Tampa Bay Downs

Harry L. Veruchi's West Saratoga, upset winner of last year's Iroquois Stakes (G3), makes his first start in more than three months in the Jan. 13 Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.

J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.

Harry L. Veruchi's West Saratoga, the upset winner of last year's Iroquois Stakes (G3) makes his first start in over three months in the Jan. 13 Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.

Legalized retail sports betting arrived in Florida with its launch Dec. 7 at Seminole Hard Rock Casino, and Tampa Bay Downs will benefit as a sports betting marketing partner of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

The "Ring the Bell" program is a joint initiative between the Run for the Ribbons aftercare organization and Tampa Bay Downs.

For the second time this year, Tampa Bay Downs jockey Pablo Morales has been sidelined due to a freak injury. He is currently sidelined with a fractured left wrist.

Tampa Bay Downs resumes racing Nov. 22 for a winter/spring season with a nine-race card that attracted 95 entrants, plus six also-eligibles. Wednesday is officially the second day of the meet after Tampa Bay Downs conducted one day of racing July…

Nov. 23 is Opening Day, and new outfits and new jockeys—some fresh-faced kids, others with faces displaying the gritty nature of the profession—have been lured to compete during the 2023-2024 meet.

Luhr won multiple leading rider titles in different jurisdictions and a highlight of his career was a victory in the 1982 Tampa Bay Derby on Harbor View Farm's Reinvested, who would go on to finish third in the Kentucky Derby…

An executive from Tampa Bay Downs said the Florida track largely avoided flooding and sustained no damage from the Aug. 30 arrival of Hurricane Idalia that impacted other parts of the state, including Tampa Bay.