Tampa Bay Downs will conduct six stakes races on the first two Saturdays in February, with track officials hopeful of attracting a number of top horses in training. The Oldsmar oval turf course will be spotlighted on Feb. 1, with a pair of Grade III, $175,000 stakes...
Samy Camacho
Antonio Gallardo and Two Minutes Apart look like winners in the paddock before the fifth race, which they were about 10 minutes later
Samuel Marin
When trainer Gerald Bennett acquired Chrome Ghost last February before his eighth career start, the Florida-bred gelding had yet to finish in the money and was dealing with stomach ulcers that necessitated a 6-month layoff from racing. The veteran conditioner opted...
Owen Almighty and Irad Ortiz, Jr., finished a length ahead of Naughty Rascal in the Pasco Stakes, but Owen Almighty was disqualified to fifth for fouling Rookie Card on the turn for home, making Naughty Rascal and Edwin Gonzalez the winners (photo courtesy of SV Photography)
After hosing down 4-year-old filly Bold Baby following her victory in the third race on Wednesday, Mother’s Restaurant Trainer of the Month Juan Arriagada quenches her thirst.
John Hancock ran like he was born to the task in his career debut, and Samy Camacho was more or less along for the ride (courtesy of SV Photography)
Gerald Bennett is shown in the paddock before today’s second race, which he won with My Lucky Angel (background). The 3-year-old Florida-bred colt is owned by Bennett’s long-time assistant, Juan Cacho Castro, and was ridden by Samuel Marin.
With his impressive victory in today’s first race at Tampa Bay Downs, 5-year-old Florida-bred gelding Uncashed is already in the running to be one of horse racing’s best comeback stories of 2025. Sent to the lead at the outset of the 6-furlong race by jockey Pablo...
