Tampa Bay Downs, The Silks Poker Room, The Downs Golf

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The Silks Poker Room is now open 7 days a week 12:30 pm -12:30 am!

Santa's Summer Kick Off at the Silks Poker Room!
Saturday July 12th 2008
We will be giving away $599 every half hour all day and night long!
Doors open at 11:30am

$100,000 Silks Poker Championship

Horseracing fans were treated to another great season of racing in the 2007-2008 Tampa Bay Downs meet. With increased daily average purse money, a record-setting $2.6 million dollar stakes program, and year-round poker, Tampa Bay Downs is the place to be in the winter! Tampa Bay Downs was pleased to announce two new graded stakes races for its 82nd season: The Grade III $200,000 Florida Oaks, held on Festival Day, March 15; and the Grade III $150,000 Endeavour Breeders' Cup Stakes, which was held on Festival Preview Day, February 16. The Grade III Florida Oaks is a 1 1/16 mile test for three-year-old fillies on the Triple Tiara trail. The Grade III Endeavour Breeders' Cup is a turf feature for fillies and mares four years old and upward running about 1 1/16 miles.

Tampa Bay Downs is the only Thoroughbred race track on the West Coast of Florida, and is known as one of America's oldest and most well-maintained racetracks. Tampa Bay Downs first opened its doors in 1926 under the name of Tampa Downs, and has since had a long and colorful history. The present owner purchased the track in 1986, and since then the Tampa Bay Downs has been continually improving.

Tampa Bay Downs added its 7/8^th mile grass track, complete with a ¼ mile chute, in 1998, and has become one of the most popular turf courses in North America. The millennium brought even more amenities to Tampa Bay Downs, including The Downs Golf Practice Facility, which allows patrons to practice their swing while viewing and wagering on simulcast racing; as well as The Silks Poker Room , the card room that has become one of the hottest spots in town.

Simulcast racing is broadcast throughout the track mainly on new flat-screened plasma or LCD televisions on both live racing days and during the track's off-season. Join us for all the sporting excitement at Tampa Bay Downs! Gates open at 11:00 AM and post time for the first race is 12:25 PM, unless otherwise noted.

11225 Racetrack Rd., Tampa, Florida 33626
Main Phone (813) 855-4401
Toll Free (866)-TBDOWNS (823-6967)

Congratulations Golf Instructor Matt Mitchell!  Downs Golf Practice Facility instructor Matt Mitchell was named the 2008 Teacher of the Year by the members of the West Central Chapter of the PGA.

NEW RECORDS SET IN TAMPA BAY DOWNS’S 82ND SEASON  Tampa Bay Downs concluded a season consistent with that of last year with a new record set of $321,963,460 set for out-of-state handle; it is the seventh consecutive meet in which the out-of state handle has increased.

LUIS GONZALEZ NAMED APRIL’S JOCKEY OF THE MONTH  Jockey Luis Antonio Gonzalez is this month’s Holiday Inn Express Jockey of the Month!

STAKES SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR 2007-2008 SEASON  Purses for the 2007-2008 Tampa Bay Downs stakes schedule have increased to a record $2.6 million, which will be offered over 94 days of racing and dispersed though 26 stakes races.