Tampa applies for eight more dates that would carry it through July 1

Tampa Bay Downs has applied to extend its current meet an additional eight racing days, vice president of marketing and publicity Margo Flynn advised on Friday.

Pending approval from the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, Tampa Bay will add Monday’s, June 1, 8, 15, and 22 and Wednesday’s, June 3, 10 , 17, and 24 to its schedule. The 2019-2020 Tampa Bay meeting was originally scheduled to end on May 3 before the track received an extension from the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering to run through May 30 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that shuttered the majority of Thoroughbred tracks in the U.S. during the spring.

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Tampa Bay Downs will also offer live racing programs on June 30 and July 1, two dates already on its original 2020 schedule.