Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Fri, September 5 2025

September 5, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Finding Strength Moving Forward into $100,000 Desert Vixen

• Pricey Win Win Win Filly Love Like Lucy Stepping Up in Desert Vixen

• Won For Lou Faces Familiar Foes Among 15 in Grade 3 Del Mar Juvenile Turf

• OwnerView Webinar Focuses on Women in Thoroughbred Racing

• TCA Awards More Than $1.1 Million in Annual Grants

• Thoroughbred Racing Economic Indicators August 2025

• Florida-breds in the Keeneland September Yearling Sale

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Finding Strength - ©Lauren King

Finding Strength Moving Forward into $100,000 Desert Vixen

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL-LNJ Foxwoods and Church Street Stable's Finding Strength was the latest of trainer Michael Yates' five juvenile winners during the recently concluded Royal Palm Meet at Gulfstream Park.

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Florida-bred Love Like Lucy - ©Ryan Thompson

Pricey Win Win Win Filly Love Like Lucy Stepping Up in Desert Vixen

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Even before she ran, Love Like Lucy's $300,000 price tag made her a standout. Her first race did nothing to diminish those expectations.

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Doug O'Neill - ©Benoit

Won For Lou Faces Familiar Foes Among 15 in Grade 3 Del Mar Juvenile Turf

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Won for Lou will make his third career start against some familiar adversaries Saturday when the Florida-bred colt faces 14 other 2-year-olds racing a mile in the $100,000 Del Mar Juvenile Turf.

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OwnerView Webinar Focuses on Women in Thoroughbred Racing

PRESS RELEASE (Edited)

The seventh installment in the 2025 OwnerView webinar series was held Sept. 2 and covered women in Thoroughbred racing.

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TCA Awards More Than $1.1 Million in Annual Grants

PRESS RELEASE (Edited)

LEXINGTON, KY-Thoroughbred Charities of America announced that grants totaling more than $1.1 million were recently awarded to 98 organizations.

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