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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 Grunder's greatest calls, such as the riveting Street Sense-Any Given Saturday duel in the 2007 Tampa Bay Derby, the Fan Appreciation Day card earlier this month was fraught with the reminder that change is inevita...

Sponsored by: Jose Ferrer The calendar says jockey Jose Ferrer was a year older on Wednesday. Just don't 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 winner's 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 felt 57. “Didn't you see me doing 20 after the race?” Undoubtedly, he will feel even younger in ...