Races from Santa Anita & Gulfstream
15-Percent Takeout, Oak Leaf (G2) Starts Sequence
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Ron Nicoletti and Brian Nadeau preview and handicap Saturday’s 1/ST Coast-to-Coast Pick 5 which includes races from Santa Anita Park and Gulfstream Park.
Races from Santa Anita, Gulfstream
Three Turf Races, Low 15-Percent Takeout
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The $200,000 Oak Leaf (G2) kicks off Saturday’s 1/ST Coast-to-Coast Pick 5 with races from Santa Anita Park and Gulfstream Park – three scheduled on the turf – available to retail customers with a low 15-percent takeout.
South Florida Mainstay 2 Wins Away with 5 Scheduled Mounts
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Just two wins away from the 4000-win milestone, jockey Paco Lopez has five scheduled mounts on Friday’s nine-race program at Gulfstream Park.
Win & You’re In to Old Friends
Gelding Won 10 Races, 6 Stakes, with $876,562 in Purses
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Multiple stakes-winning 9-year-old gelding Noble Drama, who thrilled fans for six seasons with his dramatic late-running style, has been retired from racing.
Rainbow 6 Solved Saturday for $58,833 Jackpot Hit
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – David Romanik and trainer Ron Spatz’s Most Handsome, a rallying winner in his recent debut, went right to the front in Saturday’s $95,000 Hollywood Beach and held on gamely to win his stakes debut by a head.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Apprentice jockey Micah Husbands guided The Dove Rules ($15.60) to victory in Friday’s Race 8 feature at Gulfstream Park, notching his first win in the U.S.
Lazio Seeks Rebound in Saturday’s Hollywood Beach
Video: Eddie D, City of Hope, Hollywood Beach Picks for Coast-to-Coast Pick 5
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – St. Elias Stable’s Rated by Merit returned to the Gulfstream Park worktab Friday morning for the first time since maintaining an unbeaten, unchallenged record in the Sept. 7 Dr. Fager, the first leg of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes series.
Perry, Nicoletti Handicap California Crown All-Stakes Pick 5
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HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Santa Anita Park’s inaugural California Crown day Saturday features the return of the 1/ST Coast-to-Coast Pick 5 and an all-stakes Pick 5 featuring the $1 million California Crown (G1) presented by SirDavis American Whiskey.
Juvenile Turf Stakes Kicks Off 1/ST Coast-to-Coast Pick 5
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – When Rated by Merit debuted with a dazzling victory at Gulfstream Park July 13, earning the highest Beyer Speed Figure of all 2-year-olds in the country at the time, his relatively obscure sire Battalion Runner attracted sudden national attention. Three weeks earlier, Battalion Runner, who had already been exported to Uruguay, received far less attention when his juvenile son, Ghostly Rose, stormed from off the pace to win his debut by 2 ¾ lengths over Gulfstream’s Tapeta course.