Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Friday, February 14, 2025

February 14, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Roll On Big Joe Returns to Stakes Action Saturday in Palos Verdes

• New Bill Threatens Live Horse Racing in Florida, Critics Worried it Will Hurt Industry and Revenue

• Wire to Wire Video Preview: G W’s Girl is Ready to Go in Dixie Belle

• Brashanknowit Looks to Get Back on Track in Harry Henson

• Decoupling: What You Need to Know

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

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

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida Stallion Registration Deadline – Feb 18

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Tell the Florida SENATE to vote NO on Decoupling – SB 408.

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Tell Florida State legislators to oppose HB 105 (decoupling Gulfstream Park's racing and gaming licenses).

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Florida-bred Roll on Big Joe - ©Benoit

Roll On Big Joe Returns to Stakes Action Saturday in Palos Verdes

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred Roll On Big Joe, who was second to Straight No Chaser in the Grade 2 Santa Anita Sprint Championship in September, returns to stakes action Saturday at Santa Anita in the Grade 3 Palos Verdes. Trained by Robert Hess Jr., Roll On Big Joe is among six 4-year-olds and older who will go six furlongs in the $100,000 Palos Verdes.

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News Story Feature:

WESH 2 NEWS

New Bill Threatens Live Horse Racing in Florida, Critics Worried it Will Hurt Industry and Revenue

BY SENAIT GEBREGIORGIS (Wesh 2 News)

MARION COUNTY, Fla. (Wesh 2)-A new bill in Florida is sparking debate over the future of the state's horse racing industry.

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WIRE TO WIRE VIDEO PREVIEW:

G W's Girl is Ready to Go in Dixie Belle

Featuring Peter T. Fornatale

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Sunland Park - ©Coady Media

Brashanknowit Looks to Get Back on Track in Harry Henson

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Brashanknowit, an allowance winner two starts back at Arapahoe Park, has an upset opportunity at Sunland Park Sunday in the $100,000 Harry Henson Handicap. The Florida-bred mare shares the topweight assignment of 124 pounds with three others in the one-mile contest for fillies and mares, 4-years-old and older.

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Decoupling: What You Need to Know

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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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