ftboa.com • Friday • October 16, 2020 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: Enrollment Begins for Ag Risk and Price Loss Coverage Programs Danzing Candy Colt tops OBS Open Sale Bodexpress Seeks Return Visit to GPW Winner’s Circle Venetian Harbor Tops Deep Field in Lexus Raven Run Regal Beauty Wins Mill Ridge Purse Laurel Park Reopening to Public Marion County Business Assistance Programs Available Breeders’ Cup Distaff Notes Chase to the Championship Gulfstream Park West Charts Track Results & Entries Premier Star/BILL DENVER PHOTO Florida Stallion Progeny List Premier Star Impresses Florida Breeders’ List With Jersey Shore Victory Wire to Wire Business Place BY MONMOUTH PARK lead with Paco Lopez aboard, Premier Star Featured Advertisers PRESS OFFICE ___________________ powered his way to an impressive four- and-three-quarters-length victory in Bloodstockauction USA OCEANPORT, NJ—If Premier Star’s solid Wednesday’s $100,000 Jersey Shore EnviroEquine LLC showing in his last race wasn’t enough to Stakes for 3-year-olds at Monmouth Park. convince trainer Michael Trombetta that One race after finishing four lengths Florida Department of Agriculture the colt was sitting on a breakout perform- behind Yaupon, a top contender for the FTBOA ance, his recent works erased any doubts. Breeders’ Cup Sprint trained by Steve Those two indicators proved to be spot on. Asmussen, and two lengths behind multi- Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Able to squeeze through an opening ple Grade 1-winner Basin in the Grade 2 Seminole Feed after three-eighths of a mile to take the See MONMOUTH on page 3 Back to Top Page 3 Monmouth Continued from COVER Amsterdam at Saratoga on Aug. 29, Premier Star dispatched his six rivals with ease. Winning time for the six furlongs was a sharp 1:09.61. “This horse has trained really well,” Trombetta said. “I was a little concerned when [Paco] squeezed up the inside and it looked like he might have room, and then you’re thinking maybe not, but he was able to get through and grab the spot and the lead, which he wanted. He’s a pretty fast horse. These type of horses don’t like to be checked or steadied. They just don’t recover from that a lot of times. I’m glad [Paco] was able to make it work. “As tough as his last race was and as well as he ran in my mind that day they still have to run. Every horse race is a different race. A lot of things have to go right to win them. Today was his day.” Owned by Sonata Stable, the son of Tapiture improved to four- for-seven lifetime with his first stakes score. Longshot Johnny Ritt held second, a neck ahead of Meru. Lopez made the winning move by squeezing through an open- ing down the backside as Johnny Ritt and Florida-bred As Seen On TV dueled through an opening quarter of :22.09, with Premier Star just off of them. “He’s a big horse and a couple of them broke faster than he did but he was running once he got going,” Lopez said. “I guess it was about the three-eighths that I had to decide to go outside or inside and I saw room on the rail and I took it and he went right to the lead. He was very strong today.” Once Premier Star made the lead he started extending his advantage through an opening half in :44.74. He returned $4.20 to win. “I knew he ran against some monsters last race but I was sur- prised the instructions were to send him. But they know him. They know how he likes to race,” Lopez said. “Once he made the lead no one was catching him.” Premier Star now has two wins and a third in the four starts for Trombetta, who took over the horse’s training from Jorge Navarro this spring. Racing resumes at Monmouth Park with a 10-race card on Saturday. First race post time is 12:50 p.m. ET. Enrollment Begins for Ag Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs PRESS RELEASE __________________________________ WASHINGTON—Agricultural producers can now make elec- tions and enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2021 crop year. The signup period opened Tuesday, Oct. 13. These key U.S. Department of Agriculture safety-net programs help producers weather fluc- tuations in either revenue or price for certain crops, and more than $5 billion in payments are in the process of going out to producers who signed up for the 2019 crop year. FTBOA/FEC Office Closed Friday Due to anticipated traffic closures near the Ocala International Airport, the FTBOA and FEC offices will be closed Friday, Oct. 16. Back to Top Back to Top Page 5 Danzing Candy Colt Tops OBS Open Yearling Sale BY OBS PRESS OFFICE ______________________________ At Tuesday’s Selected session, 91 horses sold for a total of $3,650,500, compared with 130 yearlings bringing $5,689,200 at Hip 632, a son of Danzing Candy consigned by Lisa the 2019 Selected Sale. The average price was $40,115 com- McGreevy’s Abbie Road Farm as an agent, went to Donato Lanni pared with $43,763 last year, while the median price was as an agent for $115,000 to top the Open session of the Ocala $28,000 compared with $30,000 a year ago. The buyback per- Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2020 October Yearling Sale. The dark centage was 32.6%; it was 30.1% in 2019. bay or brown colt is out of Bosserette, by Street Boss, a half-sister Hip 149, a Florida-bred daughter of Not This Time consigned to stakes-winner Meditations. by Abbie Road Farm (Lisa McGreevy) as an agent, went to Tonja Hip 702, a Florida-bred son of Declaration of War consigned Terranova as an agent for $225,000 to top Selected Sale of by K P Sales as an agent, was sold to Mick Price Racing for Yearlings. The dark bay or brown filly is out of Midnight Magic, $72,000. The dark bay or brown colt is out of Miss Prudence, by by Midnight Lute, a half-sister to graded stakes winner Coalport. Discreetly Mine, a half-sister to stakes winner Annulment. He was She was bred in Florida by Trackwest Racing Inc. and Don bred in Florida by Ashley Schappert. Whalen. Hip 615, a daughter of Exaggerator consigned by Sennebec For the Two Year Olds and Horses of Racing Age section, 30 South Farm, went to Joseph Besecker for $62,000. The dark bay horses sold for a total of $823,500, averaging $27,450 with a or brown filly, is out of stakes-placed Bazinga B, by Lion Hearted, $15,500 median figure and an 18.9% buyback percentage. from the family of champion Cash Deposit. Zedan Racing Stables, Inc. went to $155,000 for Hip 39, a Hip 440, Kenner, a son of Laoban consigned by Francis and son of Empire Maker consigned by Top Line Sales LLC as an Barbara Vanlangendonck’s Summerfield as an agent, was sold to agent, to top the October Sale’s Two Year Olds and Horses of de Meric Sales for $55,000. The bay colt is out of Mystery Mix, Racing Age section. The 2-year-old bay colt, whose quarter in by Awesome Again, a daughter of graded stakes-winner Lovely :21.20 was co-fastest at the distance at the Under Tack Show, is Lil. a half-brother to graded stakes-winner Majestic River out of Hip 458, a Florida-bred daughter of Lord Nelson also con- graded stakes placed stakes winner Tempus Fugit, by Alphabet signed by Sennebec South Farm, went to Afleet Equine as an Soup. agent for $52,000. The chestnut filly is out of stakes-placed Our The next item on the OBS agenda is the 2020 OBS Day of Eponene, a half-sister to stakes-winner Our Fantene and she was Racing, set for Tuesday, November 24. The next sale is the bred in Florida by Coteau Grove Farms LLC. 2021Winter Mixed Sale, including the Horses of Racing Age JAL Racing / Jose A. Lopez paid $52,000 for Hip 517, a section, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 25 – 26. Florida-bred son of Uncaptured consigned by Whitman Sales LLC as an agent. The chestnut colt is out of Senza Fina, by City Zip, a daughter of stakes-winner Ragtime Gal and was bred in Florida by Judy Karlin and Cristy Whitman. For the session, 260 yearlings sold for a total of $2,887,400, For OBS Sale Results compared with 267 bringing a total of $3,356,400 a year ago. The average price was $11,105 compared with $12,571 in 2019, while the median price was $7,750 compared with $8,000 a year ago. The CLICK HERE buyback percentage was 20.7% compared with 23.3% a year ago. Bodexpress Seeks Return Visit to GPW Winner’s Circle BY GULFSTREAM WEST PRESS OFFICE ______________ weeks later at Gulfstream Park West. He has been winless in six subsequent starts, including two graded-stakes placings. MIAMI GARDENS, FL—Bodexpress, a colt whose pre-race antics Bodexpress finished second behind Maximum Security in the have too frequently undermined his abundant talent, is scheduled 2019 Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream to early a start in the for a return to action at Gulfstream Park West Saturday.