Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Tuesday, February 3 2026

February 3, 2026 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• FTBOA Statement on HB 881 Passage from House Commerce Committee

• OBS Catalogues 816 for March Sale

• Nearly ‘Feeling Frisky’ Morning After Impressive Holy Bull Win

• Ethan West Has Favored Unfaithful Rose Ready for Xtra Heat at Laurel

• 2025-2026 Road to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks

• Multiple Stakes Winner Buccherino Drops into Allowance Company Wednesday at Parx

• NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll and Top Thoroughbred Poll

• FTBOA 2026: No to Decoupling Updates

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida Capitol - ©Aneese

FTBOA Statement on HB 881 Passage from House Commerce Committee

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OCALA, FL - "Today's amendment reflects issues we raised in earlier anti-decoupling testimony, particularly regarding the permits language. Regardless, the fundamental threat remains: decoupling destabilizes," said Lonny Powell, FTBOA CEO.

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Brant - ©OBS/Photos by Z

OBS Catalogues 816 for March Sale

OBS PRESS RELEASE

Ocala Breeders' Sales Company has catalogued 816 horses for its 2026 March Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, which will be held over three days March 10-12. The catalogue is available online at obssales.com. Sessions will begin at 11 a.m. ET each day.

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Todd Pletcher - ©Coglianese

Nearly 'Feeling Frisky' Morning After Impressive Holy Bull Win

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Centennial Farms' Nearly was feeling his oats at Palm Beach Downs Sunday morning in the aftermath of his eye-catching five-and-three-quarters-lengths triumph in Saturday's $267,500 Holy Bull (Grade 3) at Gulfstream Park.

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Laurel Park - ©Maryland Jockey Club

Ethan West Has Favored Unfaithful Rose Ready for Xtra Heat at Laurel

BY MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

LAUREL, MD-Florida-bred Unfaithful Rose has come a long way since being dismissed at 12-1 on the tote board for her career debut, a five-furlong maiden special weight race at Belterra Park on August 16.

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

Multiple Stakes Winner Buccherino Drops into Allowance Company Wednesday at Parx

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Happy Tenth Stable's Buccherino, a two-time stakes-winner at Parx in 2025, will make his first start of 2025 in an upper tier, $100,000 optional claiming at Parx Saturday.

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FTBOA 2026: No to Decoupling

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