Domestic Product won an exciting Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby but there was no betting on the race as a tote issue was widespread in the U.S.
Tampa Bay Downs
Ontario-bred filly wins $200,000 turf race on a day when a tote crash caused the featured race, the Tampa Bay Derby, to race without betting.
A big stakes card at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday has the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby and Florida Oaks and some Canadian runners.
Iowa-bred colt was well prepared by young trainer Jose Francisco D'Angelo to win early Kentucky Derby stepping-stone stake.
Tampa Bay Downs' biggest day of racing has a ton of stakes action with the Tampa Bay Derby headlining the March 11 card.
Litigate powered through a downpour to win the Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) to earn Derby points; Dreaming of Snow takes Suncoast.
Two-time Horse of the Year Mighty Heart won his 2023 opener for new trainer Patrick Country, Jr. and he gets back to stakes action Feb. 4.
Clarendon Stakes winner will test US competition in the Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday, January 14.
The Canadian champion, under new trainer Pat County, Jr, won an allowance race at Tampa Bay Downs, his first win since 2021.
Here are some updates on Canadian horses and horsepeople who are in action in the south during the winter of 2022.
There were some good races by Canadian horses and people on March 12th in Florida as wild and windy weather played a role.
One of Canada's top 2-year-olds of 2021 is scheduled to begin her sophomore campaign at Tampa Bay Downs on March 12.
Also on the Derby card is the Grade 3 Florida Oaks on turf which marks the season debut of top Canadian 2-year-old filly Mrs. Barbara.
Classic Causeway, from the last crop of the late Giant's Causeway, sizzled in his win at Tampa Bay Downs, earning 10 Kentucky Derby points.
A Queen's Plate favourite, the Mark Casse trainee will try the dirt in his return to see if he could be on the Kentucky Derby trail.
