Gulfstream Park announced today it will kick off its 2015-16 Championship Meet Saturday, Dec. 5 with the 17th running of the $1.1 million Claiming Crown. It will mark the fourth consecutive year the Claiming Crown has been contested at Gulfstream Park. Last year’s Claiming Crown, which had total handle of more than $10 million, featured...Read More

Leopoldo Azpurua Sr, was born December 6th, 1932 in Caracas, Venezuela. He attended George Washington University. His racing career was between Monmouth and Gulfstream Park. In 1971 he was one the inaugural horse trainers at Calder Race Course until 1980. Then he moved to Ocala to start Parkhurts Farm where he broke and developed over...Read More