A pair of jockeys who have been mainstays at Gulfstream Park have announced their stepping away from the South Florida riding colony. Jockey Luca Panici, after riding over 15 years in Florida, retired from riding at the conclusion of Sunday's program at Gulfstream, while Edgard Zayas shift his tack to New York after the Championship

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Closers are often victim to whatever pace unfolds in front of them, but Parfois (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}) missed that memo, and rolled into the lane on this American debut with so much momentum that it took her almost nine wide. In the end it didn't matter in the slightest as she rolled home by

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Saffie Joseph, Jr. captured his 15th consecutive leading trainer title at Gulfstream Park with the conclusion of the track's Championship Meet Sunday, while Irad Ortiz Jr. finished as leading rider at the meet for a fourth straight time and a record-extending seventh time overall. It was the fifth straight Championship Meet title for Joseph, a

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Cornucopian (Into Mischief) looked like he might be something special very early in his career. While it would ultimately take five tries to garner black-type, the striking colt checked that box in style on Sunday, running off to a scortching victory in Santa Anita's GIII San Carlos Stakes. Pounded down to 1-5 favoritism for the

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Linda Rice earned her fourth consecutive and sixth overall trainer's title at the Aqueduct winter meet, which concluded Sunday, while also claiming the meet's leading owner honors. Rice trained the winners of 62 races at Aqueduct's final winter meet. “It feels good, a little happy and sad at the same time as it's our last

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