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Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap

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Inaugurated
  
1986

Surface
  
Turf

Website
  
www.gulfstreampark.com

Location
  
Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)

The Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early February at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

A Grade I event open to horses 4 years of age and older, the race is now run at a distance of one and one-eighths miles (9 furlongs) on the turf and offers a current purse of $350,000 added.

From 1986 through 1990, the race was run at a distance of  1 1⁄16 miles. From 1991 through 2008 the distance was lengthened considerably to 11 furlongs, or  1 3⁄8 miles. In 2009, the distance was reduced by two furlongs to 9.

Records

Time record: (at current distance of  1 1⁄8 miles)

  • 1:45.63 - Almanaar (2017)

    • Most wins:

  • 2 - Einstein (2006, 2008)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Allen E. Paulson (1998, 1999)
  • 2 - The Thoroughbred Corp. (2000, 2001)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 7 - Jerry Bailey (1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - William I. Mott (1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001)

    • References

    Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap Wikipedia
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