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Gulfstream to Race this Monday

Gulfstream Park will have live racing this Monday Feb. 18 with its annual Presidents Day card.

Gulfstream will have twelve Monday races with first post of 12:00 p.m.

Ten of the races are starter stakes, all with $60,000 purses. All of the stakes races are restricted to horses that at least once in their career have raced at or below a designated claiming price.

All of the stakes races have names that are nicknames of or are otherwise connected to U.S. presidents and first ladies or to British royalty.

For example the tenth and feature race is the Old Hickory. That was the nickname of Andrew Jackson, who was elected president in 1828 and in 1836.
Harvey Wallbanger, at 29-1, Wins Holy Bull

Harvey Wallbanger, at 29-1, rallied from last place after a half mile and won Saturday’s $350,000 Holy Bull Stakes (Grade 2) at Gulfstream Park.

Harvey Wallbanger beat the late-running Everlast, a 129-1 shot, by a length in the 1 1/16 mile dirt race for 3-year-olds.

Previously unbeaten Maximus Mischief, the 4-5 favorite, finished third by another neck. He was followed by Epic Dreamer, at12-1, and Mihos, at 2-1, in the nine-horse field.

Harvey Wallbanger, in his stakes debut, won in 1:43.69 on the track listed as Fast.

Brian Hernandez Jr. rode Harvey Wallbanger for trainer Ken McPeek and an ownership group headed by Harold Lerner.

The Holy Bull was a first-round points scoring race for spots in the 1 ¼ mile Kentucky Derby (Grade 1) that will be on May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

Harvey Wallbanger earned ten points. The second through fourth place finishers earned four, two and one points respectively.

Payoffs for $2 bets were: $2,203.40 for the exacta; $12,234 for the trifecta; and $101,248.60 for the superfecta.