October 30, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• 25% Share of Fla-bred Bentornato Brings $1 Mil. at Keeneland Championship Sale at Del Mar

• FTBOA Hall of Fame 2025 Induction Ceremony 

• Ultimate Love, Ground Support, Lennilu Among Breeders’ Cup Future Stars Friday

• Breeders’ Cup Wins by State-Breds

• Tampa Bay Downs Trainer VanWinkle Hits Breeders’ Cup Sprint With Florida-bred Mad House

• Martha Prater Foote Gordon Obituary

• Keeneland Supplements 14 Horses to November Sales Including Florida-bred Champion Dancing N Dixie

• 2025 Breeders’ Cup Florida-bred Contenders

• Most Breeders’ Cup Wins by Trainer with Florida-bred Horses

• Breeders’ Cup Starts by State-Breds

• Florida Statute 550: A Broken Revenue Model

• Florida-breds in Stakes 

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Bentornato - ©Tim Sudduth/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders' Cup


25% Share of Florida-bred Bentornato Brings $1 Million at Keeneland Championship Sale at Del Mar

Not This Time Share Purchased by Hill 'n' Dale for $3 Million


BY KEENELAND PRESS OFFICE (Edited)


LEXINGTON, KY-Michael and Jules Iavarone went to $1 million to secure a 25% fractional interest in Florida-bred Bentornato, the morning-line favorite for Saturday's $2 million Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint (Grade 1).

Florida-bred Ultimate Love - ©Jim McCue/TMJC


Ultimate Love, Ground Support, Lennilu Among Breeders' Cup Future Stars Friday

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Two undefeated fillies in Ultimate Love and Ground Support will carry the Florida flag into Friday's $1 million John Deere Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (Grade 1) while multiple stakes-winner Lennilu represents Sunshine State breeders' in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (Grade 1) on Friday at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

Florida-bred Mad House - ©Tere Poplin/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders' Cup


Tampa Bay Downs Trainer VanWinkle Hits Breeders' Cup Sprint With Florida-bred Mad House

BY TAMPA BAY DOWNS PRESS OFFICE (Edited)


The 3-year-old Florida-bred gelding Mad House left Tampa Bay Downs last spring as a maiden after his first four career starts, filling his trainer David VanWinkle with uncertainty about what came next.

Martha Prater Foote Gordon - Family Photo


Martha Prater Foote Gordon Obituary

February 3, 1924 - October 19, 2025


Martha Prater Foote Gordon, born on February 3, 1924, in Atlanta, Georgia, passed away peacefully on October 19, 2025, in Fairburn, Georgia, at the age of 101.

Florida-bred Dancing N Dixie - ©Renee Torbit/Coady Media


Keeneland Supplements 14 Horses to November Sales Including Florida-bred Champion Dancing N Dixie

LEXINGTON, KY-Keeneland has supplemented a total of 14 horses to its two November sales with Fall Meet winner Ayra Stark (Arg) joining Book 1 of the Breeding Stock Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 4 and the remaining 13 horses being added to the Horses of Racing Age Sale on Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Gulfstream Park - ©Lauren King


Florida Statute 550: A Broken Revenue Model

BY STEVE KOCH


Florida breeders produce champion Thoroughbreds. Florida bettors churn billions. But when 90% of those billions flow through digital platforms, the breeders get shorted.

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