Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Friday, August 22 2025

August 22, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Speed Boat Beach to Return in Pat O’Brien

• Halina’s Forte Using Honorable Miss as Springboard into Grade 1 Ballerina

• Heart of the Turf Exhibit Makes Ocala Debut

• FTBOA Launches Industry-Leading Online Registrations

• White Horse Award Nominations Deadline - August 25, 2025

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Speed Boat Beach - ©Benoit

Speed Boat Beach to Return in Pat O'Brien

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Speed Boat Beach, the 2023 Florida-bred Horse of the Year, returns to action for the first time in four months in Saturday's $250,000 Pat O'Brien (Grade 2) at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club featuring nine 3-year-olds and older sprinting seven furlongs.

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Florida-bred Halina's Forte - ©Adam Coglianese

Halina's Forte Using Honorable Miss as Springboard into Grade 1 Ballerina

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred Halina's Forte hopes to use her half-length victory in the Honorable Miss (Grade 2) on July 20 as a stepping-stone to Grade 1 success in the $500,000 Ballerina at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday.

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©Tammy Gantt

Heart of the Turf Exhibit Makes Ocala Debut

On display at the On Top of the World communities through August, the Heart of the Turf: Racing's Black Pioneers traveling exhibit follows the lives and contributions of Black horsemen and women to the world of Thoroughbred horse breeding, raising and racing.

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FTBOA Launches Industry-Leading Online Registrations

Streamlined Digital Platform Enhances Service for Thoroughbred Breeders

OCALA, FL-The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association announced today the launch of an all-new online registration system for Florida-bred and Florida Sire Stakes foals, marking a significant advancement in digital services for the Florida Thoroughbred breeding community.

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