Gulfstream Park Day 1: Saturday, December 2, 2017

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Hopefield Farm’s Gigantic Breeze, a two-time stakes winner in 2017, will make his first start on a conventional dirt surface in Saturday’s $200,000 Claiming Crown Jewel Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Photo by Michael Burns/WEG

Gulfstream Park Selections by John M. Gaver III: Saturday, December 2, 2017

Gulfstream Park commences its behemoth 2017-18 Championship Meet on Saturday, December 2 in Hallandale Beach, Florida with an 11-race program highlighted by the 19th renewal of the $1.1 million Claiming Crown.

Nine races–the $110,000 Glass Slipper Stakes, the $110,000 Express Stakes, the $110,000 Distaff Dash Stakes, the $110,000 Iron Horse Stakes, the $110,000 Canterbury Stakes, the $110,000 Rapid Transit Stakes, the $125,000 Tiara Stakes, the $125,000 Emerald Stakes, and the $200,000 Jewel Stakes–encompass the 2017 Claiming Crown stakes program, which are run under starter allowance conditions.

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John M. Gaver III

Post time for the first of 11 races on opening day at Gulfstream Park is 12:00 P.M. Eastern. The first Claiming Crown race–the Glass Slipper Stakes–is carded as the second race on the day and has a 12:35 P.M. Eastern post time.

Be sure to check this blog frequently, as The Green Sheet will provide FREE selections and comments for the 2017-18 Gulfstream Park Championship Meet until its conclusion on April 1, 2018.

For FREE annotated selections for the Saturday, December 2 Claiming Crown program at Gulfstream Park, click HERE.

 

Header image: “Jockeys,” by Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917). Pastel on paper, 1886

 

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