No More Time makes all in Sam F. Davis, Power Squeeze best in Suncoast
A trouble-free start and trip helped No More Time bounce back from a season-opening loss to win the $200,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday. […]
Sam F. Davis Stakes
Pletcher sends Agate Road, Tireless to Sam F. Davis; Life Talk tops six in Suncoast
Todd Pletcher had to alter course when Grade 1 winner Locked was forced to bypass Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) due to a fever, substituting Grade 2 turf winner Agate Road and last-out maiden […]
Litigate gets verdict in Sam F. Davis
Pedigree suggested that Litigate would thrive over a route of ground, and the son of Blame duly obliged in his stakes and two-turn debut in Saturday’s Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. […]
Dubyuhnell tops field of 12 in Sam F. Davis
Dubyuhnell enters Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) as the most accomplished of the 12 three-year-olds vying for Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points in the 1 1/16-mile test at Tampa Bay Downs, but the race […]
Classic Causeway rolls in Sam F. Davis; Nest takes flight in Suncoast
Irad Ortiz racked up three stakes wins at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday, anchored by Classic Causeway’s success in the Sam F. Davis S. (G3) on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. […]
Three points to ponder: 2022 Sam F. Davis Stakes
As its overflow 13-horse field suggests, Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) looms as a hotly competitive scoring race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. […]
Classic Causeway faces full field in Sam F. Davis; Nest returns in Suncoast
Sam F. Davis S. (G3) — Race 10 (4:54 p.m. ET) If last fall’s Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) is turning into the key race some observers suspect, then Classic Causeway arguably looms as the horse […]
Kentucky Derby Report: Concert Tour among new stakes winners
Last-out maiden winners grabbed the spotlight on Feb. 2. Candy Man Rocket and Risk Taking earned Kentucky Derby qualifying points for respective wins in the Sam F. Davis S. (G3) and Withers S. (G3), and […]
Candy Man Rocket leads 1-2 finish for Mott in Sam F. Davis
Candy Man Rocket made his stakes debut a winning one in Saturday’s $200,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3), holding stablemate Nova Rags safe by a length as Bill Mott-trained runners swept the exacta. Junior Alvarado […]
Five points to ponder: 2021 Withers, Sam F. Davis
Trainer Todd Pletcher is double-handed in both of Saturday’s Kentucky Derby (G1) scoring races, the $250,000 Withers Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct and the $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. A record six-time […]