Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Friday, February 7, 2025

February 7, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Open Stakes Company Next Step for Pure Class in First Start of 2025

• Florida-bred Nic’s Style Heavily Favored in Tampa Bay’s Minaret

• Decoupling: A Multibillion-Dollar Threat to Florida’s World-Renowned Thoroughbred Legacy

• Wire to Wire Video Preview: Naughty Rascal Starts the Derby Trail in Sam Davis

• The Florida Horse Podcast NO DECOUPLING – Saffie Joseph Jr & Jena Antonucci

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

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Florida-bred Pure Class - ©SV Photography

Open Stakes Company Next Step for Pure Class in First Start of 2025

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A stakes winner against his fellow Florida-breds, Pure Class steps up against open black-type company in his first start of the year in the $100,000 Pelican at Tampa Bay Downs Saturday. Seven 4-year-olds and older will go six furlongs with Pure Class running for a share of $25,000 in Florida-bred bonus money presented by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association.

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Florida-bred Nic's Style - ©SV Photography

Florida-bred Nic's Style Heavily Favored in Tampa Bay's Minaret

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Nic’s Style, a multiple stakes-winner of five of six career starts, returns to stakes action at Tampa Bay Downs Saturday as the 7-5 morning line favorite in the $75,000 Minaret for eight fillies and mares, 4-years-old and older, going six furlongs.

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WIRE TO WIRE VIDEO PREVIEW:

Naughty Rascal Starts the Derby Trail in Sam Davis

Featuring Peter T. Fornatale

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New Episode!

The Florida Horse Podcast E52 - Saffie Joseph Jr

and Jena Antonucci

The Florida Horse Podcast Ep. 52: Saffie Joseph Jr. & Jena Antonucci speak out against decoupling and its impact on racing’s future in Florida.

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