September 18, 2025 Edition

 

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Inside This Issue

• Neoequos, Mad House Look to Continue Florida Win Streak, Tradition in Gallant Bob

• Florida-bred Colt by Knicks Go Sells For $210,000 Wednesday at Keeneland September

• Bentornato Produces Week’s Best Beyer Speed Figure With a 108 in Louisville Thoroughbred Society

• Classic Mo Town Goes for Second Graded Stakes of Season in Durham Cup

• Florida-breds in the Keeneland September Yearling Sale

• Florida-breds Around the Country 

• Editorial: The Case for Breed-to-Race

• 2025 Leading Florida Sires 

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List 

• W2W Business Place

 
 
 

Florida-bred Neoequos - ©Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO


Neoequos, Mad House Look to Continue Florida Win Streak, Tradition in Gallant Bob

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


First run as a handicap in 1979 and run 32 times since, the Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx Racing has 11 times been won by Florida-breds including the last two.

 
 
 
 

Hip 3085, a Florida-bred colt by Knicks Go - Photo Courtesy: Keeneland's Website


Florida-bred Colt by Knicks Go Sells For $210,000 Wednesday at Keeneland September

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


An FTBOA-registered Florida-bred colt by Knicks Go sold for $210,000 to Aspire Equine Wednesday during Session 9 of the 12-Session Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

 
 
 
 

Florida-bred Bentornato - ©Shelly Radosevich/Coady Media


Bentornato Produces Week's Best Beyer Speed Figure With a 108 in Louisville Thoroughbred Society

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


According to a segment in TDN Writer's Room Podcast, Florida-bred Bentornato achieved the fastest Beyer Speed Figure in North America last week with the 108 number he achieved in winning the $267,500 Louisville Thoroughbred Society Stakes (Listed) at Churchill Downs on Saturday, Sept. 13.

 
 
 
 

Florida-bred Classic Mo Town - ©Michael Burns


Classic Mo Town Goes for Second Graded Stakes of Season in Durham Cup

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Florida-bred Classic Mo Town will attempt to duplicate his victory in the Grade 2 Eclipse in May when he goes postward in the CA$150,000 Durham Cup (G3) at Woodbine Saturday.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

©Judit Seipert Photo


Editorial: The Case for Breed-to-Race

BY STEVE KOCH


Does an emphasis on foal numbers put the cart before the horse? The real industry horsepower may not be foal crops-it's racehorse ownership. Limited ownership constrains demand, and therefore long-run supply and prices, of young horses.

 
 

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