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History 2010 - The outset of the 2009-2010 race meeting heralds a reduction in takeout for exacta, Pick-3, Pick-4, Super High-5 and Pick-6 wagering at the Oldsmar oval. A second Tampa Bay Derby graduate, third-place finisher Super Saver, wins the Grade I Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. Other national performers competing at the Oldsmar oval in the 2009-2010 season include Grade I winners Dr. Zic and Karelian and dual Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti, as well as Musket Man, Uptown Charly Brown, Rule, Schoolyard Dreams, Odysseus and Phola, among others. Despite a slumping economy, Tampa Bay Downs concludes the season with its comingled all-sources handle increasing by 1.8%, bucking national trends for wagering across the nation. The season also features the implementation of the track’s social <strong>media</strong> networks, with Tampa Bay Downs starting profiles on both Facebook and Twitter. Prior to the beginning of the 2009-2010 meeting, Tampa Bay Downs officially affiliates itself with the Thoroughbred Retirement of Tampa, Inc., (TROT), a 501(c) (3) organization dedicated to repurposing Tampa Bay Downs Thoroughbreds into show and pleasure horses as their careers on the racetrack end. Additionally, the 2009-2010 season saw the arrival of Mouse, the Tampa Bay Downs mascot. Mouse, a 3-year-old Miniature Horse, was rescued by an affiliate of TROT and rehabilitated by the staff of Tampa Bay Downs and quickly grew in popularity both locally and nationally. In July of 2010, Florida state legislation allows for expanded hours and no-limit games in the Silks Poker Room. In the months following the 2009-10 meet, the Tampa Bay Derby receives a purse boost to $350,000 and is awarded Grade II status; also, the Tampa Bay Stakes for older horses on the turf, formerly the Tampa Bay Breeders’ Cup, is awarded a Grade III classification for the first Daniel Centeno wins his fourth consecutive riding title with 133 victories, giving him 540 at the track over the past four campaigns. 2011 - The Oldsmar oval’s 85th racing season ends with across-theboard increases. Handle, attendance, claims, and field size all expand; additionally, the Tampa Bay Derby achieves Grade II status for the first time, as well as an expanded purse of $350,000. The TampaBay Stakes (formerly the Tampa Bay Breeders’ Cup) is awarded Grade III status, also a first. Local trainers finish 1-2 in the Tampa Bay Derby, as the Kathleen O’Connell-trained Watch Me Go edges Crimson Knight from the barn of Gerald Bennett. Luis Garcia rides the 43-1 shot Watch Me Go to victory. The Florida Oaks for 3-year-old fillies is run on turf for the first time, with Dynamic Holiday under jockey Ramon Dominguez winning for owner Augustin Stable and trainer H. Graham Motion. Ness and Bennett tie for he training title with 61 victories apiece. It is the fifth consecutive title for Ness, who tied O’Connell the previous season with 51 victories. On the jockeys’ side,Ronnie Allen Jr. claims his fourth riding title at Tampa Bay Downs — and first since 1987-88 — with 109 victories, 30more than runner-up Daniel Centeno. Average daily wagering handle during the 90-day meeting is a record $4,572,074,an increase of 9.2 percent from the previous season. The Tampa Bay Derby card attracts a record all-sources wagering handle of $10,949,948, of which $876,063 is wagered on track. Average daily attendance is 3,195. A $1.5-million capital improvements project which includes the addition of a CREE LED lighting system throughout the Clubhouse and Grandstand and a “Cool Roof” coating system represents an early step in the track’s goal to provide a “net-zero impact” on the environment. 18
History 2012 - Spectacular on-track accomplishments highlight a season in which Tampa Bay Downs is again the fourth most popular winter simulcast signal in the country. Eight track records are set — four apiece on the main dirt track and the turf course. It’s Me Mom, a 4-year-old filly owned by area residents Thomas and Jean Bosch, is the equine star of the meeting, winning three of her four starts, including the Minaret Stakes and the Florida Cup Hilton Garden Inn Sprint against males. In the latter, she set a six-furlong track record of 1:08.67. Jamie Ness wins his sixth consecutive training title, saddling a record 79 winners. His horses earn $875,384 and he ties a track record by saddling four winners Jan. 19. Ness trained exclusively for Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc., which captures a third consecutive owners’ title for Richard and Karen Papiese with 79 victories.Leandro Goncalves is the leading jockey with 88 victories, eight more than defending champion Ronnie Allen, Jr. Goncalves rides his 1,000th career winner Dec. 28. The top apprentice jockey is Erik Barbaran, who rides 27 winners. Veteran rider Scott Spieth joins the 4,000-victory club April 6 aboard 4-year-old filly Ula. Owner John C. Oxley’s 3-year-old colt Prospective wins the 32nd running of the Grade II, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby in 1:43.35, the second-fastest renewal to that time. The Tampa Bay Derby draws a season-high crowd of 9,247 and total wagering of $9,183,788. Zagora, a 5-year-old mare owned by Martin Schwartz, wins both of the track’s graded stakes for older fillies and mares on the turf, the Endeavour and the Hillsborough. Zagora sets a then-course record of 1:46.97 in the mile-and-an-eighth Hillsborough and goes on to win the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Santa Anita. Other Tampa Bay Downs participants to experience Breeders’ Cup glory were Challenger Stakes winner Fort Larned, who wins the Classic; trainer William Bradley, who captures the Filly and Mare Sprint with Groupie Doll; and past leading jockey Willie Martinez, who wins the Sprint on Trinniberg. A new mile-anda-sixteenth turf record is set by Lentenor, a full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro. Tampa Bay Downs introduces Trakus, an electronic system which displays the position and location on the track of each horse during a race and provides handicappers with a wealth of valuable information. 19
Page 1 and 2: 2016/2017 Media Guide
Page 3 and 4: Welcome To Tampa Bay Downs! Excitin
Page 5 and 6: Media Policies Tampa Bay Downs is e
Page 7 and 8: Live Racing Schedule 7
Page 9 and 10: The Downs Golf Practice Facility Lo
Page 11 and 12: History 1926 - The track opens for
Page 13 and 14: History 1978 - The Florida Senate s
Page 15 and 16: History 1996 - The track’s first
Page 17: History 2007 - Prior to the commenc
Page 21 and 22: History 2014 - The 88th anniversary
Page 23 and 24: History 2016 - The popularity of th
Page 25 and 26: Jockey Profiles 25
Page 27 and 28: Jockey Profiles Mike Allen Born: Au
Page 29 and 30: Jockey Profile Daniel Centeno Born:
Page 31 and 32: Jockey Profile Fernando De La Cruz
Page 33 and 34: Jockey Profile Chelsey Keiser Born:
Page 35 and 36: Jockey Profile Ademar Santos Born:
Page 37 and 38: Trainer Profiles 37
Page 39 and 40: Trainer Profiles Joseph Arboritanza
Page 41 and 42: Trainer Profiles Jason DaCosta Born
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Page 51 and 52: Owner Profiles Gilbert G. Campbell
Page 53 and 54: Owner Profiles Jagger, Inc. Owner:
Page 55 and 56: Owner Profiles Savoy Stable Owner:
Page 57 and 58: Records 57
Page 59 and 60: Records Main Track Distance Horse A
Page 61 and 62: Stakes Histories 61
Page 63 and 64: The Challenger Stakes The Challenge
Page 65 and 66: Lambholm South Endeavour Lambholm S
Page 67 and 68: The Florida Cup Stonehedge Farm Sou
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The Florida Cup Florida Cup Sophomo
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The Florida Cup Ocala Breeders’ S
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The Florida Cup Florida Cup Distaff
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The Florida Cup Florida Cup Tampa T
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Hilton Garden Inn/Hampton Inn Hilto
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The Florida Oaks $200,000 Fillies 3
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The Gasparilla Stakes Gasparilla St
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The Hillsborough Stakes Grade II $2
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The Inaugural Stakes $100,000 Guara
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The Lightning City Stakes $100,000
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The Manatee Stakes $50,000 Guarante
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The Minaret $50,000 Guaranteed Fill
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The Pasco Stakes $100,000 Guarantee
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The Pelican $100,000 Guaranteed 4-Y
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The Sam F. Davis Stakes $250,000 Gu
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The Sandpiper $100,000 Guaranteed F
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The Suncoast Stakes $100,000 Guaran
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The Super Stakes $100,000 Guarantee
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Tampa Bay Stakes Grade III $150,000
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Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby $350
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Stakes Histories Turf Dash $100,000
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Stakes Histories Wayward Lass Stake
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Stakes Histories Discontinued Stake
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Stakes Histories Discontinued Stake
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The Diamond Derby Discontinued $75,
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