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Inside This Issue

• Rated by Merit Rolls in Florida Sire Stakes Dr. Fager

• R Morning Brew Jolts Florida Sire Stakes Desert Vixen with Record Win

• Florida-breds in Upcoming Keeneland September Yearling Sale 

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

 
 
 

Florida-bred Rated by Merit - ©Ryan Thompson


Rated by Merit Rolls in Florida Sire Stakes Dr. Fager

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


St. Elias Stables LLC’s homebred Rated by Merit lived up to his 2-5 odds in dominating the $100,000 Dr. Fager, the first of three legs in the colts and geldings division of the $1.2 million Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Florida Sire Stakes. Trained by Michael Yates and ridden to victory by Jesus Rios, Florida-bred Rated by Merit set a stakes record of 1:09.45 for six furlongs, besting the 1:09.49 set by Three Rules in the 2016 Dr. Fager.

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Florida-bred R Morning Brew - ©Lauren King


R Morning Brew Jolts Florida Sire Stakes Desert Vixen with Record Win

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Pressured throughout by stakes-placed Wiggle An’ Wine, Averill Racing LLC’s R Morning Brew shook off her rivals at the top of the stretch to win the $100,000 Desert Vixen in a stakes-record time of 1:10.85 for six furlongs at Gulfstream Park Saturday. R Morning Brew eclipsed the previous record of 1:11.08 set by Go Astray in the 2017 Desert Vixen.

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