Samy Camacho, aboard runner-up Practical Vale in the paddock before the first race, is glad to be back in action and pursuing another Oldsmar jockeys title after a suspension (courtesy SV Photography)
College students cheer on their choices in the ninth race from the Winner’s Terrace
Daniel Centeno and first-time starter Crawford, a 3-year-old filly, prepare to head to the track for the third race. They finished second to another first-time starter, Fondly. (Photo courtesy of SV Photography)
Nominations have been released for the $125,000 Turf Dash Stakes and the $125,000 Lightning City Stakes, a pair of 5-furlong grass events highlighting Turf Sprint Showcase Day on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Tampa Bay Downs. The Turf Dash is for males 4-years-old-and-upward...
Samuel Marin rides three winners today
John Hancock and Flavien Prat withstand a final challenge from Owen Almighty, Irad Ortiz, Jr., up, to win the 45th running of the $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (courtesy SV Photography)
Mother’s Restaurant Trainer of the Month Juan Carlos Avila with his multiple graded-stakes winner Little Vic, attacking his hay net with vigor
Trainer Gerald Bennett, left, along with his wife Mary, and co-owners Ron Pugliese and Jim Georgeades, bask in the possibilities surrounding their multiple stakes-winning 3-year-old colt Naughty Rascal
After an unseasonably cold January, spring is in the air along Florida’s west-central coast. The ideal weather has afflicted many of the area’s countless Thoroughbred racing fans with a malady known as “Derby fever,” which Tampa Bay Downs track officials hope...
Apprentice jockey Sara Hess
