BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred Queen Maxima, a winner of her last two starts, has been installed as the 3-5 morning line favorite for the $100,000 Wishing Well at Santa Anita Park Saturday, a six-furlong turf contest for fillies and mares.

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LEXINGTON, KY-For the first time in the United States since data has been recorded, the racing-related fatality rate at racetracks subject to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's (HISA) rules fell below 1.00 per 1,000 starts for a calendar year.

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Mag Racing LLC's G W'S Girl, a winner of two of three career starts including the $150,000 Mockingbird at Oaklawn in her last start, returns Monday as the expected favorite in the $150,000 Dixie Belle over the same track. Florida-bred G W’S Girl will face seven other 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs in the rescheduled Dixie Belle—originally part of the Oaklawn card canceled last Saturday due to weather.

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OwnerView is hosting its first 2025 Thoroughbred Owner Conference panel Tuesday, March 11, at 2:00 p.m. EST, with a discussion pertaining to accounting, legal and insurance considerations.

BY DARA KAM

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TALLAHASSEE-President Donald Trump emerged as the biggest winner last week as the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis approved a suite of measures aimed at strengthening enforcement of illegal immigration.

In a post on the Florida Thoroughbred Horsemen Instagram account, the FTH announced that Executive Director Herb Oster will be leaving his post at the end of February. The post went on to say that Oster will be leaving to concentrate on recent health issues.

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