Hal's Hope Handicap

The Hal's Hope Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race run at Gulfstream Park located in Hallandale Beach, Florida. A Grade III race for horses four-years-old and up, the one-turn event is set at a distance of 1 mile (8 furlongs) and offers a purse of $100,000.

Inaugurated as the Creme Fraiche Handicap in honor of the 1985 Belmont Stakes winner, Creme Fraiche, the race was renamed in 2003 for its 2002 winner, Hal's Hope, a Florida-bred who won the 2000 Grade I Florida Derby, the 2002 Grade I Gulfstream Park Handicap, and the 2000 Holy Bull Stakes.

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Gulfstream Park Graded Stakes Races

Stakes Race	Grade	Purse
Sugar Swirl Stakes	III	$100,000
Mr. Prospector Handicap	III	$100,000
Old Hat Stakes	III	$100,000
Marshua's River Stakes	III	$100,000
Fort Lauderdale Stakes	III	$100,000
Hal's Hope Handicap	III	$100,000
Forward Gal Stakes	II	$200,000
Holy Bull Stakes	III	$400,000
Donn Handicap	I	$500,000
Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap	I	$300,000
Hutcheson Stakes	II	$150,000
Suwannee River Stakes	III	$150,000
Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship	II	$150,000
Hurricane Bertie Stakes	III	$150,000
Davona Dale Stakes	II	$250,000
Sabin Stakes	III	$100,000
Very One Stakes	III	$100,000
Fountain of Youth Stakes	II	$400,000
Mac Diarmida Stakes	II	$150,000
Canadian Turf Stakes	III	$150,000
Gulfstream Park Handicap	II	$300,000
Swale Stakes	III	$150,000
Herecomesthebride Stakes	III	$150,000
Palm Beach Stakes	III	$150,000
Inside Information Stakes	II	$150,000
Honey Fox Stakes	II	$100,000
Pan American Stakes	II	$150,000
Orchid Stakes	III	$150,000
Florida Derby	I	$1,000,000
Gulfstream Park Oaks	II	$300,000
Appleton Stakes	III	$100,000
Rampart Stakes	III	$150,000
Skip Away Stakes	III	$100,000