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Opening of Tapeta Track at Gulfstream to be Delayed

According to a report Friday in the Daily Racing Form, the opening of the synthetic Tapeta track at Gulfstream is on hold. The surface was expected to be put into use Sept. 23. However, according to DRF, there will be a delay of about one week before the Tapeta track will be unveiled for races in the afternoons.

The problem has arisen because the rail for the new course has not yet arrived from the U.K. and has been stuck in customs.

“We have a temporary rail we can take from the turf course, but we didn't want to actually conduct races with that,” Aidan Butler, the CEO for 1/st Racing, told the Form. “We've spent so much time, money, and effort on this thing there was no sense rushing around for the sake of another week. We'd also like to give horses the opportunity to gallop and work over the Tapeta, to allow them to get used to the new surface. Our intent at the moment is to open the track for galloping on or before the 23rd and aim to start racing on the Tapeta track on the 30th.”

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Gulfstream Adds Four Stakes Over New Tapeta Course To Fall Meet Schedule

Four stakes on the newly-installed Tapeta course will be featured during Gulfstream Park's Fall Meet, scheduled to get under way Thursday, Sept. 30 and run through Nov. 21.

The $60,000 Journeyman Stud Juvenile, a mile-and-70-yard race for Florida-bred 2-year-olds, will be the first stakes to be run over the all-weather Tapeta course an Oct. 23 program that will also feature the $60,000 Khozan Juvenile Fillies Sprint, a seven-furlong sprint for Florida-bred 2-year-old fillies on the main track.

The $60,000 Brethren Juvenile Fillies, a mile-and-70-yard race on Tapeta for Florida-bred 2-year-old fillies, is scheduled to be renewed a week later on an Oct. 30 program that will also offer the $60,000 Ocala Stud Juvenile Sprint, a seven-furlong stakes for Florida-bred 2-year-olds on dirt.

The $65,000 Cellars Shiraz, a mile-and-70-yard event on Tapeta for 3-year-old fillies, is scheduled for Nov. 5 and the $65,000 Showing Up, a mile-and-70-yard race on Tapeta for 3-year-olds, is slated for Nov. 6.

The Journeyman Stud Juvenile, Brethren Juvenile Fillies, Cellars Shiraz and Showing Up were all contested on turf last season during the final Gulfstream Park West Meet.

The first official race on the Tapeta track is scheduled for Sept. 23, when Gulfstream Park will make history, becoming the only racetrack in the Americas with the ability to conduct races on turf, dirt and Tapeta surfaces.

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Gulfstream Rainbow 6 Jackpot Guaranteed At $100,000 Thursday, Late Pick 5 Returns $73

Thursday's 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $100,000 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The popular multi-race wager went unsolved Sunday following Saturday's mandatory payout that produced multiple payoffs of $313,299.84.

The Rainbow 6 jackpot is paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

Late Pick 5 Returns $73

After going unsolved Saturday, the Late Pick 5 generated brisk betting at Gulfstream Park Sunday, when a $140,079.77 carryover pool prompted bettors to wager an additional $1,131,239.

A 50-cent multi-race wager that spanned Races 7-11, the Late Pick 5 yielded multiple payoffs of $73.15.

The last race for Sunday's Late Pick 5, Rainbow 6, and Late Pick 5 was “ALL” when the race was taken off the turf and moved to the main track due to heavy rain.

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Starship Bonita Finds Winner’s Circle Again In Sheer Drama

Starship Stables and trainer Steve Dwoskin's Starship Bonita rallied to capture Saturday's $75,000 Sheer Drama Stakes at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., winning for the first time in 10 starts since her most recent victory in the 2018 edition of the same race.

The Sheer Drama, a seven-furlong stakes for Florida-bred fillies and mares, headlined Saturday's 12-race program that also featured the $60,000 North Bay Village, a mile overnight handicap for fillies and mares on turf.

Starship Bonita, who won two legs of the lucrative 2017 Florida Sire Stakes series, posted a 2 ¾-length victory in the 2018 Sheer Drama before her very promising career was compromised by a series of long breaks in her racing schedule the next few seasons. Sent to post at 30-1, the 6-year-old daughter of Gone Astray returned to form Saturday, stalking the early pace before taking the lead in the stretch and holding off stablemate Starship Nala by three-quarters of a length. Pacesetter Thissmytime held well to finish third, another three-quarters of a length back.

Ridden by Jesus Rios, Starship Bonita ran seven furlongs in 1:22.92.

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