Gulfstream Park Entries And Results (2024)

FAQs

What time is the first post at Gulfstream? ›

First race post is 12:55 p.m. EDT. Gulfstream cancelled live racing Thursday through Saturday due to record rainfall that saturated the South Florida area. Training resumed Saturday morning.

Pick a horse and bet him to win (finish first), place (finish second) or show (finish third). This is a $2 base bet, and you can certainly bet more if you'd like. You can also bet the horse "across the board," meaning you have him to win, place and show — which is a $6 bet on a $2 base bet.

Gulfstream Park is a Stronach Group company, North America's leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner/operator. The Stronach Group race tracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness.

There is no cost for admission at Gulfstream Park, and you can buy a basic program for only $1 (the more detailed program runs $5).

Gulfstream currently employs 19,000 worldwide, including 11,500 in Savannah and another 350 at a maintenance facility in Brunswick. Since January 2022, Gulfstream has grown its local workforce by 2,000 employees.

Gulfstream originally had a one-mile dirt track prior to a 2004 renovation, which enlarged the dirt oval by a furlong and widened the turf course from 80 to 170 feet. A second renovation in 2021 replaced the outer portion of the turf course with a Tapeta surface.

In conclusion, the most profitable horse racing strategy is value betting. It involves identifying discrepancies between a bettor's estimation of a horse's chance of winning and the odds provided by the bookmaker. By taking advantage of these apparent errors, bettors can maximize profits with higher chances of winning.

If the horse wins, you collect on all three bets. If it is second, you collect on place and show and if it is third you collect on only the show part of the bet. Win/Place or Place/Show: Simply a combination of win & place or place & show. There are two combinations, so a $2 bet would cost $4 in total.

If you like a horse in a race, you can bet it “across the board,” which means a WIN, PLACE and SHOW bet on the same horse. If it crosses the finish line first, you win all three bets. The safest bet you can make is a SHOW bet on the favorite. While it's the most likely to hit, it delivers a small return.

We visited Gulfstream Park because my young granddaughter loves horses but had never seen one on person. What a great thrill it was for her to watch the horses enter the arena being paraded prior to each race.

What is the increase for Gulfstream Park? ›

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 ...

Since 2014, horseracing and the track has been leased by Calder's owner, Churchill Downs, to Hallandale Beach's Gulfstream Park's owners, The Stronach Group, which renamed the track Gulfstream Park West. The lease expires at the end of 2020 and that is what essentially opened the door for the halting of horseracing.

Pete Aiello has established himself as one of the premier race callers in the world.

Fierceness dominates the field to score record-breaking victory at Florida Derby. Todd Pletcher has won the Florida Derby eight times, the most of any trainer. But none of his other Derby winners turned in the type of jaw-dropping, mind-boggling performance that Fierceness did Saturday at Gulfstream Park.