Tampa Bay Downs

[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...

[GPK]

Originally Posted by 31lengths

25 days and counting...

you are worse than any woman tease I have ever met....

Tampa Bay, Philly Park, and Illinois racing at Arl and Thorne are three venues that I just can't play. I just can't win at any of those venues and can never get the feel for them. I've tried, but the races just don't make sense to me at those venues.

[31lengths]

Originally Posted by GPK

you are worse than any woman tease I have ever met....

The local paper here (St.Pete Times) never plays up opening day. I think they'd get more of a turn out if they reminded all the cotton tops that there is a track 20 minutes away.

[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.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by oracle80

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.

The horsemen recognized that last year and the Tampa (1 1/16th) 3yr old allowances and stakes suddenly got a lot tougher.