Tampa Bay Derby

Kentucky Derby prep season continues on Saturday with the Tampa Bay Derby. Tampa Bay is a great racetrack to put a solid foundation in a horse and I always watch horses running back after competing at Tampa. The Tampa Bay...

Challenger Stakes – Race 8 at Tampa Bay Downs – Post Time 3:49 PM Eastern The forecast is for rain, perhaps heavy at times, so among the stakes races on the Tampa Bay Derby card I’m sticking with those scheduled...

Mac Diarmida Stakes – Race 11 at Gulfstream – Post Time 5:10 PM Eastern We kick off a great sequence of three stakes with this annual 11 furlong turf marathon and a field of 11. There are four horses which...

The Fountain of Youth, part of a cross country all dirt pick 5 with races from Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita may have lost Mo Donegal, but it remains a full competitive field with a lot of options. Opinions are...

Race 7 at Aqueduct – Post Time 3:57 PM Eastern Zoomer leads the field with nine career wins, three at Aqueduct with the last two at this one mile trip. Claimed last out for $50K from a win over...

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Lightning City Stakes – Race 8 at Tampa Bay Downs – Post Time 3:48 PM Eastern Mamba Wamba is a standout even in this 12 horse field. She is the only horse which ships across the state from Gulfstream Park...

The three-year olds continue on the Kentucky Derby trail Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs in the Grade 3 Sam F Davis stakes. The race drew a full field of 12 which offers bettors a wide range of horses and angles...

  Sam F. Davis Stakes – Race 10 at Tampa Bay Downs – Post Time 4:54 PM Eastern The top two win contenders and key horses are God of Love and Classic Causeway. Three other contenders which have to be...