Florida Again Produces Solid Contingent of 12 for Breeders' Cup
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ftboa.com • Friday • October 30, 2020 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: Seventh Del Mar Fall Race Meeting Off and Running Saturday Dreaming of Drew a Dream Come True Journeyman Keeping Stud Fees Level Wide Open Field of 12 Juveniles in Awad Maryland Juvenile Futurity Next for Jaxon Traveler Drain the Clock Stays Undefeated Chase to the Championship Gulfstream Park West Charts Florida-bred Starship Jubilee/COGLIANESE PHOTO Track Results & Entries Florida Again Produces Florida Stallion Progeny List Solid Contingent of 12 Florida Breeders’ List for Breeders’ Cup 2020 Wire to Wire Business Place BY BROCK SHERIDAN _____________ have pre-entered in nine of the 14 races Featured Advertisers with 2019 Canadian Horse of the Year and The 2020 Breeders’ Cup will be run at multiple Florida-bred champion Starship Florida Department of Agriculture Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., Jubilee entered in both the Grade 1 this year on Nov. 6-7 but there is a good Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly and FTBOA chance trophies will be headed back to Mare Turf and in the Grade 1 Fanduel Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Florida following the $31 million World Breeders’ Cup Mile presented by PDJF. Championships featuring 14 stakes. Florida-bred Windy City Red has pre- Seminole Feed It appears Florida breeders may be rep- entered in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Sparr Farm and Building Supply resented by 12 different Florida-breds that See FLORIDA on page 3 Mucho Macho Man (2013) World Approval (2017) Musical Romance (2011) Caledonia Road (2017) Little Mike (2012) FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION Lonny T. Powell, CEO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Tammy A. Gantt, Associate Vice President AND CONSUMER SERVICES Membership Services & Events Nicole “Nikki” Fried, Commissioner 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 www.FDACS.gov 801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474 www.ftboa.com • [email protected] LITTLE MIKE/BENOIT; WORLD APPROVAL/MICHAEL BURNS; MUCHO MACHO MAN/COGLIANESE; MUSICAL ROMANCE/COGLIANESE; CALEDONIA ROAD/ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE Back to Top Page 3 Florida Continued from COVER (G2) and the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) while C Z Rocket is entered in both the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) and the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1). Starship Jubilee has her first preference listed as the Filly and Mare Turf while Windy City Red has the Juvenile Turf Sprint list- ed as his first choice. Final entries for the Breeders’ Cup will take place Monday, Nov. 2 at Keeneland. This year, Starship Jubilee has won five of six stakes including the Grade 1 Ricoh Woodbine Mile at Woodbine on Sept. 19 in her most recent race. She also won the Grade 2 Ballston Spa Stakes at Saratoga on July 25, the Grade 2 Hillsborough Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on March 7, the Suwanee River Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 8 and the Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf, also at Gulfstream, in January. Her only loss in the year came when she ran fourth behind winner Rushing Fall in the Grade 1 Diana Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 23. Starship Jubilee is owned by Blue Heaven Farm and was bred in Florida by William P. Florida-bred March to the Arch/COADY PHOTO Sorren. She has won 19 of 38 career starts while accumulating $2,093,069 in earnings. Should Starship Jubilee enter the Breeders’ Cup Mile, she will likely face her Florida-bred rival March to the Arch, who was just a length shy of her when he was second in the Woodbine Mile. Owned by Charlotte Weber in the name of her Live Oak Plantation and bred by her Live Oak Stud, March to the Arch took the Grade 2 King Edward Stakes two starts back at Woodbine on Sept. 15. The Mark Casse trainee has won seven of 24 career races with earnings of $849,705 so a finish in the top three would promote him into the Florida-bred millionaire club which currently has nearly 175 members. Three Florida-breds have entered the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint set for 3-year-olds and older at six furlongs including Collusion Illusion, C Z Rocket and Firenze Fire. The most accomplished of that trio is Firenze Fire, who would join Precisionist and Pure Sensation as the only Florida-breds with four appearances in the Breeders’ Cup should he start next Saturday. He was seventh in the 2017 Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) won by Good Magic, fourth in the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Mile won by City of Light and was last year fifth to Mitole in the Sprint. Trained by Kelly Breen for owner and breeder Mr. Amore Stables, Firenze Fire enters the 2020 Sprint off of a nearly three- See FLORIDA on page 5 Back to Top DECEMBER 12 $200,000 Closing Saturday, November 28, 2020 $100,000 FTBOA Marion County Florida Sire Stakes For Colts And Geldings Three Year Olds and Up / Seven Furlongs $100,000 FTBOA City of Ocala Florida Sire Stakes For Fillies Three Year Olds and Up / Seven Furlongs FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION *Further details apply—All terms of the FSS races and FTBOA purse supplements, including number of 801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474 races, purse levels, race conditions, racing dates and the host track may change from year to year and may 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 change at any point after the FSS racing schedule for a particular year is announced, as they governed by one or more of the following: the separate terms and conditions applicable to each of those programs; any www.ftboa.com • [email protected] relevant third-party agreements; the FTBOA’s Bylaws; the annual awards plan submitted by the FTBOA to the www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering; and Chapter 550, Florida Statutes. Pending state approval. 45591 Back to Top Page 5 Florida page 3 Continued from length score in the Grade 2 Vosburgh Stakes at Belmont Park on Sept. 26. Already an earner of more than $2 million, the 5-year-old Firenze Fire has won 12 of 28 starts including the Grade 2 True North Stakes at Belmont in June and the Grade 3 General George Stakes at Laurel in February. Collusion Illusion won the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stake at Del Mar on Aug. 1 and has since finished third in the Grade 2 Santa Anita Sprint Challenge won by fellow Florida-bred C Z Rocket on Sept. 27. Collusion Illusion is trained by Mark Glatt for Dan J. Agnew, Rodney E. Orr, Jerry Schneider and John V. Xico and was bred in Florida by Donald R. Dizney. He is by Twirling Candy out of Natalie Grace, by First Dude and has won five of seven races with earnings of $422,751. The Peter Miller-trained C Z Rocket comes into the Sprint off of five consec- utive wins since being claimed for $40,000 on April 30 at Oaklawn Park. Before the Santa Anita Sprint Championship, he won the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien Stakes at Del Mar after gradu- ating through claiming and optional Florida-bred Firenze Fire/COGLIANESE PHOTO claiming conditions in his three prior starts. He will be looking to keep alive a two-race winning streak with C Z Rocket is by City Zip out of Successful Sara, by Successful victories in the Grade 3 Turf Sprint at Kentucky Downs and in the Appeal and he has earned $551,641. He was bred by Farm III Grade 3 Troy Stakes at Saratoga in his last two starts. Enterprises LLC and has also entered the Dirt Mile with the Sprint Imprimis is by Broken Vow out of Shoppers Return, by Put It listed as his preference. Back and he has won eight of 15 starts with earnings of $759,948. Another race that could possibly feature more than one Should C Z Rocket choose the Sprint over the Grade 1 Dirt Florida-bred is the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint where Mile, the $1 million race will still have Florida representation in Extravagant Kid and Imprimis are headed. Rushie, winner of the Grade 2 Pat Day Mile in his last start. Extravagant Kid looks to avenge his last two races when sec- A son of Liam’s Map out of Conquest Angel, by Colonel John, ond to fellow Turf Sprint competitor Leinster in the Grade 2 Rushie has won three of seven starts with a bankroll of $493,151. Woodford Stakes at Keeneland and second to Diamond Oops, who He is trained by Michael McCarthy for Jim and Donna Daniell. is also pre-entered for the Turf Sprint, in the Grade 2 Turf Sprint He was bred by Ocala Stud. at Churchill Downs. Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Madaket Stables LLC and Extravagant Kid is trained by Brendan Walsh for DARRS Inc., Heider Family Stables LLC’s Speech will likely try to become the and was bred in Florida by Vicino Racing Stable. He is by Kiss the first Florida-bred winner of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Kid out of Pretty Extravagant, by With Distinction and he has won Sprint since Dubai Majesty in 2010. 14 of 45 career races with earnings of $902,210. The winner of the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland, she Imprimis will race in the yellow colors of owners Breeze Easy was since fourth behind winner Shesdaresthedevil in the Grade 1 LLC for trainer Joseph Orseno in the Turf Sprint. See FLORIDA on page 6 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Date Race Name Conditions Distance Purse 12-12 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Marion County 3yo and older* 7 fur.