Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Friday, Oct 16 2026

Oct 16, 2026 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Mystic Lake is Primed for Endine Stakes in Second Start Back

• Stakes Winner Fourth and Central ‘Sitting and Waiting’ to Run

• FTBOA Interview with Ashley Godwin of Rivermont Farm

• Nesso’s Lastharrah Taking Another Shot at Black Type as Second Choice in Lure Stakes

• Tampa Bay Downs Revises 2026-‘27 Stakes Schedule

• 2026 Breeders’ Cup Florida-bred Contenders

• History of Florida-breds in the Breeders’ Cup

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Mystic Lake - ©Hoofprints Inc.

Mystic Lake is Primed for Endine Stakes in Second Start Back

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred Mystic Lake appears ready for a big effort at Delaware Park Saturday in the $200,000 Endine Stakes for fillies and mares racing six furlongs.

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Florida-bred Fourth and Central - ©Ryan Thompson

Stakes Winner Fourth and Central 'Sitting and Waiting' to Run

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Shadybrook Farm, Inc.'s 2025 Florida Sire Stakes-winner Fourth and Central is sitting on go as breeder, owner and trainer Michael Yates awaits another spot for the talented 3-year-old gelding.

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A video thumbnail for Ashley Godwin of Rivermont Farm smiling up at her bay horse in front of trees

Florida-bred Nesso's Lastharrah - ©Benoit

Nesso’s Lastharrah Taking Another Shot at Black Type as Second Choice in Lure Stakes

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred Nesso's Lastharrah has been a moniker of reliability in his career, winning nearly a third of his 22 starts and finishing in the win, place or show spots 13 times while banking $337,480 for Mark D. and Patricia L. Cofer Trust's.

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Tampa Bay Downs - ©Tammy Gantt

Tampa Bay Downs Revises 2026-'27 Stakes Schedule

BY TAMPA BAY DOWNS PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

TAMPA, FL-Tampa Bay Downs has announced revisions to its 2026-2027 stakes schedule, highlighted by the addition of the Grade 3 Tampa Bay and the Grade 3 Endeavour to Festival Preview Day on Saturday, February 6, 2027.

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