Monday • August 30, 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: R Adios Jersey Stays Undefeated With Charles Towns Oaks Score Heavy Favorite Essential Quality Outkicks Midnight Bourbon in Thrilling Travers Yaupon Repels Furious Firenze Fire to Win Forego Letruska Thrilling Winner of Personal Ensign Champion Gamine Dances to Ketel One Ballerina Victory Gufo Rallies to Impressive Victory in G1 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Florida-bred Outfoxed/RYAN THOMPSON PHOTO Jackie’s Warrior Continues Saratoga Dominance in Winning G1 H. Allen “O” What A Day in FTBOA Florida Jerkens Memorial Sire Stakes at Gulfstream Gulfstream Park Charts Track Results & Entries Outfoxed Wins FFS Susan’s Girl Outfoxed produced a record-setting ef- Florida Stallion Progeny List and Octane Takes FSS Affirmed fort with a commanding 13 1/2 –length vic- tory ahead of runner-up Devilette. The Florida Breeders’ List BY BROCK SHERIDAN _____________ Susan’s Girl featured 11 2-year-old fillies by registered Florida stallions going seven Wire to Wire Business Place HALLANDALE BEACH, FL—LNJ Fox- furlongs on the fast track and is the second woods’ Outfoxed dominated the $200,000 leg of the three-race series that began July Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Own- 31 with the $100,000 Florida Sire Stakes Featured Advertisers ers’ Association Florida Sire Stakes Susan’s Desert Vixen at six furlongs. The filly divi- Big Lick LLC. sion of the series concludes Sept. 25 with Girl Saturday at Gulfstream Park while Florida Department of Agriculture Arindel homebred Octane lead from start to the $400,000 Florida Sire Stakes My Dear finish to win the $200,000 FTBOA Florida Girl at a mile-and-one-sixteenth. FTBOA Sire Stakes Affirmed two races later at the Peterson Smith Equine Hospital Hallandale Beach oval. See WHAT A DAY on page 3 Seminole Feed Page 2 Wire to Wire August 30, 2021 Back to Top Page 3 What A Day Continued from COVER “She was super good before the race. It was just getting into the gate,” he said. “Once she got to the gate, she got a little nervous. After that she was perfect, all class.” Outfoxed is the fifth winner in the Florida Sire Stakes for Zayas, who won on Phantom Ro in the 2017 Dr. Fager, Chance It in the 2018 Dr. Fager, Two Sixty in the 2019 My Dear Girl and with Boca Boy in the 2020 In Reality. Purchased for $360,000 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring Sale in April by bloodstock agents Alex Solis and Jason Litt, Outfoxed was consigned by Coastal Equine. She is from the first crop of Bri- dlewood Farm stallion Valiant Minister and is the first foal out of the stakes-winning mare Savingtime, by Kantharos. Savingtime also has a yearling filly by Bridlewood Farm resident Tunwoo and a weanling full-sister to Outfoxed. She also passed through the auction ring at OBS the 2020 Oc- tober Sale where Jesse Hoppel purchased her for $27,000 from the Abbie Road Farm consignment. It was Solis that played a key role in sending Outfoxed to Gulf- stream for the Florida Sire Stakes Susan’s Girl. “The racing manager, Alex Solis, let me know she was eligible for the race and he kept me updated on potential runners,” Mott said. “He kind of left it in my hands. We could run her in a maiden Florida-bred Octane/LAUREN KING PHOTO race up here in Saratoga or down there. We thought it was a good spot, and it turned out to be. The winning margin was the largest in the 40-year-history of “We will have to make a decision on [her running in the Florida the Susan’s Girl, eclipsing the 10-length victory by Ivanavinalot Sire Stakes My Dear Girl] pretty soon,” Mott said after winning in 2002. his first Florida Sire Stakes race. Conditioned by Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott and ridden by Outfoxed earned $120,000 in the Susan’s Girl to increase her Edgard Zayas, Outfoxed was sent to the post as the 7-5 favorite career bankroll to $132,000. She was bred in Florida by Charles after shipping to Gulfstream from Saratoga where she was third be- and Susan Chu’s Baoma Corp. hind winner Echo Zulu in her first career start going five-and-a- See WHAT A DAY on page 5 half furlongs on July 15. Dear Mama Mia broke best of all from post 11 in the Susan’s Girl and was quickly joined by Devilette from post eight as Out- foxed was in no hurry early from post seven. Florida-breds Recent maiden special weight winner Devilette sprinted to the lead down the backstretch and was a length in front of Noble Dreamer in second as they finished the first quarter-mile in a hand- Make Florida Racing timed :23.06. Devilette took them into the turn as Noble Dreamer Did you know edged closer in second while Outfoxed began to make a big run Florida-bred while racing five-wide. Midway on the turn, Outfoxed was able to thoroughbreds won maneuver into the three path and took the lead with five-sixteenths 31.5% of races run at the of a mile to the finish. recent Gulfstream Park Championship Devilette remained in second but was no match for Outfoxed, Meet? who was suddenly five lengths in front with a furlong to run while continuing to pull away with every stride. Outfoxed finished in This demonstrates how vital Florida-breds 1:23.81 on the fast track with Devilette another 13 ½ lengths ahead are to the success of Gulfstream Park of Desert Vixen-winner My Sassenach in third. They were followed throughout the year—not just during the in order by Sequin Lady, Veiled Prophet, Noble Dreamer, Demurely, Spring/Summer season. Spectacular Gal, Dear Mama Mia, Rachel’s Rock and Lluvia. Outfoxed returned $4.80 on a $2 win ticket. Additional good news for “She broke good out of the gate. She dropped back a little bit. Florida breeders—66% of There was plenty of pace. A seven-furlong race can be very hard those Florida-bred winners during on 2-year-old fillies, so I let her sit a little,” Zayas said. “At the the Gulfstream Park Championship half-mile [pole], I didn’t want to go too wide, so I tucked her in Meet were sired by Florida a little bit. After that she was taking me very nice. She was very stallions. impressive. Outfoxed took some time to load into the starting gate, but Zayas Florida-breds: said he was never concerned. Race ‘Em or Chase ‘Em! Wire to Wire August 30, 2021 Back to Top Page 4 Wire to Wire August 30, 2021 Back to Top Page 5 What A Day Continued from page 3 High Octane Performance in FSS Affirmed loping out three-quarters in 1:13. That told me that he can defi- nitely get the distance. I was very confident coming into this race,” Arindel came well-armed with four starters in the $200,000 David said. Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Florida Octane is by the Arindel stallion Brethren and is out of Star Re- Sire Stakes Affirmed and it was their homebred Octane who took cruit, by Aldebaran. Octane is a full-brother to stakes-placed Gatsby home the $120,000 first prize. and also has a yearling full-sister. He is the third Florida Sire Stakes Facing a large field of 10 other 2-year-old colts and geldings by winner for Brethren, who also sired Cookie Dough. registered Florida stallions over seven furlongs, the Florida Sire The Affirmed is the second consecutive victory for Octane, who Stakes Affirmed is the second leg of the three race series for male won a Florida-bred maiden special weight in his second career start juveniles that began with the $100,000 Dr. Fager on July 31 and by a length-and-three-quarters going five furlongs at Gulfstream concludes Sept. 25 with the $400,000 In Reality at a mile-and-one- on July 17. In his first start, he was second to Lightening Larry sixteenth. under the same conditions on June 18. Arindel’s Gilligan broke fastest from post 10 but was quickly He earned $120,000 for winning the Affirmed and now has rev- joined by Octane, who also started well from post one along with enues of $170,000 from his three career starts. Awesome Crusader and Lightening Larry. Shortly after the start, Octane was let go at 10-1 in the Affirmed and paid $22.20 for jockey Emisael Jaramillo pushed Octane to the front on the inside a $2 win ticket. and took a half-length lead on Lightening Larry to his outside with “We want to thank Gulfstream management and the horsemen Big and Classy and Gilligan racing together in third just behind them. for working with us to put on another big day of racing featuring Octane increased his lead to a length as he clicked off the first some of the very best Florida-bred/Florida-sired juveniles,” two furlongs in :22.50 as Lightening Larry chased in second while Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association CEO still ahead of Big and Classy in third with King Cab fourth. Lonny Powell said. “When these stake purses grow and progress Octane continued to show the way by a length around the turn from the $200,000 stake races today to a national attention-getting with Lightening Larry still in pursuit in second with two lengths $400,000 each at the next big Gulfstream stage on Sept.