Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Wednesday, May 7, 2025

May 7, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Tampa Bay Downs Concludes 2024-25 Season With Across the Board Gains

• FTBOA Member Spotlight: George W. Brown

• OBS June 2025 Catalogue Now Available Online

• 2025 Florida-bred Foal Spotlight

• Florida-bred Emmett Favored in Return to Starter Allowance Company at Gulfstream Park

• Leading the Defense for Florida Thoroughbreds Against Decoupling

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

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Tampa Bay Downs - ©Tammy A. Gantt

Tampa Bay Downs Concludes 2024-25 Season With Across the Board Gains

BY TAMPA BAY DOWNS PRESS OFFICE

OLDSMAR, FL - One of the most successful meets in recent history at Tampa Bay Downs almost never got off the ground. Severe damage last fall from Hurricanes Helene and Milton threatened to postpone the scheduled Nov. 20 opening.

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George W. Brown - Photo Courtesy: George W. Brown

FTBOA Member Spotlight: George W. Brown

BY SARAH WELK BAYNUM

George W. Brown stumbled into horse ownership as a landscaping solution. "I love to fly fish, so I bought a farm with three ponds because of the ponds. But the place had a lot of grass too, and I was paying someone quite a bit to mow it."

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©OBS Photo

OBS June 2025 Catalogue Now Available Online

BY OBS PRESS OFFICE

OCALA, FL-The catalogue for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2025 June Two-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale is now available online.

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A Florida-bred colt by Colonel Liam out of American Glory, by Candy Ride, bred by Y-Lo Racing Stables. Photo: ©Judit Seipert

Gulfstream Park - ©Coglianese

Florida-bred Emmett Favored in Return to Starter Allowance Company at Gulfstream Park

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

RyZan Sun Racing LLC's Emmett returns to Gulfstream Park where he is the 7-5 favorite in a $35,000 starter allowance, optional claiming for 3-year-olds Thursday.

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The FTBOA has consistently defeated attempts to decouple Thoroughbred horse racing, thanks to the advocates, industry leaders, and state officials who have joined our efforts. This is a fight we can win.

#FTBOA #FloridaThoroughbreds #NoToDecoupling

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