May 5, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Judge Judith Regains Winning Form In Gulfstream Feature

• This Day in Florida Thoroughbred History - Unbridled Wins the Kentucky Derby

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Judge Judith - ©Lauren King Photo


Judge Judith Regains Winning Form in Sunday's Gulfstream Feature

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Pinnacle Racing Stable LLC's Judge Judith returned to her winning form Sunday at Gulfstream Park with a neck victory in the day's seventh race.

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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.

Florida-bred Unbridled - ©Churchill Downs Photo


This Day in Florida Thoroughbred History - May 5

Unbridled Becomes the Fifth Florida-bred Kentucky Derby Winner


BY BROCK SHERIDAN


1990 - Francis A. Genter Stable Inc.'s Unbridled became the fifth Florida-bred to win the Kentucky Derby while creating one of the more memorable moments in the history of Derby telecasts.

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Tuesday: FTBOA Member - Dr Tiffany Atteberry

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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 Sunday, May 5, Spieth was at 4,998 wins. He has no scheduled mounts.

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Saturday, May 4

Sunday, May 5

Due to a technical issue, the track for the Gold Fever Stakes below is not listed. The Gold Fever was run at Belmont at Big A. We are working to correct the issue.

Saturday, May 11

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