Damon's Mound Looms Large in Gulfstream Park Sprint

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Damon's Mound wins the Sunshine Sprint Stakes at Gulfstream Park

A classy sprinter since he burst on the racing scene as a juvenile, 6-year-old Damon's Mound  pursues a seventh stakes victory in his 19th career race in the Feb. 21 Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes.

Having won the Bold Ruler Stakes (G3) last fall at Aqueduct Racetrack, Damon's Mound, a near-millionaire, is the 123-pound starting highweight in the 6-furlong, $125,000 race at Gulfstream Park

Class-dropping runners Wound Up , third in the Dec. 27 Mr. Prospector Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream, and Con Compania , cutting back from a route to a sprint after fading to sixth behind Skippylongstocking  in the Dec. 20 Harlan's Holiday Stakes (G3), head the opposition in the eight-horse field.

Damon's Mound, a homebred 6-year-old son of Girvin   for owners Michele and Cliff Love, is riding a two-race win streak, having won the Sunshine Sprint Stakes for Florida-breds last month at Gulfstream in a follow-up to his 2025 Bold Ruler victory. He also won the Sunshine Sprint in 2025. 

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His most prestigious victories came in the 2022 Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) and 2023 Gallant Bob Stakes (G2). Those black-type victories, as well as another stakes triumph in the 2023 Robert Hilton Memorial Stakes, came with his prior trainer Michelle Lovell.

Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott has raced Damon's Mound since last winter. Regular jockey Junior Alvarado rides the tactical runner, who sped 6 furlongs in 1:09.29 in taking the Jan. 17 Sunshine Sprint by 2 1/2 lengths.


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Gulfstream Park, Saturday, February 21, 2026, Race 10

  • STK
  • 6f
  • Dirt
  • $125,000
  • 4 yo's & up
  • 4:50 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Great Navigator (NJ) Edgar Perez 120 Eddie Owens, Jr 20/1
2 2Jack's Promise (KY) Rajiv Maragh 118 Dale L. Romans 9/2
3 3Ajaayb (KY) Mario Gutierrez 118 Victor Barboza, Jr. 12/1
4 4Beeline (KY) Tyler Gaffalione 118 Riley Mott 12/1
5 5Wound Up (KY) Irad Ortiz, Jr. 118 Jose Francisco D'Angelo 4/1
6 6Damon's Mound (FL) Junior Alvarado 123 William I. Mott 7/5
7 7Rolando (KY) John R. Velazquez 120 Fausto Gutierrez 8/1
8 8Con Compania (CHI) Miguel Angel Vasquez 120 Bobby S. Dibona 5/1