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Inside This Issue

• Florida-bred Monster Goes to Saratoga for $150,000 Skidmore

• Fla-bred Sun Kiss, Full Sister to MGSW Damon’s Mound, to Make First Start Friday at Saratoga

• White Horse Award Nominations Deadline - August 25, 2025

• Public Notice – Hybrid FTBOA Board of Directors Meeting on August 22, 2025

• Florida-breds Win Eight Races at Four Tracks Nationally Wednesday

• OwnerView Webinar Covers Buying at Sales and Digital Sales

• D.J. Stable to Hold Strategic Reduction at Keeneland November

• Bidding Now Open for Major Reduction of Harris Farms

• Florida-bred Finishers - Stakes 

• FTBOA Launches Industry-Leading Online Registrations

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Monster - ©Lauren King


Florida-bred Monster Goes to Saratoga for $150,000 Skidmore

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Arindel's promising juvenile Monster, a frightening nine-length winner of a maiden special weight in his third start, is among eight 2-year-olds entered in Saturday's $150,000 Skidmore to be run at five-and-a-half furlongs on the grass.

Saratoga Race Course - ©Chelsea Durand


Florida-bred Sun Kiss, Full Sister to MGSW Damon's Mound, to Make First Start Friday at Saratoga

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Sun Kiss, a Florida-bred full sister to multiple graded stakes winning Florida-bred Damon's Mound, will make her first career start in a six-furlong maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies at Saratoga Saturday.


PUBLIC NOTICE

Hybrid FTBOA Board of Directors Meeting on August 22, 2025


Live at FTBOA Boardroom, 801 SW 60th Ave., Ocala, FL 34474 AND Remotely via Zoom

A meeting of the FTBOA Board of Directors will be held on Friday, August 22, 2025.


The portion of the meeting dealing with the following agenda items will be open in order for members of the public to provide comments and/or observe the Board’s proceedings, with this open portion of the meeting commencing at 1:10 PM:


  • Proposed Amendment to 2025 Annual Plan for the Payment of Breeder and Stallion Awards
  • Proposed 2026 Annual Plan for the Payment of Breeder, Stallion, and Stakes Awards


Members of the public wishing to provide comments and/or observe the Board’s proceedings during the public portion of the meeting may do so either in-person or remotely via Zoom video teleconference.


Any person wishing to attend remotely via Zoom must register in advance at the following web page, no later than 10:00 AM on Friday, August 22, 2025: 


  • https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82037477709?pwd=1fPJnN4IrAaeR8ISCzj7F807Ej01DX.1
  • After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Further, any person wishing to offer public comment on this agenda item via Zoom must indicate their desire to do so in advance by emailing the FTBOA at info@ftboa.com no later than 10:00 AM on Friday, August 22, 2025, providing your name, address, and telephone number.


Any person attending in-person who wishes to offer public comment on the agenda item identified above must indicate their desire to do so on the available sign-in sheet, prior to the announced commencement of the public comment period.


Public comments will be limited to no more than three minutes per person. Public comments will be governed by the FTBOA Public Comment Policy.


Thank you.

THE BROCK TALK

Florida-bred My Noble Knight - ©Adam Coglianese


Florida-breds Win Eight Races at Four Tracks Nationally Wednesday

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Offering further evidence that equine speed is a major Florida export, Florida-breds rolled into eight winners' circles at four different tracks around the country Wednesday on a day in which there was no racing in the Sunshine State.

OwnerView Webinar Covers Buying at Sales and Digital Sales

PRESS RELEASE (Edited)


The sixth installment in the 2025 OwnerView webinar series was held Aug. 12 and covered buying horses at sales and digital sales.

Leonard Green - ©Bill Denver


D.J. Stable to Hold Strategic Reduction at Keeneland November

PRESS RELEASE (Edited)


LEXINGTON, KY-Keeneland has announced that Leonard and Jon Green's D.J. Stable, one of North America's most respected and accomplished racing operations, will offer a curated reduction of its bloodstock portfolio at this year's November Breeding Stock Sale, which begins Nov. 4.

Henny's Crazy Train - ©Coady Media


Bidding Now Open for Major Reduction of Harris Farms

BY FASIG-TIPTON PRESS OFFICE (Edited)


Bidding is now open for the Major Reduction of Harris Farms on Fasig-Tipton Digital. The auction will take place over five days, closing this Tuesday, Aug. 19 beginning at 5 p.m. EST.

FTBOA Launches Industry-Leading Online Registrations

Streamlined Digital Platform Enhances Service for Thoroughbred Breeders


OCALA, FL-The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association announced today the launch of an all-new online registration system for Florida-bred and Florida Sire Stakes foals, marking a significant advancement in digital services for the Florida Thoroughbred breeding community.

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