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Kevin Gomez, riding at Tampa Bay Downs for the first time, scored a riding double on opening day of the Oldsmar, Fla., track.

The $125,000 Pasco Stakes, for 3-year-old males, is the sixth race on the card. Six horses are entered, with trainer Mark Casse’s one-two punch of Grade 3 stakes winner Champions Dream and Ontario-bred stakes winner Armstrong expected to be formidable.

The last four races on Saturday's live horse racing program at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla., were cancelled due to heavy rain and lightning.

Despite On-Track Limitations, Tampa Bay Downs Enjoys Strong Betting Season Sponsored by: Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla. When Richard Grunder called the 37,587th and final race of his marvelous 37-year Tampa Bay Downs career on May 2, it was as if a giant balloon whished into another dimension, never to be recaptured. While 21st Century technology permits fans to revisit Grunders greatest calls, such as the riveting Street Sense-Any Given Saturday duel in the 2007 Tampa Bay Derby, th...

Sponsored by: Jose Ferrer The calendar says jockey Jose Ferrer was a year older on Wednesday. Just dont tell that to his rival jockeys or the trainers and owners who continue to benefit from his skill and passion. Ferrer rode three winners at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla., on his 57th birthday, then performed 20 pushups in the winners circle after weighing in following the ninth race, which he won on 3-year-old filly Princess Nina. “Hell, no,” Ferrer replied when asked if he fe...

Tampa Bay Downs: Leading Trainer Gerald Bennett Saddles Three Winners Sponsored by: Trainer Gerald Bennett Off to a fast start at the 2020-21 Tampa Bay Downs meet in Oldsmar, Fla., leading trainer Gerald Bennett sent out three winners on Saturdays program. Hes won with 11 of his first 33 starters. Bennett won the first race with Lady Breanna, a 5-year-old Florida-bred mare bred and owned by J J Brevan Stable and ridden by Daniel Centeno. He added the eighth race on the turf with Dcraz...