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Candy Man Rocket Passes Two-Turn Test, Leads Mott Exacta In Sam F. Davis Sponsored by: Candy Man Rocket and jockey Junior Alvarado winning the Sam F. Davis Stakes For a few fleeting seconds nearing the turn for home in the Grade 3, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla., it appeared pace-setter Boca Boy was about to pull away from his closest pursuer, Candy Man Rocket. But Junior Alvarado, the jockey on Candy Man Rocket, wanted to wait a little longer to launch his move. “I didn't really want to engage the horse up front (Boca Boy) or make any quick move ...

Las Vegas There was a time not so long ago when the National Horseplayers Championship was an immovable fixture the week before the Super Bowl. “In hindsight I’m happy it wasn’t held this past weekend,” said Keith Chamblin, chief operating officer of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. “We may have had some cancellations because of the storm in the northeast.” Weather is the least of the NTRA’s challenges in staging the nation’s biggest tournament for racehorse handicappers. Moved three years ago to the week after the Super Bowl, it was supposed to happen this month ...

Dozen Derby prospects entered in Sam F. Davis Feb 3, 2021 Vance Hanson/Brisnet.com TAMPA BAY DOWNS (SV Photography) The 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby series hits the west coast of Florida on Saturday when a full field lines up in the $250,000 Sam F. Davis S. (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs. The 1 1/16-mile test will award Derby qualifying points of 10-4-2-1 to the top four finishers. The seemingly wide-open cast is unlikely to have a strong favorite, but Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) runner-up Smiley Sobotka will have an opportunity to validate the form of that late November feature at Chu...