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.

Treasure of War Takes on Elders Again in Via Borghese Pappacap Seeking Comeback Race Before Pegasus HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Time for Trouble was claimed for $8000 in the summer of 2021 and the son of English Channel has done only good things ever since for owner/trainer Jeff Hiles and Thorndale Stable LLC.

Lopez Makes Triumphant Return from Clasico del Caribe HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool was hit for a $358,032.19 payoff Wednesday at Gulfstream Park. The popular multi-race wager had gone unsolved for 14 consecutive racing days. One lucky bettor purchased a ticket with all six winners on Wednesday’s nine-race card, including Soul of an Angel, who pulled off a 35-1 upset in the Race 8 feature.

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – A son of graded-stakes winner and exceptional broodmare Ioya Two, Team Block’s Another Mystery hardly surprised breeder/owner/trainer Chris Block with his highly successful career. Another Mystery is the last of Ioya Two’s 10 foals to race. Of her nine winners, seven have earned at least $100,000 with Another Mystery, a 6-year-old son of Temple City, being one of two $500,000-plus earners.

Stablemates Mark First Gulfstream Starters for Reeve McGaughey HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Stablemates Flying Fortress, exiting her first graded-stakes attempt, and Good American, racing in the U.S. for the first time, will line up against each other and six rivals in Saturday’s $100,000 Via Borghese at Gulfstream Park.

11:30 a.m. in Winner’s Circle HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Angel Penna Jr. will be remembered Saturday during an 11:30 a.m. memorial service in the winner’s circle at Gulfstream Park. Penna, the son of Hall of Fame trainer Angel Penna Sr., will be honored on the same day Gulfstream plays host to the Via Borghese, a race named after one of Penna’s many graded-stakes winners. The winning trophy will be presented by his late father’s wife, Elinor, and his widow, Ruth.

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – British jockey Richard Kingscote, winner of the Epsom Derby (G1) June 4 aboard favored Desert Crown, will spend part of his winter riding at Gulfstream Park’s Championship Meet. Kingscote told broadcaster Nick Luck on Nick Luck Daily Podcast Monday that he intends to ride beginning the middle of January. Gulfstream’s Championship Meet, highlighted by the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) and Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) Jan. 28 and Florida Derby (G1) April 1, begins Dec. 26.

Defending Championship Meet Titlist Saez Wins 5 Sunday Wednesday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $350,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL -- Bass Stables LLC’s Avow, a runaway winner against Florida-bred fillies in her first two career starts, is scheduled to step into open company for Wednesday’s Race 8 feature, an optional claiming allowance for fillies and mares, at Gulfstream Park.