Gulfstream’s Summer Meet Closes This Weekend

By David Joseph —-

Gulfstream’s Summer Meet Closes This Weekend
$1.1 Million Sire Stakes Finals Saturday
152 Entries for Saturday Program
Mandatory Payouts Sunday
Bourbon, Beer & BBQ Saturday in Ten Palms
Inaugural Stronach 5 Friday with $50,000 Guaranteed Pool
English and Spanish Preview of Stronach 5

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gulfstream Park’s Summer Meet will close this weekend with more than $1 million in stakes purses, the finals of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes, mandatory payouts, the inaugural running of The Stronach 5, and a celebration of bourbons, local craft beers, and barbeque bites and sliders.
The action begins Friday afternoon with the introduction of The Stronach 5, a national $1 wager featuring five races at four tracks with a guaranteed pool of $50,000 and an industry-low takeout of 12 percent. The opening leg of The Stronach 5 begins at 5:26 p.m. with Race 9 at Laurel. The sequence includes two races from Gulfstream, one from Santa Anita and one from Golden Gate Fields.
For a preview of The Stronach 5 go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cjVibDFW5k
For a preview of The Stronach 5 in Spanish go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsiC024q74E&feature=youtu.be
Saturday’s 14-race program at Gulfstream begins at noon and includes the finals of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes with the $400,000 In Reality and $400,000 My Dear Girl. The Saturday program includes eight stakes races and 152 entries (including also eligible).
Gulfstream will also play host to its final Taste of the Track in Ten Palms Restaurant Saturday featuring tastings of hand selected bourbons, local craft beers and BBQ bites and sliders. For more information go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bourbon-beer-bbq-tickets-49909343189
Gulfstream will close its summer meet Sunday with mandatory payouts of its Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5 and Super Hi 5.
Live racing moves to Gulfstream Park West Wednesday with a 1:15 p.m. first race post.

Gulfstream Park is a Stronach Group company, North America’s leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner/operator. The Stronach Group racetracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness. The company owns and operates the Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida, and is one of North America’s top race horse breeders through its award-winning Adena Springs operation. The Stronach Group is one of the world’s largest suppliers of pari-mutuel wagering systems, technologies and services. Its companies include AmTote, a global leader in wagering technology; XpressBet, an Internet and telephone account wagering service; and Monarch Content Management, which acts as a simulcast purchase and sales agent of horseracing content for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets. The Stronach Group is also a leading producer of social media content for the horseracing industry.