Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Tuesday, December 16 2025

December 16, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Stallion Spotlight: Valiant Minister

• Obituary: James Salvatore DiMare

• OBS Catalogues 282 for 2026 January Winter Mixed Sale

• LISTEN at FTBOA.com

• 2025 Leading Florida Sires

• 2025 Stakes Wins by State or Province

• Florida-breds Around the Country

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Valiant Minister - ©Louise Reinagel

Stallion Spotlight: Valiant Minister

BY LAURIE ROSS

Some horses announce themselves the moment you lay eyes on them, and Valiant Minister (Candy Ride (Arg) - Spooky Minister, by Deputy Minister) is one of those horses. The large, flashy gray possesses proven bloodlines, natural speed and expanding sire credentials.

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Jim DiMare - Family Photo

Obituary: James Salvatore DiMare

James (Jim) Salvatore DiMare of Ocala passed away on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at E.W. Lewis & Lucille Cates House in Ocala. Jim was born in Boston, Massachusetts and moved to Ocala from Miami, Florida in 1984.

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©Alicia Hughes

OBS Catalogues 282 for 2026 January Winter Mixed Sale

BY OBS PRESS OFFICE

OCALA, FL-Ocala Breeders' Sales Company has catalogued 282 horses for its January Winter Mixed Sale to be held Jan. 27, 2026. The single-session auction will begin at 11 a.m. ET and features newly turned yearlings, broodmares and broodmare prospects.

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