Versatile Mare Returns in Saturday’s $100,000 Abundantia HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – When Miss Auramet is in the Gulfstream Park entries, you won’t find Eddie Plesa Jr. glued to the Weather Channel. The notion of scratching the 6-year-old daughter of Uncaptured from Saturday’s $100,000 Abundantia won’t even cross the mind of the highly respected South Florida-based trainer should adverse weather conditions force the five-furlong stakes for fillies and mares to be taken off the turf and transferred to the Tapeta surface.

Lynch-Trainee at Home on Gulfstream Turf HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – William Branch’s Carotari, a winner of three turf sprint stakes at Gulfstream Park the past few years, has returned to South Florida with high expectations from trainer Brian Lynch. Carotari is scheduled to defend his title in the $100,000 Janus, a five-furlong turf stakes for 3-year-olds and up, will co-headline the closing-day program of the Sunshine Meet at Gulfstream Park with the $100,000 Abundantia, a five-furlong turf stakes for fillies and mares. The 2022-2023 Championship Meet gets underway Monday.

Rider Set Single-Season Marks for Purse Earnings, Stakes Wins HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – With the 2022-2023 Championship Meet days away, jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. is back at Gulfstream Park looking for a strong finish to what has been an historic, record-breaking season. Ortiz, 30, arrived in South Florida in mid-December in a familiar position – leading all jockeys in North America in both wins and purses earned, having topped the 300-win mark for an eighth straight year.

Successful Business Venture Keeping Him Busy Rainbow 6 Jackpot Hit for $137,119 Payoff HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – It was just a few months ago that Rajiv Maragh contemplated a return to riding. His name even made it onto an overnight at Gulfstream Park. “I was in Jamaica for two months and they had a big race coming up and I got the itch,” he recalled, standing outside the Gulfstream Park walking ring. “I had never ridden at home at [Caymanas Park]. I wanted to get a few mounts here and then ride that race. But…”

Two-Time Defending Champ Aiming for First Start Since March 29. HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Robert and Lawana Low’s Colonel Liam will target the $200,000 Fort Lauderdale (G2) Dec. 31 at Gulfstream Park as the lone prep for his attempt at a third consecutive victory in the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1).

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Making his first start for Michael Hui, Phil Forte and trainer Michael Maker, Value Engineering returned fast dividends with a victory in the $100,000 H. Allen Jerkens at Gulfstream Park. The Jerkens, which honors the memory of the beloved Hall of Fame trainer, was transferred from turf to Tapeta and cut back is distance from two miles to 1 5/8 miles due to an early afternoon rainstorm.

1 ½-Mile Stakes on Tapeta First Start for 4YO Filly Since Sept. 13 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Dede McGehee’s 4-year-old homebred Viburnum, unraced since having her win streak snapped at two in mid-September, became a stakes winner for the first time in her return with a 2 ¼-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Via Borghese at Gulfstream Park.

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Angel Morales, a 19-year-old native of Panama, rode his first winner in the U.S. Friday when he won Gulfstream Park’s ninth race aboard Sheza Happy Girl. Racing third between horses down the backstretch and around the turn of the seven-furlong claiming event, Morales and Sheza Happy Girl took the lead down the stretch and held off Your Inheritance and jockey Jose Ortiz.

Turf Stakes for 3-Year-Olds Featured on Dec. 26 Opening Day Pletcher-Trained Grand Sonata Tops Tropical Park Derby Noms My Philly Twirl Has Strong Gulfstream Resume for Oaks Janus, Abundantia Close Out Sunshine Meet Dec. 24 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Whisper Hill Farm LLC’s Grand Sonata is among the most prominent of 29 nominations for the $100,000 Tropical Park Derby, which will co-headline the Dec. 26 opening day program of the Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park with the $100,000 Tropical Park Oaks.