Will Fierceness Rebound in the Florida Derby?
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.
J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.
Godolphin's homebred Knightsbridge made a dazzling return March 28 at Gulfstream Park, scoring a nine-length victory in his first start since capturing his debut last fall at Churchill Downs. The Pat Day Mile (G2) could be next for the colt.
Klaravich Stables' Ways and Means returns from a near seven-month layoff as the 8-5 morning-line favorite in the $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) March 30. The filly has not run since finishing a troubled second in the Sept. 3 Spinaway…
Two 1 1/2-mile stakes races on Florida Derby Day on the Gulfstream Park turf course—the $200,000 Pan American Stakes (G2T) for older male runners and the $150,000 Orchid Stakes (G3T) for fillies and mares—have a French flavor.
It was the third win in four starts for the 3-year-old, who made his debut finishing 10th in a Dec. 3, 2023 maiden optional claimer at Gulfstream Park, where he ran his first three races.
Graded stakes winners Steal Sunshine and Tumbarumba will meet again March 30 in the 1 1/16-mile $150,000 Ghostzapper Stakes (G3) after a nose separated the pair the last time they met at Gulfstream Park.
Just nine months after coming to the mainland United States from Puerto Rico, 20-year-old Eniel Cordero is preparing to saddle Vicente Stella's Le Dom Bro March 30 in the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park.
It was the third win in four starts for the 3-year-old, who made his debut finishing 10th in a Dec. 3, 2023 maiden optional claimer at Gulfstream Park, where he ran his first three races.
Repole Stable's Fierceness, last year's juvenile male champion, was made the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) March 30 at Gulfstream Park.
Led by the Princess Rooney Stakes (G3), a pair of qualifiers for 2-year-olds to Royal Ascot, and the first two legs of the Florida Sire Stakes, Gulfstream Park will offer 40 stakes worth $4.245 million in purses during the upcoming…