TAMPA BAY DOWNS: A TRACK THAT GETS IT

When Tampa Bay Downs out-handled Santa Anita one day last week, it seemed that the world of horse racing had officially turned upside down. Some 10 years earlier, Tampa–then a cheap track no one cared about or paid any attention to–doing more business than mighty Santa Anita would have been unthinkable. Now it has happened, and it will likely happen again before both tracks conclude their 2010-2011 winter meets.

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