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Inside This Issue

• Florida-breds I Know I Know and Gabaldon to Debut in Royal Palm Juvenile

Florida-bred Sugar Boy Travels to Monmouth for Long Branch

Florida-bred Frosty O Toole Tries to Break String of Seconds in Serena's Song

Florida-breds in the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

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Florida-breds I Know I Know and Gabaldon to Debut in Royal Palm Juvenile

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Florida-breds I Know I Know and Gabaldon are among a dozen 2-year-olds entered for Saturday's $100,000 Royal Palm Juvenile at Gulfstream Park, which offers a travel stipend and an invitation to one of six juvenile stakes at Royal Ascot in Great Britain later this summer. The two Florida-breds will be running for an additional $20,000 Top 3 bonus presented by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association.

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Monmouth Park - ©Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO


Florida-bred Sugar Boy Travels to Monmouth for Long Branch

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Trainer Jose D'Angelo has shipped Sugar Boy to Monmouth Park for Saturday's $100,000 Long Branch where the Florida-bred colt will face seven other 3-year-olds at a mile-and-70-yards.


It will be the second career start on the mainland for the son of Khozan, who was undefeated in four starts in Puerto Rico last year including a four-and-a-half-length victory in the Classico Agustin Mercado Reveron (G1-PR) going a mile-and-a-sixteenth in December. He also won the Clasico Angel T. Cordero Jr. (G2-PR) going seven furlongs there in November.

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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 Frosty O Toole - ©SV Photography


Florida-bred Frosty O Toole Tries to Break String of Seconds in Serena's Song

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Frosty O Toole will try to snap a string of two runner-up finishes when the Florida-bred filly heads to the post in the $100,000 Serena's Song at Monmouth Park Sunday. The mile-and-70-yard contest has attracted a field of eight fillies and mares with Frosty O Toole drawing post four.

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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, May 10, Spieth was at 4,998 wins. He has no scheduled mounts.

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