Gulfstream Park stakes race offers 100 Kentucky Derby points and has drawn a field of nine on a stakes-laden Saturday card.
Gulfstream Park
Al and Bill Ulwelling and trainer Kevin Attard unleashed an exciting Ontario-bred colt, Gold Magic, at Gulfstream on Feb. 11.
The improving Into Mischief colt had a steady rally from a couple of lengths off a slow pace to win by 3/4s of a length.
The 6-year-old horse, owned and bred by Bruce Lunsford, showed he runs well when fresh by taking the $3 million race off a 4-month break.
Barbados-born Joseph has been on the rise in the trainer ranks on the continent and his horses look to upend Pegasus favourite Cyberknife.
The Pegasus World Cup will headline a stellar 13-race program with a total of eight stakes being contested for $5.3 million in purses.
Woodbine trainer Katerina Vassilieva picked out the race for Florida-breds for Roaring Forties and had him spot-on for a big win.
The Woodbine stakes winner is now owned by Repole Stable and Town and Country Racing who purchased the filly after the Breeders' Cup.
Despite jumping something on the backstretch, the improving bay colt won his way into the Jan. 28 Pegasus World Cup Invitational.
Woodbine-based 3-year-old has post 12 in the first stakes race of the Gulfstream Park Championship meeting on December 26.
Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. is headed to the Kentucky Derby (G1) with the impressive grey colt who is now second by Derby points.
Current Kentucky Derby contenders Simplification and Classic Causeway meet nine in $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1).
There were some good races by Canadian horses and people on March 12th in Florida as wild and windy weather played a role.
Florida-bred colt nabs 50 Kentucky Derby points while a pair of Bill Mott trainees were involved in a tight-traffic accident on the final turn.
From a huge card of graded stakes races at Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita to a Derby prep in New York, it is a fun weekend for fans.
