The Tampa Bay Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

  held in mid March at Tampa Bay Downs

Tampa Bay Downs

Tampa Bay Downs is an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility located in Westchase in Hillsborough County, just outside Tampa, Florida. It opened in 1926 under the name Tampa Downs. The first of many names, the racetrack was well known as Sunshine Park and Florida Downs.-Season:The track races...

. A Grade III

Graded stakes race

A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...

 event since 2002, it is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles (8.5 furlong

Furlong

A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....

s) on the dirt. The race has gained in popularity over the past few years and is now listed as an official prep race for the Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

. In 2007, Street Sense

Street Sense (horse)

Street Sense is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt and winner of the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2007 Travers Stakes and runner up in the 2007 Preakness Stakes by a head. Owned and bred by James B...

 became the first Tampa Bay Derby participant to win the Derby. The race has been upgraded to Grade II status for 2011.

From 1995-2010, the Tampa Bay Derby and the Florida Oaks

Florida Oaks

The Florida Oaks is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies held annually at Tampa Bay Downs in Tampa, Florida. It is currently an Ungraded stakes race run over a distance of 8.5 furlongs on turf....

 were run on the same race card.

Records

Speed record:

• 1:43.11 - Street Sense
  Street Sense (horse)
  Street Sense is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt and winner of the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2007 Travers Stakes and runner up in the 2007 Preakness Stakes by a head. Owned and bred by James B...
  
   (2007) (new stakes and track record for 1 1/16 miles)

Most wins by a jockey

Jockey

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• 2 - Richard Migliore (2000, 2001)
• 2 - Eibar Coa
  Eibar Coa
  Eibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992...
  
   (2003, 2008)

Most wins by a trainer

Horse trainer

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• No trainer has won this race more than once.

Most wins by an owner:

• 2- Eric Fein (2008,2009)

Winners of the Tampa Bay Derby since 1981

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance (Miles)	Time	Grade
2011	Watch Me Go	3	Luis Garcia	Kathleen O'Connell	Gilbert G. Campbell	1-1/16	1:44.25	II
2010	Odysseus	3	Rajiv Maragh Rajiv Maragh Rajiv Maragh is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. An Indo-Jamaican, he is the son of a jockey who rode in Jamaica before relocating to Florida where he began a career as a horse trainer....	Thomas Albertrani	Padua Stables	1-1/16	1:44.31	III
2009	Musket Man	3	Daniel Centeno	Derek Ryan Derek Ryan Derek Ryan is a retired Irish professional squash player who at the peak of his career rose to No. 7 in the world rankings, and for many years was the Irish men's number 1 player....	Eric Fein/Vic Carlson	1-1/16	1:43.67	III
2008	Big Truck Big Truck (horse) Big Truck was an American Thoroughbred Racehorse. Sired by Hook and Ladder, a grandson of Northern Dancer, out of the mare Just A Ginny, a daughter of the 1994 Kentucky Derby winner, Go for Gin....	3	Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992...	Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg is an American thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Horses in Tagg's stable have included Showing Up and...	Eric Fein	1-1/16	1:44.25	III
2007	Street Sense Street Sense (horse) Street Sense is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt and winner of the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2007 Travers Stakes and runner up in the 2007 Preakness Stakes by a head. Owned and bred by James B...	3	Calvin Borel Calvin Borel Calvin H. Borel is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing and rode the victorious mount in the 2007 Kentucky Derby, the 2009 Kentucky Derby and the 2010 Kentucky Derby...	Carl Nafzger Carl Nafzger Carl A. Nafzger is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Before he was involved in horseracing he was a championship Rodeo bullrider....	James B. Tafel	1-1/16	1:43.11	III
2006	Deputy Glitters	3	Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano Jose Lezcano is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He rides in New York in the spring, summer and fall and spends the winter in Florida. His big break came in 2008 when he won a Breeders' Cup race....	Tom Albertrani Tom Albertrani Thomas "Tom" Albertrani is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He began his career as a jockey then spent a number of years as an assistant to trainer Bill Mott. In 1995 Albertrani was hired as an assistant to head trainer Saeed bin Suroor at the prominent international Godolphin Racing...	Joseph Lacombe Stable Joseph LaCombe Joseph P. LaCombe is a retired American businessman and owner of Joseph LaCombe Stable Inc., a Thoroughbred horse racing stable...	1-1/16	1:44.26	III
2005	Sun King	3	Edgar Prado	Nick Zito Nick Zito Nicholas Philip "Nick" Zito is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.Zito began his career as a hot walker and worked his way up to a groom, to an assistant trainer, and to a trainer...	Tracy Farmer	1-1/16	1:43.98	III
2004	Limehouse Limehouse (horse) Limehouse is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. Campaigned by W. Cothran Campbell's Dogwood Stable and trained by leading trainer Todd Pletcher, the chestnut son of popular sire Grand Slam was purchased at the Fasig-Tipton sale as a yearling for $140,000.- Racehorse :During his racing...	3	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Todd A. Pletcher	Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable Dogwood Stable is an American Thoroughbred racehorse partnership founded in 1969 by W. Cothran "Cot" Campbell of Aiken, South Carolina.The pioneers of thoroughbred partnerships, the operation's stated policy is to acquire moderately priced, young horses...	1-1/16	1:43.99	III
2003	Region of Merit	3	Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Eibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992...	Christophe Clement Christophe Clement Christophe Clement is a Thoroughbred horse trainer in the United States.- Racing background :Christophe Clement initially acquired his training skills from father Miguel, a leading trainer in France, Christophe later worked for the prominent French racing family of trainer Alec Head...	Calumet Farm Calumet Farm Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in...	1-1/16	1:44.61	III
2002	Equality	3	Ramon Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez Ramon A. Dominguez is an Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing....	H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion H. Graham Motion is an American horse trainer, notable for his work with 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom and Better Talk Now. Motion started out training and winning with his own Thoroughbred horses at age 29, his first win was with Bounding Daisy in March 1993 at Laurel Park...	Pin Oak Farm	1-1/16	1:43.66	III
2001	Burning Roma	3	Richard Migliore	Heather A. Giglio	Harold L. Queen	1-1/16	1:44.30
2000	Wheelaway	3	Richard Migliore	John C. Kimmel John C. Kimmel John C. Kimmel is an American thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He holds a pre-med undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School in 1980.-References:**...	C. Kimmel / P. Solondz	1-1/16	1:43.90
1999	Pineaff	3	Jose A. Santos	Kenneth McPeek Kenneth McPeek Kenneth G. McPeek is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Kenneth G. McPeek was born August 2, 1962 in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and raised in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from Tates Creek High School and then the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration...	Roy & Joyce Monroe	1-1/16	1:45.20
1998	Parade Ground	3	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard Neil J. Howard is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer.Howard began working for a racing stable in 1969 and went on to spend seven years as an assistant and stable foreman to future Hall of Fame trainer MacKenzie Miller before going out on his own in 1979.With Summer Squall, in 1990 Neil...	W. S. Farish / S. Hilbert	1-1/16	1:45.40
1997	Zede	3	Jerry D. Bailey	William I. Mott	Allen E. Paulson Allen E. Paulson Allen Eugene Paulson was an American aviation entrepreneur, philanthropist, thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner, and a self-made multi-millionaire.-Business career in aviation:Born in Clinton, Iowa, Allen E...	1-1/16	1:44.80
1996	Thundering Storm	3	Jorge Guerra	Don R. Rice	Deborrah Artz	1-1/16	1:43.80
1995	Gazook	3	Gary Boulanger Gary Boulanger Gary Dale Boulanger is a former jockey who competed in Canada and the United States and who is currently a trainer in Florida. He began his career in 1987 at Tampa Bay Downs then went to the Pacific Northwest where he was the leading jockey for three straight years from 1989 through 1991 at...	J. Bert Sonnier	Du-Zee Stables	1-1/16	1:45.40
1994	Prix de Crouton	3	Mickey Walls Mickey Walls Mickey K. Walls is a retired Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was a Champion in both the United States and Canada....	Loren Berg	Loren & Kathleen Berg	1-1/16	1:46.60
1993	Marco Bay	3	Ron Allen, Jr.	Sarah Lundy	Jay Shaw	1-1/16	1:44.40
1992	Careful Gesture	3	Robert N. Lester	Elbert Dixon	Cecilia Dixon	1-1/16	1:45.80
1991	Speedy Cure	3	Ricardo Lopez Ricardo Lopez Ricardo “El Finito” López Nava is a retired Mexican boxer. As a professional, he defended the WBC Strawweight Championship a record 21 times. He also won the WBA and WBO championship of the same weight class. Lopez also won the IBF Light Flyweight Championship and defended it twice before retiring...	Harvey Culp	Susan B. Fisher	1-1/16	1:46.20
1990	Champagneforashley	3	Jacinto Vasquez Jacinto Vásquez Jacinto Vásquez is a retired Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey. He rode two Kentucky Derby winners, Foolish Pleasure in 1975 and Genuine Risk in 1980, but may be best known as the regular jockey for the great filly Ruffian.-Biography:...	Howard M. Tesher Howard M. Tesher Howard M. Tesher Howard M. Tesher Howard M. Tesher (born c. 1935 in Miami, Florida is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. A journalism graduate from the University of Florida, he began his career training Thoroughbreds in 1961. Among his numerous important wins, Tesher won the 1986...	Baker/Kaskel/Feinbloom	1-1/16	1:44.00
1989	Storm Predictions	3	Steve Gaffalione	Luis Olivares	Three G Stables	1-1/16	1:43.80
1988	Cefis	3	Eddie Maple Eddie Maple Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight brothers and sisters, he was an older brother to jockey Sam Maple who won more than 2,500 races. He began riding horses at age 12 and won his first race as a professional at 17...	Woody Stephens Woody Stephens Woody Stephens was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame trainer.Born Woodford Cefis Stephens in Stanton, Kentucky, his younger brother William Ward Stephens also became a successful trainer. Woody Stephens first started in racing as a jockey at age 16 but within a few years switched...	Ryehill Farm/ R. Kirkhar	1-1/16	1:44.40
1987	Phantom Jet	3	Keith K. Allen	Phillip Gleaves	Aisco Stables	1-1/16	1:43.80
1986	My Prince Charming	3	Craig Perret Craig Perret Craig Perret is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began riding horses at age five and by seven was riding quarter horses in match races...	Newcomb Green	Aronow Stable	1-1/16	1:46.60
1985	Regal Remark	3	Jeffrey Fell Jeffrey Fell Jeffrey J. Fell is a retired jockey and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was also a successful rider in the United States.-References:* * *...	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms locations in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for hunter/jumper horses...	1-1/16	1:46.80
1984	Bold Southerner	3	Wayne Crews	Paul Maxwell	Rusticwoods Farm	1-1/16	1:44.60
1983	Morganmorganmorgan	3	Willie Rodriguez	Art Monteiro	Morgan Bishop	1-1/16	1:47.20
1982	Reinvested	3	Richard D. Luhr	Stanley M. Hough Stanley M. Hough Stanley M. Hough Stanley M. Hough Stanley M. Hough (born February 20, 1948 in Palatine, Illinois is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer. The son of Chicago-based Thoroughbred owner/trainer Joseph Hough, he embarked on a training career of his own in 1969....	Harbor View Farm	1-1/16	1:45.20
1981	Paristo	3	David Ashcroft	George Handy	Belmont Farm	1-1/16	1:45.40