Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Wednesday, February 18 2026

February 18, 2026 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• From Rodeos to International Group 1s: Alex and JoAnn Lieblong are Enjoying the Journey

• Well-Traveled Lure Him In Heads to New Orleans for Fair Grounds Optional Claiming Thursday

• Moon Mist Starts Year in Delta Downs Fillies and Mares Appreciation Overnight Stakes

• Top 75 Florida-bred All-Time Leading Money Earners

• FTBOA Export Incentives Off to a Vigorous Start

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Alex and JoAnn Lieblong - ©Mathea Kelley/JCSA

From Rodeos to International Group 1s: Alex and JoAnn Lieblong are Enjoying the Journey

BY CYNTHIA MCFARLAND

Multiple graded stakes-winning owners of more than $20 million, Alex and JoAnn Lieblong have stood in prestigious winner's circles around the world. Back in the early years, their victories came atop good working horses surrounded by the dust and cheers of friends in the rodeo arena.

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Florida-bred Lure Him In - ©Ryan Thompson

Well-Traveled Lure Him In Heads to New Orleans for Fair Grounds Optional Claiming Thursday

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred 9-year-old Lure Him In, who has raced at 10 tracks in seven states during his 57-race career, adds to both lists Thursday with a start in an upper tier, $50,000 optional claiming at Fair Grounds.

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Moon Mist Starts Year in Delta Downs Fillies and Mares Appreciation Overnight Stakes

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Florida-bred Moon Mist, an allowance race winner last out in December, will start her 2025 campaign in the $75,000 Delta Downs Fillies and Mares Appreciations overnight stakes Friday night at the Vinton, Louisiana oval.

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Florida-bred Queen Maxima - ©Benoit

FTBOA Export Incentives Off to a Vigorous Start

Florida-Bred Thoroughbreds are a Major Agricultural Export

BY STEVE KOCH

OCALA, FL-In the debut month of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association's groundbreaking Florida-bred Export Incentives program, 11 Florida-bred winners at out-of-state racetracks earned export incentives for their breeders as part of the $1 million initiative in 2026.

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