Gulfstream Park Handicap

Horseraces infobox
class = Grade II
horse race = Gulfstream Park Handicap


caption =
location = Gulfstream Park
Hallandale Beach, Florida
inaugurated = 1946
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat racing
website = [http://www.gulfstreampark.com www.gulfstreampark.com]
distance = 1 ³/16 miles (9.5 furlongs)
track = Dirt, left-handed
qualification = Four-year-olds & up
weight = Assigned
purse = $350,000
bonuses = 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 and three-sixteenths miles on the dirt. A Grade II event run in early March, it offers a purse of $350,000.

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.

Records

Speed record:
* 1:54.74 - Eddington (2005) at current distance of 1 ³/16 miles
* 1:59.00 - Mat-Boy (1984) at previous distance of 1¼ miles

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)

Winners of the Gulfstream Park Handicap since 1984

Earlier winners

*1983 - Christmas Past
*1982 - Lord Darnley
*1981 - Hurry Up Blue
*1980 - Private Account
*1979 - Sensitive Prince
*1978 - Bowl Game
*1977 - Strike Me Lucky
*1976 - Hail The Pirates
*1975 - Gold and Myrrh
*1974 - Forego
*1973 - West Coast Scout
*1972 - Executioner
*1971 - Fast Hilarious

*1970 - Snow Sporting
*1969 - Court Recess
*1968 - Gentleman James
*1967 - Pretense
*1966 - First Family
*1965 - Ampose
*1964 - Gun Bow
*1963 - Kelso
*1962 - Jay Fox *
*1961 - Tudor Way
*1960 - Bald Eagle
*1959 - Vertex
*1958 - Round Table

*1957 - Bardstown
*1956 - Sailor
*1955 - Mister Black
*1954 - Wise Margin
*1953 - Crafty Admiral
*1952 - Crafty Admiral
*1951 - Ennobled
*1950 - Chicle
*1949 - Coaltown
*1948 - Rampart
*1947 - Armed
*1946 - Do-Reigh-Mi

* In 1962, Yorky won the race but was disqualified and set back to second place.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=77 The Gulfstream Park Handicap at Pedigree Query]