Gulfstream Park Oaks Nominee On Time Girl Works Friday

Florida Derby Draw Simulcast Live After Race 3 Saturday
Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $175,000

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Albaugh Family Stables’ On Time Girl, a season-opening winner of the Forward Gal (G3) at Gulfstream Park, breezed Friday ahead of a possible start in the $275,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) for 3-year-old fillies March 28.

The 1 1/16-mile Gulfstream Park Oaks is among 10 stakes, five graded, worth $2.675 million in purses on a blockbuster program headlined by the 75th running of the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) presented by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms at Xalapa for 3-year-olds on the Triple Crown trail.

First run in 1971, the Gulfstream Park Oaks offers 200 qualifying points for the May 1 Kentucky Oaks (G1) to the top five finishers on a 100-50-25-15-10 basis.

Trained by Brad Cox, On Time Girl worked a half-mile in 50 seconds over a fast main track at Payson Park in Indiantown, Fla., her first breeze since finishing third as the favorite in Gulfstream’s one-mile Davona Dale (G2) Feb. 28.

A bay daughter of Not This Time, On Time Girl has been third or better in each of her six starts, four of them wins including the 6 ½-furlong Fern Creek last fall and seven-furlong Forward Gal in her Gulfstream debut.

Also breezing for Cox at Payson was Spendthrift Farm’s Further Ado, who went four furlongs in 49.80 seconds, ninth-fastest of 46 horses. Winner of the 2025 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) and most recently second in the March 7 Tampa Bay Derby (G3), he is among 28 nominees to the Florida Derby.

Other Florida Derby nominees on the Friday work tab included Courting, five furlongs in 1:01.80 at Palm Beach Downs for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher; Redland Rebels, five furlongs in 1:01.90 for trainer Patrick Biancone at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream’s satellite training facility in Palm Beach County; and Jena Antonucci-trained maiden Moonstrocity, six furlongs in 1:14.34 at Gulfstream.

Whisper Hill Farm, Stonestreet Stables and Windancer Farm’s Courting owns a one-mile maiden win last fall among four starts and most recently ran sixth in the Feb. 14 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds. Calypso Racing Stables’ Redland Rebels was beaten a neck when second in the Jan. 31 Kitten’s Joy on the Gulfstream turf before running fourth in the Tampa Bay Derby. Blue Rose Farm’s Moonstrocity is winless in two tries, finishing third last out in a one-mile maiden event Feb. 28 at Gulfstream.

Redland Rebels’ Patrick Biancone-trained stablemate, JSM Equine’s 3-year-old filly Haute Diva, worked five furlongs in 1:01.05 at Palm Meadows. The Gulfstream Park Oaks nominee won Gulfstream’s one-mile Cash Run Jan. 1 and was fifth last out in the Davona Dale.

Entries will be taken and post positions drawn Saturday for the Florida Derby Day program. The Florida Derby draw will be simulcast live following Race 3, which has a post time of 1:51 p.m. ET

Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Jackpot Pool Estimated at $175,000

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is estimated to reach to $175,000 for Saturday’s 12-race card at Gulfstream Park.

First race post time is 12:50 p.m.

Saturday’s sequence spans Races 7-12 and includes the $125,000 Texas Glitter for 3-year-olds scheduled at five furlongs on the grass in Race 10. The 2-1 program favorite is Intricate Spirit, winner of the 2025 Futurity (G3) on the Aqueduct turf racing for the first time as a gelding. Triple Crown-nominated Arbiter is undefeated in two starts, one each on turf and Tapeta, for trainer Wesley Ward.

The Rainbow 6 opens with a 1 1/16-mile optional claiming allowance on the main track that marks the 4-year-old debut of Gosger, winner of the Lexington (G3) and runner-up in the Preakness Stakes (G1) and Haskell (G1) last year for trainer Brendan Walsh. Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained stablemates Navajo Warrior and Forged Steel have 10 combined wins.

Race 8 is an optional claiming allowance for older fillies and mares scheduled at a two-turn mile on the grass. A wide-open field of 12 was entered led by Turino, beaten a nose at the course and distance Jan. 24, twice stakes-placed Pretty Lavish and fellow Irish-bred La Cantera, who is 3-for-9 lifetime on the grass at Gulfstream.

After going unsolved for seven consecutive racing days, the Rainbow 6 produced multiple mandatory payouts of $3,359.02 Sunday.

In the Rainbow 6, the jackpot pool is paid out only when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day’s pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

Who’s Hot: Jockey Luis Saez visited the winner’s circle twice Friday with Make My Day ($7) in Race 5 and Stella Bionda ($8.60) in Race 7 … Jockey Edgard Zayas also doubled aboard Winplaceandshow ($8.60) in Race 6 and Losmastix ($12) in Race 9 … Jockey Edwin Gonzalez bookended the card with wins on Witcha Wish ($9.20) in Race 1 and Tape Runner ($21.20) in Race 10.