Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Wednesday, April 17, 2024

April 17, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Lanni Buys Five of Nine Top Sellers Including $1.9 Million Tiz the Law Filly

• FTBOA Board Member Spotlight – Laurine Fuller-Vargas

• OBS Under Tack Times Selling April 18 (Hips 605 - 906)

• Top Sellers Wednesday OBS Spring

• Florida-breds in OBS Spring Sale

• Leading Florida Sires of 2024

• 2024 Graded Stakes Winners

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Hip 365, a filly by Tiz the Law - Judit Seipert Photo

Lanni Buys Five of Nine Top Sellers Including $1.9 Million Tiz the Law Filly

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Excitement rang throughout the auction ring during Wednesday's second session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale as a daughter from the first crop by Tiz the Law was hammered down at $1.9 million.

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Equine are big business in Florida. Tammy Gantt & Steve Koch share new economic impact estimates.

The Florida Horse Podcast

E39 – Tammy Gantt With Tami Bobo

FTBOA’s Tammy A. Gantt talks with Tami Bobo, co-owner of Florida’s 2022 Horse of the Year Simplification, about why both Simplification and Gunnevera, standing at Pleasant Acres Stallions, are good matches for Florida breeders.

FTBOA Board Member Spotlight - Laurine Fuller-Vargas

Laurine Fuller-Vargas has devoted her entire life to Thoroughbreds and the racing industry. She's a third-generation horseman and as a child spent every moment possible in the barn or at the racetrack.

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Scott Spieth – SV Photography

Milestone Watch

Jockey Scott Spieth is approaching a personal milestone of 5,000 Thoroughbred career wins in North America (US and Canada).

Through racing Wednesday, April 17, Spieth was at 4,998 wins. He has three scheduled mounts at Tampa Bay Downs on Friday.

Saturday, April 20

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