Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Saturday, January 17 2026

January 17, 2026 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Tenacious Victory By Taken by the Wind as She Earns More Kentucky Oaks Points in Silverbulletday

• Neoequos Impressive Winner of Sunshine Turf in First Start on Grass

• Damon’s Mound Proves Too Tough in Sunshine Sprint

• Florida-breds Lead the Nation in Quality and Performance

• FTBOA 2026: No to Decoupling Updates

• The Art of Remi

• Chase to the Championship Point Standings

• 2025 Leading Florida Juvenile Sires

• 2025 Leading Florida First Crop Sires

• 2025 Leading Florida Sires

• 2025 Leading Florida Breeders by Stakes Wins

• 2025 Leading Florida Breeders by Earnings

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Taken By The Wind (front) - ©Lou Hodges Jr./Hodges Photography

Tenacious Victory By Taken by the Wind as She Earns More Kentucky Oaks Points in Silverbulletday

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Taken by the Wind went immediately to the front from the start, remained in charge through a controlled pace then fought off Luv Your Neighbor for the duration of the long Fair Grounds stretch to win the $145,000 Fasig-Tipton Silverbulletday Stakes Saturday.

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Florida-bred Neoequos - ©Lauren King

Neoequos Impressive Winner of Sunshine Turf in First Start on Grass

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Neoequos came three wide on the second turn and emerged from a five-horse battle in deep stretch to win his turf debut in the $75,000 Sunshine Turf at Gulfstream Park Saturday.

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Florida-bred Damon's Mound (front) followed by Florida-bred Big Paradise - ©Ryan Thompson

Damon's Mound Proves Too Tough in Sunshine Sprint

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL-Cliff and Michele Love's multiple graded-stakes winning homebred Damon's Mound asserted his class when challenged at the top of the stretch and drew off to a popular front-running two-and-a-half-length triumph in Saturday's $75,000 Sunshine Sprint at Gulfstream Park.

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©Serita Hult

Florida-breds Lead the Nation in Quality and Performance

BY STEVE KOCH

Florida Thoroughbreds: a $3.2 billion rural economic powerhouse; leading the nation in starts and wins; dominating stakes competition on the road; and delivering 40% at home, year after year. Equine Speed is a Major Florida Export.

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FTBOA 2026: No to Decoupling

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The Art of Remi

January 2026, by artist Remi‬⁩ Bellocq

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