Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Thursday, April 9 2026

April 9, 2026 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Lennilu Returns to Graded Stakes Company in Limestone

• Great Venezuela, Reyes Reunited for Saturday’s Golden Beach

• 2026 Florida-bred Foal Spotlight

• Florida-breds Across the Country

• Upcoming Racing Milestones

• Florida-breds in the 2026 Spring Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale

• 2026 Stakes Wins by State or Province

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

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Florida-bred Lennilu - ©Ryan Thompson

Lennilu Returns to Graded Stakes Company in Limestone

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Lennilu, winner of the Leinster Melody of Colors at Gulfstream Park last out, travels to Keeneland for her second start of the year in Friday's $350,000 FanDuel Limestone (Grade 3) for 3-year-old fillies.

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Florida-bred Great Venezuela and Leonel Reyes - ©Ryan Thompson

Great Venezuela, Reyes Reunited for Saturday's Golden Beach

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Orlyana Farm's Great Venezuela and jockey Leonel Reyes will be reunited for Saturday's $75,000 Golden Beach overnight handicap at Gulfstream Park, where they have enjoyed enviable success together in the past.

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Photo by Gina Tellier

This Florida-bred colt at Winner’s Circle Thoroughbreds is by Game Winner and is standing beside his dam, Boss Babe, by Take Charge Indy. The colt is the seventh foal out of Boss Babe, all bred in Florida by David and Teresa Palmer. Boss Babe has two winners from four starters plus an unraced 2-year-old filly, Iolana, by Golden Pal; and an unnamed yearling colt by McKinzie. Purchased by the Palmers at the 2016 Keeneland Yearling Sale, Boss Babe is a half-sister to stakes-winner Laddie Liam.

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Leonel Reyes

Jockey Leonel Reyes, out since suffering a fractured ankle in a Nov. 2 spill, is set to make his return. Sitting at 997 North American wins, Reyes is named on three horses at Gulfstream Park Friday.

©Ryan Thompson

Chad Brown

Trainer Chad Brown is approaching a personal milestone of 3,000 career wins in North America. Through the 5th race at Keeneland on April 9, he was at 2,998 wins. Friday, Brown has two horses entered to run at Aqueduct and two horses entered to run at Keeneland.

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