Fifty Five, down 15 lengths after a half-mile, surged late to deny odds-on favorite La Coronel the win in Saturday’s $155,000 Florida Oaks (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The 4-1 third choice in a field […]
Fresh off her first graded coup in the February 11 Suwannee River (G3) at Gulfstream Park, Godolphin’s homebred Dickinson duly followed up a grade in Saturday’s $200,000 Hillsborough (G2) at Tampa Bay Downs. “I was […]
Tapwrit jumped into the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture last month with a solid second-place finish behind McCraken in the Sam F. Davis (G3). With that rival absent from Saturday’s $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) due […]
Isabella Sings did her thing in last month’s Endeavour (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs, taking a lonely lead, setting a hot pace and winning comfortably as the odds-on choice. She’ll be heavily favored to do […]
words & pictures by NICOLLE NEULIST Sam F. Davis Stakes weekend at Tampa Bay Downs has taken root as my winter tradition. I visited Oldsmar, Florida, for the first time last year during this same […]
McCraken picked up where he left off last fall, comfortably winning the February 11 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The unbeaten colt isn’t flashy, scoring by less than two lengths in the […]
McCraken didn’t have to win Saturday’s Sam F. Davis (G3) to retain his position among the top five or so leading Kentucky Derby (G1) prospects. Some observers, myself included, considered the race a likely means […]
A week after juvenile champion Classic Empire faltered launching his 3-year-old campaign, McCraken confirmed his credentials as a leading Kentucky Derby contender returning a winner in Saturday’s $250,000 Sam F. Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay […]
There were two races on Saturday with Kentucky Oaks (G1) implications – the $125,000 Martha Washington Stakes at Oaklawn Park and Tampa Bay Downs’ $55,000 Suncoast Stakes – and both contests produced upset wins. The […]
No Tepin, no problem. Run down by that dual champion turf mare after building up an 18-length lead in the Hillsborough (G2) 11 months ago, Isabella Sings returned to the Tampa Bay Downs turf on […]
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