Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Wednesday, May 15, 2024

May 15, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Mystic Lake, Let Them Watch, Belle’s Blue Bell Carry Florida Flag Into Miss Preakness

• Florida-bred All That Magic Returns in The Very One

• Florida Connected Preakness Contenders

• Florida-breds in the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale

• Milestones

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

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Florida-bred Mystic Lake – ©SV Photography

Mystic Lake, Let Them Watch, Belle's Blue Bell Carry Florida Flag Into Miss Preakness

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A trio of Florida-bred fillies led by C2 Racing Stable LLC and Stefania Farms LLC's Mystic Lake will head to the post in the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Friday at Pimlico Race Course. Case Chambers’ Let Them Watch and Jacks or Better Farm homebred Belle’s Blue Belle will also represent the Sunshine State among the dozen 3-year-year-old fillies scheduled to go six furlongs.

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Florida-bred All That Magic - ©Ryan Denver/EQUI-PHOTO

Florida-bred All That Magic Returns in The Very One

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

All That Magic will make her first start of the year Friday at Pimlico when the Florida-bred mare sprints from the gate in the $100,000 The Very One. Trained by Kathleen DeMasi for Pewter Stable and Spedale Family Racing LLC, All That Magic is one of 13 fillies and mares plus an also eligible entered in the five furlong contest on the grass.

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

The Florida Horse Podcast

E41 – FTBOA CEO Lonny Powell Interviews FTBOA Lobbyist Jon Rees

CEO Lonny Powell interviews FTBOA Lobbyist Jon Rees. They review recent legislative wins, acknowledge major Tallahassee supporters and celebrate outgoing FTBOA Lobbyist Matt Bryan and his 30 years of service to the Florida

Thoroughbred industry.

Catching Freedom - ©Coady Media

Florida Connected Preakness Contenders

Catching Freedom

He was purchased by Barry Berkelhammer as a yearling for the Albaugh Family Racing Stable. He was started and trained at Abracadabra Farm in Ocala.

Mugatu

A graduate of 2023 OBS Spring Sale where he was purchased for $14,000. Received his early training at Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables in Ocala, who also consigned him to the OBS Spring Sale.

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Submit your photos of Florida-bred foals in jpeg format for publication in Wire to Wire to Brock Sheridan, Editor-In-Chief at: bsheridan@ftboa.com. Please include sex, sire, dam, breeder and any requested photo credit.

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, May 15, Spieth was at 4,998 wins. He has no scheduled mounts.

Wednesday, May 15

Friday, May 17

Saturday, May 18

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