Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Saturday, June 22, 2024

June 22, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Florida-bred Beauty of the Sea Wins Goldwood

• Crystal Quest Takes Solid Record Into Tale of the Cat

• Dr. Cornelius "Sonny" Link Passes

• Accomplished Florida-bred Fillies and Mares in My Pal Chrisy

• New Video Podcast: Brock Sheridan Recaps the OBS June Sale

• Florida-breds in Fasig-Tipton June & July Sale

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Beauty of the Sea (right) - ©Ryan Denver Photo

Florida-bred Beauty of the Sea Overcomes Difficult Trip to Win Goldwood

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Checked while racing down the backstretch then lacking room at the top of the stretch, Florida-bred Beauty of the Sea found room on the rail to win the $100,000 Goldwood by a length-and-a-quarter at Monmouth Park Saturday.

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Florida-bred Crystal Quest - ©SV Photography

Crystal Quest Takes Solid Record into Tale of the Cat

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A winner of three straight before finishing a troubled second last out in the James W. Murphy at Pimilco, Crystal Quest looks to resume his winning ways Sunday in the $100,000 Tale of the Cat at Monmouth Park.

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Dr. Cornelius “Sonny” Link Passes

Dr. Cornelius “Sonny” Link, of Reddick, Fla., a longtime Thoroughbred breeder and owner, passed away Sunday, June 22. He was 93. A dentist in the Ocala area for more than 55 years, Dr. Link was currently campaigning Clay Soldier, a 4-year-old daughter of Bucchero who has earned $101,560 from two wins in 14 starts.

Link is survived by his daughter Stephanie Link and her partner Santiago Mendoza. Services to celebrate the life of Dr. Link will be held at the Countryside Funeral Home in Anthony, Fla., at a date to be announced.

Florida-bred Maryquitecontrary - ©Adam Coglianese Photo

Proficient Florida-bred Fillies and Mares Face Off in My Pal Chrisy Overnight Handicap

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A number of accomplished Florida-bred fillies and mares will face open company Sunday at Gulfstream Park in the $75,000 My Pal Chrisy Overnight Handicap including graded stakes-winner Maryquitecontrary and stakes-winners Beth's Dream and Charlie's Wish.

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New Episode!

Hip 187, a filly by Tiz the Law - ©Judit Seipert Photo

The Florida Horse Podcast - VIDEO: Ocala Breeders' Sales June 2024 Recap

Join Brock Sheridan for a recap of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2024 June Two-Year-Olds in Training & Horses of Racing Age Sale.

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Milestone

Trainer George Weaver is approaching a personal milestone of 1,000 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada). Through racing Friday June 21, Weaver was at 991 wins. He has one horse entered at Woodbine on Saturday.

Submit your photos of Florida-bred foals in jpeg format for publication in Wire to Wire to Brock Sheridan, Editor-In-Chief at: bsheridan@ftboa.com. Please include sex, sire, dam, breeder and any requested photo credit.

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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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