BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Federal Judge made it clear to the opposing parties from the start in producing a commanding victory in the Grade 2 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix at Keeneland Race Course Friday. In winning the Phoenix for owner WinStar Farm LLC and Siena Farm LLC, the Florida-bred gelding earned a “Win and You’re In” fees paid berth into the $2 million Cybergames Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G2) to be run at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Nov. 2.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Close to becoming a stakes winner in two of his last three races, Live Oak Plantation’s homebred Souper Quest is the 7-2 morning line favorite in an overflow field for the Grade 3 Woodford presented by FanDuel at Keeneland Saturday. The 4-year-old Florida-bred colt is among a dozen 3-year-olds and older, plus three on the also-eligible list, entered to go five-and-a-half furlongs on the grass. The Woodford is a prep for the $1 million Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint to be run at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Nov. 2.

CEO Lonny Powell and AVP Tammy Gantt discuss economic development and the role legislators, industry members, vendors, and tracks play to help advance the Florida Thoroughbred industry as partners in the investment model.

Miller Racing LLC’s Spirit Wind is set faceoff in a small but continuous field of filly and mares, 3-years-old and older in the Grade 2 Thoroughbred Club of America at Keeneland Saturday. In addition to the $350,000 purse, the six-furlong contest offers a “Win and Your’re In” fees paid berth into the Grade 1 PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint to be run at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Nov. 1.

The eighth installment in the 2024 OwnerView webinar series on Oct. 1 discussed the benefits of professional Thoroughbred advisors and agents. 

The conference was hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Stoll Keenon Ogden and The Green Group. The panel was sponsored by Walmac Farm. A virtual Q&A was sponsored by West Point Thoroughbreds.

Win Win Win, standing at Ocala Stud for $5,000, has emerged as the leading first-crop sire among regional (non-Kentucky) stallions. Ranking 16th overall with progeny earnings of $387,989, he exemplifies Florida’s stronghold as a “Stallion Launchpad,” a concept explored in the September 2024 edition of “The Florida Horse” magazine.