Kentucky Derby Prep: No More Time Draws Post Seven For Tampa Bay Derby

A field of 10 3-year-olds will vie for “Road to the Kentucky Derby” qualifying points in Saturday’s Grade 3, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, the main event on a 12-race Festival Day 44 card at Tampa Bay Downs.

No More Time, the winner of the Oldsmar oval’s Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes on Feb. 10, drew the No. 7 post position for the mile-and-a-sixteenth race on the main dirt track. Owned by Morplay Racing and trained by Jose Francisco D’Angelo, the Iowa-bred colt will be ridden by Javier Castellano.

The Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby will be the 11^th race on a card scheduled to begin at 11:55 a.m. Admission is $15, with each patron receiving a “Mystery Mutuel Voucher” worth between $5-$1,000.

The Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby is one of five stakes, four of them graded, on a 12-race Festival Day card offering $1-million in stakes purse money. The winner will earn 50 qualifying points, more than enough to qualify for the 20-horse field for the May 4 classic at Churchill Downs.

The runner-up earns 25 points, with the next three finishers picking up 15, 10 and 5, respectively. The Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby has produced two winners of the Run for the Roses: Street Sense, who won both races in 2007, and Super Saver, who finished third in Oldsmar’s premier race before his Kentucky Derby victory.

The remaining stakes on the Festival Day 44 card include the Grade II, $225,000 Hillsborough Stakes, for fillies and mares 4-years-old-and-upward at a mile-and-an-eighth on the turf course; the Grade III, $200,000 Florida Oaks, for 3-year-old fillies at a mile-and-a-sixteenth on the turf; the Grade III, $100,000 Michelob Ultra Challenger Stakes, for horses 4-and-upward at a mile-and-a-sixteenth on the main track; and the $75,000 Columbia Stakes for 3-year-olds at a mile on the turf.

Here is the full field for the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby in post position order, followed by trainer and jockey (morning-line odds have yet to be set):

1. Heartened, Todd Pletcher, Jose Ortiz; 
2. Everdoit, Kevin Rice, Antonio Gallardo; 
3. Give Me Liberty, Robertino Diodoro, Pablo Morales;
4. Good Money, Chad Brown, Irad Ortiz, Jr.;
5. Domestic Product, Chad Brown, Tyler Gaffalione; 
6. Catire Vizcaya, Juan Carlos Avila, Marcos Meneses; 
7. No More Time, Jose Francisco D’Angelo, Javier Castellano; 
8. Crazy Mason, Gregg Sacco, Mychel Sanchez; 
9. Grand Mo the First, Victor Barboza, Jr., Samy Camacho; 
10. Sturdy, George Weaver, Junior Alvarado.

Saturday’s stakes action kicks off with the sixth race, the Michelob Ultra Challenger Stakes. A talented field of six horses, including defending winner Skippylongstocking, will compete.

Here is the full field in post position order, followed by trainer and jockey:

1. Mbagnick, Amador Merei Sanchez, Marcos Meneses; 
2. Dynamic One, Todd Pletcher, Irad Ortiz, Jr.; 
3. Skippylongstocking, Saffie A. Joseph, Jr., Tyler Gaffalione;
4. Sherlock’s Jewel, Claude “Shug” McGaughey, III, Vincent Cheminaud; 
5. Dash Attack, Ken McPeek, Junior Alvarado; 
6. Impacto, Gerald Bennett, Jesus Castanon.

The seventh race, the Columbia Stakes, has drawn a field of 10 sophomores. Here they are in post position order, followed by trainer and jockey:

1. Quokka, Tom Albertrani, Angel Arroyo;
2. Rose Collector, Julie Stormfelt, Tyler Gaffalione; 
3. Move to Gold, Chad Brown, Irad Ortiz, Jr.; 
4. Two Ghosts; Barbara Minshall, Antonio Gallardo; 
5. Ninja Star, Kevin Rice, to be named; 
6. El Principito, Micharl V. Laurato, Gabriel Maldonado; 
7. In a Jam, Mark Casse, Jose Ortiz; 
8. Full Nelson; Jose Francisco D’Angelo, Samy Camacho; 
9. Tok Tok, H. Graham Motion, Jorge Ruiz; 
10. Fulmineo, Arnaud Delacour, Junior Alvarado.

The Hillsborough is slated as the ninth race, with trainer Chad Brown appearing to have a strong hand with the uncoupled entry of 6-year-old Fluffy Socks and 5-year-old Marketsegmentation.

Here is the full field in post position order, followed by trainer and jockey:

1. Fluffy Socks, Chad Brown, Irad Ortiz, Jr.; 
2. Marketsegmentation, Chad Brown, Jose Ortiz; 
3. Sparkle Blue, H. Graham Motion, Jorge Ruiz; 
4. Aspen Grove, Jack Sisterson, Javier Castellano;
5. Beechnut Trophy, Saffie A. Joseph, Jr., Samy Camacho; 
6. Embrace Me, Tom Albertrani, Pablo Morales; 
7. Elusive Princess, Arnaud Delacour, Junior Alvarado; 
8. Star Fortress, Cherie DeVaux, Tyler Gaffalione.

The Florida Oaks has drawn a full field of 12 sophomore fillies, three trained by dual Hall of Fame conditioner Mark Casse. Here they are in post position order, followed by trainer and jockey:

1. Poolside With Slim, George “Rusty” Arnold, II, Jorge Ruiz;
2. A Primera Vista, Kerri Raven, Carol Cedeno; 
3. Pharoah’s Wine, Dale Romans, Daniel Centeno; 
4. Crevalle d’Oro, Mark Casse, Samy Camacho; 
5. Waskesiu, Bill Mott, Junior Alvarado; 
6. Austere, Brendan Walsh, Tyler Gaffalione; 
7. Style Points, Christophe Clement, Javier Castellano; 
8. Destiny Star, Tim Hamm, Angel Arroyo;
9. Dancing N Dixie, Mark Casse, Gabriel Maldonado; 
10. Weigh the Risks, Chad Brown, Irad Ortiz, Jr.; 
11. Dynamic Pricing, Chad Brown, Jose Ortiz; 
12. Witwatersrand, Mark Casse, Antonio Gallardo.