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Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes

The Gulfstream Park Mile Stakes (formerly known as the Gulfstream Park Handicap) is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Gulfstream Park each year. The race is open to horses age four and up, willing to race one mile on the dirt. A Grade II event run in early March, it currently offers a purse of $200,000.

History

The Gulfstream Park Handicap was first run in 1946. It was won the next year in track record time by Armed, dubbed "the greatest attraction ever offered at his young seaside course" by the New York Times.[3] In 1948 Rampart became the first female horse to win the race, defeating Armed at odds of 26–1.[4]

Graded stakes race status:

In 1997, Barbara Minshall became the first female trainer to win the race in its fifty-two-year history.

As part of his record seven wins of this race, Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey won this race four times in a row from 1995 through 1998.

The distance of the race was set at one mile in 2009. It was run at 1+316 miles from 2005 to 2008, and at 1+14 miles before that time.

Records

Speed record:

Most wins:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners

* In 1962, Yorky won the race but was disqualified and set back to second place.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chart of the 2020 Gulfstream Park Mile". Equibase. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Stakes profile". Equibase. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Armed, 3-5, Breaks Gulfstream Park record". The New York Times. 23 March 1947. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Rampart Defeats Armed by Head in $27,050 Gulfstream Handicap". The New York Times. 16 January 1948. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

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