Gulfstream Park's weekend of racing kicks off Friday afternoon with a $400,000 guaranteed pool in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 and a 12-race program Saturday featuring the $75,000 Mr. Steele for 3-year-olds and up on the turf.
First race post Friday is 2 p.m. and Saturday 12:20 p.m.at the Hallandale Beach, Fla., track There will also be a Super Hi-5 carryover into Friday's first race of $11,452.52.
After each of the last five races Friday, two names will be selected to win $100 betting vouchers. XB Reward members and those who join XB Rewards in Silks will be eligible.
Friday's Rainbow 6 begins with Race 4, a maiden special weight event for fillies and mares at five furlongs on the turf. Ventriloquist, a 3-year-old daughter of Nyquist owned by Magic Cap Stables, makes her debut for leading trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. Gary Barber's Baby Mo, a daughter of Upstart, cuts back in distance second time off the layoff.
Race 6, the third leg of the sequence, is a maiden special weight event for 2-year-old fillies also at five furlongs on the turf. Zen, an Irish-bred daughter of Zoffany is one of two entered by trainer Mark Casse along with Fulminate. Saturday Nite Girl will make her debut for Glen Hill Farm and trainer Thomas Proctor.
Saturday's 12-race program includes five turf races, three maiden special weight events and the $75,000 Mr. Steele, a race at 1 1/16 miles on the turf with three of the seven entered for the turf trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. Joseph will send out Renaisance Frolic, second in the Appleton (G3) over the winter, and two horses claimed earlier this year in Noble Indy and Max K.O.
Glen Hill Farm's Caribou Club, a graded stakes winner back in 2018 and winner of the Sunny Isles here in May, and Vow Me Now, second to Chuck Willis in the Golden Glades May 31, are also entered.
Joseph, Zayas Atop the Leader Boards
Joseph continues to hold an impressive lead in the trainer standings with 49 wins, 32 more than Carlos David and Antonio Sano with 17 each. Mark Casse has 16 wins heading into the weekend and Kathleen O'Connell and Juan Carlos Avila have 14 each.
The jockey standings are much tighter with Edgard Zayas holding a 76-74 lead over Emisael Jaramillo. Injured rider Edwin Gonzalez has 59 wins and Miguel Vasquez 58.
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