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Stakes Races At Tampa Bay Downs

Grade 2:

  • Tampa Bay Derby

Grade 3:

  • Endeavour Breeders' Cup Stakes
  • Hillsborough Stakes
  • Sam F. Davis Stakes
  • Tampa Bay Stakes

Ungraded

  • Florida Oaks
  • Pasco Stakes

The track also runs numerous non-graded stakes and the purses have set records in the past several years. The grade III Sam F. Davis Stakes is now an official prep race for the Kentucky Derby.

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