Gulfstream Releases 2024-25 Championship Schedule

Highlighted by the Jan. 25 $3-million Pegasus World Cup Invitational and $1-million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Jan. 25 and the Mar. 29 $1 million Curlin Florida Derby, Gulfstream Park will launch its 2024-2025 Championship Meet Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28 and run through Mar. 30, 2025.

The meet will play host to a total of 66 stakes races–30 graded–totaling $15.025 million. Opening weekend begins with 2-year-old turf stakes Thanksgiving Day and Friday, Nov. 29, and the $600,000 finals of the Florida Sire Stakes Saturday, Nov. 30.

Pegasus World Cup Day will offer eight stakes races–seven graded plus two overnight handicaps–totaling $5.55 million. Along with the World Cup and World Cup Turf, the day will also feature the $500,000 GII Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf Invitational, $200,000 GII Inside Information for fillies and mares, the $200,000 GIII W.L. McKnight for 4-year-olds and up and $150,000 GIII La Prevoyante for 4-year-olds and up fillies and mares, both at 1 ½ miles on the turf, and the $150,000 GIII Fred Hooper for 4-year-olds and up at a mile on the main track.

The Curlin Florida Derby highlights 10 stakes totaling $2.5 million–five graded–including the $250,000 GII Gulfstream Park Oaks for 3-year-old fillies, two 1 1/2-mile turf events in the $200,000 GII Pan American for older horses and $150,000 GIII Orchid for fillies and mares, and the $150,000 GIII Ghostzapper for 4-year-olds and up on the main track.

On Feb. 1, the $250,000 GIII Holy Bull is the featured event of a five stakes program that includes three other graded races–the $150,000 GIII Forward Gal on the main track, $150,000 GIII Kitten’s Joy and $150,000 GIII Sweetest Chant on turf, both contested on the turf. The final preps for the Curlin Florida Derby and Gulfstream Park Oaks is Mar. 1. The nine stakes program–eight graded–is led by the $400,000 GII Fountain of Youth and $200,000 GII Davona Dale.

For more information on Gulfstream’s 2024-25 championship schedule, click here.