Tampa Bay: Dark Today; Factory of Faith Wins Saturday Feature

HorseRacingFLA Staff Report
Tampa Bay Downs will be not have live racing today. The Oldsmar track’s next race day will be Wednesday, with nine races and first post of 12:27 p.m.

On Saturday, Factory of Faith beat Watch This Cat by a nose in the feature seventh race. It was a $23,000 allowance at one mile on turf for fillies and mares 3-ters-old and up.

Factory of Faith, at 7-1 odds, was in fifth place entering the stretch. She then began passing horses and held off a late run by Watch This Cat.

Factory of Faith, a 3-year-old, was ridden by Victor Lebron and won in the solid time of 1:36.33 for trainer William “Buff” Bradley. Antonio Gallardo rode the 3-year-old Watch This Cat for trainer Monte Thomas

The win was the third in 14 career starts for Factory of Faith, a daughter of Bluegrass Cat, and her second win on turf at Tampa Bay Downs.

2 -FACTORY OF FAITH 16.40 6.60 4.00
8 -WATCH THIS CAT 6.00 3.80
1 -TIS DUET 3.20
$2 �EXACTA �2-8 � PAID �$111.00 $1 �TRIFECTA �2-8-1 �
PAID �$198.20 SUPERFECTA �2-8-1-7 � PAID �$707.30

= Photo on home page by Barry Unterbrink

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