Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Saturday, July 18 2026

July 18, 2026 Edition

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• Souper Quest Dominates Off the Turf Wolf Hill For First Career Stakes Win

• Mon Coquette Wires Gulfstream Maiden Special Weight in First Start

• Monster, Rockies Balboa Upset Candidates in Quick Call

• Tracking the State’s Florida-Bred Investment

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

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Florida-bred Souper Quest - ©Taylor Ejdys/EQUI-PHOTO

Souper Quest Dominates Off the Turf Wolf Hill For First Career Stakes Win

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Live Oak Stud homebred Souper Quest nearly walked out the starting gate but rushed up to snatch the lead with four-and-a-half furlongs to go then never looked back in producing an impressive six-and-a-quarter-length victory in the $95,000 Wolf Hill Stakes for 3-year-olds and older at Monmouth Park Saturday.

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Florida-bred Mon Coquette - ©Ryan Thompson

Mon Coquette Wires Gulfstream Maiden Special Weight in First Start

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Vicente Stella Stables homebred Mon Coquette turned away a challenge from Rosie's Roadster at the top the stretch then kicked clear in the lane to win a $65,000 maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies bred in Florida at Gulfstream Park Saturday.

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Florida-bred Monster - ©Lauren King

Monster, Rockies Balboa Upset Candidates in Quick Call

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-breds Rockies Balboa and Monster are part of an overflow field of turf sprinters entered for Sunday's $225,000 Quick Call Stakes presented by Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, a Grade 3 test for 3-year-olds at five-and-a-half furlongs at Saratoga Race Course.

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Tracking the State's Florida-Bred Investment

June 2026

BY STEVE KOCH

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

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