Oct 27, 2026 Edition

 

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Inside This Issue

• Six Florida-breds Enter for 43rd Edition of Breeders’ Cup World Championships

• 2026 Breeders’ Cup Florida-bred Entries

• Roll On Big Joe ‘Ready to Go’ for Return in Breeders’ Cup Sprint

• Ground Support Convincing Winner of Grade 3 Glen Cove

• HISA Hires In-House Counsel, Reduces Legal Costs

• WATCH NOW! Florida-breds by the Numbers, Breeders’ Cup 2026 Edition

• Historical Statistics of Florida-breds in Past Breeders’ Cups

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

 
 

©Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders' Cup


Six Florida-breds Enter for 43rd Edition of Breeders' Cup World Championships

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Six Florida-breds have entered three Breeders' Cup World Championship races set for Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31 at Keeneland Race Course for thoroughbred racing's premier two-day festival of racing.

 
 
 

Florida-bred Roll On Big Joe - ©Carlos J. Calo/Eclipse Sportswire/Breeders' Cup


Roll On Big Joe 'Ready to Go' for Return in Breeders' Cup Sprint

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Trainer Bob Hess Jr. has won more than 1,500 races and has a laundry-list of graded stakes winners. But Hess admits the 6-year-old Florida-bred Roll On Big Joe, entered in Saturday's $2 million Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint (Grade 1), is one of those "at the top of the list."

 
 

Florida-bred Ground Support - ©Susie Raisher


Ground Support Convincing Winner of Grade 3 Glen Cove

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Ground Support and jockey Adam Beschizza saved ground behind leader Paris Carver around the turn then found a seam at the top of the stretch to hit the front and pull away to a commanding victory in the $200,000 Glen Cove (Grade 3) at Belmont Park Sunday.

 
 
 

Liz Stinson


HISA Hires In-House Counsel, Reduces Legal Costs

PRESS RELEASE


LEXINGTON, KY-The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) has welcomed Elizabeth "Liz" Stinson to its legal team as Enforcement Counsel.

 
 
 
Thumbnail of Bentornato and Irad Ortiz Jr in their win of the 2025 BC Sprint. (©Benoit)
 
 
 
 

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