BY BROCK SHERIDAN

St. Elias Stable homebred Rated by Merit became the 11th horse to sweep the colts and geldings division of the $1.2 million Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Florida Sire Stakes with an emphatic victory in the $300,000 In Reality at Gulfstream Park Saturday. Giving jockey Jesus Rios a sweep of the afternoon stakes after he won the $300,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes My Dear Girl with longshot My Denysse, Rated by Merit remained undefeated in four starts in winning the mile-and-a-sixteenth contest against seven other 2-year-old colts and geldings by registered Florida stallions.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

My Denysse wore down odds-on favorite Stunner in deep stretch to upset the $300,000 My Dear Girl, the final leg of the filly division of the $1.2 million Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Florida Sire Stakes, at Gulfstream Park Saturday. Winning for the first time in her career, My Denysse won at odds of 35-1 with jockey Jesus Rios aboard, taking the mile-and-a-sixteenth test against six other 2-year-old fillies by registered Florida stallions. It was the second biggest upset in the 43-year history of the My Dear Girl, after Consider Thesource won at odds of 52-1 in 2005.