OLDSMAR, Fla. – Pablo Morales posted a riding triple on Saturday’s program to give the 26-year-old rider 17 wins on the meeting. He currently ranks seventh in the standings at Tampa this season and is starting to pick up steam after a slow start, but according to his agent, Mike Moran, the rider’s work ethic still is strong, and he has business with some solid stables such as John Terranova’s. The agent thinks Morales’ stats will improve even more as the meet progresses. Of course, Moran also handles the engagements for Antonio Gallardo, and it’s no secret Gallardo is having a meet jockeys and their agents can only dream about. He has 74 wins through Sunday’s program and holds a huge lead in the jockey race. When an agent handles two riders and one of them is having the kind of meet Gallardo is having, the first question most people have is: “How’s this affecting your relationship with your other rider?” Jocks, by their very nature, are highly competitive and envious of the success of their fellow riders. There has been more than one “divorce” between jockeys and agents when two riders are handled by one agent and one rider is overshadowed by the success of the other. But Moran said not long ago his two clients know he works just as hard for one as the other. “When I first took Antonio, I think there was some question about how things would work out,” Moran admitted. “But after [the two jockeys] finished first and second at Presque Isle, I think it convinced them I could handle both and get them the business they needed to have to be successful.” In the wake of Gallardo’s torrid pace, several other riders are quietly having quality meets with little fanfare. One of those is Dean Butler. Butler, who won a race each Saturday and Sunday to raise his win total to 14, is a solid professional who rides a heady race. He is a keen judge of pace and is especially deft on the turf with late runners. Butler has ranked with the leaders the past three seasons at Canterbury, winning the riding title there in 2013 and finishing second the other two meetings. Another jockey who isn’t getting a lot of attention but who has shown some ability is Keiber Coa, the son of former jockey Eiber Coa. The younger Coa came from last at the top of the stretch to run by the leaders and post a stunning upset to the tune of a $128 payoff with Aliquippa in a mile turf tilt for maiden special types Friday and bears watching. Irish runners on a roll A pair of runners with some Irish influence kept their winning streak alive Saturday. Tam O’Shanter, a Mineshaft 3-year-old recently gelded, didn’t seem to miss the change of equipment as he slipped through along the rail on the backstretch under a head ride by Victor Lebron, then out-gamed another promising 3-year-old, This Boy’s Sharp, through a long drive to take the mile-and-40-yard optional-claiming route. Christophe Clement trains Tam O’Shanter for Dr. Catherine Wills. Harp N Halo, from the Curragh Stable, ran down House Money to take the optional-claiming sixth race for her second straight local tally. John Terranova trains Harp N Halo, and the win was the sixth from 15 starters for Terranova in his first season running a division of his stable at Tampa. The trainer liked what he saw when he brought Falling Sky to town in 2013. Falling Sky captured the Sam F. Davis and ran third in the Tampa Bay Derby that year. The conditioner has one of the top Triple Crown hopefuls this year in El Kabeir. ** Track bias followers should note the main track has slowed down some in recent days, and the pronounced speed bias that was present through the early portions of the meeting has subsided a good bit. Some strong storms passed through the area early last week, and since then, the track has been a bit on the dull side with slower times. Stalkers and late-running types rallying down the middle of the track have had considerable success over the past five racing programs.