June 18, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Record Setting Curlin Filly Brings $975,000 on Second Day of OBS June Sale, Average Price Leaps 66% to $59,052

• Florida-bred Lennilu Third in Group 2 Queen Mary at Royal Ascot

• Florida Sire Stakes Eligibility: OBS June Sale

• Fla-bred Drama Chorus Looks to Return to Tampa Form for Brooks Fields Mile at Canterbury

• OBS June Sale Top Sellers

• Florida-breds in the OBS June Sale: Results

• TIEA Nominations Open Until July 14

• The Florida Horse Podcast E59 – Florida-bred Equine Speed at Saratoga Race Course

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

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Hip 850, a filly by Curlin - ©Judit Seipert

Record Setting Curlin Filly Brings $975,000 on Second Day of OBS June Sale, Average Price Leaps 66% to $59,052

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A chestnut filly by Curlin dropped the gavel at $975,000 Wednesday at Ocala Breeders Sales Company to set an OBS June sale record. Gus King purchased the filly, Hip 850, out of the Caliente Thoroughbreds as agent consignment.

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True Love (orange and blue) and Florida-bred Lennilu (silver cap on left) - ©Mathea Kelley

Florida-bred Lennilu Third in Group 2 Queen Mary at Royal Ascot

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred Lennilu gave a good account of herself while representing the United States and the Sunshine State Thoroughbred industry with a solid third in the Group 2 Queen Mary at Royal Ascot Wednesday.

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Florida-bred Drama Chorus - ©Coady

Florida-bred Drama Chorus Looks to Return to Tampa Form for Brooks Fields Mile at Canterbury Park

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A two-time victory over the winter at Tampa Bay Downs where he twice won the $110,000 Grey Goose Turf Classic in previous years, Florida-bred Drama Chorus tries to find that winning form again Saturday at Canterbury Park in the $50,000 Brooks Fields Mile on the grass.

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THE FLORIDA HORSE PODCAST:

Florida-bred Equine Speed at Saratoga Race Course

Equine Speed Continues to Be a Major Florida Export at Saratoga Race Course - one of the nation's most prestigious Thoroughbred racing venues.

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