ftboa.com • Saturday & Sunday • May 23 & 24, 2020 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: Revised Minimum Purse Requirements Edgar Prado 8th All-Time with Win Code of Honor Pointed to Westchester Bruce Brown Barn Ready to Run FSA Expands Set-Aside Loan Provision Dunbar Road Headlines Shawnee Florida-breds Defend Gulfstream Turf ‘New Shooter’ For Romans in Matt Winn Gulfstream Park Charts Cistron/BENOIT PHOTO Tampa Bay Downs Charts Track Results & Entries Versatile Cistron Bids Florida Stallion Progeny List Florida Breeders’ List For Third Straight Win Featured Advertisers Bloodstockauction USA in Daytona Stakes Horse Farms Forever BY SANTA ANITA PRESS OFFICE __ peak of his powers at age six. FTBOA Texas Wedge, trained by Peter Miller, Florida Department of Agriculture ARCADIA, CA—A head shy of seeking is also seeking his third straight win and Berrettini Feed his fifth consecutive win, Hronis along with Doug O’Neill’s Wildman Jack de Meric Thoroughbred Sales Racing’s versatile Cistron bids for his and the Ron Ellis-trained third straight as he heads a field of seven Blameitonthelaw, the contention in Eddie Woods Stables 3-year-olds and older going five-and-a- Saturday’s Daytona runs deep. Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply half furlongs on turf in Saturday’s Ciston won of the Grade 1 Bing RiceHorse Stables $100,000 Daytona Stakes (Grade 3) at Crosby Stakes on dirt two starts back on Seminole Feed Santa Anita. July 27, then took the Grade 3 San Six K’s Training & Sales, LLC Trained by John Sadler, Cistron Simeon Stakes at five-and-a-half fur- comes off a solid head victory over the longs on turf here March 21–earning Top Line Sales, LLC course on March 21 and he appears at the Wavertree Stables See SANTA ANITA on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Santa Anita Continued from COVER back to back 100 Beyer Speed figures. If this 6-year-old full horse by The Factor runs back to his San Simeon, he’ll be plenty tough under regular rider Victor Espinoza. Cistron is out of Major Allie by Officer and he has won six of 28 career starts with earings of $760,719. Sadler has given the riding assignment to Victor Espinoza and Cistron is number five in the program. Texas Wedge was a winner two starts back of the Grade 2 Joe Hernandez Stakes over the course on Jan. 1, then took the $150,000 World of Trouble Turf Sprint over five furlongs at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 25. Based at San Luis Rey Downs with O’Neill, he’s won three out of his last four starts and four of his six lifetime wins have come on grass. With an overall mark of six wins from 14 starts, he’ll be ridden for the third consecutive time by Flavien Prat from post seven. Texas Wedge, who races for Altimira Racing Stable, Rafter JR Ranch LLC, STD Racing Stable and A. Miller, is by Colonel John out of Callmenancy, by Political Force and he has career earnings of $403,740. O’Neill will also saddle Wildman Jack for owner W C Racing Inc. A lightly raced 4-year-old homebred gelding by Goldencents out of Orientatious, by Orientate, Wildman Jack returns from Dubai following a four-and-three-quarters-length win in the Group 3 Nad Al Sheba Turf Sprint sponsored by Arabian Adventures contested at six furlongs at Meydan Racecourse. With all seven of his career starts coming in turf sprints, Wildman Jack, has three wins and has been off the board only once when fourth in a Handicap at Meydan. Fleet of foot early, he’ll be ridden for the first time by Mike Smith on Saturday and they will break from post six. Revised Minimum Purse Requirements for Non-Listed Black-Type Races BY THE JOCKEY CLUB NEWS SERVICE _____________ The North American International Cataloguing Standards Committee met Thursday and voted to lower the minimum purse requirement for existing non-listed black-type races by 20% for the remainder of 2020. Given the negative economic impacts of COVID-19-related restrictions on available sources for purse funds, the minimum purse value for non-listed black-type races that ran prior to 2019 will be reduced from $50,000 to $40,000 for the remain- der of 2020, and the minimum purse value for non-listed black-type races that ran for the first time in 2019 will be reduced from $75,000 to $60,000 for their second running in 2020. Requests to receive black-type for any new races will continue to be reviewed by a subcommittee of NAICSC and require a minimum purse of $75,000. Back to Top Back to Top Page 5 Edgar Prado Passes Cordero for 8th All-Time with Win 7,058 BY GULFSTREAM PARK Wayne Ouzts, who ranks seventh PRESS OFFICE________________ on the all-time list. Prado hustled Flying Aletha out HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Jockey of the gate to beat Lime, the 2-5 Edgar Prado moved past fellow Hall favorite ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., for of Famer Angel Cordero to grab sole pacesetting honors on the back- possession of eighth place in the all- stretch. The daughter of Tiznow out time standings for races-won with of Afleet Honey, by Uncle Mo victory number 7,058 Thursday at withstood a mild challenge from Gulfstream Park. her stablemate before drawing away The 52-year-old Lima, Peru native to a comfortable victory. scored aboard Wesley Ward-trained “The plan was to let the other Flying Aletha ($9), who defeated sta- horse get to the lead and follow her blemate Lime by five-and-a-half but when my horse broke so good, lengths in the five-furlong sprint for going five furlongs with an inside 2-year-old fillies that was transferred post, I didn’t even think about it,” from the turf course to the main track Prado said. “I just let her go and “I’m very excited. After the recent she was very comfortable, and setback with the quarantine and the when I asked her she responded. coronavirus, I’m glad to be back and Once she got to running and I riding again,” Prado said. “I’m wasn’t next to that horse, she was extremely excited and happy to pass a Edgar Prado and Flying Aletha/LAUREN KING PHOTO just looking for competition so I had legend like Cordero. The next goal is eight away, so hopefully we to stay busy and keep her mind on business.” can get there sooner than later.” CJ Thoroughbreds LLC’s Flying Aletha, who was purchased Prado moved to within eight victories of still-active Perry See GULFSTREAM on page 17 N.A. 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Pending state approval FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION 801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474 • 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 • Download form online at www.ftboa.com • E-mail: [email protected] Back to4 Top Page 7 Travers Hero Code of Honor Pointed to Westchester BY KEITH MCCALMONT, NYRA PRESS OFFICE ________ ELMONT, NY—W.S. Farish's Code of Honor, a three-length win- ner of the Grade 1 Runhappy Travers in August at Saratoga Race Course, is back in training at Belmont Park and targeting the $100,000 Westchester Stakes (G3), a mile-and-one-sixteenth route for older horses for his seasonal debut on Saturday, June 6 at Belmont. "Code of Honor is doing very well," Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey said. "If all goes well, I plan to start him in the Westchester." The now 4-year-old Noble Mission chestnut won four-of-eight Code of Honor/KEENELAND PHOTO sophomore starts including wins in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth "The Whitney would be our big summertime goal. We're just Stakes at Gulfstream Park; the Grade 3 Dwyer Stakes at Belmont; hoping that everything will continue to go right and carry us on and a dramatic renewal of the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at through the year with the major older-horse races with the Belmont in which Code of Honor was elevated to first from sec- Breeders' Cup on our minds," McGaughey said. ond after the disqualification of winner Vino Rosso. McGaughey has a strong contingent of more than 20 horses sta- The talented colt was third past the wire in the 2019 Grade 1 bled at Belmont as the spring meet gets set to kick off on June 3.