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01/01/2016

Grade 1 Winners Mshawish, Lochte Target Gulfstream Stakes

Mshawish is the defending champion in the Fort Lauderdale, sandwiched between victories in the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1) and El Prado last winter. The 5-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro was most recently fourth, beaten 1 ¼ lengths, in the Cigar Mil

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01/01/2016

Gulfstream Today 1.1.16

“I’ve never been there. It’s a new place for me,” Velazquez said between races Friday at Gulfstream Park, where he capped the first month of the Championship Meet by winning the Sugar Swirl (G3) and W.L. McKnight (G3) on Dec. 26. “I’m looking forward to b

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01/01/2016

Ortiz Jr., Brown, Dubb take year-end NYRA titles

Brown, 37, had a banner year in New York, saddling 131 winners of $12,766,542, including Grade 1 victories in the Belmont Oaks with Lady Eli, the Manhattan with Slumber, the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic with Big Blue Kitten and the Flower Bowl with Stephanie's

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12/31/2015

Flexibility the one to beat in G3 Jerome

The Chad Brown-trained Flexibility heads the diverse field, and is coming off a strong second-place finish to Mohaymen in the Grade 2 Remsen on November 28 at the Big A. The son of Bluegrass Cat also finished second to Mohaymen two starts ago in the Grade

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12/31/2015

Gulfstream News & Notes: Thu 12/31

The undefeated gray or roan son of Tapit breezed a half-mile in :49 3/5 over the main track at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream Park’s satellite training facility in Palm Beach County, for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. “He looked great,” McLaughlin said. “He was gre

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12/30/2015

Gulfstream Today 12.30

Starlight Racing’s Itsaknockout was a winner in all three of his starts last winter at Gulfstream including the Feb. 21 Fountain of Youth, where he was promoted from second following the disqualification of Upstart for interference. A son of multiple Grad

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12/30/2015

Awesome Speed Seeks Third in Row in Saturday’s Mucho Macho Man

The promising career of Awesome Speed hardly got off to an auspicious start Aug. 31 at Parx Racing, where he finished a distant seventh after never being in contention. “That was puzzler,” Goldberg said. “We had expected a pretty good race. He was doing w

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12/30/2015

Auntie Joy & Lira Lead Competitive $100,000 Ginger Brew

“We really liked her and always thought she was pretty talented,” Walsh said. “We weren’t expecting her to win first time, but it certainly wasn’t a surprise. She’s got a lot of talent, and hopefully we’ll see some more of that on Saturday.” Since shippin

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12/29/2015

Big Business looks to repeat in Alex M. Robb

Still looking to get back on track following an eight-month layoff earlier this year, Big Business will be making his first start for new connections while facing state-bred competition for the first time in three races. The gelded son of Eddington kicked

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12/29/2015

Michael Straight Making Strides into Gulfstream’s Winner’s Circle

Straight will be welcomed into the winner's circle by Hall of Fame riders Angel Cordero Jr., Alex Solis, Jose Santos, Walter Blum and Edgar Prado. The riders will sign autographs, and t-shirts will be available for purchase. Once Straight is welcomed into

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