The tote shutdown following Saturday’s 10th race at Tampa Bay Downs, the Grade III Florida Oaks, occurred because of a communications outage between AmTote International and Roberts Communication Network (RCN), according to officials with both companies. AmTote, which...
Florida Cup Day, a collection of six $110,000 stakes races bringing together some of the top state-bred horses in training, will be held Sunday, March 24 at Tampa Bay Downs. Nominations for the 21st annual event closed Sunday in the Racing Office, with a total of 119...
After Unbridled won the 1990 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park, a reporter asked Carl Nafzger about the colt’s time of 1:52, the slowest in the 1 1/8-mile race in 35 years. “Time is only really important if you’re in jail,” Nafzger quipped. Seven weeks later, Nafzger...
The computer interfacing issues involving the Tampa Bay Downs tote system that caused post time for Saturday’s Grade III, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby to be delayed by about a half-hour and the 12th race to be cancelled have been resolved, and the track is...
If you were at Tampa Bay Downs for today’s Festival Day 44 program, it’s 100-1 you will ever forget it. At 4:52, about a minute after 3-year-old filly Waskesiu won the Grade III, $200,000 Florida Oaks on the turf, the tote board displaying the amount wagered on that...
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