farrell admitted. “I knew she would be close to seven figures, but you can't walk away from a filly that is as phenomenal as her. Good horses come from everywhere. Peter and K.C. know that and they know when I make a call, I really believe in this horse and I've done my homework. And I truly believe that's a special horse. They want what we believe might possibly be the best and to me she was the best.”Farrell also credited her team for getting that homework done.“I am so lucky to have a great team of people around me like Tescha Von Bluecher, Zoe Cadman, and Ashley Castrenze,” she said. “We work hard, but we also have a lot of laughs together.” With Justify Filly, Hoppel Doubles Up on Million-Dollar BabiesConsignor Jesse Hoppel had his first seven-figure result when he sold a colt by Mo Town for $1.05 million at the OBS March sale and he was quick to add a second when selling a filly by Justify for $1.4 million at the OBS June sale Wednesday.“We got really fortunate,” Hoppel said. “We are grateful that everyone believes in us enough to bid on our horses like that. She exceeded our expectations by far. She is a really nice filly. She's got a really nice family. Hopefully she is a raving success on the racetrack and goes on to be a good broodmare. All of those things I think are possible with that filly.”The filly, who worked a quarter-mile in :20 4/5 in last week's under-tack preview, was targeted at the June sale after a setback earlier in the year.“She was turned out with a bunch of fillies in a big field, just being a horse,” Hoppel said. “We raise horses natural, have them turned out and let them be a horse. Sometimes they come in with bumps and bruises. That's the risk you run. She had a big lump on her shin. What happened? I don't know. None of the fillies would say. To this day, she retains a slight profile on that shin. That's just the way the body reacts. It set me back. She would have been here in April or March and it set us back a little ways. She came out of it really well. She looks to be a great racehorse. And now she's doing great.”Of the set back, Hoppel admitted, “It was a blessing in disguise. Sometimes it feels like you are being dealt a blow, but you're just setting up for a punch. It worked out like that.”Hoppel and his father Pat purchased the filly for $100,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.“We go after a lot of horses,” Hoppel said. “And sometimes they fall through the cracks. And that filly at Keeneland, she fell through the cracks. We were fortunate today.” ”I'm just grateful everyone believed in us enough to bid on our horses like that. She exceeded our expectations by far.”It's been a milestone year for Jesse Hoppel of Hoppel LLC. Hoppel sold his first 7-figure horse at this year's #OBSMarch sale and sells a record #OBSJune… pic.twitter.com/aNPLqrIFQD— OBSSales (@OBSSales) June 17, 2026 Nothing But Net: Jackie's Warrior Colt Pays for McCrocklinAs the juvenile sales season winds down with the OBS June sale this week, consignor Tom McCrocklin added one more pinhook score to his tally for the spring when selling a colt by Jackie's Warrior (hip 433) for $300,000 to trainer Greg Compton Wednesday. McCrocklin had purchased the bay colt for $150,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale.Out of multiple graded-placed Heavenly Hill (City Zip), the colt worked a quarter-mile in :20 4/5 during last week's under-tack preview. It was the colt's second such work at OBS this spring.“He worked in :20 4/5 in April and just got overlooked,” McCrocklin said.Jackie's Warrior's first-crop juveniles have proven popular in the sales ring this spring, led by a filly who sold for $2.3 million at the OBS April sale two months ago.“Speed, as we would expect,” McCrocklin said about what he is seeing in the champion sprinter's first foals. “He was a fast horse and beautiful. The colt we sold today was very pretty.”Asked how the colt had changed since last September, McCrocklin said, “Not a lot. He was a pretty horse when we bought him.”The juvenile was bred in Florida.“Unfortunately, Florida-breds are not as popular as they used to be,” McCrocklin said. “It's one of my business questions. Can I keep buying Florida-breds to pinhook? I want to. I want to support Florida breeders, but we lose the Kentucky people because they don't run for the KTDF money.”Of Wednesday's result, McCrocklin said, “I am very happy today. Everybody who was on him at the barn showed, so it was a good result.”The post Record-Setting $1.4M Justify Filly Leads The Way at OBS Wednesday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.