Tampa Bay Downs Delays Sunday Racing Until Jan. 4

Tampa Bay Downs has tweaked its 2025-26 racing calendar, while maintaining a 90-day schedule. Sunday racing, originally scheduled to begin Dec. 21, will get underway Jan. 4. The "lost" dates (Dec. 21 and 28) will be made up on Thursday, Feb. 5 and Thursday, Feb. 12. Tampa Bay Downs currently races on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. With the exception of Christmas, Dec. 25 when the track will be closed in its entirety, Tampa Bay Downs is open every day for simulcast wagering, no-limits action and tournament play in The Silks Poker Room and golf fun and instruction at The Downs Golf Practice Facility. Friday, Dec. 26 is Calendar Day, with the first 5,000 patrons through the gates receiving the 2026 edition free of charge (with paid admission). The theme is the track's centennial celebration, and a sneak peek reveals the calendar is an artistic triumph, with pictures from the track's beginning years blending into more recent yet similar photographs. Gates will open at 11 a.m. Thoroughbred racing continues Wednesday with a nine-race card beginning at 12:20 p.m.