BY BROCK SHERIDAN

The Sunshine State will be well represented in the $500,000 Forego (Grade 1) at Saratoga Race Course Saturday as recent stakes-winners Cagliostro and Baby Yoda are among the eight older horses entered in the seven-furlong contest. Both Florida-breds have won two of their last three races with Cagliostro taking the $279,000 Hanshin at Churchill Downs on June 30 while Baby Yoda won the Grade 2 True North at Saratoga on June 8. 

FEATURING PETER T. FORNATALE

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Bentornato, winner of the first two legs of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes last year, makes his first start since February this Friday night in the $500,000 Robert Hilton Memorial at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races. The Florida-bred son of Bridlewood Farm stallion Valiant Minister is 9-2 on the morning line for the seven-furlong Robert Hilton, which has attracted a full field of 10 3-year-olds plus two on the also eligible list. 

According to the Equine Disease Communication Center and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, several new cases of Contagious Equine Metris were confirmed in Orange County, Fla., on Aug. 20. An official quarantine has been issued.

BY THE JOCKEY CLUB PRESS OFFICE

The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program announced today that applications are available for horse shows to apply for 2025 T.I.P. awards.

Join Florida Equine Communications Editor-in-Chief Brock Sheridan for a preview of the 2024 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes.

Horse Capital Television's latest episode features Marilyn Campbell’s Stonehedge Farm South in Williston, Fla, a top Thoroughbred breeding farm with a long history of success, having earned Florida Breeder of the Year three times. Larry King, the farm manager for more than 50 years, has played a crucial role in its achievements.