April 24, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Florida-Bred Champion Dancing N Dixie Returns in Monroe

• Florida-bred Derby Hopeful Neoequos Fires Bullet at Gulfstream

• 2025 Florida Connections to the Kentucky Derby (G1) Contenders

• Leading the Defense for Florida Thoroughbreds Against Decoupling

• Decoupling: What You Need to Know

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Dancing N Dixie - ©Kurtis Coady / Coady Media


Florida-Bred Champion Dancing N Dixie Returns in Monroe

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Dancing N Dixie, the Florida-bred female turf champion of 2024, makes her 2025 debut Saturday in the $75,000 Monroe at Gulfstream Park for trainer Mark Casse and owners Gary Barber, Jackie Ventura's Rocky Top Stables and Chris Moore’s LEMB Stable.

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Florida-bred Neoequos - ©Ryan Thompson


Florida-bred Derby Hopeful Neoequos Fires Bullet at Gulfstream

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE


HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - C2 Racing Stable LLC, Ian Parsard, Shining Stables LLC and Stefania Farms LLC's Neoequos breezed a half-mile Thursday morning at Gulfstream Park in preparation for a desired start in the May 3 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) at Churchill Downs.

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