BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Fresh off a victory in the Grade 2 Honorable Miss Handicap at Saratoga, Florida-bred Spirit Wind travels to Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Friday night for the $500,000 Misty Bennett Pink Ribbon for fillies and mares at seven furlongs. The 5-year-old daughter of Double Diamond Farm stallion Bahamian Squall has been labeled as the even money program favorite in the field of eight as she races at her fifth different track in as many starts this year.

POR BROCK SHERIDAN

Tras su reciente victoria en el Honorable Miss Handicap (G2) en Saratoga, Spirit Wind, criada en Florida, viaja al Hollywood Casino de Charles Town, para disputar el viernes por la noche el Misty Bennett Pink Ribbon de 500.000 dólares para potrancas y yeguas en 1.400 metros. La cincoañera hija del semental del Double Diamond Farm, Bahamian Squall, ha sido considerada como la favorita en lote de ocho participantes y que corre en su quinta pista diferente en otras tantas salidas este año.

Join Florida Equine Communications Editor-in-Chief Brock Sheridan for a preview of the 2024 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes.

EDITED GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS RELEASE

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Even before observers had the opportunity to fully digest what they had just witnessed July 13 at Gulfstream Park, they were surely wondering what St. Elias Stable’s Rated by Merit could possibly do for an encore.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Mensa still cards in as the 2-1 favorite for Friday’s rescheduled CA$150,000 bet365 Soaring Free at Woodbine as the Florida-bred colt looks for his second consecutive added-money victory in his first attempt on turf. Trained by Mark Casse for Resolute Racing, Mensa will be among nine 2-year-olds who will go six-and-a-half furlongs on the grass.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse attempts to upset the rescheduled Grade 3 Bold Venture at Woodbine Friday with Florida-bred Capture the Lion, who also looks for his first stakes victory in the six-and-a-half-furlong event for seven 3-year-olds and older.

Horse Capital Television's latest episode features Marilyn Campbell’s Stonehedge Farm South in Williston, Fla, a top Thoroughbred breeding farm with a long history of success, having earned Florida Breeder of the Year three times. Larry King, the farm manager for more than 50 years, has played a crucial role in its achievements.