Tampa Bay Downs 2022-2023

[rdalert447]

Opening day is tomorrow and there’s been a couple of interesting developments since the end of last meet.

The first one is that it appears Rafael Schistl will not be showing up this meet. Hoping I’m wrong, but he split with his main owners and his new owners mainly stable up in the Mid-Atlantic. Aldana Spieth has his old horses, so she’ll probably improve off past results.

The second angle is the death of trainer Robert Raymond. He died right as last year’s meet ended. Raymond was good for between 10-15 wins per meet, with a handful of good prices.

The good news is that his assistant trainer, Pedro Posadas, took over and maintains arelationship with previous owners.

Posadas hasn’t started out great, going 2 for 42 at tracks like Delaware and Monmouth. But Raymond’s horses never did well up there yet thrived when they returned to Tampa.

Posadas should fly under the radar, at least early on. In fact, he has three long ones entered opening day. Look alive tomorrow, men. One of the best betting meets in the country is about to kickoff….

 

[Wagerallsports]

Thanks for sharing rd

 

[rdalert447]

Rise and shine, men. Post time is 1238 hours, South Florida time.

 

[rdalert447]

.Off the turf today…

 

[rdalert447]

Putting Posadas to the test early:

Race 3

$20 win #10 Kevin Witte 10-1

$2 DD 10-3

$1 P3 10/3/ALL

Race 4

$20 win #3 Pralines Cat 30-1

$1 P3 3/ALL/8

Race 6

$20 win #8 Wasser 15-1

Despite the long odds, all these horses fit. If Raymond was still training, they’d be in the 5-1 to 10-1 range.

Good luck, all!

 

[BigJay]

Good luck brother! Love me some ponies. Only play the triple crown and breeders cup these days tho.

 

[Pigpen]

Small win on the #11 in race 7

 

[Pigpen]

Threw out anchor on the turn.

 

[rdalert447]

Posadas went 0-3. His last entrant ran well after a bad break, albeit at 5-2. Will continue to follow.

 

[rdalert447]

Fired again on Posadas. Win bets and a handful of exotics:



Race 4

#8 Any Minute 7/2

Race 6

#3 Ms Boombastic 30-1

Race 7

#2 The Skipster 15-1

This Guy better start connecting…

 

[rdalert447]

Posadas starts out 0-7. Not what I envisioned but there’s enough signs of life so will continue to follow.

 

[rdalert447]

Meet is off to a slow start. Couple of plays for today:

Race 4

$1 P3 ALL/4/7

Race 5

$20 win #4 Andy Walks 8-1

$2 DD 4/7

$1 P3 4/7/ALL

Vinson used to be good here, but would get bet. He moved mostly to Gulfstream, but hasn’t done much there. Shows up here with a generous morning line after a speed/fade. Doubt we get 8-1, but 5-1 is sweet.

Race 6

$20 win #7 Mapache G 6-1

Riggattieri’s meet last year was too bad to believe. He is usually very good here, so I’m looking to pounce in hopes of a rebound.

Good luck, men!

 

[rdalert447]

Blanked. See you Fri.

 

[Wagerallsports]

TD where do you live?

 

[rdalert447]

Posadas 2 for 2 today. Look alive, men.

 

[rdalert447]

Ochoa day today at Tampa. Has four entrants. Will try to catch one of the long ones. Don’t get caught watching the paint dry!

 

[doofy]

rdaler how long have you been betting on horses?

 

[rdalert447]

About 35 years

 

[rdalert447]

Ochoa day today at Tampa. Has four entrants. Will try to catch one of the long ones. Don’t get caught watching the paint dry!

Best we could manage was a second at 12-1. See you Wednesday.

 

[Pigpen]

Oaklawn opens today with 2yo stake and some nice MSW races.