David Joseph

Never closer to becoming a stakes winner than last fall at Laurel Park, Ken Garcia’s New Jersey homebred Starstruck Notion returns

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Troy Johnson and Maritza Weston’s Win N Your In, a disappointing third as the favorite to open the Florida Sire Stakes series last month, slipped through an opening along the rail leaving the far turn and drew clear for a 4 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $200,000 Susan’s Girl at Gulfstream Park.

LAUREL, Md. – Hillwood Stable’s Maryland-bred multiple graded-stakes winner Post Time, trained by Laurel Park-based Brittany Russell, was among 14 horses and five also-eligibles pre-entered in the $1 million Dirt Mile (G1) when fields were announced Wednesday for the 41 st Breeders’ Cup World Championships Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool is expected to grow to an estimated $125,000 Friday at Gulfstream Park, where a Rainbow 6 mandatory payout is scheduled for Saturday.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A P Stable and Fox Tale Racing Stable’s Bellavinino and Ken Ramsey’s Ramsey Pond will enter Saturday’s $95,000 Our Dear Peggy at Gulfstream Park coming off strong out-of-town performances.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Special Aviator, an impressive debut winner a month ago on Tapeta, took flight on the turf in the Gulfstream Park stretch Saturday to capture the $95,000 Our Dear Peggy.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 pool yielded multiple $40,299.22 payoffs Saturday at Gulfstream Park.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – With the end of Daylight Saving Time looming next weekend, first-race post time at Gulfstream Park moves to 12 Noon starting with Friday’s 10-race program.

White Abarrio wins the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire)

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – David Romanik and trainer Ron Spatz’s Most Handsome will seek to remain undefeated in Saturday’s $65,000 Juvenile Sprint at Gulfstream Park while making a big change.