Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Thursday, April 30 2026

April 30, 2026 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• A Dozen Derby Entrants Have Ties to Ocala/Marion County Horse Capital of the World®

• 2026 Florida Connections to the 152nd Kentucky Derby

• Taken By The Wind Shifts to Turf for Edgewood Stakes

• 2026 Kentucky Derby Post Positions

• 2026 Kentucky Oaks Post Positions

• UF Healthy Horses Conference Coming Set for July

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Kentucky Derby Trophy - ©Kurtis Coady/Coady Media

A Dozen Derby Entrants Have Ties to Ocala/Marion County Horse Capital of the World^®

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Half of the 24 Thoroughbreds entered to run in Saturday's 152nd edition of the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade 1) have ties to horsemen based in Ocala and Marion County, the Horse Capital of the World^®.

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Florida-bred Taken by the Wind - ©Renee Torbit/Coady Media

Taken By The Wind Shifts to Turf for Edgewood Stakes

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Considered a top contender for the $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (Grade 1) earlier this year after winning the Fasig-Tipton Silverbulletday in January, The Kenneth McPeek-trained Taken by the Wind will instead race on the Churchill Downs turf Friday in the $600,000 Edgewood Stakes presented by Accenture (G2).

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UF Healthy Horses Conference Coming Set for July

COURTESY UF COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE (Edited)

The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine's 18th Annual Healthy Horses Conference will be held Friday, July 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Healthy Horses is an educational symposium for equine enthusiasts interested in learning more about successful horse health care and management.

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