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OLDSMAR, Fla.. – Chamber of Commerce weather – clear skies, temperatures in the 70s, and enough wind to keep things interesting – greeted a crowd of 3,720 enthusiastic racegoers to Tampa Bay Downs for the 21 annual Florida Cup, a collection of six $110,000 stakes races for registered Florida-breds. While the turf course was listed as “good” rather than firm for the first time since the 2013 Florida Cup, horsemen, jockeys, and track officials praised the efforts of the track maintenance crew in preparing both the turf and dirt track after considerable rain the previous two days. In short, the s…

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