Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Wednesday, October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Florida-breds Federal Judge and Comedy Town Competing for Breeders’ Cup Sprint Invitation in Keeneland’s Phoenix

• Florida-Bred Fan Favorite Noble Drama Retired at 9

• West Nile Virus Confirmed in Marion County

• T.I.P. Championships at Stable View Postponed due to Hurricane Helene; New Dates October 24-27

• Florida-breds in the 2024 OBS October Yearling Sale

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Federal Judge - ©Adam Coglianese

Florida-breds Federal Judge and Comedy Town Competing for Breeders' Cup Sprint Invitation in Keeneland's Phoenix

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

A fees-paid “Win and You’re In” invitation to the Grade 1 Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint is on the line for Florida-breds Federal Judge and Comedy Town in the Grade 2 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix on opening day at Keeneland Race Course Friday. Both bring last-out victories into the six-furlong contest that offers a $350,000 purse for the eight 3-year-olds and older.

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Florida-bred Noble Drama - ©Ryan Thompson

Florida-Bred Fan Favorite Noble Drama Retired at 9

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL—Multiple stakes-winning 9-year-old gelding Noble Drama, who thrilled fans for six seasons with his dramatic late-running style, has been retired from racing.

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West Nile Virus Confirmed in Marion County

According to the Equine Disease Communication Center and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, a Paso Fino stallion at a private facility in Marion County, Fla., has tested positive for West Nile. According to the EDCC alert, an unknown number of other horses have been exposed at the facility.

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©Thoroughbred Incentive Program

T.I.P. Championships at Stable View Postponed due to Hurricane Helene; New Dates October 24-27

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The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program and Stable View announced that the T.I.P. Championships at Stable View, originally scheduled for this weekend, have been rescheduled for Oct. 24 - 27, 2024.

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