Gulfstream Park News & Press Releases

Sweezey Trainee Captures 1st Race on New Turf Course Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Guaranteed at $150,000 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – No one could be any happier to see the return of turf racing at Gulfstream Park Friday than trainer Kent Sweeezey, judging from Kahiko’s past performances on the grass course at the Hallandale Beach racetrack.

Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Stands at $71,037 First Day on New Turf Course Scheduled for Friday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Friday’s nine-race program at Gulfstream Park will be highlighted by a $75,698.10 Late Pick 5 carryover and the first races on the new turf course. No one picked the winners of all five races in the Late Pick 5 sequence that spanned Races 5-9. Tickets with four winners were each worth $6,308.15.

Nominations Lists Deep in Quality for Season’s 1st Turf Stakes Juvenile Turf Stakes Wait a While, Pulpit, Set for Dec. 10 Bluebirds Over, Honor D Lady Pointed to 3YO Turf Stakes Sano Looking Ahead to Harlan’s Holiday, Remsen Double Crown Trainer Open to Pegasus Invitation HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Trainer Jack Sisterson took some friendly advice to heart and ended up owning Sea Hunter, a juvenile colt with a future who will seek to following a recent debut victory in an entry-level optional claiming allowance Saturday at Gulfstream Park.

Jockeys Saez, Leparoux Named to Ride This Weekend Horses Entered from Pletcher, Mott, Clement, Walsh, Lynch Thursday’s Card Features Three Races on Turf Open MSW, AOC Races Purses Receive Increases HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park will mark the return of a five-day week of live racing Thursday with the long-awaited return of turf racing, the arrival of trainers and jockeys from around the country, and a significant increase in purses for open optional claiming allowances and maiden special weight races.

Turf Racing Scheduled to Return on Thursday’s Card HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained Fawning and Midnight Bella had the distinction of being the first horses to breeze over Gulfstream Park’s new turf course Monday morning, three days prior to the long-awaited return of turf racing on Thursday’s program.

Prospect Mr. Ripple Returns to Action in Sunday Feature Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool at $46,606 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – St. George Stable LLC’s No Que No pulled off a 9-1 upset in Saturday’s Race 9 feature at Gulfstream Park due to the combination of a ground-saving trip and a troubled trip for heavily favored Dean Delivers.

Graded-Stakes Winner Favored in Saturday Feature White Abarrio Breezes Half-Mile for Cigar Mile HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Lea Farms LLC’s Lightening Larry will look to start off on the right foot in Saturday’s Race 9 feature at Gulfstream Park following back-to-back outings in which he was eliminated from contention due to problems leaving the gate.

War Front Filly with Tapeta Pedigree Favored at 7-5 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Traditionally one of the first prominent out-of-state trainers to arrive in South Florida in advance of the annual Championship Meet, Christophe Clement is scheduled to be well represented on Friday’s program at Gulfstream Park.

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – J Stables LLC’s Arella Star put a stressful trip to Del Mar behind her in emphatic fashion Sunday, returning to winning form and Gulfstream Park with a thoroughly dominating performance. “I couldn’t wait to get her back here,” trainer Roderick Rodriguez said. The 2-year-old daughter of Nyquist set a pressured pace while rating kindly for jockey Miguel Vasquez on the outside of Olga before taking full control on the turn into the homestretch and drawing away to capture Race 7, a six-furlong optional claiming allowance for juvenile fillies run over a sloppy track, by 5 ¼ lengths.