Lambholm South presents the fourth running of Cotillion Festival Day, a day dedicated to 2-year-old racing which is highlighted by the $75,000 Inaugural Stakes for 2-year-old males and the $75,000 Sandpiper Stakes for 2-year-old fillies. This year held on December 1, 2012 at Tampa Bay Downs, the Inaugural Stakes and the Sandpiper Stakes are to be run at six furlongs on the main track. Cotillion Festival Day is the start of a succession of Festival race days that leads to the Grade II, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby and the $100,000 Suncoast Stakes to be held on Festival Day, March 9, 2013; all races for 3-year-olds will get progressively longer as the horses prepare to run Classic distances.
