Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Wednesday, March 4 2026

March 4, 2026 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Rezasrolex Looks to Start New Win Streak in $125,000 Silks Run

• On Protecting the Product

• Member Spotlight: Vickie Nitschke

• 2026 Florida-bred Foal Spotlight

• 2025 Leading Florida Sires and Juvenile Sires

• FTBOA Announces $1 Million Florida Sire Racing Incentives Program for 2026

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Florida-bred Rezasrolex (Inside) - ©Adam Coglianese

Rezasrolex Looks to Start New Win Streak in $125,000 Silks Run

BY GULFSTREAM PARK PRESS OFFICE (Edited)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Robert Cotran's Florida-bred Rezasrolex, his nine-race win streak over the course of two seasons ended by an agonizing neck last time out, returns home to resume what the connections feel could be his best year yet in Saturday's $125,000 Silks Run at Gulfstream Park.

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On Protecting the Product

BY STEVE KOCH FTBOA

FTBOA Administrative Vice President Steve Koch was invited to deliver the keynote address at the 30th Annual Organization of Racing Investigators Training Conference at Tampa Bay Downs on March 2, 2026. The following is adapted from his remarks.

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Vickie Nitschke

Member Spotlight: Vickie Nitschke

BY REBECCA RAMIREZ, FTBOA INTERN

Vickie Nitschke's journey into the horse world began with simple curiosity. From a young age, she was drawn to horses through horse racing and the equestrian sports she watched on television. Although she didn't grow up riding, that early fascination stayed with her.

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Photo by Liz Wilson

This handsome Florida-bred filly is by Simplification, who stands at Pleasant Acres Stallions, and is the third foal out of the Uncle Mo mare Queen Brunette. Queen Brunette is a half-sister to stakes-winner Germaniac, by Henny Hughes; and stakes-placed Sir Freddie, by Unbridled’s Song. Owned and bred by First Finds, the filly is a half-sister to winning Florida-bred Bee A Queen, by Khozan; who sold for $75,000 at the 2024 Ocala Breeders’ Sales March Sale. The filly is also a half-sister to an unnamed 2-year-old colt by Jack Christopher.

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FTBOA Announces $1 Million Florida Sire Racing Incentives Program for 2026

FTBOA PRESS RELEASE

OCALA, FL - The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association today announced a new $1 million Florida Sire Racing Incentive Program for 2026, providing win incentives to owners and breeders of FSS-eligible 2-year-olds at Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs.

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