Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Friday, April 5, 2024

April 5, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Florida-bred Yes I Am Free Facing Familiar Foes in Shakertown

• Persistent Royal Poppy Targets Aqueduct’s Distaff

• Pleasant Acres Stallions Foal Pictures

• Milestone Watch

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• Florida-breds in OBS Spring Sale

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Yes I Am Free - Ryan Thompson

Florida-bred Yes I Am Free Facing Familiar Foes in Shakertown

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Accomplished Florida-bred Yes I Am Free will be in familiar company when trying for his first stakes win of 2024 in the Grade 2 Shakertown at Keeneland on Saturday. The five-and-a-half furlong turf sprint has attracted a full gate of a dozen 3-year-olds and older, plus one also eligible, who will be competing for the winner’s share of the $350,000 purse.

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Aqueduct - Walter Wlodarczyk

Persistent Royal Poppy Targets Aqueduct's Distaff

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A consistent earner throughout her 13-race career, Florida-bred Royal Poppy takes her persistent record into Saturday's $175,000 Distaff for fillies and mares going seven furlongs at Aqueduct Saturday.

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Equine are big business in Florida. Tammy Gantt & Steve Koch share new economic impact estimates.

The Florida Horse Podcast

E39 – Tammy Gantt With Tami Bobo

FTBOA’s Tammy A. Gantt talks with Tami Bobo, co-owner of Florida’s 2022 Horse of the Year Simplification, about why both Simplification and Gunnevera, standing at Pleasant Acres Stallions, are good matches for Florida breeders.

Florida-bred filly by Pleasant Acres Stallions’ Magic On Tap out of Act of Beauty, by Act of Duty bred by Thoroughbred Racing Nation (Manny Cadima).

Florida-bred colt by Pleasant Acres Stallions’ Magic On Tap out of Red Rounder, by English Channel bred by Matalona Thoroughbreds.

Florida-bred filly by Pleasant Acres Stallions’ Magic On Tap out of Trade Fair, by Langfuhr, bred by Shark Pit Racing (Tandra Downs).

Submit your photos of Florida-bred foals in jpeg format for publication in Wire to Wire to Brock Sheridan, Editor-In-Chief at: bsherida@ftboa.com. Please include sex, sire, dam, breeder and any requested photo credit.

Eddie Plesa Jr. – Lauren King

Milestone Watch

Jockey Eddie Plesa Jr. is approaching a personal milestone of 2.500 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada). Through racing on Friday, April 5, Plesa has won 2,499 races. Plesa has one horse entered at Keeneland on Saturday.

Scott Spieth – SV Photography

Milestone Watch

Jockey Scott Spieth is approaching a personal milestone of 5,000 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada).

Through racing Friday, April 5, Spieth was at 4,998 wins. He has two scheduled mounts Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs.

Monday: Stallion Spotlight - Tunwoo

Tuesday: FTBOA Member - Jessica Brady

Wednesday: FTBOA Board Member - Milan Kosanovich

Message to Stakeholders Regarding New APHIS Website

On Monday, April 1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) launched its newly updated website, redesigned to better meet our stakeholders’ needs.

Friday, April 5

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Learn more about each Florida-bred.

Click on the Florida-bred Stakes to be taken to the FTBOA website

with additional information on each Florida-bred.

Saturday, April 6

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Learn more about each Florida-bred.

Click on the Florida-bred Stakes to be taken to the FTBOA website

with additional information on each Florida-bred.

Sunday, April 7

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Learn more about each Florida-bred.

Click on the Florida-bred Stakes to be taken to the FTBOA website

with additional information on each Florida-bred.

Thursday, April 11

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Learn more about each Florida-bred.

Click on the Florida-bred Stakes to be taken to the FTBOA website

with additional information on each Florida-bred.

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