The fans in attendance at Tampa Bay Downs were treated to a show in addition to live racing as the pair of featured seven-furlong 3-year-old stakes provided plenty of drama and theatrics Jan. 11.
The drama first unfolded in the $92,500 Pasco Stakes—a prep race for the Feb. 8 Sam F. Davis Stakes on the Road to the Kentucky Derby (G1)—as a sensational performance by Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing’s Owen Almighty was wiped out by a disqualification that granted Naughty Rascal the victory.
Naughty Rascal, b, 3/c…