Contest Races Announced For Free $500 Handicapping Contest Dec 30 At Buckets OTB

This Saturday’s (December 30th) Holiday Week Handicapping Contest will feature 8 different stakes races from three different tracks around the country. Customers will fill out an entry upon arrival and receive a $2 mythical win/place wager on each of the 8 selections. The contestants with the top 5 mythical bankrolls will share $500 in cash prizes as follows:

1st – $250; 2nd – $125; 3rd – $60; 4th – $40; 5th – $25

Buckets is in the Great Bridge section of Chesapeake in the Battlefield Shopping Center.

The 8 contest races are at Gulfstream, Tampa Bay Downs and Laurel. Entries must be turned in before the start of the first contest race, which is at 2:30 PM. All contestants will receive free past performance pages at the Buckets OTB for all 8 races. Here they are, in order:

Contest Race 1 – $75,000 Jennings Stakes at Laurel (R6 at 2:30 PM)
Contest Race 2 – $100,000 Lightning City Stakes at Tampa (R6 at 2:55 PM)
Contest Race 3 – $100,000 Gin Talking Stakes at Laurel (R7 at 3:00 PM)
Contest Race 4 – $75,000 Tropical Park Oak Stakes at Gulfstream (R7 at 3:05 PM)
Contest Race 5 – $100,000 Thirty-Eight Go Go Stakes at Laurel (R8 at 3:30 PM)
Contest Race 6 – $100,000 Turf Dash Stakes at Tampa (R8 at 3:55 PM)
Contest Race 7 – $100,000 Dave’s Friend Stakes at Laurel (R9 at 4:00 PM)
Contest Race 8 – $75,000 Tropical Park Derby at Gulfstream (R11 at 5:08 PM)

Buckets is located in Chesapeake in the Battlefield Shopping Center in Great Bridge. The OTB is open 7 days and evenings per week.  The next free contest will take place at the Breakers OTB in Richmond on Saturday January 13th.