Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Thursday, May 22, 2025

May 22, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Training Surfaces Management – Mitigating Risk Through a Commitment to Safety

• Forever Souper Takes Second Shot at Cliff Hanger at Monmouth Park, Meets Otago Again

• Tululo Upsets in Juvenile Maiden Special Weight Turf at Gulfstream Park

• Leading the Defense for Florida Thoroughbreds Against Decoupling

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Offices Closed

The FTBOA/FEC Offices Will Be Closed

Monday, May 26

In Recognition of Memorial Day

Correction:

In the May 16 issue of Wire to Wire we incorrectly identified Darrell Scolly in a photo as Darrell Folley. We regret the error.

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Training Surfaces Management - Mitigating Risk Through a Commitment to Safety

BY GLENYE CAIN OAKFORD

When the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority implemented its Racetrack Safety Program in July 2022, it was a watershed moment for Thoroughbred racetracks. For the first time, tracks would operate under a uniform, national set of safety rules covering everything from veterinary inspections, to human safety programs, to racetrack surfaces maintenance—regulations designed, as HISA’s Chief Executive Officer Lisa Lazarus later put it in a press release, “to ensure that all racing participants prioritize horse and jockey health and welfare above all else.”

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FTBOA board members Beth Bayer (left) and Colin Brennan (right) present the FTBOA Florida Broodmare of the Year Award to Joseph and Helen Barbazon.

Florida-bred Forever Souper - ©Renee Torbit / Coady Media

Forever Souper Takes Second Shot at Cliff Hanger at Monmouth Park, Meets Otago Again

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Third in last year's Cliff Hanger behind winner Dataman and runner-up There Are No Words, Live Oak Plantation's homebred Forever Souper tries again in this year's edition of the mile-and-a-sixteenth turf contest set for Saturday at Monmouth Park.

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Florida-bred Tululo - ©Lauren King

Tululo Upsets in Juvenile Maiden Special Weight Turf at Gulfstream Park

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Amaty Racing Stables' Florida-bred Tululo came from near last to nose out odds-on favorite Emerald Ember and win Thursday's second race at Gulfstream Park, a $70,000 maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies.

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The FTBOA has consistently defeated attempts to decouple Thoroughbred horse racing, thanks to the advocates, industry leaders, and state officials who have joined our efforts. This is a fight we can win.

#FTBOA #FloridaThoroughbreds #NoToDecoupling

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