Treasure Beach colt dances to Tampa Bay turf score

Danceronthebeach proved to be a dancer on the turf course at Tampa Bay Downs yesterday, with the Treasure Beach colt breaking his maiden via a wire-to-wire score in his fourth start.

After posting two seconds and a third in his first three tries, the 3-year-old colt bred by Robyn Thompson was sent off as the 9/5 favorite in the one-mile race over the excellent grass course in Oldsmar. Raul Mena shot Dancertothebeach to the lead from the No. 4 post and never gave it up, controlling the pace throughout and turning away several challenges before waltzing away in the stretch to win by three lengths.

In becoming Treasure Beach’s 10th winner of 2020, the colt paid $5.80 and earned a check for $8,100.