Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Friday, February 27 2026

February 27, 2026 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Honeybee Next Stop on Road to Kentucky Oaks for Undefeated Taken by the Wind

• Souper Zonda Using Sunshine Filly and Turf as Graded Stakes Springboard

• 2026 Florida-bred Foals Spotlight

• Hades Making All-Weather Course Debut in San Cristobal

• FTBOA Announces $1 Million Florida Sire Racing Incentives Program for 2026

• FTBOA Podcast Episode 2: Equine Speed is a Major Florida Export

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Taken by the Wind - ©Renee Torbit/Coady Media

Honeybee Next Stop on Road to Kentucky Oaks for Undefeated Taken by the Wind

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred Taken by the Wind takes her unblemished record to Oaklawn Park for Sunday's $750,000 Honeybee Stakes (Grade 3) for 3-year-old fillies in search of points on the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) Leaderboard.

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Florida-bred Souper Zonda - ©Ryan Thompson

Souper Zonda Using Sunshine Filly and Turf as Graded Stakes Springboard

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Live Oak Plantation homebred Souper Zonda tries to repeat her last out victory in the Sunshine Filly and Mare Turf, this time against Grade 3 fillies and mares in Saturday's $175,000 Honey Fox Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

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Photo by Ashley Godwin

This “little stinker” at Rivermont Farm is a Florida-bred colt by Brethren out of the stakes-placed Florida-bred mare Sweet Khaleesi, by Maimonides, born February 21. Rivermont purchased Sweet Khaleesi in foal to Brethren for $17,000 in January at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Winter Mixed Sale where she was consigned by breeder Arindel Farm. The colt is the sixth foal produced by Sweet Khaleesi. He has four full siblings to start, all winners, including stakes-placed Florida-breds Mist and Evolution. Sweet Khaleesi has an unraced 2-year-old filly, also by Brethren. The colt’s second dam, Calorie, by Yes It’s True, is a half-sister to Florida-bred stakes-winner Onyx.

Photo by Ashley Godwin

Rivermont Farm’s Florida-bred Bucchera stands with her first foal, a Florida-bred colt by Ocala Stud stallion Roadster born on February 25. Also bred by Rivermont Farm, winner Bucchera is by Bucchero out of the unraced A.P. Indy mare Nacho Polo and is a half-sister to stakes-producing Florida-bred Polo Union.

Florida-bred Hades - ©Adam Coglianese

Hades Making All-Weather Course Debut in San Cristobal

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL-D. J. Stable and Robert Cotran's 2024 Holy Bull (Grade 3)-winner Hades will face synthetic specialists Classic Mo Town, Prevent, Private Thoughts and Iron Hand while making his debut on the all-weather course in Saturday's $100,000 San Cristobal overnight handicap at Gulfstream Park.

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FTBOA Announces $1 Million Florida Sire Racing Incentives Program for 2026

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OCALA, FL - The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association today announced a new $1 million Florida Sire Racing Incentive Program for 2026, providing win incentives to owners and breeders of FSS-eligible 2-year-olds at Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs.

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FTBOA Podcast Episode 2:

Equine Speed is a Major Florida Export

Host Brock Sheridan and guest Steve Koch of FTBOA discuss the FTBOA Florida-bred incentive programs in detail and showcase how Florida-breds truly lead the nation in both quality and performance.

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