Aug 12, 2026 Edition

 

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Inside This Issue

• Onward and Upward: David and Diane Osterholt are Determined to Finish Strong

• My Kid’s Said No Returns to Iowa for Prairie Meadows Debutante

• Florida-bred Practical Joke Filly Brings $325,000 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga

• Florida-breds in the Fasig-Tipton 2026 Saratoga Sale + Results

• HISA Launches Industry Survey to Inform Updates to Veterinarians’ and Stewards’ Lists

• Florida-breds Around the Country 

• FTBOA Launches New Horse Capital of the World® Logomark, Opens Official Partners Program

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

 
 

Diane and David Osterholt - Photo Courtesy Diane Osterholt


Onward and Upward: David and Diane Osterholt are Determined to Finish Strong

BY CYNTHIA MCFARLAND


"It's not how you start, but how you finish." Many people have claimed versions of that popular saying, but it's the perfect motto for David John and Diane Osterholt becoming Florida breeders. Now in their early 70s, the couple have clearly found their passion and are pursuing it wholeheartedly.

 
 
 

Florida-bred My Kid's Said No - ©Jason Halstead/JJH Photo


My Kid's Said No Returns to Iowa for Prairie Meadows Debutante

BY BROCK SHERIDAN


Fresh off a nearly 12-length trouncing of her rivals in the CAN$50,250 Debutante at Assiniboia Downs on August 4, Florida-bred My Kid's Said No returns to Iowa for Friday night's $100,000 Prairie Meadows Debutante, a six-furlong contest for 2-year-old fillies.

 
 
 
 

Hip 225, a Florida-bred filly by Practical Joke - Photo courtesy ©Fasig-Tipton


Florida-bred Practical Joke Filly Brings $325,000 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga

Cody's Wish Florida-bred sells for $250,000


A Florida-bred filly by Practical Joke sold for $325,000 and a Florida-bred colt from the first crop by Cody's Wish dropped the gavel at $250,000 Tuesday night, the second and final session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale of selected yearlings in Saratoga Springs, New York.

 
 
 
 
 

HISA Launches Industry Survey to Inform Updates to Veterinarians' and Stewards' Lists

BY HISA PRESS OFFICE (Edited)


LEXINGTON, KY-Building on the initiative announced last December, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is launching the next phase of its comprehensive review of Veterinarians' List and Stewards' List categories across U.S. thoroughbred racing: an industry-wide survey open to all stakeholders.

 
 
 
 
 

FTBOA Launches New Horse Capital of the World® Logomark, Opens Official Partners Program

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OCALA, FL - The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association today unveiled an all-new brand and logo for Ocala, Marion County, Horse Capital of the World® - the federally registered trademark it has owned and managed since 1997.

 
 

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