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PP. Horse. Jockey. Wgt. Trainer. Odds. 1. Nouveau Riche (FL) E Gonzalez. 118. E Cordero. 15/1. 2. Spirit of Victory (FL) S Leon. 118. S Klesaris. 3/1. 3. Dream ...
The inaugural running of the event was on 21 March 1981 as the Budweiser Tampa Bay Derby Stakes with sponsorship for Budweiser making it the richest stakes race at the track. [2] The event was won by the long shot Paristo, who was part of the field entry of horses at the odds of 35-1 in a time of 1:45 2 ⁄ 5 . [ 2 ]
Epicenter made his final start of the year on December 26 in the newly created Gun Runner Stakes, an early prep race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby over 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles at Fair Grounds Race Course in Louisiana. He pressed the early pace while racing two wide, then moved to the lead at the top of the stretch and won by 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 lengths. [8]
Gary Lynn Stevens (born March 6, 1963) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey, actor, and sports analyst.He became a professional jockey in 1979 and rode his first of three Kentucky Derby winners in 1988.
The Jeff Ruby Steaks (a homophone of the word Stakes, for commercial reasons) [1] is a Grade III American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds at a distance of a one and one-eighth miles on the synthetic track in late March at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky.
Charismatic was a 31-1 longshot in the 125th Kentucky Derby on May 1, facing a field of 18 other horses. Valhol set a slow early pace tracked by Cat Thief, who took over the lead rounding the final turn. Charismatic raced in mid-pack for the first three-quarters of a mile, then started closing ground rapidly on the leaders.
Tapit Trice has run four times in 2023 winning three of his races. Two of his victories were in major qualification events on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, the Grade III Tampa Bay Derby [7] and then a grinding win in the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes by a neck [4] thus easily qualifying for the 2023 Kentucky Derby.
NTRA Racing to the Kentucky Derby was a series of races produced by NTRA Productions that air on ESPN or ESPN2. These networks currently air seven races under the Racing to the Kentucky Derby banner. They are the Lane's End Stakes, Rushaway Stakes, Florida Derby, Swale Stakes, Arkansas Derby, Blue Grass Stakes, and Lexington Stakes. [3]