BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - More than 40 years ago, three-time Eclipse Award-winning owner and breeder Dan Lasater had an idea. Lasater sat down with Kenny Noe Jr., president of Calder Race Course, and suggested Calder play host to a three-pronged stakes series for 2-year-olds to promote the growing Florida breeding industry.

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL-Just think, Jonathan Ocasio would never have been given the opportunity to ride highly promising Squire in next Saturday's $100,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Dr. Fager division at Gulfstream Park without a little help from SpongeBob SquarePants.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Three fillies and a colt will represent Florida Breeders in the prestigious Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale to be held Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 8-9. This year the Keeneland September Sale runs 12 sessions through Saturday, Sept. 20 with a dark day on Friday, Sept.

BY FASIG-TIPTON PRESS OFFICE

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 220 yearlings to its Midlantic Fall Yearlings sale, to be held on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md. The sale will begin at 11 a.m.

BY HISA PRESS OFFICE

LEXINGTON, KY- The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is currently accepting applications for new members to join its Next Generation Advisory Group.