Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher has enjoyed a stranglehold on the Grade III, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes since 2006, winning the Kentucky Derby prep race seven times in the last 18 years. Judging from the...
Mike Henry
“ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY” PASSES THROUGH OLDSMAR ON FEB. 10
The graded-stakes action at Tampa Bay Downs is about to heat up as Thoroughbred fans prepare to sharpen their focus on the 3-year-old scene and the sport’s spring classics. Following Saturday’s “Turf Champions Day”...
OLYMPIC RUNNER, CONSUMER SPENDING EXPECTED TO COMPETE NEXT SATURDAY
Grade II winners Olympic Runner and Consumer Spending are among the expected starters on next Saturday’s “Turf Champions Day” card at Tampa Bay Downs. The 8-year-old gelding Olympic Runner, owned by Gary Barber and...
JOCKEY OF MONTH MARQUEZ MAKES STRONG IMPRESSION ON TRAINERS, HORSES; LATE PICK-5 CARRYOVER POOL OF $38,513 SATURDAY
Charlie Marquez
BROWN, MOTION, McGAUGHEY HORSES HEAD TURF CHAMPIONS DAY NOMS
Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown, who led all North American trainers in turf wins last year with 113, has nominated nine horses for the Oldsmar oval’s pair of Grade III, $175,000 turf stakes...
CAP GIVEAWAY DAY, KIDS & FAMILY DAY NEXT WEEKEND; SPIETH NEARS 5,000 WINS; LATE PICK-5 CARRYOVER OF $61,755 INTO WEDNESDAY
Next weekend is shaping up to be an ideal time to introduce youngsters to the excitement and pageantry of Thoroughbred racing at Tampa Bay Downs. Saturday is Cap Giveaway Day, with each fan receiving a maroon ballcap...
PAPER MANSION 2-FOR-2 IN TAMPA TURF TEST; GRATIA PRINCE WINS OFF CLAIM
Paper Mansion and jockey Kevin Gomez enter the winner’s circle after today’s Tampa Turf Test victory
CARRASCO IS BOOT BARN TRAINER OF MONTH; BENNETT WINS THREE IN A ROW
Victor Carrasco
TIRELESS, CRAZY MASON ON DAVIS TRAIL; “LIVE IT UP CHALLENGE” UPCOMING
BOOK’EM DANNO DOMINANT IN PASCO; MYSTIC LAKE WINS GASPARILLA
Book ‘em Danno runs away and hides in the Pasco Stakes, winning by 12 ½ lengths from West Saratoga (SV Photography)
WEST SARATOGA, BOOK’EM DANNO PASCO FAVES; MALDONADO JOCKEY OF MONTH
Gabriel Maldonado
WEST SARATOGA TRYING TO BLAZE A TRAIL; HIRALDO HONORS FRIEND’S MEMORY
Jockey John Hiraldo, in the winner’s circle aboard Vicious Moves, dedicated the victory to his friend Luis Yamil Marcano, an apprentice jockey killed Sunday in a vehicle accident (courtesy SV Photography)
FROSTY O TOOLE – NAME ASIDE – LOVES WARMTH OF OLDSMAR OVAL HOME
Mike Dini
SKYWAY FESTIVAL DAY STAKES FIELDS STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE
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GREGG SACCO EARNS BOOT BARN TRAINER OF MONTH AWARD; MURPHY WINS 2
Boot Barn Trainer of the Month Gregg Sacco and his son, assistant Will, lead in Forever Rose and jockey Antonio Gallardo after the fifth race.
PATRIOT SPIRIT, WEST SARATOGA HEAD PASCO NOMS; MARQUEZ RIDES 3 WINNERS
Charlie Marquez
2,500 WINS ARE NICE, BUT GALLARDO ‘NOT CONTENT WITH STAYING WHERE HE IS’
The Oldsmar winner’s circle is a crowded place after Antonio Gallardo’s 2,500th career victory.
FAVORITE PAPER MANSION, LONGSHOT CANNON’S ROAR TAKE TURF TEST RACES
Assistant trainer Cory Jensen was worried when Paper Mansion turned in an opening quarter-mile of 22.64 seconds in the Fillies and Mares Division of the Tampa Turf Test. But after riding the 4-year-old filly to a...
MENESES STRIVES TO RAISE PROFILE WHILE ENJOYING THRILL OF COMPETITION
Marcos Meneses
TAMPA TURF TEST BEGINS SATURDAY; MORALES EXPECTS TO MISS 4 MORE WEEKS
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