![O’CONNELL’S PASSION REWARDED WITH THIRD OLDSMAR TITLE; CAMACHO WINS 3](https://www.tampabaydowns.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/koconnell-1080x675.webp)
O’CONNELL’S PASSION REWARDED WITH THIRD OLDSMAR TITLE; CAMACHO WINS 3
Handicappers looking for clues into first-time starter Dreaming of Abba’s potential before today’s first race at Tampa Bay Downs weren’t going to discover much from her workouts. Of her seven Oldsmar breezes leading to her debut, only one – a 3-furlong work from the...![BOOT BARN TRAINER OF MONTH’S ARDOR FOR OLDSMAR OVAL FLARES ANEW](https://www.tampabaydowns.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/michaelsimone-1080x675.webp)
BOOT BARN TRAINER OF MONTH’S ARDOR FOR OLDSMAR OVAL FLARES ANEW
Michael Simone departed Tampa Bay Downs after saddling 15 winners during the 2007-2008 meet feeling he’d experienced Thoroughbred racing the way it should be, at least from the horses’ standpoint. ‘To me, the racetrack was very safe for the horses. I thought it was a...![CENTENO SET TO RIDE SUNCOAST WINNER POWER SQUEEZE IN KENTUCKY OAKS](https://www.tampabaydowns.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/centeno24-1080x675.webp)
CENTENO SET TO RIDE SUNCOAST WINNER POWER SQUEEZE IN KENTUCKY OAKS
By winning the Suncoast Stakes on Feb. 10 at Tampa Bay Downs and the Grade II Gulfstream Park Oaks Presented by FanDuel TV on March 30, 3-year-old filly Power Squeeze proved she belongs in next Friday’s $1.5-million Longines Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. So did...![BARBOZA-TRAINED GRAND MO THE FIRST, 3RD IN TB DERBY, IN PURSUIT OF ROSES](https://www.tampabaydowns.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/victorbarboza.webp)