Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Tuesday, April 23, 2024

April 23, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Florida Stallion Spotlight: Doppelganger

• KRA to Host the 2024 Korea Cup & Korea Sprint

• National Museum of Racing announces 2024 HOF Class

• Barboza Has First Official Horse in Kentucky Derby

• NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

• NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

• Tampa Meet Leaders Come Down to the Wire

• 2024 Graded Stakes Winners

• 2024 Leading Florida Sires

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Doppelganger - ©Photo Tandra Cruz

Florida Stallion Spotlight: Doppelganger

BY AVALYN HUNTER

Sons of five-time American champion sire Into Mischief are a hot commodity, especially well-conformed sons that have Grade 1 wins on their resume. Such is the case for Pleasant Acres’ first-year stallion Doppelganger.

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Equine are big business in Florida. Tammy Gantt & Steve Koch share new economic impact estimates.

The Florida Horse Podcast

E40 – Tammy Gantt with Amy Mangan of the AdventHealth South Foundation

AdventHeath South Foundation's Amy Mangan joins host Tammy Gantt to share details of an exciting new initiative benefiting the health of equine farm workers in Marion County.

KRA to Host the 2024 Korea Cup & Korea Sprint

Korea Racing Authority (KRA) is hosting the 2024 Korea Cup & Korea Sprint, two international G3 races, on Sunday, September 8 at the Seoul Racecourse. The 2024 Korea Cup and Korea Sprint are both official Breeders' Cup Challenge Series races.

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Joel Rosario - ©Brien Bouyea photo

National Museum of Racing announces 2024 HOF Class

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RACING PRESS RELEASE

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Nine new members have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

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Grand Mo the First - ©Adam Coglianese

Barboza Has First Official Horse in Kentucky Derby

GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS RELEASE

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Shortly before saddling Great Venezuela for a sparkling 2024 debut at Gulfstream Park Sunday, trainer Victor Barboza had already been given reason to celebrate.

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Gabriel Maldonado – ©SV Photography

Tampa Meet Leaders Come Down to the Wire

TAMPA BAY DOWNS PRESS RELEASE

OLDSMAR, FL. - With seven racing days left in the 2023-2024 Tampa Bay Downs meet, suspense remains in the competition for leading jockey and leading owner.

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Scott Spieth – ©SV Photography

Milestone Watch

Jockey Scott Spieth is approaching a personal milestone of 5,000 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada).

Through racing Tuesday, April 23, Spieth was at 4,998 wins. He has two scheduled mounts at Tampa Bay Downs on Wednesday.

Submit your photos of Florida-bred foals in jpeg format for publication in Wire to Wire to Brock Sheridan, Editor-In-Chief at: bsheridan@ftboa.com . Please include sex, sire, dam, breeder and any requested photo credit.

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Saturday, April 27

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