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Ellis Starr, national analyst for Equibase, handicaps Saturday's Sam F. Davis Stakes, a Kentucky Derby qualifying race at Tampa Bay Downs.
Emmanuel, a 4-year-old colt who competed on the Triple Crown trail last spring, is expected to be among the top contenders in the 37th running of the $175,000 Tampa Bay Stakes (G3) on Saturday on the turf at Tampa Bay Downs.
Trainer Ramon Minguet and jockey Samuel Marin had a strong feeling their 3-year-old gelding Zydeceaux was prepared for a big effort in Saturday’s $125,000 Pasco Stakes for 3-year-olds going seven furlongs at Tampa Bay Downs. The race was the highlight of the track's Skyway Festival Day card.
Ronald Cuneo’s Armando R, scratched from a Thanksgiving Day allowance, came with a steady run on the far outside down the center of the track to upset favored Ournationonparade by a half-length in Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small at Laurel Park.
Saturday's Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes is an important race for 2-year-olds on the early “Road to the Derby” and could give us a number of top horses to watch.