Monday • August 2, 2021 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION www.wiretowire.net FLORIDA’SDAILYRACINGDIGEST FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: Essential Quality Wins Jim Dandy Dr. Schivel By A Neck in Bing Crosby at Del Mar Lexitonian Outkicks Special Reserve to Win Alfred G. Vanderbilt Cross Border Repeats in Bowling Green Florida-bred Cajun’s Magic (#3)/LAUREN KING PHOTO Leader of The Band Rolls by Edie Meeny Cajun’s Magic Tops Stone- Miny Mo to Win Monmouth Oaks Diabolic Delivers Devilishly Good Effort hedge Exacta in Dr. Fager in My Dear Stakes Gulfstream Park Charts BY BROCK SHERIDAN _____________ the latter getting the slight edge as the wa- gering favorite while Cajun’s Magic was 6-1 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL—Gil and Mari- at post time. Track Results & Entries lyn Campbell won a Florida Thoroughbred After a good start by all, 9-1 Laki Lio Breeders’ Association Florida Sire Stakes shot to the front from post one and had a Florida Stallion Progeny List for the 17th time and the Dr. Fager division length advantage of Hope in Him in second for the fifth time Saturday when their with Dean Delivers another half-length Florida Breeders’ List Cajun’s Magic defeated stablemate Dean back in third while Cajun’s Magic and Delivers by a neck to complete the home- jockey Jesus Rios raced mid-pack. Wire to Wire Business Place bred exacta. A field of seven 2-year-olds by Laki Lio raced into the turn after a quar- registered Florida sires went six furlongs ter-mile split of :22.10 as Dean Delivers for a purse of $100,000 in the 39th running ranged up to challenge on the outside at the Featured of the Dr. Fager. five-sixteenths pole and Cajun’s Magic While running in the name of Gilbert C. began to pick up horses while racing three- Advertisers Campbell or under their long time stable wide. name Stonehedge LLC, the Campbell’s As Dean Delivers and Cajun’s Magic Big Lick LLC green and while silks have been carried into raced in tandem past the quarter-pole while the winner’s circle following the Dr. Fager ticking off a half-mile in :45.42, Laki Lio Florida Department of Agriculture by Blazing Sword in 1996, Two T’s at Two surrendered into third with Hope in Him Bs in 2012, My Brown Eyed Guy in 2013 completing his best running while two FTBOA and Breeze on By last year. lengths farther back in fourth. On a day when total handle hit Dean Delivers was able to hold off Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply $10,136,959, Dean Delivers and Hope in Cajun’s Magic until they had just more than Seminole Feed Him were both sent to the post at 8-5 with See FSS on page 3 Wire to Wire August 2, 2021 Back to Top Page 3 FSS Continued from COVER an eighth of a mile to go when Cajun’s Magic took to the front on the outside. The tenacious Dean Delivers never quit and came back again on the rail but was unable to re-take the lead as they finished in 1:11.02 and ten lengths better than a late running Golden Special in third. They were followed by Merlin, Big and Classy, Hope in Him and Laki Lio. Lightening Larry and Palimonium were scratched. Cajun’s Magic paid $15 to win. Following the race, trainer Michael Yates said he was not sur- prised by the close finish and revealed his prophetic conservation with Marilyn Campbell in early July after each had completed their first victories. “After they broke their maidens, Mrs. Campbell asked me which one I liked best,” Yates said. “I said, ‘Personally, at this point,’ I feel like we have the exacta. I don’t know which one’s the best.’ “It’s quite a thrill. [The Campbells] have been such a big part in the Florida breeding industry. To be a part of the team is an honor, for sure.” Both Cajun’s Magic and a Dean Delivers are by Cajun Breeze, who Yates trained and co-owned owned with Robert Eversole at the end of the stallion’s racing career. Cajun Breeze is now co- owned by the Campbells and has stood throughout his tenure as a stallion at their Stonehedge Farm South in Williston. “It’s pretty surreal. [Cajun Breeze] is throwing some nice horses. I think the best is yet to come from him,” Yates said. “His first cou- ple crops, he had some pretty small numbers from some pretty or- dinary mares. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have bought half of him and have bred a decent number of mares to him. The proof’s in the pud- ding.” Cajun’s Magic has more Florida breeding on his bottom side as he is out of the Campbell’s homebred mare Mollie’s Magic, by Fac- tum and has produced two other horses of racing age. Both winners See FSS on page 5 Florida-breds Make Florida Racing Did you know Florida-bred thoroughbreds won 36.8% of races run at the recent Tampa Bay Downs season? This demonstrates how vital Florida-breds are to the success of Tampa Bay Downs. Additional good news for Florida breeders—72% of those Florida-bred winners during the Tampa Bay Meeting were sired by Florida stallions. Florida-breds: Race ‘Em or Chase ‘Em! Wire to Wire August 2, 2021 Back to Top Wire to Wire August 2, 2021 Back to Top Page 5 FSS Continued from page 3 including Turn on the Magic, by Journeyman Stud’s leading Florida make-up ground and was only half-length off the lead as they sire Khozan and an earner of $112,179; and Poseidon’s Magic, by clicked off a half-mile in :45.74. Poseidon’s Warrior. She also has an unnamed weanling filly by My Sassenach took over at the top of the stretch and continued Journeyman Stud stallion St. Patrick’s Day. to draw away while drifting out to win in a final time of 1:12.17 on Cajun’s Magic was second to Of a Revolution in his first start the fast track. Demurely rallied from her seventh position earlier against special weight maidens going five furlongs at Gulfstream in the race to get second, three-quarters of a length ahead of Rufa on May 29 before winning a state-bred maiden special weight going Red Knot in third. They were followed by Noble Dreamer, Silver five-and-a-half furlongs at Gulfstream July 3. His first-place check Smile, Soul Flight, Ukiyo and Stone Beauty. Rachel’s Rock, Royal in the Dr. Fager increased his career revenues to $112,900. Rocker and Solar Girl were scratched. The second leg of the male division of the FTBOA Florida Sire “It’s good for me. I’ve won this race four or five times, but not Stakes comes Aug. 28 at Gulfstream with the $200,000 Affirmed recently. It’s good to be back with a nice filly,” Braddy said. “She’s at seven furlongs. kind of a thick filly. We liked her at the sale. She breezed well and she galloped out well. She acted like she could run.” My Sassenach No Surprise for Connections in My Sassenach worked an eighth-mile in :10.20 at the under tack Desert Vixen Despite 9-1 Odds session for the OBS April Sale where Sucher said he purchased her Florida-bred My Sassenach was sent to the post as a 9-1 outsider with the Florida Sire Stakes in mind. for the $100,000 Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ As- “I feel great,” Sucher said. “We bought her for the Florida Sire sociation Florida Sire Stakes Stakes. She ran like we thought Desert Vixen at Gulfstream Park she would. We’re looking forward Saturday but the dark bay or brown to the [Florida Sire Stakes Susan’s filly and jockey Miguel Vasquez Girl] division. Hopefully, she dominated the six furlong dash, stays sound and she’ll make her winning by eight-and-a-quarter next start there. We’re excited. We lengths. have a good horse and a good My Sassenach paid $21 on a $2 trainer so we’ll keep our fingers win ticket. crossed.” The annual Florida Sire Stakes The second leg of the filly di- series is for juveniles sired by ac- vision of the FTBOA Florida Sire credited Florida stallions. Stakes comes Aug. 28 at Gulf- Trained by J. David Braddy, My stream in the $200,000 Susan’s Sassenach finished second to Girl at seven furlongs. Queen Camilla in a five-and-a-half “I think the seven-eighths furlong maiden special weight might be all right. I’m not so sure against fellow Florida-breds on about the long [My Dear Girl at a July 1 in her only other start, which mile-and-one-sixteenth on Sept. not deter the connections going 25 at Gulfstream]. We’ll just have into the Desert Vixen. to see,” Braddy said after winning “I thought she was a real good for the fifth time in the series. filly the first time we ran her,” All of Braddy’s other victories Braddy said. “We worked her nine in the series came when the races days in front of the race, scoped were known as the Florida Stal- her, and she was clean. We ran her Florida-bred My Sassenach/LAUREN KING PHOTO lion Stakes and run at the now in that race and she scoped with a lung infection.