Gulfstream Park Handicap

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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 $500,000.

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

As part of his record seven Gulfstream Park Handicap wins, jockey Jerry Bailey won this race four years in a row from 1995 through 1998.

This race was set at one mile in 2009.

Video Gulfstream Park Handicap

Records

Speed record:

• 1 mile - 1:33.80 - Palace Malice (2014)
• 1 ³/₁₆ miles - 1:54.74 - Eddington (2005)
• 1 ¹/₄ miles - 1:59.00 - Mat-Boy (1984)

Most wins:

• 2 - Crafty Admiral (1952, 1953)
• 2 - Behrens (1999, 2000)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 7 - Jerry Bailey (1977, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)

Maps Gulfstream Park Handicap

Winners of the Gulfstream Park Handicap since 1973

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Earlier winners

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See also

• Gulfstream Park Handicap top three finishers and starters

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References

• The Gulfstream Park Handicap at Pedigree Query

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