January 29, 2025 Edition

Featured Advertisers

Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association

Peterson Smith Equine Hospital + Complete Care

Ocala StudBerrettini FeedSolera Farm

Showcase Properties of Central Florida

Fred Burton PavingGuardian Fencing, Inc.

Subscribe to Wire to Wire Here

Inside This Issue

• FTBOA Member Spotlight: Adam Parker

• Florida-bred Win N Your In Heads to New York for Ruthless Stakes

• Immigration Bill Passes Amid DeSantis Objections

• 2024 Leading Florida Sires

• 2025 OBS Winter Mixed Sale - Top Sellers

• Florida-breds in the 2025 OBS Winter Mixed Sale - Results

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Adam Parker


FTBOA Member Spotlight: Adam Parker

BY SARAH WELK BAYNUM


Adam Parker, owner of the full-service T-Square Stud in Ocala Fla., was introduced to the Thoroughbred industry by happenstance.


“I moved to Gainesville from New York and attended the University of Florida with the intention of becoming a veterinarian. But three years into school, I met and worked with some equestrians at the University of Florida campus. And that’s when I got into horses,” Parker said.

Read Full Story Here

Florida-bred Win N Your In - ©Ryan Thompson


Florida-bred Win N Your In Heads to New York for Ruthless Stakes

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Troy Johnson and Maritza Weston’s Win N Your In will leave her native Florida and head to Aqueduct Racetrack for Saturday’s $125,000 Ruthless, a seven-furlong test for five 3-year-old fillies.

Read Full Story Here

Sen. Joe Gruters - ©Colin Hackley


Immigration Bill Passes Amid DeSantis Objections

©2025 The News Service of Florida.


TALLAHASSEE — Saying they are trying to help President Donald Trump crack down on illegal immigration, Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature late Tuesday passed a plan that includes boosting criminal penalties for undocumented immigrants, ending in-state tuition rates for undocumented-immigrant students and creating a state “chief immigration officer.”

Read Full Story Here
Click to Download PDF
Click to View Full Results
Click to Download PDF

Saturday, February 1

Learn more about each Florida-bred.

Click on the Florida-bred Stakes to be taken to the FTBOA website

with additional information on each Florida-bred.

Advertise Here...

Contact Vicki Davis at Advertising@ftboa.com or call 352-732-8858 for more information

Special rate for business owners...

Advertise your business or service here!

Pay for three weeks, get fourth week FREE!

LIMITED OFFER!


Contact Vicki Davis at VDavis@ftboa.com or call 352-732-8858 for more information

This issue is sent to more than 3,500 members of the Thoroughbred industry.

If you would like to get in front of this audience, please

call us at 352-732-8858 to advertise today.


WiretoWire

About Us


Florida Equine Communications is the voice of the Florida Thoroughbred industry.

Wire to Wire is the daily racing digest published and distributed digitally by subscription and available at ftboa.com/news/Wire to Wire online is delivered daily to inboxes worldwide.

 

Wire to Wire online features original content produced by our editors with additional 

headline stories pertinent to the industry.


Facebook  X  Instagram  LinkedIn  YouTube  Email  Web

Florida Equine Communications

801 SW 60th Avenue, Ocala FL 33474

352-732-8858