Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Saturday, April 6, 2024

April 6, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• OBS Spring Under Tack Shows Start Sunday

• Florida-bred Mister Iceman Makes Stakes Debut in Eclipse

• O'Connell on Pace For Third Tampa Bay Downs Title

• Milestone Watch

• Florida-breds in OBS Spring Sale

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

A $1.8 million Florida-bred filly by Ocala Stud stallion Win Win Win works during the OBS March Sale under tack program - Judit Seipert

First of Seven OBS Spring Sale Under Tack Shows Set for Sunday

EDITED OBS PRESS RELEASE

OCALA, FL-The under tack show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2024 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training begins Sunday and continues through Saturday with all seven sessions scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. Wire to Wire will have daily coverage of all seven sessions.

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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 Mister Iceman - Coady Media Photo

Florida-bred Mister Iceman Makes Stakes Debut in Oaklawn's Eclipse

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Mister Iceman will look for his second victory of the Oaklawn Park season while taking on stakes horses for the first time Sunday in the $175,000 Eclipse, a six-furlong contest for 4-year-olds and older.

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Kathleen O'Connell - Ryan Thompson Photo

O'Connell On Pace For Third Tampa Bay Downs Title

EDITED TAMPA BAY DOWNS PRESS RELEASE

OLDSMAR, FL-Kathleen O'Connell moved ever closer to her third Tampa Bay Downs training title Saturday, winning the sixth race with her 3-year-old Florida-bred filly Bucchanera. Winning for the first time in four career starts, the winner paid $37.40 in defeating 11 other maiden sophomore fillies.

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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 Saturday, April 6, Plesa has won 2,499 races. Plesa has one horse entered at Gulfstream Park on Thursday.

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 Saturday, April 6, Spieth was at 4,998 wins. He has one scheduled mount Sunday at Gulfstream Park.

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.

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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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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with additional information on each Florida-bred.

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