Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Saturday, August 17, 2024

August 17, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Florida-bred Beth's Dream Wins Fourth Straight in Sheer Drama

• Florida-breds Condora, Welcome Back in Sunday GP Feature

• Woodbine Cancels Saturday Card After Race 5

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Beth's Dream - ©Ryan Thompson

Florida-bred Beth's Dream Wins Fourth Straight With Superior Effort in Sheer Drama

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Virginia Gamble's Beth's Dream won her fourth consecutive race Saturday at Gulfstream Park with a demonstrative effort as the odds-on favorite in the $100,000 Sheer Drama for fillies and mares at seven furlongs.

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Eddie Plesa Jr. - ©Lauren King

Florida-breds Condora, Welcome Back Face Off in Sunday Gulfstream Feature

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Baoma Corporation's homebred Condora and Soldi Stable's homebred Welcome Back are among five Florida-bred filles and two others set for the featured seventh race at Gulfstream Park Sunday, a $50,000 optional claiming starter allowance set for five furlongs on synthetic.

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Woodbine Cancels King's Plate Card After Race 5

EDITED WOODBINE PRESS RELEASE

TORONTO-In the interest of safety for horses and all racing participants, and after consultation with the HBPA, jockeys and veterinarians, Woodbine Entertainment cancelled Saturday's live racing card after the fifth race due to unsafe racing conditions caused by heavy rains in the Greater Toronto Area.

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FTBOA Member: Charles Weston

Milestone

Jockey Julien R. Leparoux is approaching a personal milestone of 3,000 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada). Through Saturday, August 17, Leparoux was at 2,992 wins. He has two scheduled mounts at Saratoga Race Course on Sunday.

Milestone

Trainer George Weaver is approaching a personal milestone of 1,000 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada). Through Saturday, August 17, Weaver was at 999 wins. He has two horses entered at Saratoga Race Course and one horse entered at Monmouth Park on Sunday.

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Saturday, August 17

Note: The CA$150,000 Bet365 Soaring Free with Florida-bred Mensa and the Grade 3 Bold Venture with Florida-bred Capture the Lion, both at Woodbine, were postponed until Friday.

Friday, August 23

Saturday, August 24

Learn more about each Florida-bred.

Click on the Florida-bred Stakes to be taken to the FTBOA website

with additional information on each Florida-bred.

A. P. Five Hundred	A. P. Warrior	Adios Charlie	Amira's Prince (IRE)
Awesome of Course	Awesome Slew	Awesome Sword	Backtalk
Bahamian Squall	Battalion Runner	Beau Choix	Big Drama
Bismarck Tullio	Black Onyx	Black Stash	Bodexpress
Brethren	Brooks 'n Down	Bucchero	Bullet Gone Astray
Burning Roma	Cajun Breeze	Causeway's Kin	Chitu
Council Member	Curlin's Honor	Currency Swap	Dak Attack
Deputy Glitters	Doneraile Court	Field Commission	Finale
First Dude	Flashstorm	Fort Loudon	Forty Grams
Fury Kapcori	Gary D	Girvin	Global Response
Gone Astray	Greatness	Greenpointcrusader	Gunnevera
Handsome Mike	Hear No Evil	Hello Broadway	High Cotton
In Summation	Iqbaal	J P's Gusto	Jess's Dream
Katz My Song	Khozan	Mach Ride	Neolithic
Noble Bird	No Never No More	Overdriven	Pleasant Strike
Proud Accolade	Rattlesnake Bridge	Reward the Cat	Ride On Curlin
Rock Hampton	Rogueish	Seeking the Soul	Senor Swinger
Seventysevenstreet	Soldat	Songandaprayer	St Patrick's Day
Suns Out Guns Out	Sweetontheladies	Tanzanite Cat	Tapitgold
Telling	The Big Beast	Threeandoh	Treasure Beach (GB)
Tunwoo	United States	Untuttable	Valiant Minister
Vineyard Haven	West Acre	Wildcat Heir	Win Win Win
Winslow Homer	Yesbyjimminy	Young Brian	Zoffinger

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