For many of the track’s employees, horsewomen, horsemen and jockeys, Wednesday’s Opening Day performance at Tampa Bay Downs produced the type of jitters normally associated with a theater premier. The product being Thoroughbred racing, it would be ridiculous to...
Trainer Gregg Sacco enjoying a day at the races on Opening Day at Tampa Bay Downs, like his father and uncle did 74 years ago.
Samuel Marin, left, believes a second Tampa Bay Downs jockeys title is within reach under the guidance of his agent, past Oldsmar riding champion Mike Moran. The track’s 100th anniversary season begins at 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday with a nine-race card.
Trainer David VanWinkle’s 3-year-old Mad House in the paddock at Parx Racing last month before his upset victory in the Grade II Gallant Bob Stakes, which stamped him as a Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint contender.
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 Alejandro Mendieta to realize both are living the dream. Arriagada, an assistant and the exercise rider for husband Juan...
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 track’s 100th anniversary season. The increase brings the total of additional purse money available for registered...
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 Helene and Milton threatened to postpone the scheduled Nov. 20 opening. Had Milton first made landfall farther north, the...
The combination of an action-packed 10-race card and the simulcast of the most exciting 2 minutes in sports Saturday attracted a crowd of 11,530 to Tampa Bay Downs, third-largest in track history and the second-largest on the first Saturday in May. The biggest Oldsmar...
Leading Trainer Kathleen O’Connell
Leading Owner Juan Arriagada with 5-year-old mare Sweet Nola
