There were some good races by Canadian horses and people on March 12th in Florida as wild and windy weather played a role.
Tampa Bay Downs
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.
At Tampa Bay Downs, Canadians got together with Kentucky-bred Shirl's Speight to win the $175,000 Tampa Bay Stakes.
Charles Fipke's Lady Speightspeare meets Colebrook Farms' Nantucket Red in the $175,000 Endeavour Stakes; Fipke has Shirl in Tampa Bay Stakes.
Canadian trainer Mike Wright has six straight winners at Tampa Bay Downs, having won another race on Sunday, January 16.
Smiley Sobotka seeks a trip to the Kentucky Derby in 'Davis while Curlin's Catch, 'Malocchio point for Oaks.
Longshot parade at the few tracks still in action in the US and Gulfstream Park is the only North American track racing on Easter Sunday.
Bonnie Baskin's bay continues her remarkable career at the age of seven with a Grade 2 win at Tampa Bay Downs March 7th - her 17th win.
Virtually every weekend from now until the Kentucky Derby is going to have some delicious horse racing for millions of passionate horseplayers to snack on.
Racetracks across the country are stepping up and postponing racing when bad weather is on the horizon; Santa Anita top open Dec. 28
Gary Boulanger, who guided filly Dancethruthedawn to victory in the 2001 edition of the Queen’s Plate, is on the verge of returning home to Canada in a remarkable comeback from serious injury. “I’m looking at all my options (for a return to riding full time), but Woodbine is my top choice right now,” said the […]