Both Florida Tracks on Turf for Friday

HorseRacingFLA Staff Report

Racing is on the turf Friday at Gulfstream Park and at Tampa Bay Downs.

Gulfstream has eleven races with first post of 12:35 p.m. Tampa Bay has eight races with first post at 12:55 p.m.

We will have coverage during the afternoon on our blog, which can be accessed on the menu bar at the top of our home page on this Web site.

Gulfstream

As of 11:00 a.m., conditions have not been announced.  It is expected that the dirt track will be listed as fast and the turf course will be listed as firm.

The fourth, sixth, eighth, ninth and 11th races are scheduled for turf.

The Weather Channel forecast is for a zero percent chance of rain during racing hours.

There is a new pool on the Rainbow 6, on races six to eleven.

On Thursday, there was a single ticket with the winners of all six Rainbow 6 races.  It paid $324,179.78 on the 20-cent only bet.

There is a carryover of $3,404.73 on the Super Hi-5 on the first race.

Tampa Bay

The dirt is listed as fast and the turf is listed as firm.

That follows a Thursday when all three scheduled for turf races were moved to dirt because the turf was still wet from rain on Wednesday.

Today’s third, fifth, seventh and eighth races are scheduled for turf.

The Weather Channel forecast is for a zero percent chance of rain during racing hours.

In the first race, there is a $1,300 carryover in the Super Hi-5.