Crystal Quest, Samuel Marin up, wears down defending champ Forever Souper in stakes-record time in the ESMARK Turf Classic (courtesy SV Photography)
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MARIN TO RIDE STATESMAN IN WOOD MEMORIAL; CAMACHO WINS 3 3wq
Samuel Marin will head to New York next weekend to ride Statesman in the Grade II Wood Memorial Stakes, a “Road to the Kentucky Derby” points race
APPRENTICE SARA HESS IS MOTHER’S JOCKEY OF THE MONTH 1x6j5u
Mother’s Restaurant Jockey of the Month Sara Hess
STATE-BREDS STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SUNDAY’S FLORIDA CUP x286l
The state’s legendary Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry is set to shine in Sunday’s 22nd annual Florida Cup Day at Tampa Bay Downs, with six $110,000 stakes races attracting 59 entrants. The Florida Cup races...
FLORIDA CUP DAY MARCH 30 TO SHOWCASE MANY OF STATE’S TOP HORSES 6r1m1z
Forever Souper won last year’s Florida Cup ESMARK Turf Classic in stakes-record time under jockey Paco Lopez (courtesy of SV Photography)
POKER JOKER, CLEOPATRA’S NILE STAY PERFECT AT MEET WITH TURF TEST WINS 6s5q2g
Groom Winston Edwards leads Poker Joker and jockey Pablo Morales into the winner’s circle after their victory in the fourth leg of the Males Division of the Tampa Turf Test (courtesy SV Photography)
SIMONE IS MOTHER’S TRAINER OF MONTH; LATE PICK-5 CARRYOVER SATURDAY 59t3t
Mother’s Restaurant Trainer of the Month Michael Simone enjoys some peaceful time Thursday morning with his 7-year-old mare Red Wind
FOUR 2024 FLORIDA CUP DAY WINNERS NOMINATED; ULTIMATE 6, LATE PICK 5 HIT 2p1f4w
Four of last year’s winners are among 117 ed Florida-bred nominees to the 22nd annual Florida Cup Day showcase scheduled on Sunday, March 30 at Tampa Bay Downs. Six races – three apiece on the main dirt track...
BOOK’EM DANNO TO PLAY LONG GAME, SKIP GODOLPHIN MILE IN DUBAI 1c385x
Book’em Danno won the 2024 Pasco Stakes for trainer Derek Ryan with Samuel Marin aboard (courtesy of SV Photography)
MORALES STRIKES BALANCE BETWEEN CAREER, FAMILY; LATE PICK-5 CARRYOVER 5w3444
Mother’s Restaurant Jockey of the Month Pablo Morales (courtesy of SV Photography)
TB DERBY WINNER HIGHLY QUALIFIED FOR RACE HE MIGHT NOT BE SUITED FOR 3q296t
Skippylongstocking sets a track record in winning his third consecutive Grade III Michelob Ultra Challenger Stakes (courtesy SV Photography)
OWEN ALMIGHTY UNLEASHES BEST IN TB DERBY; DOWNS DAY TO 563j2i
Jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., looks like you or I might, had we just won the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby on Owen Almighty (courtesy SV Photography)
NAUGHTY RASCAL CARRIES TB DERBY HOPES OF BENNETT, OLDSMAR FANS 4y4l17
Jockey Samy Camacho and trainer Gerald Bennett are represented by Naughty Rascal in Saturday’s Grade III, $400,000-guaranteed Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby
JOCKEY FRANKIE DETTORI ON STAR LIST FOR STAKES-LADEN FESTIVAL CARD 57595
Jockey Frankie Dettori has mounts in three stakes races Saturday
OWEN ALMIGHTY TRIES TO LEAVE OLDSMAR FANS WITH GLORIOUS MEMORIES r2s16
Owen Almighty, outside, finished a game second to John Hancock in the Sam F. Davis Stakes on Feb. 8 (courtesy SV Photography)
CHANCER MATRICK APPEARS SET FOR 2025 DEBUT IN GIII TAMPA BAY DERBY; MARIN WINS 4, AGAIN 5d5q5e
Chancer Matrick was the toast of New York as a 2-year-old, winning the Grade I Hopeful Stakes on Sept. 2 at Saratoga and the Grade I Champagne Stakes on Oct. 5 at Belmont At The Big A with tremendous come-from-behind...
TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FESTIVAL DAY 45 NEXT SAT.; MARIN WINS FOUR 2s1361
Samuel Marin
2022 KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER SONNY LEON IS JOCKEY OF THE MONTH 1k1p2y
Sonny Leon, Mother’s Restaurant Jockey of the Month
‘HEARTS REACHING OUT’ GOLF TOURNEY MONDAY CELEBRATES LEGACY OF LOVE 2a4t2v
Former jockey Jesse Garcia, the assistant for trainer Michael Campbell, with 6-year-old gelding Capture the Time. Garcia says his son Sebastian, whose 1993 death as an infant provided the impetus for Tampa Bay Downs’s long-running “Hearts Reaching Out” golf tournament, “continues to be in our hearts and our minds.”
FESTIVAL DAY 45 NOMINATIONS RELEASED; 7TH DECLARED ‘NO CONTEST’ 241641
Statesman, a promising 3-year-old colt from the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Claude “Shug” McGaughey, III, wins the first race in style under leading Oldsmar jockey Samuel Marin (courtesy SV Photography)