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In less than nine minutes and with limited debate, the Florida House of Representatives on Feb. 11 passed a bill that would end the requirement that the state’s two Thoroughbred racetracks race live to also be licensed for slot machines or card rooms. The vote count was 77-34. The House, with 114 members present, spent […]
Triple Crown Trail: Renegade Rallies in Davis Earns 20 Kentucky Derby points after running past the long shot Press release February 8, 2026 From where Tampa Bay Downs jockey Marcos Meneses sat, the 46th running of the $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes was shaping up as one of the biggest upsets in the race’s history. […]
Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher continued his supremacy in the Sam F. Davis Stakes Tampa Bay Downswinning the $210,000 Kentucky Derby (G1) prep for a record-extending eighth time – this year with a runner-up finish in the 2025 Remsen Stakes (G2) Defector . For Repole Stable and Robert and Lawana Low’s Renegade, the Sam […]
After jockey Vernon Bush broke his back in three places and fractured a rib when his horse flipped during the postal parade at Belterra Park last August, some family members and close friends began planning a retirement party. But the 64-year-old Bush, who started riding at River Downs in Ohio in 1978, asked them to […]
One of the circuit’s most popular promotions, the “Live It Up Challenge” handicap competition begins Saturday and runs through the March 7 Festival Day 46 card, highlighted by the Grade III ESMARK Tampa Bay Derby and the Grade II Hillsborough Stakes on the grass. Players can register for the competition for free via www.liveitupchallenge.com on […]
Tampa Bay Downs will be represented at the Road to the Kentucky Oaks with the Suncoast Stakes on February 7, but a first look at some of the 3-year-old fillies potentially aiming for that spot will come on January 10. There are six runners in the $125,000 Gasparilla Stakes over seven furlongs, and if the […]
The Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and the Gulfstream Park Racing Association announced Dec. 31 a three-year agreement that, with each passing year, will reduce the minimum number of required racing days by Gulfstream Park in South Florida. The parties agree to the following minimum three-year live racing schedule: No fewer than 180 […]
The Thoroughbred Racing Initiative has taken its first major step toward determining the best way to preserve and strengthen Florida’s thoroughbred racing and breeding industry as it enters its second year of its mission to protect live horse racing, starting in Florida. The broad industry coalition formed in February has commissioned a feasibility study as […]
