Special look at Gulfstream Park - a course rich in history
Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, is the host of three races on ‘The Road to the Kentucky Derby’ qualifying series.
Stakes races at Gulfstream
The track has been the home of many high-stakes races throughout its history, including the Breeders' Cup, the Sunshine Millions, the Pegasus World Cup and the Florida Derby, an annual Kentucky Derby prep race.
In addition to the Florida Derby, the Holy Bull Stakes and the Fountain of Youth Stakes are two other Derby prep races contested at Gulfstream Park.
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This year the Florida Derby will be run on March 27, the next-to-last day of the current racing meet, which began on December 2.
Live racing is conducted at Gulfstream Park every Wednesday through Sunday for the duration of the meet. For the 2020-2021 schedule, attendance was limited to about 50% of indoor capacity.
Famed Gulfstream jockeys
Two history-making Gulfstream jockeys that stand out are Angel Cordero Jr. and Julie Krone.
Cordero Jr. was the first jockey from Puerto Rico to make it into the United States Racing Hall of Fame.
Julie Krone, now retired, was a groundbreaking jockey whose career began at Tampa Bay Downs in 1981.
She went on in 1993 to become the first and only female jockey to win a Triple Crown race aboard Colonial Affair in the Belmont Stakes.