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...
Jan 7, 2024 | News, Racing, TBD
OLDSMAR, FL. – Frosty O Toole let her performance speak for itself in today’s fourth race, the Cody’s Original Roadhouse Race of the Week. To her trainer Mike Dini, the message came through loud and clear: The 4-year-old Florida-bred filly loves being back at Tampa...
Jan 6, 2024 | News, Racing, TBD
OLDSMAR, FL. – The Tampa Bay Downs stakes schedule shifts into full gear next Saturday, Jan. 13, with three stakes highlighting the track’s Skyway Festival Day program. Newly-turned 3-year-olds of both sexes will command the spotlight in the 26th edition of the...
