Tampa Bay Downs will have eight
races on Thursday, the first day of its annual two-day Summer Festival of
Racing.
First post is 12:35 p.m., with six
races scheduled for turf. All of the
races are claiming, and have purses ranging from $11,500 to $13,500.
On Monday afternoon, Tampa Bay Downs
will announce entries for this Friday’s race card.
On Thursday, there are at least
eight entrants per race
Many of the entered horses have not
raced since the regular part of Tampa Bay’s meet, which ended May 8. The Thursday fields also have numerous horses
that have raced this month at Gulfstream Park.
Most of the trainers and jockeys are
Tampa Bay winter-time regulars who are coming back for two days from Gulfstream or from tracks
in northern states
Every Florida fiscal year begins July
1 and ends June 30.
By racing each of those days and
holding its regular race meet in between, Tampa Bay Downs is eligible to be a
year-round host track for simulcasting of thoroughbred races from outside
Florida,
As host tracks, Tampa Bay and
Gulfstream buy signals from tracks such as Belmont Park and Churchill Downs and
then re-sell them to other pari-mutuels in Florida.
After July 1, Tampa Bay Downs will
be dark until Nov. 27 when it will begin its regular five months of racing.
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