Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Saturday, May 25, 2024

May 25, 2024 Edition

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• Octane Powers to Impressive Win in Big Drama

• Lure Him In Among Six Florida-breds in Stakes at Lone Star Monday

• OBS Supplemental Catalog Online

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

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Florida-bred Octane - ©Lauren King Photo

Powerful Win By Octane in Big Drama Handicap

Florida-breds Cash In on $20,000 Top 3 FTBOA Bonus

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Arindel homebred Octane made a dramatic return to Gulfstream Park Saturday with an imposing victory as the 4-5 favorite in the $100,000 Big Drama Handicap, winning by six-and-a-quarter lengths as the 124 high weight.

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Florida-bred Octane Wins the $100,000 Big Drama Handicap at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, May 25

Florida-bred Lure Him In - @Ryan Thompson Photo

Lure Him In Among Six Florida-breds in Memorial Day Stakes at Lone Star Park

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Lure Him In leads a Sunshine State invasion into Texas Monday as the 7-year-old gelding is set for the $400,000 Steve Sexton Mile (Grade 3) at Lone Star Park Monday.

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Equine are big business in Florida. Tammy Gantt & Steve Koch share new economic impact estimates.

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.

OBS June Sale Supplemental Catalog Now Online

BY OBS PRESS OFFICE

OCALA, FL-The supplemental catalog to the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2024 June Two-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale is now available on the company's website in the sale's main page. A total of 48 horses have been supplemented to the sale.

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Click Here for Florida-bred Entries and Results

Saturday, May 25

Sunday, May 26

Monday, May 27

Saturday, June 1

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.

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.

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 24, Spieth was at 4,999 wins. He has three scheduled mounts at Presque Isle Downs on Monday.

George Weaver – ©Lauren King Photo

Milestone Watch

Trainer George Weaver is approaching a personal milestone of 1,000 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada). Through racing Saturday, May 25, Weaver was at 991 wins. He has no scheduled entries.

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	Boastful
Bodexpress	Brethren	Brooks 'n Down	Bucchero
Bullet Gone Astray	Burning Roma	Cajun Breeze	Causeway's Kin
Chitu	Colony Light	Concorde's Tune	Council Member
Crepuscolo	Curlin's Honor	Currency Swap	Dak Attack
Darrin's Dilemma	Deputy Glitters	Doctor Peach	Doneraile Court
February Storm	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	Kibbutznik	Leading the Parade	Lifestyle
Mach Ride	Mister Fotis	Motovato	Mount McKinley
Neolithic	Noble Bird	No Never No More	Overdriven
Pleasant Strike	Proud Accolade	Rattlesnake Bridge	Reward the Cat
Ride On Curlin	Rock Hampton	Rodman	Rogueish
Seeking the Soul	Senor Swinger	Seventysevenstreet	Silver Tree
Soldat	Songandaprayer	Southern Escort	St Patrick's Day
Suave	Suns Out Guns Out	Sweetontheladies	Tanzanite Cat
Tapitgold	Telling	Thatchers Island	The Big Beast
The Big Mystery	The Green Monkey	Thoreau	Threeandoh
Treasure Beach (GB)	Tunwoo	United States	Untuttable
Valiant Minister	Vineyard Haven	Weekend Cruise	West Acre
Wildcat Heir	Win Win Win	Winslow Homer	Yesbyjimminy
You Luckie Mann	Young Brian	Zoffinger

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