Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Saturday, May 4, 2024

May 4, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Biz Biz Buzz Heads to Woodbine for Thorncliffe

• This Day in Florida Thoroughbred History - Mecke Wins Turf Classic

• Spirit Wind Set for Grade 1 Debut in Saturday’s Derby City Distaff

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Biz Biz Buzz (left) - ©Coady Media

Biz Biz Buzz Travels To Woodbine for Thorncliffe

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred Biz Biz Buzz will make his way north of the border Sunday for the CA$100,000 Thorncliffe, a five-and-a-half-furlong contest over Woodbine's synthetic main track. The Live Oak Plantation homebred is 6-1 on the morning line and has the outside post in the field of nine 4-year-olds and older.

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

The Florida Horse Podcast

E41 – FTBOA CEO Lonny Powell Interviews FTBOA Lobbyist Jon Rees

CEO Lonny Powell interviews FTBOA Lobbyist Jon Rees. They review recent legislative wins, acknowledge major Tallahassee supporters and celebrate outgoing FTBOA Lobbyist Matt Bryan and his 30 years of service to the Florida

Thoroughbred industry.

Florida-bred Mecke (shown winning the 1996 Super Bowl H. at Gulfstream Park) - ©Dave Penna Photo

This Day in Florida Thoroughbred History - May 4

Mecke Wins the Grade 1 Early Times Turf Classic

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

1996 - Florida-bred Mecke and jockey Pat Day came from last in the field of 11 to win the Grade 1 Early Times Turf Classic at Churchill Downs one race before Grindstone's victory in the Kentucky Derby (G1).

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Tuesday: FTBOA Member - Dr Tiffany Atteberry

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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, May 4, Spieth was at 4,998 wins. He has no scheduled mounts.

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