Based on the first two days of the 2025-26 Tampa Bay Downs meet, Samuel Marin isn’t going to have a whole lot of spare time this season between...
MARIN SHOWS NO SIGNS OF FATIGUE DESPITE HEAVY WORKLOAD, WINS 4
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OPENING DAY REVIEWS PROMISE PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT, FUN AHEAD
For many of the track’s employees, horsewomen, horsemen and jockeys, Wednesday’s Opening Day performance at Tampa Bay Downs produced the type of...
OPENING DAY BRINGS BACK THE MEMORIES AND RACING THRILLS
Dennis Petrucelli, a former rider who has overseen the Tampa Bay Downs jockeys room as the track’s Clerk of Scales for 15 years, feels a surge of...
REJOICE, RACING FANS – CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OPENER IS WEDNESDAY
Samuel Marin, who won last season’s Tampa Bay Downs jockeys title by riding 116 winners, received feelers during the summer about shifting his base...
DOWNS TRAINER VANWINKLE SEEKS BREEDERS’ CUP GLORY WITH MAD HOUSE
The 3-year-old Florida-bred gelding Mad House left Tampa Bay Downs last spring with a 0-for-4 record, filling his trainer David VanWinkle with...
EARLY ARRIVALS FEEL RIGHT AT HOME; STAKES SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
A visitor to the Tampa Bay Downs barn area this morning needed to spend only a short bit of time with first-day arrivals Alison Arriagada and...
FLORIDA-BREDS TO RECEIVE PURSE BOOST FOR 2025-26 MEET
OLDSMAR, FL. – Florida-bred horses will compete for an additional $1-million in purse money during the upcoming 2025-26 Tampa Bay Downs meet, the...
STRONG CLOSING WEEKEND CAPS SEASON OF ACROSS-THE-BOARD GROWTH
One of the most successful meets in recent history at Tampa Bay Downs almost never got off the ground. Severe damage last fall from Hurricanes...