Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes
Appearance
Grade II race | |
Location | Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Florida |
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Inaugurated | 1946 |
Race type | Thoroughbred - Flat racing |
Website | www |
Race information | |
Distance | 1 mile (8 furlongs) |
Surface | Dirt |
Track | left-handed |
Qualification | Four-year-olds & up |
Weight | Assigned |
Purse | $250,000 |
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 $250,000.
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)
Winners of the Gulfstream Park Handicap since 1973
Earlier winners
- 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 II
- 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.