December 30, 2025 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Stallion Spotlight: Gulfport

• Buccherino Leads Florida-bred Trio Into Blitzen Stakes at Parx

• Vita Mia in Search of First Stakes Victory in Cash Run 

• Bonus Depreciation Update and FAQ for Horse Owners

• Chase to the Championship Point Standings

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Gulfport - ©Louise Reinagel


Stallion Spotlight: Gulfport

BY LAURIE ROSS


Opportunities to access elite sire power in Florida are rare, and Gulfport (Uncle Mo - Fame and Fortune, by Unbridled's Song) is among the most compelling in recent years.

Florida-bred Buccherino - ©Nikki Sherman/EQUI-PHOTO


Buccherino Leads Florida-bred Trio Into Blitzen Stakes at Parx

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Happy Tenth Stables' Buccherino looks to end 2026 with his fourth stakes victory and fifth win of the year in the $75,000 Blitzen Stakes, a seven-furlong test for 3-year-olds and older at Parx Racing Wednesday.

Junior Alvarado - ©Renee Torbit/Coady Media


Vita Mia in Search of First Stakes Victory in Cash Run

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Stakes-placed twice in the fall at Gulfstream Park, Florida-bred Vita Mia looks for her first added-money victory when she returns to the Hallandale Beach oval on New Year's Day in the $175,000 Cash Run.

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