Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Friday, July 26, 2024

July 26, 2024 Edition

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• Florida-bred Baby Yoda Shoots for Millionaire Status in Vanderbilt

• Wire to Wire Video Preview: Florida-bred Baby Yoda Takes on Vanderbilt Stakes

• Streaking Dean Delivers Tries for Third Straight Stakes in De Francis Dash

• HISA Publishes 2024 Second Quarter Metrics Report

• Florida-breds in Fasig-Tipton Upcoming Saratoga Sale

• New Episode! The Florida Horse Podcast E44 –

New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Baby Yoda - ©Adam Coglianese

Florida-bred Baby Yoda Shoots for Millionaire Status in Vanderbilt

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred Baby Yoda has been a force in upstate New York with his record of four wins, including a victory in the Grade 2 True North presented by F.W. Webb last out, in six starts at Saratoga Race Course. The Bill Mott-trained gelding will try to build on that resume and reach millionaire status Saturday when he takes on five rivals in the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt for older horses at six furlongs.

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Wire to Wire Video Preview: Florida-bred Baby Yoda Takes on Vanderbilt Stakes

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Florida-bred Dean Delivers - ©Ryan Thompson

Streaking Dean Delivers Tries for Third Straight Stakes in De Francis Dash

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Stonehedge LLC's well-traveled Dean Delivers attempts to stretch his current stakes-winning streak to three Sunday when the Florida-bred ships to Laurel Park to face nice rivals in the $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at six furlongs.

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HISA Publishes 2024 Second Quarter Metrics Report

BY HISA PRESS PRESS OFFICE

LEXINGTON, KY—The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is pleased to announce the publication of its 2024 Second Quarter Metrics Report.

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New Episode!

The Florida Horse Podcast E44 - New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program

Erin MacDonald, an international three-day eventing rider with years of experience, restarts off-track Thoroughbreds in new careers via the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program Florida facilities.

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Milestone

Jockey Julien R. Leparoux is approaching a personal milestone of 3,000 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada). Through the fifth race at Saratoga Race Course on Friday, July 26, Leparoux was at 2,991 wins. He has one scheduled mount at Saratoga Race Course and two scheduled mounts at Monmouth Park on Saturday.

Milestone

Trainer George Weaver is approaching a personal milestone of 1,000 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada). Through the fifth race at Saratoga Race Course on Friday, July 26, Weaver was at 997 wins. He has two horses entered at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday.

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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.

A. P. Five Hundred	A. P. Warrior	Adios Charlie	Amira's Prince (IRE)
Awesome of Course	Awesome Slew	Awesome Sword	Backtalk
Bahamian Squall	Battalion Runner	Beau Choix	Big Drama
Bismarck Tullio	Black Onyx	Black Stash	Bodexpress
Brethren	Brooks 'n Down	Bucchero	Bullet Gone Astray
Burning Roma	Cajun Breeze	Causeway's Kin	Chitu
Council Member	Curlin's Honor	Currency Swap	Dak Attack
Deputy Glitters	Doneraile Court	Field Commission	Finale
First Dude	Flashstorm	Fort Loudon	Forty Grams
Fury Kapcori	Gary D	Girvin	Global Response
Gone Astray	Greatness	Greenpointcrusader	Gunnevera
Handsome Mike	Hear No Evil	Hello Broadway	High Cotton
In Summation	Iqbaal	J P's Gusto	Jess's Dream
Katz My Song	Khozan	Mach Ride	Neolithic
Noble Bird	No Never No More	Overdriven	Pleasant Strike
Proud Accolade	Rattlesnake Bridge	Reward the Cat	Ride On Curlin
Rock Hampton	Rogueish	Seeking the Soul	Senor Swinger
Seventysevenstreet	Soldat	Songandaprayer	St Patrick's Day
Suns Out Guns Out	Sweetontheladies	Tanzanite Cat	Tapitgold
Telling	The Big Beast	Threeandoh	Treasure Beach (GB)
Tunwoo	United States	Untuttable	Valiant Minister
Vineyard Haven	West Acre	Wildcat Heir	Win Win Win
Winslow Homer	Yesbyjimminy	Young Brian	Zoffinger

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