[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 20, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H2936-H2937]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         SILVER CHARM, FROM OCALA, FL, NEARS A TRIPLE CROWN WIN

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this opportunity to inform my 
colleagues that after one of the most exciting races in the history of 
the Preakness Stakes held Saturday, Silver Charm, sired and trained in 
my hometown of Ocala, FL, is two-thirds of the way toward winning the 
Triple Crown.
  I congratulate Bob and Beverly Lewis, the owners of Silver Charm, and 
I congratulate Jack Dudley, owner of Dudley Farms in Ocala, where 
Silver Charm was born. Not since 1978 has there been a Triple Crown 
winner, and that fine animal was another Ocala-bred horse, Affirmed.

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  Thoroughbred horse racing is unique among competitions, a combination 
of skilled riders and these carefully bred and trained animals. 
Increasingly, Florida is producing champion horses. The horse farms of 
Ocala and Marion County are bringing well-deserved recognition to our 
State. On behalf of the people of Marion County, I wish Silver Charm 
all the best in the Belmont Stakes in June.

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