TRACK TALK NEWSLETTER

December 2014

The 89th

anniversary season of Thoroughbred racing at

Tampa Bay Downs continues Saturday, Nov. 29 with a

first-race post time of 12:30 p.m.

The 91-day meeting, which officially began on July 1,

runs through June 30, 2015. General admission is $2 on

weekends and free during the week. Admission to the

Clubhouse is $3. Children 12-and-under are always

admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

The gates open at 11 a.m. General parking is free, while

preferred parking at the Clubhouse entrance is $3 and

valet parking at The Clubhouse entrance is $5.

Following the Nov. 29 program, Tampa Bay Downs will

conduct Thoroughbred racing in December on

Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, as well as Sunday,

Dec. 21 and Sunday, Dec. 28. Tampa Bay Downs is

open every day except Thanksgiving (Nov. 27) and

Christmas (Dec. 25) for simulcast wagering, no-limits

poker action in The Silks Poker Room and golf fun and

instruction at The Downs Golf Practice Facility.

“Buffet Breakfast at the Downs,” an annual gathering of

horse lovers, handicappers, horsemen and jockeys, will be

held from 8-10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6 to coincide with

Lambholm South Cotillion Festival Day, featuring the

$100,000 Inaugural Stakes for 2-year-olds and the $100,000

Sandpiper Stakes for 2-year-old fillies.

The 2014-2015 Tampa Bay Downs 89th

anniversary

season, which began July 1, resumes Saturday, Nov. 29.

Lambholm South Cotillion Festival Day features a full card

of 2-year-old racing.

“Buffet Breakfast at the Downs” will be held in the

Trackside Picnic Pavilion adjacent to the paddock. The

cost is $7, which includes a hot, country-style meal

including eggs, sausage, ham, bacon, toast, hash browns and

juices. Included is free admission to the grandstand, a

Tampa Bay Downs program and a free copy of the newest

edition of author/handicapper Peter Mallett’s popular

book, Betting Tampa Bay Downs 2014-2015: An Up-to-Date Guide For Bettors Handicapping the Oldsmar Oval.

Mallett will be on hand to offer betting tips for the Dec. 6

card, including both stakes races.

Breakfast attendees will also have the opportunity to watch

that morning’s workouts, meet with owners and trainers and

get autographs from jockeys when their morning schedules

are completed.

**Please see the email attachments or go to www.tampabaydowns.com to view the entire

November Tournament & Promotion Calendar for Silks Poker Room**

You asked for it...so here it is!

Tampa Bay Downs unveils a holiday tradition all its own

with the introduction of the “10 Days of Festivus

Challenge,” an online handicapping contest offering a

$1,000 cash Grand Prize to the overall winner and total

prize money of $2,400.

In addition to a second overall prize of $300 and a

third overall prize of $100, players will compete for daily

prizes of $100.

Entry in the Festivus Challenge is free and all wagers

are mythical. The contest runs over the 10 days of live

Thoroughbred racing at Tampa Bay Downs from Dec.

3-21. Online registration begins Saturday, Nov. 15 at

www.festivuschallenge.com

The only requirements to enter are a desire to pit your

handicapping skills against other racing fans and a

craving for extra holiday cash.

“The ‘10 Days of Festivus Challenge’ will also serve as

a warm-up for the second annual ‘Live It Up Challenge’

handicapping contest, which begins Jan. 31 and was a

tremendous success during the 2013-2014 Tampa Bay

Downs meeting.

December Stakes Races at

Tampa Bay Downs:

December 6th

:

Tampa Bay Downs: Inaugural S,

#$100,000g, 2yo c/g, 6f.

Tampa Bay Downs: Sandpiper S,

#$100,000g, 2yo f, 6f.

December 27th

:

Tampa Bay Downs: Gasparilla S,

#$100,000g, 2yo f, 7f.

Tampa Bay Downs: Pasco S,

#$100,000g, 2yo, 7f.

A Little Bit of Trivia…. (NO CHEATING)

1) Which horse was the 1

st to win a

Breeder’s Cup Race, and then sired three Breeders Cup winners?

2) During his career, this horse set or

equaled 8 track records at seven different tracks. At the age of three he won the 1979 Kentucky Derby & Preakness, and was undefeated at age four. Which horse is it? A) Gato Del Sol B) Spectacular Bid C) Genuine Risk D) Pleasant Colony

3) Where did the poker term “tilt”

come from?

4) What movie star did WSOP

bracelet winner Annie Duke, teach

how to play poker?

5) In 1967 which golfer made the first

televised hole in one?

6) The original Masters Tournament was played for the first five years as the Augusta National Invitational. In which year was this first held and who won it?

A) 1924-Sam Snead

B) 1934-Horton Smith

C) 1944-Ben Hogan

**Answers are on the last page**

NEW WEBSITE: Tampa Bay Downs has a new and improved

website; www.tampabaydowns.com. We encourage you to check it out and let us

know what you think. We hope all of the information needed will be found here, but we

are glad to answer any questions or hear suggestions that you may have.

The holidays are right around the corner and I’m happy to announce that Tampa Bay Downs will be

partnering up with Friends of Joshua House again this season to help their foster kids & teens have an extra

special holiday! The “Giving Trees” will be put up throughout this month in the poker room and in

Legend’s Bar. Just like last year, each tree will have wish list tags personally made out by the kids. I would

like to thank you in advance for any donation you make.

Side Note: If you have any questions, feedback or

suggestions about this or any of our newsletters, please

email Christina at: CANostro@tampabaydowns.com

TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1) UNBRIDLED- Unbridled won the 1990 Breeders’ Cup Classic. He sired

3 Breeders Cup winners: Unbridled Song (1995 Juvenile), Anees (1999 Juvenile), and

Halfbridled (2003 Filly Juvenile) 2) B; Spectacular Bid may have been considered one of the

greatest thoroughbreds of all time. 3) The term 'tilt' comes from getting a player so mad

that they would lean on the rail of the table so hard it would make the table tilt. 4) Ben

Affleck in 2004, Ben went on to win the 2004 California state poker championships 5)

Tony Jacklin 6) B: 1934 & Horton Smith