Cox Trainee Stamps Himself as Early Kentucky Derby Favorite HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Wathnan Racing’s Commandment overcame a tepid early pace to stamp himself as the early favorite for this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) with a late-rallying drive to eke out a narrow victory in the 75th running of the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) presented by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa Saturday at Gulfstream Park.

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Resolute Racing’s Sweet Rebecca ($5.40) found an opening along the inside at the top of the stretch and powered through the lane, holding off a late run from Hang to the Moon to win the $175,000 Sand Springs presented by MyRacehorse for older fillies and mares by neck.

Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $2.5 Million HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The excitement continues following Saturday’s memorable 75th running of the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) presented by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa Sunday at Gulfstream Park with a mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool.

Winning Time: 1:49.99 Winning Margins: nose, half, 2 ¾ Winning Payoff: $5.80 Fractions: :24.10, :48.80, 1:13, 1:37.32 Order of finish: Commandment, The Puma, Chief Wallabee, Nearly, Wayne’s Law, Timeless Victory Trainer Brad Cox (Commandment, 1st): “Proud of the horse. He’s a solid animal.”

6-year-old Remains Perfect at Gulfstream With Neck Victory over Corruption HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – LSU Stables’ Far Bridge returned from a nearly six-month layoff to win the $225,000 Pan American Stakes (G3) on a turf course he covets. The 6-year-old horse improved to a perfect 5-for-5 on the Gulfstream Park turf course with his second straight win in the Pan American, barely getting past frontrunning Corruption nearing the wire to prevail by a neck.

Immortalised Saves Ground, Secures Win in $175,000 Cutler Bay Woolf Winner Leparoux Guides Quatrocento to Appleton Victory Pentathlon in the Army Mule Tam Tam Runs Down Laigina Late To Win $175,000 Sanibel Island Stake HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Repole Stable’s Grande, runner-up in last year’s Wood Memorial (G2), remained undefeated at Gulfstream in four races with a gate-to-wire victory in The Ghostzapper (G3) under jockey John Velazquez.

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Lou Donato, Theodore Manziaris, Paul Borrelli and Lanni Bloodstock’s Sultana pulled off a late-rallying upset off the shelf in Saturday’s $175,000 Orchis (G3) at Gulfstream Park. Unraced since winning her stakes debut in the Nov. 8 Maple Leaf (G3) on the Tapeta course at Woodbine, the Kevin Attard-trained daughter of Always Dreaming outran her 18-1 odds while defeating her more experienced rivals in the 62nd running of the 1 ½-mile turf stakes for older fillies and mares, one of 10 stakes, five graded, worth $2.675 million in purses on a 14-race program headlined by the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) presented by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa.

3YO Filly Earns 100 Kentucky Oaks (G1) Points in Stakes Debut HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gary and Mary West homebred Prom Queen, making just her third career start and first against stakes company, powered past pacesetting My Miss Mo in mid-stretch and pulled clear to a 2 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s $275,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2).

Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $600,000 G1 Curlin Florida Derby Anchors All-Stakes Sequence Commandment, Chief Wallabee, Nearly, The Puma to Clash Jackpot Pool Estimated at $2.5M for Sunday’s Mandatory HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – St. Elias Stable and Stonestreet Stables’ Triple Crown-nominated Cannoneer, unraced since running fourth as the favorite in the Jan. 31 Holy Bull (G3), returned with a popular and powerful performance to win Friday’s feature at Gulfstream Park.