Racing Resumes Thursday with Two Stakes

White Abarrio to Meet 11 Others in Saturday’s Mr. Prospector (G3)
Tropical Turf Pick 3 Returns Friday
Rainbow 6 Estimated Pool Thursday $150,000

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s Championship Meet resumes Thursday, Dec. 26 with a 10-race program featuring two stakes and three turf races.

The program begins at approximately 12:20 ET with Race 1, a maiden special weight event at five furlongs on the turf for 11 2-year-old fillies. The maiden special weight event includes two fillies from the barn of Mark Casse in Wellness and Baby Lala, JR Ranch’s Thankfully, Snitch Dorada, a daughter of Maximus Mischief to be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., and first-time starter Starship Impulsive from the barn of Steve Dwoskin.

The $140,000 Rampart, for fillies and mares at a mile, will be run as Race 6 and feature a couple of Grade 1 winners. Soul of an Angel makes her first start since winning the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) while Alabama (G1) winner Power Squeeze makes her first start since September when finishing seventh behind Thorpedo Anna in the Cotillion (G1) Sept. 21 at Parx.

Fillies and mares go 1 3/8 miles in the Via Borghese in Race 8. Forever After All and Marksman Queen go out after finishing second and third, respectively, in Del Mar’s Red Carpet (G3). Avenue Niel goes out first time for trainer Michael Trombetta after finishing fourth in the Waya (G3) and Long Island (G3). La Mehana, winner of the Waya and seventh in the Long Island, goes out first time for trainer Christophe Clement. Graham Motion has entered Three Priests and Marskman Queen, out of the multiple graded-stakes winner Sharp Susan.

Via Borghese, a daughter of Seattle Dancer trained by Angel Penna Jr., won 11 of 22 starts and was a multiple graded-stakes winner on the turf.

White Abarrio to Meet 11 Others in Saturday’s Mr. Prospector (G3)

White Abarrio, winner of the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and 2022 Florida Derby (G1), will face a full field Saturday in the $165,000 Mr. Prospector (G3) at seven furlongs.

Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., White Abarrio worked a ‘bullet’ three furlongs Sunday :35.42.

The field includes three-time Grade 3 winner Super Chow and Vosburgh (G3) winner Mufasa.

Saturday’s 11-race program also includes the $115,000 Abundantia for fillies and mares at five furlongs on the turf, and the $100,000 St. Augustine at 1 1/16 miles on the Tapeta.

Tropical Turf Pick 3 Returns Friday

The first of the weekend’s Tropical Turf Pick 3 wagers begins Friday with Race 1, a $25,000 maiden claimer for 2-year-olds going 7 ½ furlongs. Leading trainer Joseph saddles two in Salto Angel, seventh in his debut on Tapeta, and first-time starter Chill the J. Change At Jamaica gets blinkers and drops in company off a ninth-place finish in his debut for trainer Mark Casse.

The second leg of the Tropical Turf Pick 3 is Race 6, a $35,000 claiming event for fillies and mares. Miss Taptress broke her maiden on the turf and was third over the green last time out at this level. Sassy Allie has a win and two seconds in four turf starts for trainer Robert Falcone Jr. The Pick 3 concludes with Race 9, a starter allowance for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles. Sarah’s Dream, trained by Jose D’Angelo, is on a four-race winning streak, with one of those being over the turf. Silver Moonlight, trained by Joseph, is seeking her third consecutive victory over the green

NOTES: C2 Racing Stables LLC’s Classify, a 4-year-old colt by Adios Charlie trained by Joseph and ridden by Luis Saez, drove past the leader Pay Zone down the stretch to win Sunday’s ninth race, a six-furlong allowance optional claimer, covering the distance in 1:10.72. Pay Zone held on for second while Born Noble was third. Classify’s three previous races were two seconds and a third in New York…When racing resumes Thursday the estimated Rainbow 6 pool will be $150,000…