Neither a tote outage, a half-hour post time delay, nor a sluggish pace could stop strong-finishing Domestic Product from winning the Grade 3 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby March 9 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Improvements in advanced imaging and increased use of this medical technology at the track is proving critical in identifying potential injury hotspots in racehorses, prompting treatment before smaller issues turn into catastrophic problems.
In the sport’s multi-faceted approach to improving equine safety, such technology has been an important tool in reducing such incidents in the 15 years they have been tracked by The Jockey Club Equine Injury Database.
Fans and horseplayers following the road to the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve will direct their attention to Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla., March 9 for the 44th running of the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby.
The 2024 season for top-level older fillies and mares begins in earnest Saturday when Santa Anita Park’s Beholder Mile Stakes offers Grade 1 status to some of the division’s better runners.
BloodHorse news editor Byron King presents his Derby Dozen with a look at his leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 4.
