FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS/OFFICERS
VALERIE DAILEY President/Board Chairman
LONNY TAYLOR POWELL CEO & Executive Vice President
NICK DE MERIC First Vice President
FRANCIS VANLANGENDONCK Second Vice President
RICJHARD HEYSEK Treasurer
BECKIE CANTRELL Secretary
GEORGE ISAACS Immediate Past President
DIRECTORS
Tiffany Atteberry, DVM, Beth Bayer, Jerry D. Campbell, Brent Fernung, Christine Jones, Milan Kosanovich, Mary Lightner, Phil Matthews, DVM, Jean White, DVM
PAST PRESIDENTS
Phil Matthews, DVM, Greg Wheeler, Don Dizney, John C. Weber, MD
FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ & OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION STAFF
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER/ASSISTANT TREASURER
Peggy Yost
ADMINISTRATIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Steve Koch
VICE PRESIDENT - MEMBERSHIP SERVICES, EVENTS & SALES
Tammy A. Gantt
SR. DIRECTOR MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ & Owners’ Association
The FTBOA is Florida’s primary advocate for the Thoroughbred industry, representing breeders and stallion farms from its headquarters in Ocala, Marion County — the Horse Capital of the World®.
Working alongside industry and legislative partners, the FTBOA has repeatedly defended against racetrack decoupling legislation, preserving the economic foundation of Florida racing. The FTBOA also secured $33.5 million in annual state allocations that fund purse and incentive programs, and defray HISA assessments.
FTBOA’s incentive structure is among the most comprehensive regional breeding programs. Breeder and Stallion Awards offer up to 15% of gross purse when Florida-breds finish in the money at Florida tracks.
The 2026 Florida Sire Racing Incentives program distributes $20,000 to owners and $5,000 to breeders of Florida-sired 2-year-old winners in upper-level conditions at Florida racetracks. The 2026 FTBOA Export Incentives program rewards breeders whose Florida-breds win out of state. No-Fee Registrations for Florida-bred and Florida Sire programs are available to FTBOA members for foals of 2025 and 2026, eliminating barriers to participation.
FTBOA.com is Florida’s industry news-hub, averaging more than 25,000 monthly views. The daily digest Wire to Wire and a robust social media presence keep stakeholders connected to racing and industry news statewide.
Florida-breds are a major Florida agricultural export. We perennially lead all states outside Kentucky in total starts, earnings, open stakes wins, and graded stakes wins — a record built on six Kentucky Derby winners, 31 Breeders’ Cup victories, and 66 national champions.
2-Year Old Champion Colt
Camigol
2023 bay colt by NeolithicDaddy’s Pride, by Scat Daddy
Breeder: DeLuca and Sons Stables Inc.
Owner: Tonch’s Horses LLC
Trainer: Antonio Sano
2025 Race Record / Earnings
2-Year Old Champion Filly
Ground Support
2023 dark bay/brown filly by Army Mule -
Arch Support, by Arch
Breeder: Champion Equine, LLC
Owner: NBS Stable
Trainer: Kelsey Danner
2025 Race Record / Earnings
3-2-0-1 / $254,000
2025 Black Type Stakes
1st - Miss Grillo Stakes (G2)
3rd - John Deere Breeders’ Cup
Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1)
3-Year Old Champion Colt
Macho Music
2022 bay colt by Maclean’s MusicSouthern Girl, by Tapit
Breeder: Bridlewood Farm
Owner: Mark Fletcher Taylor, Rohan Crichton and Daniel L. Walters
Trainer: Rohan G. Crichton
2025 Race Record / Earnings
6-2-1-0 / $424,650
2025 -Stakes
1st - Pat Day Mile S. presented by SAP (G2)
1st - Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sophomore Stakes
2nd - Swale Stakes (Listed)
3-Year Old Champion Filly
W’s Girl
2022 chestnut filly by MunningsEssence of Audre, by Exchange Rate
Breeder: Larry Alan Wynn
Owner: Mag Racing Stables LLC
Champion Older Male & Male Sprinter
Bentornato
2021 dark bay/brown ridgling by Valiant MinisterHer Special Way, by Put It Back
Breeder: Tanma Corp
Owner: Leon King Stable Corp. and Michael and Julia C. Iavarone
Trainer: Jose Francisco D’Angelo
2025 Race Record / Earnings
2-2-0-0 / $1,190,350
2025 Black Type Stakes Record
1st - Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1)
1st - Louisville Thoroughbred Society Stakes (Listed)
Champion Older Female & Female Sprinter
R Disaster
2021 bay mare, by Awesome SlewMaking Havoc, by Gottcha Gold
Breeder: Ocala Stud and J. Michael O’Farrell Jr.
Owner: Averill Racing LLC, Two Eight Racing, LLC and ATM Racing
Trainer: Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.
2025 Race Record / Earnings
8-4-4-0 / $481,800
2025 Stakes
1st - Gallant Bloom Stakes (G2)
1st - Rehoboth Stakes
2nd - Honorable Miss Stakes (G2)
2nd - Vagrancy Stakes (G3)
2nd - Hurricane Bertie Stakes (G3)
2nd - Dream Supreme Stakes (Listed)
MEMBER
Michael O’Farrell, Jr.
Champion Male Turf Horse Reef Runner
2021 bay gelding, by The Big Beast - Paradise Bay, by Blame
Breeder: Alex Lieblong and JoAnn Lieblong
Owner: Alex Lieblong and JoAnn Lieblong
Trainer: David Fawkes
2025 Race Record / Earnings
10-3-2-3 / $378,065
2025 Stakes
1st - Eddie D Stakes (G2)
1st - Janus Stakes (Listed)
2nd - Green Flash Handicap (G3)
2nd - Silks Run Stakes (Listed)
3rd - Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Stakes (Listed)
FLORIDA-BRED MILLIONAIRE
Champion Female Turf Horse Queen Maxima
2021 chestnut mare by BuccheroCorfu Lady, by Corfu
Breeder: Saul Rosas
Owner: Dutch Girl Holdings LLC and Irving Ventures LLC
Trainer: Jeff Mullins
2025 Race Record / Earnings
7-5-0-0 / $457,360
2025 Stakes
1st - Senator Ken Maddy S. Presented by Breeders’ Cup Charities (Listed)
1st - Monrovia S. presented by Don Julio (G3)
1st - Unbridled Sidney S. presented by Cygames (G3)
1st - Wishing Well Stakes
Joseph M. O’Farrell Memorial Award
Presented by Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company
Stuart Morris & Golden Rock Thoroughbreds
Ocala Breeders’ Sales present the Joseph M. O’Farrell Memorial Award to consignors Stuart Morris and Golden Rock Thoroughbreds’ Keiber Rengifo, sale consignor of Grade 1 stakes winner Bentornato.
Stuart Morris consigned Florida-bred champion millionaire Bentornato at the 2022 October Yearling Sale. Champion Equine subsequently purchased Bentornato for $170,000 out of the Golden Rock Thoroughbreds consignment at the 2023 March Sale after breezing in :20 4/5.
The Joseph M. O’Farrell Memorial Award is presented annually by OBS to the consignor(s) of the year’s best Florida-bred racehorse once offered at an OBS auction.
The award honors Joseph M. O’Farrell, a pivotal figure in Florida’s Thoroughbred industry. He was a founding member as part of the nineman syndicate that established Ocala Stud in 1956 and a founding member of OBS. He was a pioneer of public Thoroughbred auctions in Florida and instrumental in advancing Florida’s Thoroughbred industry and sales programs.
Keiber Rengifo, Golden Rock Thoroughbreds
Stuart Morris
Leading Freshman Sire Leading Juvenile Sire
Leinster
2015 bay horse by Majestic Warrior –Vassar by Royal
Academy
N. American Progeny Earnings: $832,731
Two-year-old sales average: $112,272
Starters: 22
Winners: 9
Stakes winners: 1
Stakes wins: 3
Leading Earner
Lennilu $216,489
Stood at Pleasant Acres Stallions
Leading Sire
Khozan
2012 dark bay/brown horse by Distorted HumorDelta Princess, by A.P. Indy
N. American Progeny Earnings: $6,303,290
Starters: 217
Winners: 124
Stakes winners: 5
Stakes wins: 7
Leading Earner Dear Dad $203,120
Stands at Ocala Stud
Property of Al Shaqab Racing
11 TIME AWARD WINNER
Needles Award (Small Breeder of the Year) Rivermont Farm
Ashley & Vince Mirarchi
The Needles Award annually recognizes an accomplished small Florida breeder and this year is presented to Ashley and Vincent Mirachi, owners of Rivermont Farm in Ocala. Among the Rivermont-bred stars in 2025 were Jasper Robusto, winner of the Aso Stakes, BSN Sho Stakes and Hakusan Daishoten Stakes while also finishing second in three other added-money races. In six starts in 2025, all in Japan, Jasper Robusto banked US$669,565.
For the year, Rivermont-bred runners produced seven wins, six seconds and a third while earning $805,410.
This award honors Needles, the first American champion bred in Florida as the 1955 Champion 2-Year-Old Male after winning the Hopeful and Sapling Stakes. The following year, Needles took the Flamingo Stakes and Florida Derby before becoming the first Florida-bred winner of the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. He was then honored as the 1956 Champion 3-Year-Old Colt. Bred by William E. Leach, the son of Ponder out of the Jack High mare Noodle Soup raced for D & H Stable.
Broodmare of the Year
Her Special Way
Her Special Way, dam of Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint (Grade 1)-winner Bentornato, is the 2024 Florida Broodmare of the Year as selected by the FTBOA board of directors.
Bentornato is the star offspring for Her Special Way as the Florida-bred Champion Older Male and Champion Male Sprinter of 2025. His two-and-a-half-length domination of the $1.84 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint and his victory in the $267,500 Louisville Thoroughbred Society at Churchill Downs (Listed) on September 13 were his only two starts of the year but accounted for $1,190,350 in earnings. Bred in Florida by Charles and Susan Chu’s Tanma Corp., and owned by Leon King Stable Corp., and Julia C. and Michael Iavarone, Bentornato was an Eclipse award finalist for Champion Sprinter.
By the Florida-bred and 2012 leading Florida sire Put It Back, out of the Seattle Sleet mare Inaspecial Way, Her Special Way was bred in Florida by Mary George and raced by Mari George Racing. She retired in 2015 with two wins and a third from five starts and earnings of $32,590.
Now owned by Champion Equine LLC, Her Special Way has produced two winners from four starters and six foals, with total progeny earnings of more than $2.3 million through 2025. She was bred back to Girvin in 2025 and resides at Mulholland Springs in Kentucky.
Florida Breeder of the Year Live Oak Stud
Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Stud has been named the Florida Breeder of the Year as voted upon by the FTBOA board of directors, her Live Oak Plantation also earned the title as Leading Owner of Florida-breds (by earnings). Weber too, was inducted into the FTBOA Hall of Fame in 2025.
The 2025 season makes her seventh Florida Breeder of the Year honor having been selected Florida Breeder of the Year in 2006, 2007, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Her homebreds in 2025 earned $2,889,679 from 386 starts with 65 wins, 52 seconds and 68 thirds.
Success at the racetrack reflects Weber’s approach to Live Oak’s successful breeding program.
“You try to breed the best to the best,” Weber said. “If you are fortunate as I am, and you are able to race the horses you breed and give them the time necessary, they will return the investment.”
MEMBER
Charlotte Weber
Florida’s Leading Owner Live Oak Plantation
Live Oak Plantation posted Floridabreds earnings in 2025 of $3,120,351 from 259 starts with 45 wins, 50 seconds and 36 thirds. This is the eighth leading owner honor for Live Oak Plantation. She previously topped the owner standings in 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021 and 2024.
Live Oak’s Crystal Quest won the Turf Classic Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Florida Cup Day 2025. The determined score gave Live Oak its 12th Florida Cup Day winner. It was the second Florida Cup victory for Crystal Quest, who won the 2024 Sophomore Turf at the Oldsmar track.
Bring Theband Home earned his first graded stakes win at Saratoga with a frontrunning score in the $300,000 Troy S. (G2). After winning the Listed Harvey Pack, covering five furlongs on the turf in :59.90, The Harvey Pack time was just a tenth-ofa-second off the course record and is one of the only two sub one minute five furlong races in history.
Weber bought the 4,500-acre Live Oak in 1968.
Florida-Bred National Champions
HORSE BREEDER OWNER
NEEDLES
Champion 2-Year-Old Colt – 1955
Champion 3-Year-Old Colt – 1956
MY DEAR GIRL
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly – 1959
CARRY BACK
Champion 3-Year-Old Colt – 1961
ROMAN BROTHER
Horse of the Year – 1965
Champion Handicap Horse – 1965
TOP KNIGHT
Champion 2-Year-Old Colt – 1968
DR. FAGER
Horse of the Year – 1968
Champion Sprinter – 1967 & 1968
Champion Handicap Horse – 1968
Champion Grass Horse – 1968
PROCESS SHOT
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly – 1968
TA WEE
Champion Sprinter – 1969 & 1970
OFFICE QUEEN
Champion 3-Year-Old Filly – 1970
FORWARD GAL
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly – 1970
SUSAN’S GIRL
Champion 3-Year-Old Filly – 1972
Champion Handicap Mare – 1973 & 1975
DESERT VIXEN
Champion 3-Year-Old Filly – 1973
Champion Handicap Mare – 1974
Dickey Stables
Ocala Stud Farm
Jack Price
Ocala Stud Farm
Steven B. Wilson
Tartan Farms Corp.
Mrs. M.E. Tippett
Tartan Farms Corp.
Ocala Stud Farm
Aisco Farm
Fred W. Hooper
Mrs. Vanderbilt Adams
D & H Stables
Frances A. Genter
Katherine Price
Harbor View Farm
Steven B. Wilson
Tartan Stables
Elberon Farm
Tartan Stables
Steven A. Calder
A.I. Savin
Fred W. Hooper
Harry T. Mangurian Jr.
Ta Wee
Dr. Fager
Florida-Bred National Champions
HORSE BREEDER OWNER
SHECKY GREENE
Champion Sprinter – 1973
FOOLISH PLEASURE
Champion 2-Year-Old Colt – 1974
DEARLY PRECIOUS
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly – 1975
HONEST PLEASURE
Champion 2-Year-Old Colt – 1975
AFFIRMED
Horse of the Year – 1978 & 1979
Champion 2-Year-Old Colt – 1977
Champion 3-Year-Old Colt – 1978
Champion Older Horse – 1979
IT’S IN THE AIR
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly – 1978
MAC DIARMIDA
Champion Grass Horse – 1978
DR. PATCHES
Champion Sprinter – 1978
WAYWARD LASS
Champion 3-Year-Old Filly – 1981
CONQUISTADOR CIELO
Horse of the Year – 1982
Champion 3-Year-Old Colt – 1982
GOLD BEAUTY
Champion Sprinter – 1982
EILLO
Champion Sprinter – 1984
TASSO
Joseph A. Kellman
Waldemar Farms Inc.
Jean R. Pancoast
Waldemar Farms Inc.
Harbor View Farm
Joseph A. Kellman
John L. Greer
R. E. Bailey
Bertram R. Firestone
Harbor View Farm
Happy Valley Farm
John H. Hartigan
Tartan Farms Corp.
Horatio A. Luro
Lewis E. Landoli
M/M Philip B. Hoffman
Ollie A. Cohen
Gerald Robins & Timothy H. Sams
Harbor View Farm
Dr. J.M. Torsney
Tartan Stables
Flying Zee Stable
Henryk de Kwiatkowski
M/M Philip B. Hoffman
Crown Stables
Gerald Robins & Champion 2-Year-Old Colt – 1985 Will Farish
Affirmed
Conquistador Cielo
Florida-Bred National Champions
HORSE BREEDER
COZZENE
Champion Turf Male – 1985
PRECISIONIST
Champion Sprinter – 1985
BRAVE RAJ
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly – 1986
SMILE
Champion Sprinter – 1986
UNBRIDLED
Champion 3-Year-Old Colt – 1990
MEADOW STAR
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly – 1990
ITSALLGREEKTOME
Champion Turf Male – 1990
GILDED TIME
John A. Nerud
Fred W. Hooper
Dr. Wallace S. Karutz
Frances A. Genter Stable Inc.
Tartan Farms Corp.
Jaime S. Carrion
Sugar Maple Farm
Harry T. Mangurian Jr.
OWNER
John A. Nerud
Fred W. Hooper
Dolly Green
Frances A. Genter
Frances A. Genter
Carl Icahn
Jhayare Stables
David Milch & Jack
Champion 2-Year-Old Colt – 1992 & Mark Silverman
HOLLYWOOD WILDCAT
Champion 3-Year-Old Filly – 1993
HOLY BULL
Horse of the Year – 1994
Champion 3-Year-Old Colt – 1994
CHEROKEE RUN
Champion Sprinter – 1994
NOT SURPRISING
Champion Sprinter – 1995
JEWEL PRINCESS
Irving & Marjorie Cowan
Pelican Stable
George C. Onett
Raven Brook Farm Inc.
Farnsworth Farms
Irving & Marjorie Cowan
Warren A. Croll Jr.
Jill Robinson
Robert Van Worp Jr.
Richard & Martha Stephen
Champion Older Female – 1996 & Thoroughbred Corp.
SILVER CHARM
Champion 3-Year-Old Colt – 1997
Mary Lou Wootton
Robert & Beverly Lewis
Holy Bull
Silver Charm
Florida-Bred National Champions
HORSE
SKIP AWAY
Horse of the Year – 1998
Champion Older Male – 1997 & 1998
Champion 3-Year-Old Colt – 1996
BEAUTIFUL PLEASURE
Champion Older Female – 1999
AFLEET ALEX
Champion 3-Year-Old Colt – 2005
LOST IN THE FOG
Champion Sprinter – 2005
MIESQUE’S APPROVAL
Champion Male Turf Horse – 2006
GINGER PUNCH
Champion Older Female – 2007
BENNY THE BULL
Champion Male Sprinter – 2008
AWESOME FEATHER
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly – 2010
BIG DRAMA
Champion Male Sprinter – 2010
DUBAI MAJESTY
BREEDER
Anna Marie Barnhart
Farnsworth Farms
John Martin Silvertand
OWNER
Carolyn Hine
John Oxley
Cash Is King Stable
Susan Seper Harry Aleo
Live Oak Stud
Live Oak Plantation
Adena Springs Stronach Stables
Tomoka Farms, Inc. IEAH Stables, Greg James,
Andrew Cohen, Sanford Robbins & Pegasus Holding Group
Jacks or Better Farm Inc.
Harold L. Queen
Harold J. Plumley
Jacks or Better Farm Inc.
Harold L. Queen
Martin Racing Stable LLC &
Champion Female Sprinter – 2010 Dan Morgan
MUSICAL ROMANCE
Ocala Stud
Pinnacle Racing Stable &
Champion Female Sprinter – 2011 William A. Kaplan
WORLD APPROVAL
Champion Turf Male - 2017
CALEDONIA ROAD
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly – 2017
Live Oak Stud
Vegso Racing Stable
Live Oak Plantation
Zoom & Fish Stable Inc.,
Charlie Spiring and Newtown Anner Stud
Skip Away
Musical Romance
Florida-Bred Classic Winners
NEEDLES
(Ponder - Noodle Soup, by Jack High)
1956 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes
Breeder: W. E. Leach
Owner: D & H Stable
Trainer: Hugh L. Fontaine
Jockey: David Erb
CARRY BACK
(Saggy - Joppy, by Star Bien)
1961 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
Breeder: Jack A. Price
Owner: Mrs. Katherine Price
Trainer: Jack A. Price
Jockey: John Sellers
HAIL TO ALL
(Hail To Reason - Ellen’s Best, by War Relic)
1965 Belmont Stakes
Breeder: Mrs. Ben Cohen
Owner: Mrs. Ben Cohen
Trainer: Eddie Yowell
Jockey: John Sellers
HIGH ECHELON
(Native Charger - Luquillo, by Princequillo)
1970 Belmont Stakes
Breeder: Bieber - Jacobs Stable
Owner: Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs
Trainer: John W. Jacobs
Jockey: John Rotz
FOOLISH PLEASURE
(What a Pleasure - Fool-Me-Not, by Tom Fool)
1975 Kentucky Derby
Breeder: Waldemar Farms, Inc.
Owner: John L. Greer
Trainer: LeRoy Jolley
Jockey: Jacinto Vasquez
AFFIRMED
(Exclusive Native - Won’t Tell You, by Crafty Admiral)
Triple Crown Winner
1978 Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes
Breeder: Harbor View Farm
Owner: Harbor View Farm
Trainer: Lazaro Barrera
Jockey: Steve Cauthen
CODEX
(Arts And Letters - Roundup Rose, by Minnesota Mac)
1980 Preakness Stakes
Breeder: Tartan Farms
Owner: Tartan Stable
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas
Jockey: Angel Cordero Jr.
Florida-Bred Classic Winners
ALOMA’S RULER
(Iron Ruler - Aloma, by Native Charger)
1982 Preakness Stakes
Breeder: Silk Willoughby Farm
Owner: Nathan Scherr
Trainer: John J. Lenzini Jr.
Jockey: Jack Kaenel
CONQUISTADOR CIELO
(Mr. Prospector - K D Princess, by Bold Commander)
1982 Belmont Stakes
Breeder: Lewis E. Iandoli
Owner: Henryk de Kwiatkowski
Trainer: W. C. Stephens
Jockey: Laffit Pincay Jr.
GATE DANCER
(Sovereign Dancer - Sun Gate, by Bull Lea)
1984 Preakness Stakes
Breeder: William R. Davis
Owner: Kenneth Opstein
Trainer: Jack Van Berg
Jockey: Angel Cordero Jr.
UNBRIDLED
(Fappiano - Gana Facil, by Le Fabuleux)
1990 Kentucky Derby
Breeder: Tartan Farms Corp.
Owner: Frances A. Genter Stable, Inc.
Trainer: Carl Nafzger
Jockey: Craig Perret
SILVER CHARM
(Silver Buck - Bonnie’s Poker, by Poker)
1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
Breeder: Mary L. Wootton
Owner: Robert and Beverly Lewis
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Gary Stevens
AFLEET ALEX
(Northern Afleet - Maggy Hawk, by Hawkster)
2005 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes
Breeder: John Martin Silvertand
Owner: Cash Is King Stable LLC
Trainer: Tim Ritchey
Jockey: Jeremy Rose
Afleet Alex
Florida-Bred Breeders’ Cup Winners
EILLO
(Mr. Prospector - Barbs Dancer, by Northern Dancer)
1984 – Breeders’ Cup Sprint
Breeder: Ollie A. Cohen
Owner: Crown Stable
Trainer: Budd Lepman
Jockey: Craig Perret
PRECISIONIST
(Crozier - Excellently, by Forli)
1985 – Breeders’ Cup Sprint
Breeder / Owner: Fred W. Hooper
Trainer: L. R. Fenstermaker
Jockey: Chris McCarron
COZZENE
(Caro - Ride The Trails, by Prince John)
1985 – Breeders’ Cup Mile
Breeder / Owner: John A. Nerud
Trainer: Jan Nerud
Jockey: W. A. Guerra
TASSO
(Fappiano - Ecstacism, by What A Pleasure)
1985 – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Breeder: Gerald W. Robbins & Timothy H. Sams
Owner: Will Farish & Gerald Robins
Trainer: Neil Drysdale
Jockey: Laffit Pincay Jr.
TWILIGHT RIDGE
(Cox’s Ridge - Waving Sky, by Quibu)
1985 – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
Breeder: Dr. Thomas E. Burrow
Owner: Eugene V. Klein
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas
Jockey: Jorge Velasquez
SMILE
(In Reality - Sunny Smile, by Boldnesian)
1986 – Breeders’ Cup Sprint
Breeder / Owner: Frances A. Genter Stable
Trainer: Flint Schulhofer
Jockey: Jacinto Vasquez
BRAVE RAJ
(Rajab - Bravest Yet, by Bravo)
1986 – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
Breeder: Dr. Wallace S. Karutz
Owner: Dolly Green
Trainer: Melvin Stute
Jockey: Patrick Valenzuela
PRIZED
(Kris S - My Turbulent Miss, by My Dad George)
1989 – Breeders’ Cup Turf
Breeder: Meadowbrook Farm Inc.
Owner: Clover Racing Stable & Meadowbrook Farm
Trainer: Neil Drysdale
Jockey: Eddie Delahoussaye
Florida-Bred Breeders’ Cup Winners
MEADOW STAR
(Meadowlake - Inreality Star, by In Reality)
1990 – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
Breeder: Jaime S. Carrion
Owner: Carl Icahn
Trainer: Leroy Jolley
Jockey: Jose Santos
UNBRIDLED
(Fappiano - Gana Facil, by Le Fabuleux)
1990 – Breeders’ Cup Classic
Breeder: Tartan Farms Corp.
Owner: Frances A. Genter Stable, Inc.
Trainer: Carl Nafzger
Jockey: Pat Day
GILDED TIME
(Timeless Moment - Gilded Lilly, by What A Pleasure)
1992 – Breeder’s Cup Juvenile
Breeder: Mr. & Mrs. Harry T. Mangurian Jr.
Owner: Milch & Silverman & Silverman
Trainer: Darrell Vienna
Jockey: Chris McCarron
BROCCO
(Kris S - Anytime Ms, by Aurelius II)
1993 – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Breeder: Meadowbrook Farm, Inc.
Owner: Mr. & Mrs. Albert Broccoli
Trainer: Randy Winick
Jockey: Gary Stevens
HOLLYWOOD WILDCAT
(Kris S - Miss Wildcatter, by Mr. Prospector)
1993 – Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Breeder / Owner: Irving & Marjorie Cowan
Trainer: Neil Drysdale
Jockey: Eddie Delahoussaye
CHEROKEE RUN
(Runaway Groom - Cherokee Dame, by Silver Saber)
1994 – Breeders’ Cup Sprint
Breeder: George C. Onett
Owner: Jill Robinson
Trainer: Frank Alexander
Jockey: Mike Smith
ONE DREAMER
(Relaunch - Creatively, by Pretense)
1994 – Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Breeder / Owner: Glen Hill Farm
Trainer: Thomas Proctor
Jockey: Gary Stevens
JEWEL PRINCESS
(Key to the Mint - Jewell Ridge, by Melyno)
1996 – Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Breeder: Farnsworth Farms
Owner: Mr. & Mrs. R. Stephens
Trainer: Wallace Dollase
Jockey: Corey Nakatani
Meadow Star
One Dreamer
Florida-Bred Breeders’ Cup Winners
SKIP AWAY
(Skip Trial - Ingot Way, by Diplomat Way)
1997 – Breeders’ Cup Classic
Breeder: Anna Marie Barnhart
Owner: Carolyn Hine
Trainer: Hubert “Sonny” Hine
Jockey: Mike Smith
BEAUTIFUL PLEASURE
(Maudlin - Beautiful Bid, by Baldski)
1999 – Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Breeder: Farnsworth Farms
Owner: John Oxley
Trainer: John Ward
Jockey: Jorge Chavez
MIESQUE’S APPROVAL
(Miesque’s Son - Win Approval, by With Approval)
2006 – Breeders’ Cup Mile
Breeder: Live Oak Stud
Owner: Live Oak Plantation
Trainer: Martin Wolfson
Jockey: Eddie Castro
GINGER PUNCH
(Awesome Again - Nappelon, by Bold Revenue)
2007 – Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Breeder: Adena Springs
Owner: Stronach Stables
Trainer: Robert J. Frankel
Jockey: Rafael Bejarano
BIG DRAMA
(Montbrook – Riveting Drama, by Notebook)
2010 – Breeders’ Cup Sprint
Breeder: Harold L. Queen
Owner: Harold L. Queen
Trainer: David Fawkes
Jockey: Eibar Coa
AWESOME FEATHER
(Awesome of Course – Precious Feather, by Gone West)
2010 – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
Breeder: Jacks or Better Farm Inc.
Owner: Jacks or Better Farm Inc.
Trainer: Stanley I. Gold
Jockey: Jeffrey Sanchez
DUBAI MAJESTY
(Essence of Dubai – Great Majesty, by Great Above)
2010 – Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint
Breeder: Harold J. Plumley
Owner: Martin Racing Stable LLC
& Dan Morgan
Trainer: W. Bret Calhoun
Jockey: Jamie Theriot
Miesque’s Approval
Awesome Feather
Florida-Bred Breeders’ Cup Winners
MUSICAL ROMANCE
(Concorde’s Tune – Candlelightdinner, by Slew Gin Fizz)
2011 – Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint
Breeder: Ocala Stud
Owner: Pinnacle Racing Stable & William A. Kaplan
Trainer: William A. Kaplan
Jockey: Juan Levya
MUCHO MACHO MAN
(Macho Uno – Ponche de Leona, by Ponche)
2013 – Breeders’ Cup Classic
Breeder: John & Carole Rio
Owner: Reeves Thoroughbred Racing
Trainer: Kathy Ritvo
Jockey: Gary Stevens
CALEDONIA ROAD
(Quality Road – Come a Callin, by Dixie Union)
2017 – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
Breeder: Vegso Racing Stable (Peter Vegso)
Owners: Zoom and Fish Racing Stable Inc., Charlie Spiring & Newtown Anner Stud
Trainer: Ralph Nicks
Jockey: Mike Smith
WORLD APPROVAL
(Northern Afleet – Win Approval, by With Approval)
2017 – Breeders’ Cup Mile
Breeder: Live Oak Stud
Owner: Live Oak Plantation
Trainer: Mark E. Casse
Jockey: John Velazquez
GOLDEN PAL
(Uncle Mo – Lady Shipman, by Midshipman)
2020 – Juvenile Turf Sprint
2021 – Turf Sprint
Breeder: Randal E. Lowe
Owners: Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith & Westerberg
Trainer: Wesley A. Ward
Jockey: Irad Ortiz, Jr.
BENTORNATO
(Valiant Minister - Her Special Way by Put It Back)
2025 - Breeders’ Cup Sprint
Breeder: Tanma Corp
Owners: Leon King Stable Corp. and Mike and Jules Ivarone
Trainer: Jose D’Angelo
Jockey: Irad Ortiz Jr.
Mucho Macho Man
Golden Pal
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