G1 Curlin Florida Derby Hero Looking ‘Really Good’ Sunday
Cox Joins Stephens, Pletcher with GP Oaks-Florida Derby Double
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Wathnan Racing’s Commandment gave a sign of things to come in the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) presented by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa Saturday well before the strapping son of Into Mischief stepped onto the Gulfstream Park track.
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.
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).