Gulfstream Park News & Press Releases

Mandatory Rainbow 6 Yields Multiple $41,654 Payouts Royal Palm Meet Opens Thursday with Nine Races; 12:50 Post HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Saffie Joseph Jr. put the finishing touches on his 15th consecutive leading trainer title at Gulfstream Park Sunday as the 2025-2026 Championship Meet concluded its prestigious 72-day winter stand.

New York-Bound Zayas Bids Farewell to Gulfstream Sunday HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Jockey Luca Panici, a mainstay at South Florida tracks since 2010, retired from riding at the conclusion of Sunday’s program at Gulfstream Park. The 52-year-old Italian-born jockey has ridden 943 winners in the U.S. A son of Italy’s leading jockey in the 1970s and 1980s, Panici rode more than 500 winners in Europe.

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.

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.