Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Tuesday, May 20, 2025

May 20, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Florida-bred Hola Joey Wins First Stakes in Golden Circle at Prairie Meadows

• PODCAST: Quantity Fills the Starting Gate, But Quality Gets the Win

• Florida-bred Vekoma Colt Brings $250,000 in Early Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Action

• The Florida Horse Earns AHP Award

• Kester Named to USDA Farm Service Position

• HISA Publishes 2025 First Quarter Metrics Report

• Florida-breds in the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Sale

• NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

• NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

• Leading the Defense for Florida Thoroughbreds Against Decoupling

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Hola Joey - ©Jack Coady/Coady Photography

Florida-bred Hola Joey Wins First Stakes in Golden Circle at Prairie Meadows

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Joe D. Casey's Florida-bred sophomore Hola Joey earned his stakes-winning credentials Saturday night at Prairie Meadows with an emphatic length-and-three-quarters victory in the $50,000 Golden Circle with jockey Tyler Bacon aboard.

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Quantity Fills the Starting Gate, But Quality Gets the Win

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A Florida-bred colt by Vekoma - ©Judit Seipert

Florida-bred Vekoma Colt Brings $250,000 in Early Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Action

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A Florida-bred colt from the family of 2009 Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (Grade 1)-winner Mine That Bird sold for $250,000 in early action at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Sale of 2-year-olds in training Tuesday.

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The Florida Horse Earns AHP Award

The Florida Horse Magazine article Legends of the Sport - Trainer, earned first place in the category of Association/Organization Publication Equine Media Personality Profile Single Article (print or online) at the American Horse Publications Equine Media Conference in Dallas Saturday.

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Kester Named to USDA Farm Service Position

COURTESY FLORIDA FARM BUREAU

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the appointment of Marcinda Kester as the Florida State executive director for the USDA Farm Service Agency.

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HISA Publishes 2025 First Quarter Metrics Report

COURTESY HISA

LEXINGTON, KY-The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority today announced the publication of its 2025 First Quarter Metrics Report. This report provides a detailed analysis of key performance indicators related to the safety and integrity of Thoroughbred racing in the United States.

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The FTBOA has consistently defeated attempts to decouple Thoroughbred horse racing, thanks to the advocates, industry leaders, and state officials who have joined our efforts. This is a fight we can win.

#FTBOA #FloridaThoroughbreds #NoToDecoupling

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