September 23, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Top Three Fillies From Sharp Susan Meet Again in Friday’s Hallandale Beach

• Speakers Announced for Pedigree & Conformation Clinic at Fasig-Tipton on October 20

• Webinar: What to Know About the New World Screwworm

• Jockey Paco Lopez Suspended Six Months by HISA

• Florida Thoroughbred PAC Auction Starts Tomorrow

• NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

• Florida-breds Around the Country

• 2025 Leading Florida Sires 

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List 

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Willow Case - ©Ryan Thompson


Top Three Fillies From Sharp Susan Meet Again in Friday's Hallandale Beach

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Amanda Hernandez's Willow Case heads a rematch of the three Florida-bred juvenile fillies who made up the Sharp Susan trifecta on Aug. 9 at Gulfstream Park. Willow Case is one of six 2-year-old fillies, five of which are Florida-breds, in Friday's $75,000 Hallandale Beach Stakes going a mile.

Speakers Announced for Pedigree & Conformation Clinic at Fasig-Tipton on October 20

BY TOBA PRESS OFFICE (Edited)


LEXINGTON, KY-The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association is hosting a Pedigree and Conformation Clinic at Fasig-Tipton on Monday, Oct. 20, in Lexington, Ky., during the Kentucky October Yearlings sale.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Click to Watch the Recording:

Paco Lopez - ©Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO


Jockey Paco Lopez Suspended Six Months by HISA

BY HISA PRESS OFFICE (Edited)


LEXINGTON, KY-The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority today announced that jockey Paco Lopez has been suspended for six months, effective Sept. 23, 2025.

The 2024 winning team of Dr. Kevin Hahn, Jeff Faulkner, Paul Sharp and Kevin Keenan are back to defend their title - ©TommyFoto


Florida Thoroughbred PAC Auction Starts Tomorrow

The Florida Thoroughbred PAC will host the annual Florida Thoroughbred Golf tournament, sponsored by Florida Coast Equipment, on Friday, Oct. 3 at Stone Creek Golf Club in Ocala, Fla. with a silent auction kicking off online Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 5 p.m. EDT.

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