Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Friday, Oct 23 2026

Oct 23, 2026 Edition

Featured Advertisers

Florida Coast Equipment - Kubota

Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association

Glen Hill Farm of Ocala, FL

National Thoroughbred Racing Association

Subscribe to Wire to Wire Here

Inside This Issue

• Heysek Elected as FTBOA President, Campbell, Russell Join Board

• Conviction Goes Into Bowman Mill for Second Start

• Remi’s FTBOA Cartoon of the Month – Halloween 2026

• Ocala Art Group Adds Dates to Show Benefitting the Florida Thoroughbred Industry

• Florida-breds by the Numbers - Breeders’ Cup 2026 Edition

• 2026 Breeders’ Cup Florida-bred Pre-Entries

• Historical Statistics of Florida-breds in Past Breeders’ Cups

• Tracking the State’s Florida-Bred Investment, September 2026

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Richard Heysek

Heysek Elected as FTBOA President, Campbell, Russell Join Board

PRESS RELEASE

OCALA, FL-The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association announced October 23 that Richard Heysek, who with his wife Cathy breed and race in the name of their Caperlane Farm in Reddick, was elected president of the FTBOA at a board meeting following the annual member meeting.

View Full Story Here

Florida-bred Conviction - ©G Sonny Hughes

Conviction Goes Into Bowman Mill for Second Start

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Conviction, an easy winner of a maiden special weight versus Florida-breds at Gulfstream Park in his first start, steps up into stakes for his second race in the $250,000 Bowman Mill at Keeneland Saturday.

View Full Story Here

Artist draws illustration of a Halloween party. The video title is in purple across the image.

The Art of Remi

Halloween 2026, by artist Remi‬⁩ Bellocq

Click to View on Website

©Tammy Gantt

Ocala Art Group Adds Dates to Show Benefitting the Florida Thoroughbred Industry

The Ocala Art Group Fall Show titled, Reflections of Farm Life in Marion County, will be on exhibit at the Conservation Summit hosted by Horse Farms Forever on November 12 at the Circle Square Cultural Center at 8395 SW 80th Street in Ocala.

View Full Story Here

Thumbnail of Bentornato and Irad Ortiz Jr in their win of the 2025 BC Sprint. (©Benoit)

View 2026 FLBred Pre-Entries

View FLBred Historical Statistics

Tracking the State's Florida-Bred Investment

SEPTEMBER 2026

BY STEVE KOCH

This is the latest in a continuing series tracking how Florida's new state investment in Florida-bred purses translates into actual earnings.

View Full Story Here

Friday, October 23

Saturday, October 24

Sunday, October 25

Friday, October 30

Saturday, October 31

Learn more about each Florida-bred.

Click on the Florida-bred Stakes to be taken to the FTBOA website

with additional information on each Florida-bred.

Advertise Here...

Call Kristin Vasquez at 352-629-2160 for more information.

Special rate for business owners...

Advertise your business or service here!

$150 per Month

(word count limits apply)

Contact Kristin Vasquez at 352-629-2160 for more information

This issue is sent to more than 4,000 members of the Thoroughbred industry.

If you would like to get in front of this audience, please

call us at 352-629-2160 to advertise today.

WiretoWire

About Us

Wire to Wire is the voice of the Florida Thoroughbred industry. Published by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association, Wire to Wire is a daily racing digest published and distributed digitally by subscription and available at ftboa.com/news. Wire to Wire online is delivered daily to inboxes worldwide.

Wire to Wire online features original content produced by our editors with additional headline stories pertinent to the industry.

CONNECT WITH US

Florida Equine Communications

801 SW 60th Avenue, Ocala FL 33474

352-629-2160