Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Tuesday, June 17, 2025

June 17, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Yaupon Colt Leads the Way During Solid First Day of OBS June Sale With $300,000 Price Tag

• Lennilu Highly Regarded for Group 2 Queen Mary at Royal Ascot

• Florida Sire Stakes Eligibility: OBS June Sale

• FTBOA Member Spotlight: Dr. John Rafalko

• TIEA Nominations Open Until July 14

• OBS June Under Tack Times: 2YOs 451 - 833 + Supp. 834 - 873 and HRA: 901 - 903 + Supp. (Selling Wed.)

• Florida-breds in the OBS June Sale: Tuesday’s Results

• The Florida Horse Podcast E59 – Florida-bred Equine Speed at Saratoga Race Course

• NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

• NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

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on Thursday, June 19

in observance of Juneteenth.

Hip 104, a colt by Yaupon - ©Judit Seipert

Yaupon Colt Leads the Way During Solid First Day of OBS June Sale With $300,000 Price Tag

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A colt by freshman sire Yaupon was purchased by trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. for $300,000 Tuesday to top the first day of the two-day Ocala Breeders' Sales June sale of 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age.

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Florida-bred Lennilu - ©Lauren King

Lennilu Highly Regarded for Group 2 Queen Mary at Royal Ascot

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Odds makers have made the Florida-bred Lennilu the 5-1 second choice on the morning line for Wednesday's Group 2 Queen Mary at Royal Ascot as the Patrick Biancone-trained filly vies for her third career win in as many starts.

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Photo: Dr. John Rafalko

FTBOA Member Spotlight: Dr. John Rafalko

BY SARAH WELK BAYNUM

During his college years, Dr. John Rafalko had his sights set on a different sport-but a broken neck changed everything and set him on a path toward a lifelong passion for racehorses.

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THE FLORIDA HORSE PODCAST:

Florida-bred Equine Speed at Saratoga Race Course

Equine Speed Continues to Be a Major Florida Export at Saratoga Race Course - one of the nation's most prestigious Thoroughbred racing venues.

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