Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest - Tuesday, Oct 20 2026

Oct 20, 2026 Edition

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Inside This Issue

• Stallion Spotlight: Kantharos

• FTBOA’s Koch Makes Florida’s Case in the Bluegrass

• Coast to Coast Campaign Brings Spirited Boss to Perfect Sting Stakes Next

• 2026 Breeders’ Cup Florida-bred Contenders

• Historical Statistics of Florida-breds in the Breeders’ Cup

• Florida-breds in Stakes

• Florida Stallion Progeny

• Florida Breeders' List

• W2W Business Place

Kantharos - ©Louise Reinagel

Stallion Spotlight: Kantharos

BY LAURIE ROSS

Kantharos (Lion Heart - Contessa Halo, by Southern Halo) is back where it all started. He entered stud in Florida in 2011 and rose to national prominence so quickly that he left the regional pond for Kentucky's deeper waters in time for the 2017 season.

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Steve Koch

FTBOA's Koch Makes Florida's Case in the Bluegrass

LEXINGTON, KY- Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association Administrative Vice President Steve Koch was back on familiar ground Monday, October 19, when he addressed the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Pedigree & Conformation Clinic at Fasig-Tipton's Newton Paddocks in Lexington.

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Florida-bred Spirited Boss - ©Benoit

Coast to Coast Campaign Brings Spirited Boss to Perfect Sting Stakes Next

BY BROCK SHERIDAN

Spirited Boss, a winner of the Grade 3 Monrovia over the Santa Anita turf in April and the $158,000 Sanibel Island on the Gulfstream Park grass last year, takes her coast to coast itinerary to the new Belmont Park for Friday's $175,000 Perfect Sting Stakes (Listed), a seven-furlong event for fillies and mares on the grass.

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