Sole Volante favored in 12-horse Tampa Bay Derby; Chance it draws post 4

OLDSMAR, Fla. – Sole Volante was assigned post 7 as the morning-line favorite in a capacity field of 12 3-year-olds entered in the Grade 2, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby, to be run for the 40th time Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs.

The 1 1/16-mile Tampa Bay Derby is one of three Kentucky Derby qualifiers across the country this weekend, along with the Gotham at Aqueduct and the San Felipe at Santa Anita. All three are worth 85 points (50-20-10-5).

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Sole Volante, with Florent Geroux to ride, is listed as a slight 2-1 program choice over Chance It (5-2), with all others considerably higher. Chance It, scratched last Saturday from the Fountain of Youth because of an outside post, was assigned post 4 for this race.

Four other stakes will be run on a 12-race card that starts at 12:15 p.m. Eastern. The Tampa Bay Derby goes at 5:32 p.m. as race 11, the last of five stakes on the day.

Grade 2, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby
1. Texas Swing, J. Castellano, 12-1
2. Spa City, D. Centeno, 10-1
3. Relentless Dancer, A. Gallardo, 12-1
4. Chance It, P. Lopez, 5-2
5. Market Analysis, J. Velazquez, 8-1
6. Mo Mosa, P. Morales, 30-1
7. Sole Volante, F. Geroux, 2-1
8. Letmeno, C. Landeros, 12-1
9. Unrighteous, J. Bravo, 20-1
10. Bye Bye Melvin, J. Leparoux, 20-1
11. King Guillermo, S. Camacho, 20-1
12. Tons of Gold, A. Suarez, 30-1
Morning-line odds courtesy of Tampa linemaker John Rose