Gulfstream Park Handicap

Updated on Dec 07, 2023

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Inaugurated 1946 Distance 1 mile (8 furlongs)		Website www.gulfstreampark.com Surface Dirt
Location Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing

The Gulfstream Park Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Gulfstream Park each year. The race is open to horses age four and up, willing to race one mile on the dirt. A Grade II event run in early March, it currently offers a purse of $500,000.

In 1997, Barbara Minshall became the first woman trainer to win the race in its fifty-two-year history.

As part of his record seven Gulfstream Park Handicap wins, jockey Jerry Bailey won this race four years in a row from 1995 through 1998.

This race was set at one mile in 2009.

Records

Speed record:

1 mile - 1:33.80 - Palace Malice (2014)

1 ³⁄₁₆ miles - 1:54.74 - Eddington (2005)

1 ¹⁄₄ miles - 1:59.00 - Mat-Boy (1984)

Most wins:

2 - Crafty Admiral (1952, 1953)

2 - Behrens (1999, 2000)

Most wins by a jockey:

7 - Jerry Bailey (1977, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)

References

Gulfstream Park Handicap Wikipedia

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