April 19, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• $850,000 Nyquist Filly Tops Final Day of OBS Spring Sale

• Florida-bred Octane Returns to Arkansas for Oaklawn Handicap

• Top Sellers Friday OBS Spring Sale

• Top Sellers Cumulative OBS Spring Sale

• Fierceness, Catalytic Both Breeze Five Furlongs

• Florida-breds in OBS Spring Sale

• Leading Florida Sires of 2024

• 2024 Graded Stakes Winners

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Hip 915, a filly by Nyquist - ©Judit Seipert Photo

$850,000 Nyquist Filly Tops Final Day of OBS Spring Sale

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A filly by Kentucky Derby-winner Nyquist led the action on Friday, the final day of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale, selling for $850,000 to Donato Lanni as agent for Susan Chu's Baoma Corp.

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

The Florida Horse Podcast

E40 – Tammy Gantt with Amy Mangan of the AdventHealth South Foundation

AdventHeath South Foundation's Amy Mangan joins host Tammy Gantt to share details of an exciting new initiative benefiting the health of equine farm workers in Marion County.

Florida-bred Octane - ©John Gallagher Coady Media

Florida-bred Octane Returns to Arkansas for Oaklawn Handicap

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Octane returns to Oaklawn Park from his South Florida base for the $1,250,000 Oaklawn Handicap (G2) in pursuit of his second consecutive graded stakes there. The Arindel homebred became Florida’s newest millionaire in winning the Grade 3 Razorback on Feb. 24 at Oaklawn and will take on 10 other older horses invading from seven different tracks for the mile-and-a-quarter contest.

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Fierceness - ©Dom Napolitano Photo

Fierceness, Catalytic Both Breeze Five Furlongs

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL-Coming off a record-breaking victory in the March 30 Curlin Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park, Fierceness breezed at Palm Beach Downs Friday morning in preparation for a highly anticipated start in the May 4 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).

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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 Friday, April 19, Spieth was at 4,998 wins. He has one scheduled mount at Tampa Bay Downs on Sunday.

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