BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Multiple graded stakes-winner Mystic Lake and multiple stakes-winner Nic’s Style will carry the Florida flag into Gulfstream Park Saturday as strong contenders in the Grade 2 Inside Information. The $215,000 Inside Information, for fillies and mares going seven furlongs, includes a $15,000 bonus for Florida-breds presented by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Long odds, whether in the program or on the tote board, are no discouragement for Florida-bred Lord Eddard Stark, who comes into Saturday’s William L. McKnight at Gulfstream Park off an upset victory against stakes horses. The 7-year-old gelding will face a full field of 4-year-olds and older at a mile-and-a-half on the turf in the $215,000 contest, which includes a $15,000 Florida-bred bonus presented by Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association.

SHOOTING STAR RACING SYNDICATE PRESS RELEASE (EDITED)

WILLISTON, FL—Shooting Star Thoroughbreds has announced the Chance It Sired Racing Syndicate. This three-Thoroughbred team, all sired by Chance It, includes 2-year olds: Bettinonit—a colt out of Foxxy Belle; Dare Greatly—a filly out of Accelebrate; and Rocky Lagoon—a colt out of Crystal Lagoon. Each one is Florida-bred, Florida-sired and fully registered for the lucrative FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes program.

LEXINGTON, KY (January 17, 2025)—Tracks and horsemen can forge a common and successful business strategy that need not be adversarial. Such collaboration brings dividends in Washington, Frankfort, Albany or Tallahassee. Racing in the twenty-first century has shown it is a responsible custodian of alternative forms of gaming and attract billions of dollars of investment equally, to the betterment of our constituents, corporate profit and tax revenue. We in Kentucky know what it looks like.

Rail Talk Podcast - Hosts Joe Bianca and Jon Green address the Gulfstream Park Decoupling issue in the first 23 minutes of this week's Rail Talk. Rail Talk is an independent podcast and is not affiliated with Wire to Wire or The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association.