Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Friday, Oct 30 2026

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Inside This Issue

• Little Thunder, Mad House Look to Rise out of Phoenix into Breeders’ Cup Sprint

• With Deep Florida Roots, R Disaster Set for Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

• Juvenile Nessy Takes Down Churchill Allowance at 48-1

• 2026 Breeders’ Cup Florida-bred Entries

• WATCH NOW! Florida-breds by the Numbers, Breeders’ Cup 2026 Edition

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

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

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Florida-bred Little Thunder - ©Tim Sudduth/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders' Cup

Little Thunder, Mad House Look to Rise out of Phoenix into Breeders' Cup Sprint

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Little Thunder and Mad House, two of the three Florida-breds with Roll On Big Joe entered in Saturday's $2 million Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint (Grade 2) at Keeneland Saturday, come out of strong placing's in the Grade 2 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix that indicate they are potential threats, both at long 30-1 morning odds.

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Florida-bred R Disaster - ©Ashley Phillips / Coady Media

With Deep Florida Roots, R Disaster Set for Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

BY MARY EDDY

In December of 2017 at Gulfstream Park, Richard Averill dropped the slip on a Florida-bred mare named Making Havoc, spending just $6,250 on the 7-year-old daughter of Gottcha Gold.

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Florida-bred Nessy - ©Coady Media

Juvenile Nessy Takes Down Churchill Allowance at 48-1

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Coming out of an 11 ½-length domination of a maiden special weight on the dirt at Mountaineer, Florida-bred Nessy took that form to the Churchill Downs grass course Thursday to upset a $84,717 non-winners of two allowance races at odds of 48-1.

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

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