Dubby Dubbie can look around the Tampa Bay Downs starting gate before Wednesday’s seventh race and feel confident he has reached heights none of the horses around him has approached. Dubby Dubbie, after all, ran in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf in January 2019. Sure, he was a 119-1 shot, but he beat two, and the task in front of him Wednesday is a mere second-level allowance with a $32,000 claiming option. Dubby Dubbie, though, is entered for the claiming tag, his connections seeking the right level for his current capability, and it’s no sure thing the horse with back class is up to snuff even with this group. :: Want to get your Past Performances for free? Click to learn more. The seventh-race feature, carded at one mile on grass, is one of two allowance races on a nine-race card that concludes with an appealing maiden special weight turf race. First post for the program is 1 p.m Eastern. A possibility of isolated thunderstorms is in the forecast Trainer Bob Hess Jr. has entered Dubby Dubbie and French Getaway in the seventh race. French Getaway is listed at 9-2 on the track’s morning line, and while French Getaway’s most recent race came in the Grade 3 San Luis Rey Stakes a couple months ago at Santa Anita, Dubby Dubbie figures the shorter price of the pair. In December, Dubby Dubbie won for a $62,500 claiming tag over the Tapeta Footings surface at Golden Gate Fields, but after Hess moved his operation to Florida, Dubby Dubbie raced ineffectively in a pair of Gulfstream Park turf stakes, and in his most recent start finished seventh, though beaten just three lengths, in a $50,000 claimer there. Hess removed blinkers for that recent start, but Dubby Dubbie runs with them again, and he can get his preferred pressing or stalking trip given the composition of Wednesday’s field. The class drop boosts his chances, but it’s fair to wonder how much fuel is in the horse’s tank right now and what is a fair price to find out. Blue Sky Kowboy might be the best horse in this race, an Illinois-bred with long-established listed-stakes form. He was dreadful in his 2020 comeback start, but that race came on dirt, which is not Blue Sky Kowboy’s cup of tea. He’ll run much better Wednesday and has powerful closing punch at his best, but a lack of any sort of positional pace always has been Blue Sky Kowboy’s weakness. :: To stay up to date, follow us on: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Hope Again has been in sharp Tampa turf form for months and might be capable of managing the move from $16,000 starter-allowance competition into this higher-level spot. Race 9, the turf maiden, marks the intended debut of Completed, the most expensive offspring of the sire Verrazano ever sold at auction. Completed, a 3-year-old filly, brought a bid of $750,000 from Bridlewood Farm at Saratoga’s select yearling sale in August 2018. Completed is out of the Empire Maker mare Shehadmeathello, whose best foal is multiple Grade 1 winner Separationofpowers. Completed has been working steadily at Tampa since early March for trainer Jonathan Thomas, who’s proven capable of winning with first-timers in turf routes like this, and it will be surprising if she doesn’t show some spark. A longer-priced entrant to consider is Command Point, who is blinkers on for trainer Jim Gulick after a very modest dirt-sprint debut at Tampa. Command Point is by Point of Entry out of Commanding Joy, who has produced capable turf performers Joyful Night and Joyable.