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The Florida Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Since 2005, it has been run five weeks before the Kentucky Derby, which is held on the first Saturday in May. Thus the Florida Derby is currently run either at the end of March or the beginning of April.
The Tampa Bay Derby is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three years old horses over the distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles on the dirt scheduled annually in March at Tampa Bay Downs racetrack in Oldsmar, Florida. The event currently carries a purse of $400,000.
In 1975, the state of Florida enacted a purse-distribution format that has had revolutionary implications for the sport of horse racing in the United States: Its adopted plan provided 1% of the purse to all finishers in the race lower than fourth; this meant that the percentages paid out to the horses finishing second, third and fourth (but not ...
Twelve of the past 15 Kentucky Derbys have featured trifecta payouts of more than $1,000 on a $1 ticket. ... the Kentucky Derby was the scene of a shocker — an 80-1 upset in the ... (the Florida ...
Forte wins Florida Derby with Santa Anita's Fort Bragg finishing fifth. Reincarnate's third in Arkansas Derby likely qualifies him for Kentucky Derby.
Fierceness’ 13½-length victory was the largest winning margin in Florida Derby history.
In 2006 Barbaro won the event for his fourth straight win continuing on to win the Florida Derby and the Kentucky Derby. In 2020 Tiz the Law also won the Florida Derby continuing on to win the Belmont Stakes when it was held in late June and was the first event in the Triple Crown series which was rescheduled to due to COVID-19 pandemic.
There are 21 Florida Derby winners who have gone on to win at least one race in the Triple Crown series; 15 of them won the Kentucky Derby, 10 won the Preakness and six won the Belmont Stakes. ___