For longtime racing official John Morrissey, four years on the sidelines is long enough. Thrust into retirement when Suffolk Downs in Massachusetts...
MORRISSEY SET TO RETURN AS STEWARD FOR UPCOMING MEET
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STALL APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR 2023-2024 MEET ON TRACK WEBSITE
Stall applications for what promises to be the most eagerly anticipated season in Tampa Bay Downs history are available on the track’s...
OVERNIGHT PURSES SET TO RISE IN 2023-2024 BY $5.5-MILLION
Beginning next fall, horsemen will have more reason than ever to “Live It Up at the Downs.” Tampa Bay Downs will allocate $5.5-million from the...
LUSK KEEPS FAITH IN COMMANDER KEITH; MENESES WINS JOCKEYS’ CHALLENGE
History has a funny way of repeating itself on the racetrack. Just ask trainer Brian Lusk. Two years ago on the second day of the Summer Festival of...
GATE CREW MEMBERS SERVE AS UNSUNG HEROES AT OLDSMAR OVAL
The rising sun casts a warm glow across the sprawling Tampa Bay Downs racetrack. In the distance, the sound of horses neighing and hooves pounding...
MENESES WINS THREE, LEADS JOCKEYS’ CHALLENGE STANDINGS
Three weeks ago, jockey Marcos Meneses entered a world reserved for a handful of members of his profession when he rode long shot Il Miracolo in the...
DENNIS LIMA REMEMBERED AS ‘SOMEBODY YOU COULD ALWAYS TALK TO’
Dennis Lima wore a variety of hats during his 30 years as an Association Steward at Tampa Bay Downs – mentor, friend and confidant foremost among...