Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Tuesday, August 26 2025

August 26, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Seven Furlong Specialist Shaq Diesel Takes Benny the Bull

• Strategic Risk Switches to Turf for With Anticipation

• The Jockey Club Announces 2025 T.I.P. Non-Competition Award Winners

• NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

• Florida-breds in the Keeneland September Yearling Sale

• FTBOA Launches Industry-Leading Online Registrations

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

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Florida-bred Shaq Diesel - ©Lauren King

Seven Furlong Specialist Shaq Diesel Takes Benny the Bull

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Shaq Diesel may now be officially categorized as a seven-furlong specialist with his third career stakes victory, all at that distance, in Sunday's $75,000 Benny The Bull Handicap for 3-year-olds and older at Gulfstream Park.

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Florida-bred Strategic Risk - ©Lauren King

Strategic Risk Switches to Turf for With Anticipation

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Strategic Risk will try the turf for the first time in his third career start Thursday at Saratoga Race Course in the $175,000 With Anticipation (Grade 3) for 2-year-olds at a mile-and-a-sixteenth.

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McDreamy - Photo Courtesy: TJC

The Jockey Club Announces 2025 T.I.P. Non-Competition Award Winners

BY THE JOCKEY CLUB PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

LEXINGTON, KY-The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program today announced the recipients of its two non-competition awards, the T.I.P. Thoroughbred of the Year Award and the T.I.P. Young Rider of the Year Award, for 2025.

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FTBOA Launches Industry-Leading Online Registrations

Streamlined Digital Platform Enhances Service for Thoroughbred Breeders

OCALA, FL-The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association announced today the launch of an all-new online registration system for Florida-bred and Florida Sire Stakes foals, marking a significant advancement in digital services for the Florida Thoroughbred breeding community.

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