ftboa.com • Thursday • November 28, 2019 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FOR ADVERTISING information or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or email: [email protected] In This Issue: FTBOA Toy Drive Gets Underway Florida-bred Pair Set for Fall Highweight Farm City Week Photo Contest Deadline is Nov. 30 Gold Standard Looks to Set Benchmark First Kentucky Derby Future Wager to Open Thanksgiving High On Gin Lites Up My Trusty Cat Tampa Bay Downs Charts Florida Stallion Progeny List Florida-bred A Bit of Both/JUDITH SEIPERT PHOTO Florida Breeders’ List Wire to Wire Business Place A Bit of Both, Archidust Post Featured Advertisers Ocala Stud Wins at OBS Day of Racing FTBOA BY OBS PRESS OFFICE ____________ Paco Lopez and ran the distance in 1:10 Florida Department of Agriculture 4/5. She was sold by breeder Darsan, Inc. Berrettini Feed OCALA, FL—A large crowd turned out in for $10,000 at the 2017 OBS October sunny weather for the Ocala Breeders’ Selected Yearling Sale. Selected Sale con- Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Sales Company 2019 November Day of formation photo Seminole Feed Racing, headed by the pair of six furlong In the day’s final race, the $125,000 Journeyman Stud OBS Sprint Stakes for OBS graduates. OBS Sprint, Crawford Farms Racing’s Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables LLC, Archidust slipped through on the inside to Darsan Inc., Bethlehem Stables and David take charge in the stretch, then held off a Wire Simon’s A Bit of Both stalked the early late charge by Ed and Susie Orr’s Boldor to leader in the $125,000 OBS Filly and Mare score by a length-and-three-quarters, with to Wire Sprint, took command on the turn, opened Dawn Mendez and Steve Henry’s Front Holiday daylight in the stretch and was best by Loaded settling for third by the same mar- three-and-a-half lengths over Lonnie gin. It’s the third stakes win for the 3-year- Schedule Stokes’ Caramel Martini. Northwest old colt by Verrazano, who turned in an In Recognition of Thoroughbreds LLC’s Ms Meshak Under Tack eighth in :10 flat before he was checked in third. That’s three stakes victo- purchased by Juan Pacanins, Agent, for the Holiday Season, ries for the 3-year-old Florida-bred filly by $300,000 out of the Whitman Sales con- Wire to Wire will not be published Paynter, who has now won seven of nine signment at the 2018 OBS March Sale. on Friday, Nov. 29, career starts with earnings of $289,310. Now 10-5-1-1 for trainer Jorge Navarro, he Thursday, Dec. 26 or Trained by Jason Servis, she was ridden by has earned $246,050 to date. Thursday Jan. 2. Back to Top Page 3 FTBOA Toy Drive Gets Underway Member Charity Open House is Dec. 6 The FTBOA Member Holiday Toy Drive begins the day after Thanksgiving and will run through Dec. 12 as toys may be dropped off in Ocala at the FTBOA, DeLuca Toyota and Showcase Properties of Central Florida. New unwrapped toys, sports equipment, crafts, youth books or art supplies with a value of $5 or more are welcome and will be donated to the Boys and Girls Club of Marion County holiday program. The FTBOA Member Charity Open House is Dec. 6 at the FTBOA offices at 801 SW 60th Avenue in Ocala and is open to each current FTBOA member and a guest. The annual event is from 6:00-9:30 p.m. Each FTBOA member and their guest bring a toy valued at $5 or more for admission. An RSVP in advance of the date is encouraged by calling 352-629-2160 or e-mail Tammy Gantt at [email protected]. RSVPs assist with the planning for the evening and are greatly appreciated. The casual evening themed “Red & White Winter Wonderland” includes live music, a Florida Thoroughbred Charities silent auc- tion, lots of food, drink tickets, a signature drink tasting, gourmet coffee bar, photo opportunities, a showcase of new DeLuca Toyota trucks, an outdoor fire pit, and a chance to catch up with friends. Items are still being accepted for the charity auction which raises funds for the thoroughbred retirement program at Lowell Correctional Institution. Auction items can be dropped off to FTBOA from Dec. 2 through Dec. 5. The event also features the latest FTBOA gallery art exhibition by Carol Moore Demme aka the ‘Lawn Jockey Lady’ whose work ranges from custom framed paintings of bears, dogs and horses to painted wallets, sales catalogues and purses. She also is one of the nation’s leading suppliers of custom painted lawn jockeys. CLICK HERE for the latest The Florida Horse ONLINE Back to Top Florida-bred Global Access Winner of the G3 Saranac Stakes at Saratoga FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Lonny Powell, CEO AND CONSUMER SERVICES Tammy A. Gantt, Associate Vice President Membership Services & Events Nicole “Nikki” Fried, Commissioner 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 For Information: Jacqueline Basha, Division of Marketing and Development 801 SW 60th Ave., Ocala, FL 34474 (850) 617-7286 – Direct Line • [email protected] CHELSEA DURAND PHOTO www.ftboa.com • [email protected] www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse www.FreshFromFlorida.com Back to Top Page 5 Florida-bred Pair Set for Fall Highweight BY BROCK SHERIDAN ________________________ Florida-bred Firenze Fire has been assigned to carry the top weight of 134 pounds on Thanksgiving Day at Aqueduct Race Track as the 4-year-old colt heads a field of nine 3-year-olds and older in the $200,000 Fall Highweight Handicap. The Mr Amore Stable homebred will give away between two and 12 pounds to his rivals, including fellow Florida-bred Happy Farm, in the six furlong Fall Highweight. The Fall Highweight will be the first time Firenze Fire has started outside of Grade 1 company since the son of Poseidon’s Warrior won the $150,000 Run Happy at Belmont Park over Fall Highweight entrant Recruiting Ready on May 11. Since that victory, Firenze Fire has two seconds in those five Grade 1 races including a short nose loss to Florida-bred Horse of the Year Imperial Hint in the Grade 1 Vosburgh Invitational at Belmont Park on Sept. 28 and a runner-up performance behind future Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1)-winner Mitole in the Grade 1 Forego Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 24. Trained by Jason Servis, Firenze Fire looks to add to his resume already filled with multiple graded-stakes wins with victories in the Grade 1 Champagne at Belmont Park and Grade 3 Sanford at Saratoga as a 2-year-old and winning the Grade 3 Dwyer Stakes at Belmont and the Grade 3 Gallant Bob at Parx as a sophomore. Firenze Fire is out of the Langfuhr mare My Every Wish and is in search of his eighth win in 22 career starts. The bay colt has career earnings of $1,517,600 and is the 8-5 morning line favorite in the Fall Highweight. Irad Ortiz Jr. who has ridden Firenze Fire in 10 of his last 11 races, get the return mount and they will start Florida-bred Firenze Fire/ELSA LORIEUL PHOTO from post two. with John Velasquez set to ride. The second high-weight at 132 pounds in the Fall Highweight Lewisfield ships in from Maryland for trainer Jeff Runco and is Recruiting Ready from the barn of trainer Stanley Hough. owner Linda L. Zang. He exits a fifth-place finish behind winner A last out winner of the $120,000-added Bet On Sunshine Taco Surpreme in the Maryland Millions Sprint on Oct. 19. Stakes at Churchill Downs on Nov. 2 when he defeated Do Share Lewisfield has drawn post seven and Trevor McCarthy will be by three-and-a-quarter lengths, Recruiting Ready is also a graded- in the saddle. stakes-winner having taken the Grade 3 Gulfstream Park Sprint at Trainer Jason Servis will saddle Happy Farm, a son of Gulfstream Park in early March. Ghostzapper out of Gospel Girl, by Holy Bull who will be trying Recruiting Ready is owned by Sagamore Farm LLC and will to add to his three-race win streak at Belmont Park against be trying to win for the tenth time in 26 starts. The son of allowance and $40,000 claiming horses. Algorithms out of Need, by Strong Hope has $799,189 in earnings Happy Farm was bred by Rustlewood Farm Inc. and Jose and will start from post four with Jose Ortiz in the saddle. He is Lezcano is set to ride from post nine. 3-1 in the morning line. The remainder of the field includes No Distortion, Wonder Both Strike Power and Lewisfield have been assigned to carry Light, Stan the Man and Seethisquick. 128 pounds in the Fall Highweight but Strike Power is 9-2 in the morning line while Lewisfield is 12-1. Strike Power will need to improve off of his last two starts when fifth in both the Grade 1 A.G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga won by Imperial Hint on July 27 and in the Lucky Coin Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 30. Strike Power is trained by Mark Hennig for Courtlandt Farms and the son of Speightstown out of Gold d’Oro, by Medaglia d’Oro will begin from post six Back to Top Page 6 DECEMBER 14 $250,000 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.