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The Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes is named in honor of the former president at Tampa Bay Downs when the track was known as Florida Downs and Turf Club. Unofficially, however, the race also belongs to trainer Todd Pletcher. The Hall of Famer sent out a record-extending seventh winner Feb.

Tampa Bay Downs enters the Triple Crown parade Saturday with the $250,000 Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes, which is a prep for the March 11 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, which is a prep for the May 6 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve.

Northern California racing steps into the national spotlight Saturday on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve as Golden Gate Fields hosts the $100,000 El Camino Real Derby.

While Mother Nature and single-digit temperatures KO’d last Saturday’s Withers Stakes at Aqueduct, the rescheduled 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prep should go off without a hitch Feb. 11 at the Big A.

BloodHorse news editor Byron King presents his latest Derby Dozen Presented by Spendthrift, with a look at his leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 6.

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