3/8/2025 6 TAM The Columbia Stakes $125.000 3yo 1 Mile Turf 120lbs + penalties What a beautiful day in Tampa… and we nailed this one as I had the exacta, as cold as the other side of… Read More ›
STAKES ARTICLES
All the Stakes previews and reviews.
Painville and Lady Hilltopper Renew Their Rivalry in The Hillsborough Stakes
The Hillsborough Stakes – Grade IITAM Race #9 1 1/8m Turf Graded StakePurse $225.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Painville Mo Mentum Farm Gallardo A A 122 — A small but elite field here, with… Read More ›
Ava Makes Her Seasonal Debut in The FL Oaks
The FL Oaks – Grade III TAM Race #8 1 1/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $200.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 People Easer Mb Stables Centeno D E 120 — This improving filly steps over ground for the first time… Read More ›
The Hurricane Bertie Sees Seven Evenly Matched Girls Going to Post
The Hurricane Bertie – Grade III GP Race #4 6 1/2f Dirt Graded StakePurse $165.00 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. 1 Grandest Lady La Canada Racehorses Bravo J 124 — Consistent last year with a win… Read More ›
Berlin Looks Tough in The Challenger Stakes at TAM
3/8/2025 6 TAM The Challenger Stakes (GIII) $125.000 4yo 11/16th Mile Dirt 122lbs + penalties We stay down at Big John’s Alabama BBQ and take a gander at a field of older gents set to go a… Read More ›
Small Field Heads to TAM Turf for The Columbia Stakes
3/8/2025 6 TAM The Columbia Stakes $125.000 3yo 1 Mile Turf 120lbs + penalties Oh, the Ybor stories I could tell… but let’s stick to horse racing and the $15,000 I had to take… Read More ›
Looking for a Big Daddy at TP
For the second time, the Big Daddy will be held at TP. This is an ungraded stake at six furlongs for older turf horses on the main track, and it draws a field of nine.
Wasted Away Makes 2025 Debut in Beholder Mile
The Beholder Mile is the weekend’s lone Grade 1, taking place at SA for older females on the main track. It takes place for the 20th time this year, and for the tenth time here at SA after previously being held at HOL. The $300.000 purse has been common for the race in general, but it is a reduction from the $500.000 that we saw in 2022 and 2023.
Down to Oldsmar for The TAM Derby
3/8/2025 12 TAM The TAM Derby (GIII) [KYD] $400.000 1 1/16th Mile Dirt 120lbs I think last weekend may have been one of the best TC Trail windows that we’ve ever seen… can we keep… Read More ›
Present Tense to Defend Her Azeri Crown Against Tough Foes
A strong field of nine, featuring six horses that have earned over $1,000.000 in their careers, will be taking part in the 20th running of the Azeri at OP. This is a race that debuted as a Grade 3 in 2005, and was upgraded in 2014, and that is where the classification has been ever since.