Thursday’s Rainbow 6 Gross Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $200,000
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Robert and Lawana Low’s Classy Edition made an impressive return to Gulfstream Park Wednesday, capturing the Race 7 optional claiming allowance feature for fillies and mares with complete authority.
Last seen at Gulfstream finishing second behind Kathleen O. in the Davona Dale (G2) last March, the 4-year-old daughter of Classic Empire scored by 5 1/4 lengths while coming off a nine-month layoff since finishing fourth in the Gazelle (G3) at Aqueduct in April.
One-Mile Event One of Two Stakes for Florida-Breds Saturday
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Bass Stables’ Avow, impressive winner of her first two career races nearly a year apart, will return to state-bred company and try turf for the first time looking to regain her winning form in Saturday’s $75,000 Sunshine Filly and Mare Turf at Gulfstream Park.
The one-mile Filly & Mare Turf for females 4 and older is the first of two stakes restricted to Florida-bred on an 11-race program followed by the $75,000 Sunshine Sprint for 4-year-olds and up going six furlongs. First race post time is 12:10 p.m.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Arindel’s Gatsby is back to defend his title in Saturday’s $75,000 Sunshine Sprint at Gulfstream Park, where one of his six rivals will be a stablemate, Michelle and Lawrence Sargent’s Legal Deal.
“We ran them in the same race last year. Gatsby won and Legal Deal ran somewhere in the middle of the field. He needed some time off,” trainer Carlos David said.
Four Newcomers Among Top 12 for G3 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Grade 1 winners In Love and Lady Speightspeare, and Atone, fourth by less than two lengths last winter, were among four horses elevated from reserves to the main invitation list for the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) Saturday, Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park.
Wednesday was the second of three invitation lists for Pegasus World Cup Day, a program featuring eight stakes, seven graded, worth $5.3 million in purse earnings including the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) presented by Baccarat and $500,000 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf Invitational (G1).
Cyberknife, Defunded, Proxy Still on Target for Jan. 28
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Prominent Grade 1 stakes winners Gold Square LLC’s Cyberknife, Karl Watson, Michael Pegram and Paul Weitman’s Defunded and Godolphin LLC’s Proxy are prominent on the second invitation list released Wednesday for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park.
There are no changes from the first invitation list for the 7th running of the 1 1/8-mile stakes for older horses that will headline a program with seven graded-stakes, including the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1), a 1 1/8-mile turf stakes for older horses, and the $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf Invitational (G3), a 1 1/16-mile turf stakes for older fillies and mares.
Rainbow 6 Gross Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $150,000.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Albaugh Family Stables LLC’s Cyclone Mischief swept to a 5 ¾-length victory in Sunday’s Race 9 feature at Gulfstream Park, where the Dale Romans-trained son of Into Mishief ‘probably’ will return in the $250,000 Holy Bull (G3) Feb. 4.
Sunday’s one-turn mile optional claiming allowance for 3-year-olds served as a prep for the 1 1/16-mile Holy Bull on the Road to the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1).
Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile runner-up goes 5 furlongs in 1:00
Prepares for ‘Last Run’ Jan. 28
Proxy Seeks Second Stakes - and Second G1 - in Pegasus
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Trainer Brad Cox is tightening the screws with Gold Square LLC’s Cyberknife in preparation for concluding the 4-year-old colt’s racing career in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) presented by Baccarat at Gulfstream Park.
Sunday’s Race 9 Feature to Serve as Prep for Feb. 4 Holy Bull
Rainbow 6 Gross Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $150,000
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Legacy Racing LLC’s Mr. Ripple is scheduled to make his much-awaited return to action in Sunday’s Race 9 feature at Gulfstream Park.
The Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained son of Dialed In is one of four first-out winners to return in the one-turn-mile optional claiming allowance for 3-year-olds that will likely serve as a prep for the Feb. 4 $250,000 Holy Bull (G3).
3YO Filly Makes Successful Debut for New Connections in Turf Stakes
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Repole Stable and Town and Country Racing’s Cairo Consort paid immediate dividends for her new connections, surging past Erna in mid-stretch and holding off a late challenge from Stephanie’s Charm to win Saturday’s $100,000 Ginger Brew at Gulfstream Park.