Tapit Trice won the Tampa Bay Derby and the Blue Grass Stakes too before racing in the Kentucky Derby.
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Tampa Bay: On The Way To The Kentucky Derby

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Tapit Trice won the 2023 Tampa Bay Derby with the record holding trainer for this race, Todd Pletcher.
Tapit Trice won the 2023 Tampa Bay Derby with the record holding trainer for this race, Todd Pletcher.

The next Kentucky Derby prep point qualifying race is the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby. This $400,000 Grade III stakes was inaugurated in 1981. The race is 1 and 1/16 miles on the dirt. The points are awarded as 50-25-15-10-5 to the top five winners in respective order. The Tampa Bay Derby is race 11 on a card of 12 and post time is 5:18 PM ET. Ten thoroughbreds are entered as follows by post/horse (state of breeding)/colt or gelding/jockey/trainer/owner/morning-line odds/and previous Kentucky Derby prep points:

  1. Heartened (KY)/colt/Jose Ortiz/Todd Pletcher/St. Elias Stable, Ken Langone, C. Steven Duncker and Vicarage Stable/10-1
  2. Everdoit (FL)/gelding/Antonio Gallardo/Kevin Rice/Donald L. Ming/30-1
  3. Give Me Liberty (KY)/colt/Pablo Morales/Robertino Diodoro/Kenneth L. Ramsey/30-1
  4. Good Money (KY)/colt/Irad Ortiz, Jr./Chad C. Brown/Calumet Farm/15-1
  5. Domestic Product (KY)/colt/Tyler Gaffalione/Chad Brown/Klaravich Stables, Inc./8-5/10 points from a second place finish in the Holy Bull Stakes
  6. Catire Vizcaya (KY)/colt/Marcos Meneses/Juan Carlos Avila/Hablan Los Caballos, LLC. and Marco Berne/30-1
  7. No More Time (IA)/colt/Javier Castellano/Jose Francisco D’ Angelo/Morplay Racing/7-5/20 points from winning the Sam F. Davis Stakes
  8. Crazy Mason (KY)/colt/Michael Sanchez/Gregory Sacco/Donna Wright and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing/12-1
  9. Grand Mo the First (KY)/colt/Samy Camacho/Victor Barboza, Jr./Granpollo Stables, LLC./12-1
  10. Sturdy (KY)/colt/Junior Alvarado/George Weaver/Repole Stable and R.A. Hill Stable/8-1
Will the record holding trainer, Todd Pletcher, take this year's Tampa Bay Derby winner to the Kentucky Derby like he did Tapit Trice and many before him?
Will the record holding trainer, Todd Pletcher, take this year’s Tampa Bay Derby winner to the Kentucky Derby like he did Tapit Trice and many before him?

Who’s going to win it at Tampa Bay and be on the way to the 150th Kentucky Derby? I would be pleased to see the winner make an appearance in the Blue Grass Stakes at my hometrack, Keeneland, next. Last year, Tapit Trice won both the Tampa Bay Derby and the Blue Grass Stakes on The Road To the Kentucky Derby. Tapit Trice has been actively training in FL and it would be great to see him make a triumphant return to racing this year following all of his achievements in 2023. Meanwhile, it is fun to speculate on whom may follow in his hoovesteps.

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