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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