June 23, 2026 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Stallion Spotlight: Sweetontheladies

• Practically Dark Winner of Father’s Day Feature at Gulfstream Park

• Florida-bred Foal Spotlight: Neolithic – Bold Birdie and Verifying – Golden Voice

• The Art of Remi - June 2026

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Sweetontheladies - ©Louise Reinagel

Stallion Spotlight: Sweetontheladies

BY LAURIE ROSS

A bargain buy who built a six-figure career out of pure early speed, Sweetontheladies (Twirling Candy - Whataclassybroad, by Yankee Gentleman) is making good on that same precocity at stud, with a third crop that already shows a particular fondness for Florida's all-weather track at Gulfstream Park.

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Florida-bred Practically Dark - ©Ryan Thompson

Practically Dark Winner of Father's Day Feature at Gulfstream Park

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL-C2 Racing Stables, Paul Braverman and Timothy Pinch's Florida-bred Practically Dark came with a steady run down the center of the track to edge past favored Latch the Hatch, also a Florida-bred, in mid-stretch and draw clear to a length-and-a-half victory in a first tier, $25,000 optional claiming in Sunday’s Father’s Day feature at Gulfstream Park.

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©Tandra Downs

Florida-bred Foal Spotlight: Neolithic – Bold Birdie

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

This regal filly at Pleasant Acres Stallions is a full sister to multiple graded stakes-placed, stakes-winning Florida-bred Neoequos, a Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) contender and third in last year’s Grade 2 Coolmore Fountain of Youth and Grade 1 Curlin Florida Derby.

©Tandra Downs

Florida-bred Foal Spotlight: Verifying - Golden Voice

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

This independent filly at Pleasant Acres Stallions is the first foal out of the winning Golden Horn (GB) mare Golden Voice, by Verifying, who stands at the Morriston, Florida stallion station. She was foaled on March 9 and was bred in Florida by Michael Lewis of Lantana.

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The Art of Remi

June 2026, by artist Remi‬⁩ Bellocq

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