OLDSMAR, Fla. – When it comes to taking on trainer Arnaud Delacour’s next top sprinter, resistance is Futile. Delacour, who trains A. P. Indian, a finalist for an Eclipse Award as champion sprinter of 2016, scored an impressive victory at Tampa Bay Downs on Sunday with Futile, who won a no-conditions, $25,750 allowance by one length over Tiger Blood. With leading jockey Daniel Centeno aboard, Futile tracked the pace in second place early before surging to the front in the stretch and stopping the clock in 1:09.91 for six furlongs. Futile ($8.20), a homebred for the Lael Stables of Roy and Gretchen Jackson, has won four of five career starts and has earned $81,600. The 4-year-old gelding by Broken Vow was making his first start since Nov. 12, when he won a second-level allowance/optional $25,000 claiming race by 1 1/4 lengths at Penn National, finishing that six-furlong race in 1:09.71. Later that month, Candip won the $200,000 Fabulous Strike Handicap at the same venue in 1:09.77. “I was impressed with his race at Penn National because I thought they were going very fast, and shortly afterward, they ran the Fabulous Strike, and they ran about the same time, so I thought that we might have a very useful horse,” Delacour said. “He’s been doing great ever since then. He’s getting pretty professional.” Sunday’s allowance was a prep for the $100,000 Pelican Stakes, a six-furlong race for horses ages 4 and up here Feb. 18. Delacour said Futile will be pointed to that race so long as he comes out of Sunday’s win in good order. “That was the kind of race we needed to see to have confidence going into the stakes, hoping that we’ll be competitive,” Delacour said. The Pelican also is a logical spot for Tiger Blood and Springmeier, who finished a creditable third Sunday. Tiger Blood, a 4-year-old colt trained by Darien Rodriguez, has three wins and a second-place finish in five starts on the main track here. Springmeier, a 5-year-old gelding trained by John Vinson, entered Sunday’s race off three consecutive runner-up finishes in optional $62,500 claiming races, losing to the stakes winners Yourdreamsormine, El Deal, and Mr. Baker. ◗ Wednesday’s 10-race card is a bit on the bland side, with race 8, a $16,000 claimer for 3-year-old fillies, serving as the highlight. The 5 1/2-furlong sprint drew a field of 11 led by 5-2 morning-line favorite Wrap It Up, who will have Ronnie Allen Jr. aboard for trainer Kathleen O’Connell. Wrap It Up won an optional $32,000 claiming race by 3 1/4 lengths on the front end here Dec. 3. She will try to rebound from an 11th-place finish in a $16,000 claimer at Gulfstream Park on Dec. 28, when she pressed the pace for half a mile before fading badly in that six-furlong race.