Brown continues tear with wins in Hillsborough and Florida Oaks

OLDSMAR, Fla. – When Chad Brown sent out the one-two finishers in both the Grade 2 Endeavour and Grade 3 Florida Oaks on the turf at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday, he padded his incredible record at the 2021-22 Tampa meet.

Brown begins this week with 17 wins and 7 seconds from just 36 starters at Tampa this winter, a batting average of .470 that would be a cool .500 if he hadn’t also had the runner-up in both of those stakes. Bleecker Street (94 Beyer), now unbeaten in five career starts, won the Endeavour over Rocky Sky. Dolce Zel (76 Beyer) won the Florida Oaks over Spicer.

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Prior to the stakes, Brown also won a maiden-special Saturday with his only other starter on the card, Gina Romantica, a 3-year-old Into Mischief filly who cost $1,025,000 as a yearling. Owned by Peter Brant, Gina Romantica rallied from well back to win as an odds-on favorite and got a 64 Beyer.

Brown rarely makes the trip over to Tampa from his dual Atlantic Coast bases of Payson Park and Palm Meadows, and he again watched Saturday from afar.