January 17, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Comedy Town Leads Joseph Jr. Trio in Sunshine Sprint

• Wire to Wire Video Preview: Damon’s Mound’s Time To Shine in the Sunshine Sprint

• Leading Florida Sires of 2024

• Analyzing Senor Buscador’s Potential in the Florida Market

• Ms. Bucchero Bids for Second Consecutive Stakes Score in What A Summer

• T.I.P. Announces 2025 Shows and Championships

• Florida-breds in the 2025 OBS Winter Mixed Sale

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

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Monday, January 20

in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Florida-bred Comedy Town - ©Ryan Thompson


Comedy Town Leads Joseph Jr. Trio in Sunshine Sprint

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Graded stakes-placed Comedy Town returns against Florida-bred company for the first time since breaking his maiden in February of 2021 when he goes postward in Saturday’s $75,000 Sunshine Sprint at Gulfstream Park. The 7-year-old gelding is one of three entrants trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. and is among eight 4-year-olds and older bred in the Sunshine State entered for the six-furlong contest.

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WIRE TO WIRE VIDEO PREVIEW:

Damon's Mound's Time To Shine in the Sunshine Sprint

Featuring Peter T. Fornatale

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Senor Buscador - ©Coady Media


Analyzing Senor Buscador's Potential in the Florida Market

Following a recent Paulick Report article detailing owner Joey Peacock Jr.’s preparations for Senor Buscador’s upcoming stud career, Florida Equine Communications staff reached out to veteran Florida stallion manager Brent Fernung to evaluate the horse’s potential fit in the regional market. With Peacock actively building a broodmare band under the name “Senor’s Senoritas” at the Keeneland January Sale and the horse scheduled to defend his Saudi Cup title next month before retirement, the timing seemed right an assessment of his commercial prospects.

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Florida-bred Ms. Bucchero - ©Jim McCue


Ms. Bucchero Bids for Second Consecutive Stakes Score in What A Summer

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


A frontrunning winner of the $99,000 Willa On the Move in her last start, Florida-bred Ms. Bucchero will attempt to add to her black-type credentials Saturday in the $100,000 What A Summer for fillies and mares going six furlongs at Laurel Park.

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T.I.P. Championship Photo - ©Thoroughbred Incentive Program


T.I.P. Announces 2025 Shows and Championships

BY THE JOCKEY CLUB PRESS OFFICE


The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) today announced that it has approved more than 7,700 awards and classes at more than 1,600 shows in 40 states and five Canadian provinces for 2025. 

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