BRIS Florida Speed By Circuit May 1-7
Top Winning Speed Ratings (5/1-5/7) – 3&up Dirt Routes Horse A/S Dist Trk Date BRIS Speed Tough Customer 5G 1 1/16m (sy) GP 5/5 94 Ransack 4C 1 1/16m (sy) GP 5/5 86 Pleased 3F […]
Tampa Bay Downs
Tampa Bay Downs At a Glance April 3
TAMPA BAY DOWNS AT A GLANCE Avg. Winning Odds: 5.32 – 1 Favorite Win%: 38%, Favorite Itm%: 75% EXOTICS PAYOFF Exacta 81.74 Daily Double 102.44 Trifecta 530.79 Pick 3 847.05 Superfecta 3,462.23 Pick 4 6,024.69 […]
Tapwrit summons up A-game in Tampa Bay Derby
Tapwrit took full advantage of the absence of McCraken from Saturday’s $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2), winning by an emphatic 4 1/2 lengths as the 11-10 favorite in the 1 1/16-mile Kentucky Derby (G1) prep. […]
Fifty Five rallies from far back to win Florida Oaks
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 […]
Dickinson continues climb in Hillsborough
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 assumes role of favorite in McCraken-less Tampa Bay Derby
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 the one to catch again in Hillsborough
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 […]
A Day at the Races: Tampa Bay Downs Chicago Style
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 […]
Kentucky Derby Report February 15: McCraken begins in good order
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 […]
After Sam Davis win, best not to get too high or too low on McCraken
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 […]