If organizers at the Women's Resource Center of Tampa Bay have their way, Sims Park may one day be to rubber ducks what Churchill Downs is to thoroughbreds. ...more

November 21, 2009

Last year, owner Eric Fein admits he got caught up in the excitement of putting a horse in the Kentucky Derby. He won't let that happen this year. ...more

March 15, 2009

Owner-trainer Thomas McCarthy didn't expect General Quarters to be in position to make a run at the Kentucky Derby when he claimed him for $20,000 last May at Churchill Downs. ...more

March 14, 2009

a mere 200 days from today. ...more

July 16, 2008

KENTUCKY - Jockey Kent Desormeaux still can't figure out what went wrong in Big Brown's last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes. ...more

June 15, 2008

Maybe Paulo Lobo should have stuck with his initial decision to keep Gayego out of the Preakness. ...more

May 18, 2008

They'll pack Pimlico Race Course today the way they did two years ago, eagerly waiting to see if Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown can take the next step toward becoming a legend. ...more

May 17, 2008

As Big Brown's bid to become the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years gains momentum, the focus shifts to Pimlico and the quick turnaround before Saturday's Preakness Stakes. ...more

May 12, 2008

She ran the race of her life - and death. Still, you could almost hear the champagne glasses clinking at Churchill Downs as the TV cameras swung away from the poor black heap in the dirt to the Kentucky Derby champion, Big Brown. ...more

May 6, 2008

Tampa Bay Downs concluded its 82nd live racing season Sunday, a meet that likely will be remembered for shattered riding and training records, as well as for continued strides in attracting elite thoroughbreds from around the country for the track's growing stakes program. ...more

May 5, 2008