2024 Fountain of Youth champion Dornoch. (Coglianese)
Fountain of Youth Weekend at Gulfstream Park
• Derby Points
• Major Preps for Fla. Derby (G1), Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2)
• Saturday & Sunday Programs: 13 Turf Races, 11 Main Track
• Est. Pools $1.5 Million, All-Stakes Pick 4,5,6 (Mandatory Rainbow 6 Pool Sunday $4M)
• Special 11:30 ET First Race Post Saturday
David Joseph/Gulfstream Park
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The 79th running of the $415,000 Coolmore Fountain of Youth (G2), a major prep for the $1 million Curlin Florida Derby (G1) and Kentucky Derby (G1), highlights what is sure to be a memorable weekend at Gulfstream Park that will include:
- Nine stakes Saturday, eight graded, worth $2.15 million in purses with eight turf races
- All-stakes Late Pick 5 and Late Pick 4 pools estimated up to $1.5 million Saturday
- An all-stakes Rainbow 6 pool Saturday estimated at $1 million
- A mandatory Rainbow 6 payout Sunday estimated at $4 million
- Saturday and Sunday featuring 13 turf races and 11 races on the main track
The Coolmore Fountain of Youth will feature Holy Bull (G3) winner Burnham Square and six others while the $215,000 Fasig-Tipton Davona Dale (G2), a major prep for the $265,000 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) and Kentucky Oaks (G1), drew a field of 10 including multiple stakes winner Mi Bago and debut winner Emergence.
First race post is 11:30 a.m. Fountain of Youth Day.
Saturday’s Early Pick 5 pool is estimated to be $1 million, the Late Pick 5 $1.5 million, and the Late Pick 4 $750,000. The Late Pick 4,5 and 20-cent Rainbow 6 will be all-stakes races, including the Fountain of Youth.
There will also be an all-stakes Coast-to-Coast Pick 5 Saturday featuring races from Gulfstream and Santa Anita Park with an estimated pool of $300,000
If the Rainbow 6 isn’t hit Wednesday through Saturday by a single, unique ticket, the pool of the mandatory payout Sunday is estimated at $4 million.
Gulfstream’s Flamingo Room will play host Saturday to Taste at the Track – Bourbon & BBQ. For tickets click here.
