A pair of winners for Amira’s Prince at Tampa, 61 minutes apart

Amira’s Prince began yesterday having just two winners since Jan. 1, but in the space of 61 minutes at Tampa Bay Downs, doubled the number to four.

3rd race: Wrecking Ball, a 3-year-old gelding bred by Martin and Emily Goodell who didn’t start at two, broke his maiden under Samuel Marin in his third try in a $32,000 claimer at 1 1/16 miles on the turf. Marin had Wrecking Ball coasting in third place on the rail and under a stranglehold down the backstretch, let him out on the turn, sent him after favored Whiskeymac for the stretch run and they blew by the even-money shot to score by 1 1/4 lengths.

Wrecking Ball earned $9,850 for his first victory, achieved in 1:44.26, and received his best speed figure – a 77 – from Equibase.

5th race: Night Jumper, a 3-year-old gelding making his first start of 2023, scored his fourth career victory in a field of six going one mile on the grass. In one of the rare occurrences in racing, Night Jumper led the finishers home in the exact order of their odds. The gelding owned and bred by Darsan Inc. was sent off at $2.10-1, followed by the second horse at $2.40-1, the third at $2.50-1. the fourth at $3.80-1, the fifth at $9.80-1 and the trailer at $47.90-1.

Night Jumper raced the mile in 1:35.62 with Samy Camacho, won by half a length and earned a check for $17,050, increasing his total to $125,372 on a record of 4-1-0 in 11 starts.