6YO Horse Chasing Third Graded-Stakes in 1 3/8M Grass Test
Among Nine Stakes, Eight Graded, Worth $1.85 Million Saturday
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – John M.B. O’Connor’s Astronaut, a graded-stakes winner in his only two previous tries at the distance, looks to make it three in a row and give trainer Tom Albertrani his third career win in the $200,000 Mac Diarmida (G2) Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
Late Pick 5 -- $500,000; Late Pick 4 -- $250,000
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The Late Pick 5 and Late Pick 4 will have pool guarantees on Saturday’s 14-race Fountain of Youth (G2) program at Gulfstream Park.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The waiting game is over for trainer Chad Brown when it comes to a pair of his long absent female turf runners.
Klaravich Stables Inc.’s Faith in Humanity, a 4-year-old filly, and Peter Brant’s Speak of the Devil, a 6-year-old mare, will come back to the races Saturday when they represent Brown in the $150,000 Honey Fox (G3) for fillies and mares, aged 4-and-up.
Defending Champion Virginia Joy Tops Chad Brown-Trained Trio
Among Nine Stakes, Eight Graded, Worth $1.85 Million Saturday
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – If her last two races are any indication, e Five Thoroughbreds’ Transient could be sitting on the first graded-stakes victory of her career in Saturday’s $150,000 The Very One (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
Upset Fountain of Youth Winner Paid $288
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – By late February of 1996, South Florida’s betting public had seen plenty of a nondescript horse named Built for Pleasure. Starting at 2, the Florida-bred son of Homebuilder had made seven of his nine career starts at either Gulfstream Park or Calder Race Course, winning twice, and had already raced three times in the first six weeks of his 3-year-old season.
Dramatic Sweetest Chant (G3) Winner One of Two from Pletcher
Among Nine Stakes, Eight Graded, Worth $1.85 Million Saturday
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Town and Country Racing and Repole Stable’s multiple stakes winner Cairo Consort, who earned graded credentials in dramatic fashion last time out, returns Saturday seeking her third straight victory in the $200,000 Herecomesthebride (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
