Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Thursday, August 8, 2024

August 8, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Rich Florida-bred Nooni Makes Stakes Debut in Sorrento at Del Mar

• New Episode! The Florida Horse Podcast E47 –

Peterson Smith Equine Hospital + Complete Care – Dr. Andrew Smith

• Key Race Winning Florida-bred Global Legend Set for Saratoga Special

• Wire to Wire Video Preview: Florida-bred Hades Looking Strong for Petramalo Stakes

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Nooni - ©Benoit Photo

Rich Florida-bred Nooni Makes Stakes Debut in Sorrento at Del Mar

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Nooni, the $1.8 million daughter of Ocala Stud’s first crop sire Win Win Win, will likely be among the favorites for Saturday’s $150,000 Sorrento (Grade 3) at Del Mar when she makes her second career start after an exciting debut. Owner Amr Zedan paid the high price for the Florida-bred filly in the name of his Zedan Racing to top this year’s Ocala Breeders’ Sales March Sale where she was consigned by Ocala Stud.

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New Episode!

The Florida Horse Podcast E47 - Peterson Smith Equine Hospital + Complete Care - Dr. Andrew Smith

This special edition of The Florida Horse podcast is brought to you by Peterson Smith Equine Hospital + Complete Care’s Dr. Andrew Smith, who talks about several of the clinic’s equine specializations that are valuable to maintaining equine athletes at the elite level, including diagnostic imaging, dynamic airway examinations, lameness, poor performance evaluation, and equine podiatry.

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Florida-bred Global Legend - ©Kristina Taylor

Key Race Winning Florida-bred Global Legend Set for Saratoga Special

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Winning a state-bred maiden race typically does not credential a horse for graded stakes competition but Global Legend's circumstances are unique as he heads into Saturday's $200,000 Saratoga Special (Grade 2) at Saratoga Race Course.

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Wire to Wire Video Preview: Florida-bred Hades Looking Strong for Petramalo Stakes

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Milestone

Jockey Julien R. Leparoux is approaching a personal milestone of 3,000 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada). Through the fifth race at Saratoga on Thursday, August 8, Leparoux was at 2,991 wins. He has two scheduled mounts at Saratoga Race Course on Friday.

Milestone

Trainer George Weaver is approaching a personal milestone of 1,000 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada). Through Thursday, August 8, Weaver was at 999 wins. He has three horses entered at Saratoga Race Course on Friday.

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Saturday, August 10

Important Update

Colonial Down’s 2nd annual Festival of Racing has

been moved to Sunday, August 11

Sunday, August 11

Monday, August 12

Learn more about each Florida-bred.

Click on the Florida-bred Stakes to be taken to the FTBOA website

with additional information on each Florida-bred.

A. P. Five Hundred	A. P. Warrior	Adios Charlie	Amira's Prince (IRE)
Awesome of Course	Awesome Slew	Awesome Sword	Backtalk
Bahamian Squall	Battalion Runner	Beau Choix	Big Drama
Bismarck Tullio	Black Onyx	Black Stash	Bodexpress
Brethren	Brooks 'n Down	Bucchero	Bullet Gone Astray
Burning Roma	Cajun Breeze	Causeway's Kin	Chitu
Council Member	Curlin's Honor	Currency Swap	Dak Attack
Deputy Glitters	Doneraile Court	Field Commission	Finale
First Dude	Flashstorm	Fort Loudon	Forty Grams
Fury Kapcori	Gary D	Girvin	Global Response
Gone Astray	Greatness	Greenpointcrusader	Gunnevera
Handsome Mike	Hear No Evil	Hello Broadway	High Cotton
In Summation	Iqbaal	J P's Gusto	Jess's Dream
Katz My Song	Khozan	Mach Ride	Neolithic
Noble Bird	No Never No More	Overdriven	Pleasant Strike
Proud Accolade	Rattlesnake Bridge	Reward the Cat	Ride On Curlin
Rock Hampton	Rogueish	Seeking the Soul	Senor Swinger
Seventysevenstreet	Soldat	Songandaprayer	St Patrick's Day
Suns Out Guns Out	Sweetontheladies	Tanzanite Cat	Tapitgold
Telling	The Big Beast	Threeandoh	Treasure Beach (GB)
Tunwoo	United States	Untuttable	Valiant Minister
Vineyard Haven	West Acre	Wildcat Heir	Win Win Win
Winslow Homer	Yesbyjimminy	Young Brian	Zoffinger

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