Oct 31, 2024 | News, Racing, TBD
OLDSMAR, FL. – If Skippylongstocking wins the $1-million Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on Saturday, trainer Saffie Joseph, Jr., may look back on his Grade III Michelob Ultra Challenger Stakes victory on March 9 at Tampa Bay Downs as his launching pad to glory....
Aug 28, 2024 | News, Racing, TBD
OLDSMAR, FL. – Tampa Bay Downs horsemen and horsewomen will be competing for more money than ever when the 2024-2025 meet begins on Wednesday, Nov. 20, with an extra emphasis on raising the profile (and the bank accounts) of Florida-breds. The Oldsmar oval has boosted...
Mar 27, 2024 | News, Racing, TBD
Thoroughbred racing continues Friday with a nine-race card beginning at 12:19 p.m. Racing will be conducted Saturday, as well, before Tampa Bay Downs closes for Easter on Sunday. The track will then resume its Wednesday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday schedule on April 3, with...
Feb 3, 2024 | News, Racing, TBD
LDSMAR, FL. – Something about the Grade III, $175,000 Tampa Bay Stakes brings out the best in Hall of Fame trainer Claude “Shug” McGaughey’s horses. After winning the race three times in four years from 2016-2019, McGaughey sent one of his stable stars to Tampa Bay...
Jan 13, 2024 | News, Racing, TBD
OLDSMAR, FL. – As the field turned for home in the 26th running of the $125,000 Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs with five of the six horses virtually abreast, an enthusiastic crowd braced for a fantastic finish. They got it, but maybe not the sort most were...
Jan 12, 2024 | News, Racing, TBD
OLDSMAR, FL. – Larry Demeritte brought his 3-year-old colt West Saratoga to Tampa Bay Downs early last week to escape the cold weather at his Thoroughbred Training Center base in Lexington, Ky. That part of the plan hasn’t gone according to script, not with the...