Domestic Product nosed out No More Time to win a blanket finish of Saturday’s Tampa Bay Derby which was correctly called “Unusual” by Tampa Bay Downs track announcer Jason Beem as the horses were pulled up approaching the clubhouse turn.
Happy Sunday everyone, and I hope that everyone not in the states of Arizona and Hawaii moved their clocks forward an hour early this morning, because we now have the sun setting an hour later. Also, it means that Santa Anita appears to be starting their card today at 4 pm Eastern, and their featured race the China Doll Stakes will be at 7:11 pm Eastern time today.
Happy Saturday and hopefully everyone is doing well out there wherever you are, as today we will catch the signature race of the 2023-2024 Tampa Bay Downs meet as it is Tampa Bay Derby Day. We have 10 three-year-olds entered for today’s race which will award 50 points to the winner, essentially giving the winner a position in the gate for the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May.
We will stay at Oaklawn for the TGIF edition of Quills Picks Winners as we will look at the ninth race of the day, which is a one-mile race for allowance fillies and mares three years old and up. Post time for the race is at 5:55 pm Eastern.
We head to Oaklawn today for their eighth race, which is a one-mile allowance race. We have an overflow field of 14 older fillies and mares entered for this race, which will go to the post at approximately 5:22 pm Eastern time. Rain is in the forecast and looks like it will be an all day event, so prepare for a sloppy track.
we head down to Tampa Bay Downs for their sixth today. Eight three year olds will go seven furlongs on the main track in this $20,000 claiming race. Post time is scheduled for 2:55 pm Eastern.
f it’s Tuesday, that means it’s a trip to Parx, but for possibly the first time in 2024, we are not going to look at the sixth race at Parx. Instead, we will look at the featured ninth race on the ten-race card, which is one of the first two stakes of the year. This one is the City of Brotherly Love Stakes for three-year-olds going a mile and seventy yards.
Today, we head to one of the newer tracks in North America as the QPW heads to Youngstown, Ohio for the first time to Mahoning Valley Race Course for their featured eighth race, which is the OTBO Sales Graduate Race Stakes going six furlongs.
The Santa Anita Handicap is a classic race in more than just a race running at the classic distance of a mile and a quarter. It has history that rivals any other race in America