Turf Stakes at Gulfstream Park West Moved to Nov. 21-22
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Galleon Mast, pictured winning the 2019 Millions Turf Preview Stakes at Gulfstream Park West, is one of the horses expected to race in the rescheduled stakes
Continuing wet weather conditions in South Florida have led Gulfstream Park West officials to postpone four Florida-bred turf stakes scheduled for Nov. 14 until the weekend of Nov. 21-22.
The $60,000 Millions Turf Preview for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 miles, where 7-year-old Galleon Mast is targeting a three-peat, and the $60,000 Juvenile Fillies Turf at a mile have both been moved to Nov. 21.
The Nov. 22 card will now include the $60,000 Filly & Mare Turf Preview, a 7 1/2-furlong grass race for females potentially headed by Picara, 4-for-6 lifetime at Gulfstream Park West, and $60,000 Juvenile Turf for 2-year-olds at a mile.
Even with the change in schedule, five $60,000 state-bred stakes are on tap Saturday for the main track: the Millions Classic Preview for 3-year-olds and up at one mile (Race 4), the Juvenile Fillies Sprint (Race 5) and the Juvenile Sprint (Race 7), each at 6 1/2 furlongs, and the six-furlong Millions Sprint Preview (Race 6) and the seven-furlong Millions Distaff (Race 8).
The Millions Sprint Preview drew Shivaree, a multiple stakes winner around one turn, who returns to action after running seventh in the Runhappy Travers Stakes (G1) this summer at Saratoga Race Course. He was the runner-up behind Tiz the Law in the 1 1/8-mile Curlin Florida Derby (G1) earlier in the year at Gulfstream Park March 28.