Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Thursday, April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• FTBOA CEO Lonny Powell Legislative Update

• Florida-bred Flood Zone Top Rated for $1 Million UAE Derby

• Queen Maxima Odds On To Win Fourth Straight in Monrovia

• Decoupling: What You Need to Know

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Lonny Powell – ©Serita Hult

FTBOA CEO Lonny Powell

Legislative Update

Florida has always championed rural communities, recognizing agriculture as the backbone of our economy. Senate Bill 408 undermines that legacy, prioritizing Canadian gaming interests over Florida’s family farms, small businesses, and horsemen — many of whom shared their heartfelt opposition to the bill today.

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Florida-bred Flood Zone - ©Chelsea Durand

Florida-bred Flood Zone Top Rated for $1 Million UAE Derby

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Flood Zone, winner of the Grade 3 Gotham at Aqueduct for Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani's Wathnan Racing, has been rated at 108, tops among nine 3-year-olds entered for Saturday's US$1 million UAE Derby (G2) at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.

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Florida-bred Queen Maxima - ©BENOIT PHOTO

Queen Maxima Odds On To Win Fourth Straight in Monrovia

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred Queen Maxima has been tabbed as the 4-5 morning line favorite in Saturday's $100,000 Monrovia presented by Don Julio, a Grade 3 test for fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and older set to go about six-and-a-half furlongs on Santa Anita's unique downhill turf course.

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