Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Tuesday, May 6, 2025

May 6, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Bridlewood Farm Graduates Finish One-Two in Kentucky Derby

• Florida-bred Millionaire Octane Returns as Favorite In Big A Optional Claiming Thursday

• Leading the Defense for Florida Thoroughbreds Against Decoupling

• NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

• NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

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Bridlewood Farm Graduates Finish One-Two in Kentucky Derby

Three Derby Starters Are Bridlewood Farm Alums

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

With HH Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin homebred Sovereignty getting clear inside the final sixteenth to win Saturday's Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade 1) by a length-and-a-half ahead of runner-up Journalism, the exacta included graduates of John Malone’s Bridlewood Farm located in Ocala, Fla.

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Florida-bred Octane - ©Renee Torbit / Coady Media

Florida-bred Millionaire Octane Returns as Favorite In Big A Optional Claiming Thursday

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Arindel's homebred millionaire Octane makes his first start since October Thursday when the 6-year-old Florida-bred takes on five rivals in an upper level, $100,000 optional claiming during the Belmont at Big A meet at Aqueduct.

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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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