Tampa Bay Downs

[SentToStud]

Gulf is not everyone's favorite place. You go on a weekday and it's great. You go on a big Saturday and you cannot (literally) sit down for less than a hundred bucks unless you go into the simulcast room which is I think $30 those days.

I'm all about Tampa. Been there for four cards and always enjoyed it. A big sleeper for late fall racing is Calder. 10 graded stakes in December and a lot of the big stables race there, especially after the grass season closes in NY.

A great day at Calder will be Dec 16th. Four graded stakes. Come on down.

[31lengths]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Gulf is not everyone's favorite place. You go on a weekday and it's great. You go on a big Saturday and you cannot (literally) sit down for less than a hundred bucks unless you go into the simulcast room which is I think $30 those days.

I'm all about Tampa. Been there for four cards and always enjoyed it. A big sleeper for late fall racing is Calder. 10 graded stakes in December and a lot of the big stables race there, especially after the grass season closes in NY.

A great day at Calder will be Dec 16th. Four graded stakes. Come on down.

WHAT???? Did I understand you right... $100 admission?

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by 31lengths

WHAT???? Did I understand you right... $100 admission?

Not $100 admission, But there are only 600 grandstand seats. On big Saturdays, those go for $75+. And it's virtually impossible to get those on a big day.

Don't get me wrong, I like the place, but on a big racing day, yah gahnah pay tahp dahlah.

[31lengths]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Not $100 admission, But there are only 600 grandstand seats. On big Saturdays, those go for $75+. And it's virtually impossible to get those on a big day.

Don't get me wrong, I like the place, but on a big racing day, yah gahnah pay tahp dahlah.

yikes. I was thinkin of heading over there for the florida dreby.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by 31lengths

yikes. I was thinkin of heading over there for the florida dreby.

Come over for the race. Don't let me move you off going. Hell, I get pissed off if there's no handicap spaces left at Calder and i have to park in row 3.

[31lengths]

TBD Stakes schedule link:

http://www.tampadowns.com/Racing/tbdstakesschedule.pdf

I'll be there.

[31lengths]

25 days and counting...

[MISTERGEE]

Supposedely They Have Added 500 Outdoor Grandstand Seats At Gulfstream. But Other Than That I Agree. They Are Setting Place Up For The Slot Player Not The Horse Player Unfortunately

Originally Posted by MISTERGEE

Supposedely They Have Added 500 Outdoor Grandstand Seats At Gulfstream. But Other Than That I Agree. They Are Setting Place Up For The Slot Player Not The Horse Player Unfortunately

Gee,
I'm not a Florida guy in the winter. Its easier for me to work up here and I have family responsibilities as well, so I gut it out up here in the cold and snow. The way the place is set up doesn't affect me one iota but my friends who do go have voiced the same thing you just did.
My biggest gripe is the most moronic move in the history of racing, which was for Gulf to eliminate 1 1/16th mile racing. They should be shot and tortured first.
Its supposed to be a mecca of three year old racing and development and your only two turn option as a horseman is to go a mile and an eighth. Its beyond moronic. What worse is the incredible bias against outside posts even in the mile and an eighth races.
It just seems as if noone who designed the new place had any common sense whatsoever, and I'd have to say that perhaps slots were the only thing they had in mind.