Weather Could Be a Factor on Gulfstream Card
HorseRacingFLA Staff Report
Gulfstream Park has a 12-race card on Saturday, with first post of 12:55 p.m. and a Rainbow 6 carryover of $593,898.
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As of 10:00 a.m., rain was not falling at Gulfstream. The dirt track and turf course were both listed as good.
The Weather Channel forecast is for a 50 percent chance of showers during racing hours. Six of the races are scheduled for turf.
On Friday, amid steady rain, the dirt track was listed as sloppy and was sealed and the turf was listed as good from the third race onward. Early speed horses held on in most of the races.
As usual at this time of year, the turf course is hard and dry, and could benefit from rain like that of Friday.
The 20-cent Rainbow 6 is on races seven through twelve. Scheduled post is 3:38 p.m. for the seventh race.
The feature eighth race is a $25,000 optional claimer at five furlongs on turf for 3-year-olds and up. The purse is $43,000
*On Sunday, Gulfstream will have eleven races, with first post of 1:15 p.m.
*Concealedwithakiss beat Patriotic Diamond by 1 ½ lengths in Friday’s featured $50,000 Ana T. Handicap at Gulfstream Park.
The Luis Duco-trained 5-year-old mare notched her third win in four starts over wet racetracks, stalking the pace before kicking clear to run seven furlongs in 1:22.79 on a surface that was listed as sloppy and was sealed. Savingtime finished third, another 4 ¾ lengths back in the seven-horse field.
Concealedwithakiss was ridden to her 11th victory in 34 starts by Emisael Jaramillo.
