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Timeless Victory (By My Standards) will be trainer Eddie Plesa Jr.'s final starter in Saturday's GI Florida Derby as the Florida horseman closes up shop after over 40 years at the track, it was announced via press release Friday. A second generation horseman, and one of the most successful horsemen in Florida racing history, Plesa will call it a career after the Kentucky Derby prep race concludes. His final starter in the Saturday feature will look to send his conditioner off in a big way, and despite being a longshot,...

Eddie Plesa, Jr. secured his 2,500th career training victory with the 3-year-old gelding Raging Fury at Gulfstream Park Apr. 13. TDN's Senior Racing Editor Steve Sherack caught up with the highly respected 74-year-old conditioner for a wide-ranging interview to discuss the milestone victory, his trip to the 2-year-old sales in Ocala this spring, the future of the sport and much more. TDN: Let's start things off with your milestone victory. What does it mean to you to reach 2,500 wins? EP: When you hit a number like that, you take...

Ohio-based stallions recruited from other states in 2020, including GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Fort Larned (E Dubai) and Grade I winners Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron) and Danza (Street Boss) (formerly standing in Kentucky) and Drill (formerly standing in Florida) were recently represented by their first Ohio-Accredited foals in 2021. Fort Larned's first accredited-Ohio foal was a colt out of No Truer (Alcindor), who is a full-sister to True Cinder, a multiple stakes-winner in Ohio. The colt was bred by Michael & Penny Rone and was born at Duncan Farms, where...