Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Thursday, April 2 2026

April 2, 2026 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Rated by Merit Faces Champion Book‘em Danno as Both Make 2026 Debut in Grade 2 Carter

• Trainer Joseph Takes Florida-bred Champions R Disaster, Mystic Lake into Grade 1 Madison

• Equibase Adds Gate-to-Wire Timing to Results Charts

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Florida-bred Rated by Merit (right) - ©Dom Napolitano

Rated by Merit Faces Champion Book'em Danno as Both Make 2026 Debut in Grade 2 Carter

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Undefeated Florida-bred Rated by Merit, sidelined since winning the $121,000 Discovery in October, faces off with champion Book'em Danno in Saturday's Grade 2 Carter presented by NYRA Bets at Aqueduct.

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Florida-bred R Disaster - ©Adam Coglianese

Trainer Joseph Takes Florida-bred Champions R Disaster, Mystic Lake into Grade 1 Madison

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. heads to Keeneland and the Grade 1 Resolute Racing Madison for fillies and mares with the accomplished Florida-bred duo of R Disaster and Mystic Lake, both multiple graded stakes winners.

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Equibase Adds Gate-to-Wire Timing to Results Charts

EQUIBASE PRESS RELEASE

Equibase Company, the Thoroughbred industry's official database for racing information, today announced the addition of gate-to-wire timing to all result charts. The gate-to-wire times will be in addition to the fractional and official final times included in charts.

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