What FL track is better?

Sightseek · #1 09-28-2009, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CrossfireHurricane

Ok, but based on her criteria Gulfstream is still much better.

Gulfstream is much easier to get around. You can actually walk there from hotels. Tampa Downs in not even in Tampa and there is nothing right there except a driving range.

Gulfstream is actually cheaper if you factor in hotels. It is much cheaper to stay in Hallandale Beach than in Tampa. Tampa is very expensive in the winter.

Nightlife is all Gulfstream. It has it's own nightlife with a casino or you have South Beach.

Ambience is all Gulfstream too. Tampa is a nice small track feel but Gulfstream has a nice outdoor bar and a nice simulcast area if you get a seat, and you have big time racing where you get top horses racing against other top horses and the crowd is great especially on big days. The seating is so limited that it makes it feel like there is always a big crowd there.

I like Tampa but this is really sort of a silly argument. It isn't quite comparing Saratoga to Finger Lakes but it is not that far from it.

Thanks, this is extremely helpful. Biggs was right about the quality of the racing product comment. If Tampa was superior in all other aspects and therefore providing an all around better vacation, I would go there and just book during the TBD or it's prep to catch at least a few good horses.

Scav · #2 09-28-2009, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek

Thanks, this is extremely helpful. Biggs was right about the quality of the racing product comment. If Tampa was superior in all other aspects and therefore providing an all around better vacation, I would go there and just book during the TBD or it's prep to catch at least a few good horses.

Why not do both? That is what I am hoping to do this winter...