October 1, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Tampa Bay Downs Activates 25% Purse Share for Florida-breds

• Undefeated Rated by Merit Returns Saturday in Discovery at Aqueduct

• Agentes 305 to Provide Spanish-Language Coverage of OBS October Yearling Sale

• Catalogue for the November Sale Now Online

• OwnerView Accepting Nominations for “New Owner of the Year” Award

• Florida-breds in the 2025 OBS October Yearling Sale

• Check Florida Sire Stakes Eligibility: 2025 OBS October Yearling Sale

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List 

• W2W Business Place

Tampa Bay Downs - ©Tammy A. Gantt


Tampa Bay Downs Activates 25% Purse Share for Florida-breds

BY STEVE KOCH


Tampa Bay Downs' 2025-2026 race meet, the track's 100th anniversary season, offers substantial earning opportunities for eligible Florida-bred runners.

Florida-bred Rated by Merit - ©Lauren King


Undefeated Rated by Merit Returns Saturday in Discovery at Aqueduct

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Undefeated Florida-bred Rated by Merit makes his much-awaited return Saturday during the Belmont at Big A meet at Aqueduct Race Course in the $125,000 Discovery Stakes for 3-year-old non-winners of a graded stakes at a mile or over.

Agentes 305 to Provide Spanish-Language Coverage of OBS October Yearling Sale

BY OBS PRESS OFFICE


OCALA, FL-Ocala Breeders' Sales Company is pleased to announce it has partnered with Carlos Morales of Agentes 305 to provide Spanish-language coverage on site for the upcoming October Yearling Sale taking place Oct. 7-8.

©Fasig-Tipton Photo


Catalogue for the November Sale Now Online

BY FASIG-TIPTON PRESS OFFICE


LEXINGTON, KY-Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 210 main catalogue entries for The November Sale, the company's selected mixed sale to be held in Lexington, Ky., on Monday, Nov. 3, following the Breeders' Cup.

OwnerView Accepting Nominations for "New Owner of the Year" Award

BY OWNERVIEW PRESS OFFICE


OwnerView today announced that it is accepting nominations for the 2025 New Owner of the Year Award, sponsored by 1/ST RACING, which honors a new Thoroughbred owner who has been successful in the sport and has had a positive impact on the industry.

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