It's March Madness, Thoroughbred Style at Tampa Bay Downs! Tampa Bay Downs biggest day of the year is Festival Day, Saturday March 7th.  A fun filled day of racing for fans of all ages, be one of the first 7,500 patrons to enter the gate and receive a special beach towel featuring the brand new Tampa Bay Downs logo!

Get your Festival Day cards ready for this lucrative day featuring the Grade II, $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby for 3-year-olds on the Triple Crown trail, the Grade III $150,000 Hillsborough Stakes for older fillies and mares at a mile-and-a-eight on the turf and the Grade III, $200,000 Florida Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at a mile-and-a-sixteenth on the turf for the $60,000 Challenger Stakes.

The Tampa Bay Derby is part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series, a series of 35 races at tracks around the world that helps determine the field for the 141st Kentucky Derby on May 2nd at Churchill Downs.

Take a break from the racing action and head to the air-conditioned Silks Poker Room.  Located on the 3rd floor of the Grand Stand Building inside Tampa Bay Downs. Silks Poker Room features great food and drinks.  Check out the new Three Card Poker which allows players to go head-to-head against a player-banker who banks all the bets.

Reserved seats are available for the Festival Day celebration.  For more information, call (813) 855-4401 or click here.

The Scoop:
Festival Day takes place at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday March 7th. 
Gates open at 10:30am
Tampa Bay Downs is located at 11225 Race Track Road, Tampa, FL 33626