Gulfstream Park News & Press Releases

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.

Thursday Allowance or G2 Fort Lauderdale on Radar 5YO Pointed for Threepeat in $1M Pegasus Turf (G1) HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Robert and Lawana Low’s Colonel Liam, two-time defending champion in the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1), is set to launch his comeback at Gulfstream Park.

Quality Road Filly Rolls to Victory in Wait a While Gaffalione Enjoys Happy Homecoming at Gulfstream Dual G1 Pegasus Turf Winner Colonel Liam Entered Thursday Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $300,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – St. Elias Stable’s Junipermarshmallow rallied from off the pace to capture the $75,000 Wait a While, giving Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher a sweep of Saturday’s stakes for juveniles on Gulfstream Park’s new turf course.

2YO Colt Captures Stakes Debut in Turf Sprint HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Ari Gold, making his fourth career start and first in a stakes, jumped out to an early lead and turned back a game Lights of Broadway through the stretch to win Saturday’s $75,000 Pulpit at Gulfstream Park.

$3 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) Goal for Both Horses HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Fernando Vine Ode’s O’Connor tuned up for a much-anticipated start in the Dec. 31 Harlan’s Holiday Saturday morning, breezing half-mile in 46.50 seconds at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park’s satellite training facility in Palm Beach County.

Delight Seeks Breeders’ Cup Rebound on New Turf Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $250,000 Irad Ortiz Jr, Tyler Gaffalione in Action Saturday Favor Returns to Winning Form in Friday Feature HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Rockingham Ranch, David Bernsen LLC and Magnolia Racing LLC’s Malleymoo, an impressive debut winner in Ireland in October, is scheduled to make her U.S. and stakes debut in Saturday’s $75,000 Wait a While.