A string of long-shot winners, including back-to-back first-time starters in the seventh (Hoku, $39.20) and eighth (Froshado, $35) races, combined to create some large carryover pools into Friday's nine-race card at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla.
The carryover for the 50-cent Pick-5, which will begin with the fifth race, is $84,143, with no bettors correctly selecting all five winners of the fifth through ninth races.
A carryover of $30,265 will greet 20-cent Ultimate 6 players Friday who tackle the challenge of picking races four through nine. There is also a carryover of $22,511 and change into the first Super High-5 race, requiring bettors to pick the first five finishers of the race in order.
For the last 12 months, almost, Tampa Bay residents were counting the days until they got to celebrate the holiday season with family and friends.
But having to stoke the fireplace (if they have one) while receiving a steady diet of bad-weather news to go with their cookies and egg nog created an area-wide epidemic of cabin fever.
The longing to get back outside took root today at Tampa Bay Downs, where the combination of bright sunshine, gentle breezes and the 2003 Tampa Bay Downs Calendar Giveaway attracted a crowd of 2,889 for the midweek program.
With a forecast of “more of the same” for the next several days (temperatures are expected to climb into the high 70s, although afternoon thunderstorms are possible Saturday), the track's management team is hopeful the post-holiday action will gather momentum (like a snowball effect) heading into the meat of the Oldsmar oval's stakes program.
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