Tampa Bay Downs

After Bush fractured his back in three places and breaking a rib last August, he decided to go out his own way by riding one more race at Tampa Bay Downs.

Sara Elbadwi & Megan Burgess look back at the Gasparilla Stakes & the Wayward Lass at Tampa Bay Downs.

One of Tampa Bay Downs' most popular promotions, the "Live It Up Challenge" handicapping contest, begins Jan. 17 and runs through March 7.

Runner-up in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) last spring, Legion Racing's Drexel Hill kicked off her 4-year-old campaign with a triumph in the $100,000 Wayward Lass Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs Jan. 10.

Greg Wolf & Sara Elbadwi look ahead at the Gasparilla Stakes & the Wayward Lass at Tampa Bay Downs.

Originally scheduled to begin Dec. 21, racing on Sundays at Tampa Bay Downs will not begin until Jan. 4, with the two missed days to be made up on Thursdays in February.

Tampa Bay Downs has imposed a quarantine on barns 25 and 26 after a horse was confirmed to have the neurological form of equine herpesvirus type 1, also known as EHV-1. The track canceled live racing Dec. 21 and Dec.…

Tampa Bay Downs posted gains in all major categories, capping a memorable campaign with the third-largest crowd in track history May 3.

After winning the Columbia Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in which he pressed the pace before holding on for the neck win, Zulu Kingdom will try to add a grade 1 victory to his résumé in the $1 million American…