Aug 22, 2023 | News, Racing, TBD
Stall applications for what promises to be the most eagerly anticipated season in Tampa Bay Downs history are available on the track’s website, www.tampabaydowns.com , or by clicking the following...
Aug 1, 2023 | News, Racing, TBD
Beginning next fall, horsemen will have more reason than ever to “Live It Up at the Downs.” Tampa Bay Downs will allocate $5.5-million from the state of Florida for overnight Thoroughbred purses during the 2023-2024 meet, track Vice President-General Manager Peter...
Jul 1, 2023 | News, Racing, TBD
History has a funny way of repeating itself on the racetrack. Just ask trainer Brian Lusk. Two years ago on the second day of the Summer Festival of Racing at Tampa Bay Downs, Lusk sent out two winners. Since the July 1 card is officially the first day of the...
Jun 30, 2023 | News, Racing, TBD
The rising sun casts a warm glow across the sprawling Tampa Bay Downs racetrack. In the distance, the sound of horses neighing and hooves pounding the dirt track can be heard. For the starting gate crew, it is just another day at work. The crew members gather early at...
Jun 20, 2023 | News, Racing, TBD
Three weeks ago, jockey Marcos Meneses entered a world reserved for a handful of members of his profession when he rode long shot Il Miracolo in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets, the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown. Meneses’s 3-year-old colt finished...
May 26, 2023 | News, Racing, TBD
Dennis Lima wore a variety of hats during his 30 years as an Association Steward at Tampa Bay Downs – mentor, friend and confidant foremost among them. “He was somebody you could always talk to, and you could trust him to give you good advice,” said Tampa Bay Downs...
