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2025 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Sam F. Davis Stakes Winner John Hancock

Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner on the Road to the Derby schedule with stakes that offer qualifying points for the 1 ¼-mile classic race May 3, 2025, at Churchill Downs.

Gun Runner, Risen Star Stakes, Florent Geroux, America's Best Racing, ABR, horse racing, Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown

Stars of Yesterday: Looking Back at Best Risen Star Stakes Winners

This Saturday, Fair Grounds will host the $500,000, Grade 2 Fasig-Tipton Risen Star Stakes.

John Hancock, Tampa Bay Downs, Sam F. Davis Stakes, Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby

John Hancock Makes His Mark in Sam F. Davis Stakes Win

John Hancock proved a game front-running winner by a half-length over the more seasoned stakes winner Owen Almighty in the $200,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes Feb. 9 at Tampa Bay Downs.

Belmont Park, NYRA, construction, renovation, facility, David O’Rourke, reopening, grandstand, racetrack, horse racing, Breeders’ Cup, fans, horses, all-weather, Tapeta, turf, course, watering, training, Glen Kozak, Aqueduct

‘A State-of-the-Art Facility’: The Latest on Construction of a New Belmont Park

After several years of talk and expectations, Belmont Park is finally looking like a racetrack once again.

The grandstand that provided millions of fans unforgettable memories may be gone, but a visit to the famed 120-year-old facility shows the kind of progress that makes the wait for the half-billion-dollar reconstruction project to be completed in the fall of 2026 more palatable.

Sam F. Davis Stakes, Tampa Bay Downs, Kentucky Derby, horse racing, Camp Hale, Treaty of Rome, John Hancock, Dr Ruben M, Gateskeeper, Owen Almighty, Poster, Naughty Rascal, Smoken Boy, Very Bold, Chad Brown, Gerald Bennett, Equibase Speed Figure

Backing a 6-1 Upset Candidate in 2025 Sam F. Davis Stakes

Saturday’s Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs is a qualifying points race for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and the local prep for the track’s marquee race, the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby next month.

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