Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Tuesday, March 11, 2025

March 11, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Japan’s Mitsu Nakauchida Goes To $1 Million To Buy Maxfield Colt on First Day of OBS March Sale

• FTBOA Member Spotlight: Dr. Charles Kent Cantrell

• 2025 OBS March Top Sellers

• Florida-breds in the 2025 OBS March Sale: Tuesday’s Results

• OBS March Under Tack Times for Hips 273 - 544 (Horses Selling Wednesday)

• Decoupling: What You Need to Know

• FSS Eligibles in OBS March Sale

• Florida-breds in the 2025 OBS March Sale (Selling Wednesday & Thursday)

• NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll

• NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll

• 2024-2025 Road to the Kentucky Derby & Kentucky Oaks

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Hip 119, a colt by Maxfield - ©Judit Seipert

Japan's Mitsu Nakauchida Goes To $1 Million To Buy Maxfield Colt on First Day of OBS March Sale

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A bay colt by first crop sire Maxfield topped the first day of action at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company March Sale of 2-year-olds in training when Japanese trainer Mitsu Nakauchida went to $1 million.

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Dr. Kent Cantrell - ©Sunsoar Photography

FTBOA Member Spotlight: Dr. Charles Kent Cantrell

BY SARAH WELK BAYNUM

Dr. Charles Kent Cantrell's exposure to Thoroughbreds was minimal until his senior year at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. That is when a fortuitous clinical experience sparked an interest in the breed and ultimately helped mold his professional specialization.

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