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Gulfstream Boosts Spring/Summer Purses

Overnight purses for the upcoming Spring/Summer Meet at Gulfstream Park will be increased in all categories from open handicaps to $6,250 claiming races with conditions.

Open handicap purses will rise from $60,000 last season to $74,000; $6,250 claiming races with conditions will jump from $17,000 to $20,000; open allowances will be $10,000 higher than 2023 levels, ranging from $61,000 to $63,000; entry-level allowances for Florida-breds will increase from $43,000 to $48,000; maiden special weight races will increase by $10,000 to $60,000; maiden special weight races for Florida-breds will go up from $40,000 to $48,000; maiden races for $12,500 claimers will get a boost of $6,000 to $25,000; starter allowance purses will increase from $3,000 to $9,000 (from $25,000 to $49,000); and the purse for a $50,000 claiming race for 3-year-olds will jump by $9,000 to $44,000.

“With the increased purses, grass racing, and our workers compensation program, Gulfstream is now the summer place to be,” said Florida Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (FTHA) President Joe Orseno. “We are able to offer better purses and we hope this will encourage trainers and owners to keep horses at Gulfstream Park through the non-championship meet. A big thank you to 1/ST management and the FTHA purse committee for negotiating this competitive purse structure.”

Gulfstream will race four days a week from April to June and three days a week from July to November with turf racing throughout the spring and summer.

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Belmont Spring/Summer Stakes Schedule Announced

The stakes schedule for the 44-day Belmont Park spring/summer meet, which will feature 59 stakes races worth $16.95 million in total purses, was announced by NYRA Friday. The meet will open on Thursday, April 28 and continue through Sunday, July 10.

It will offer 12 Grade I contests and seven races with purses of $700,000 or higher, with four of those contests coming during the three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival from Thursday, June 9 through Saturday, June 11. Tickets for the 2022 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival will go on sale Thursday, Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. on Ticketmaster.

In addition to the GI Belmont S., the June 11 card will include the $1-million GI Hill 'n' Dale Metropolitan Mile, a “Win and You're In” for the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile; the $500,000 GI Ogden Phipps S., a qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff; the $400,000 GI Jaipur S., a GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint “Win and You're In”; the $750,000 GI Manhattan S.; $500,000 GI Acorn S.; $500,000 GI Longines Just a Game S.; $400,000 GI Woody Stephens S.; and $400,000 GII Brooklyn S.

Belmont weekend opens with the GII Wonder Again S., Astoria S. and Tremont S. June 9. That will be followed by the newly upgraded GI New York S., GII Belmont Gold Cup S., GII True North S., GIII Bed o'Roses S. and Intercontinental S. June 10.

The Stars and Stripes Racing Festival returns July 9 and features four graded stakes headlined by the opening legs of the Caesars Turf Triple Series, the $1-million GI Caesars Belmont Derby and $700,000 GI Belmont Oaks. Also featuring on the Stars and Stripes card is the $400,000 GII Suburban S. and GIII Victory Ride S.

Man o' War Day on May 14 boasts five graded stakes led by the $700,000 GI Man o' War and also includes the GIII Peter Pan S., GIII Beaugay S., GIII Vagrancy S. and GIII Runhappy S. Independence Day weekend July 2-4 features the GII John S. Nerud S. and GIII Dwyer S.

New York-breds take center stage May 30 with Big Apple Showcase Day, topped by the Commentator S. and Critical Eye S., both at $200,000.

The meet's graded action kicks off with the GII Sheepshead Bay S., GIII Westchester S. and GII Fort Marcy S. May 7.

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Gulfstream Rainbow 6 Pool Guaranteed At $300,000 On Final Day Of Spring/Summer Meet

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have a guaranteed pool of $300,000 when racing resumes Sunday with a 12:50 p.m. first race post at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

The Rainbow 6 will begin with the fifth race, a maiden claiming event for 3-year-olds and up over a 1 1/8th mile turf course. There are three turf races in the sequence.

Sunday's program signals the end of the Spring/Summer Meet. While Saffie Joseph Jr. has the training title wrapped up and Arindel will be leading owner, the Spring/Summer riding title will come down to Sunday between Edgard Zayas and Emisael Jaramillo.

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.

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Gulfstream Park’s Spring/Summer Meet Begins Thursday, Rainbow 6 Guaranteed At $250,000

The Spring/Summer Meet at Gulfstream will kick off Thursday with an eight-race program. First-race post time is set for 1 p.m. during the meet that will run through Sept. 30.

In the Race 2 feature, a $47,000 optional claiming allowance for Florida-bred 3-year-olds at a mile, Stonehedge LLC's Seazan, who finished third in both the Affirmed and In Reality last year, is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in the Race 2 feature. The Ralph Nicks trainee, who most recently finished off the board while trying turf for the first time, was beaten by just a half length while finishing second in an open optional claiming allowance at a mile in his previous start.

Jockey Edgard Zayas, the defending Spring/Summer Meet titlist, has seven mounts Thursday while coming off a career-best Championship Meet.

The Spring/Summer Meet stakes schedule will be worth $3.5 million with $500,000 in incentives offer by the Florida Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association for Florida-bred and Florida-sired horses.

The $350,000 Princess Rooney Invitational (G2) and the $200,000 Smile Sprint Invitational (G3) will be contested on the July 3 Summit of Speed card, highlighting a program of 34 stakes.

The seven-furlong Princess Rooney is a designated Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' race with the winner earning a spot in the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) at Del Mar.

The tradition-rich FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes series will offer a total of $1.3 million in purses for 2-year-olds sired by accredited Florida stallions. The popular series will kick off with the $100,000 Dr. Fager and the $100,000 Desert Vixen July 31, followed by the $200,000 Affirmed and $200,000 Susan's Girl Aug. 28 and the $350,000 In Reality and $350,000 My Dear Girl Sept. 25.

The 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $250,000 for Thursday's Spring/Summer Meet opening-day card at Gulfstream Park.

The jackpot pool is only 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.

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