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Tomorrow fans will be treated to two thrilling races when the FHBPA-sponsored Martha Washington and Not Surprising stakes go off in a 12-race card at Gulfstream Park. Going off in race 6, the Martha Washington has shaped up to be a competitive one. Nine lightly raced 3-year-old fillies will contend at one mile on the...
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Perhaps it’s true. Gulfstream Park may have its own version of the “dog whisperer,” only this man talks to horses. Born in Villa Sola de Vega a town and municipality of Oaxaca Mexico, Roberto Calvo started working with horses at 6-years-old. Early on he developed a deep passion for them with an uncanny ability to...
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The 3rd and 4th races of the 10-race FHBPA/GP Spring/Summer Stakes Series featuring Florida-Breds were recently run. The next races in the Series will be The Not Surprising and The Martha Washington Stakes, both on July 7. These are $100,000 open one mile turf stakes races for 3-year-olds with an additional $25,000 enhanced purse for...
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Four of the first ten races are in the books for the $1.1 million 2018 Spring/Summer Stakes Series presented by the FHBPA and Gulfstream Park. This is the second year for this popular series of races featuring Florida-Breds. All of the races carry a $100,000 purse with six being restricted to Florida-Breds and four being...
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Ron Gaffney   A funeral service will be held Saturday, June 9, for longtime horsemen Ron Gaffney, who passed away last weekend at the age of 77. The service will be held at 8 p.m. at His Place Ministries Church, 7020 Pines Boulevard, Pembroke Pines, FL. Gaffney, who rode and galloped horses early in his...
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The FHBPA and Gulfstream Park have been working together on purse increases for the past year with a particular focus on raising purses during the Non-Championship Meet for those who race here year-round. Purses were raised during the Non-Championship Meet last year which continued from Summer 2017 through the 2017 Gulfstream Park West Meet. Those...
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Boca Raton attorney Stephen W. Screnci was the clear leading vote getter in the 2018 Florida HBPA Board of Directors election which concluded last week. Screnci is an owner who assumed the Presidency of the FHBPA last year and received votes on 70% of the ballots cast. The next highest vote getter was incumbent Trainer...
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Ballots for the 2018 FHBPA Board of Directors election will be mailed out to Florida licensed thoroughbred owners and trainers beginning February 12. Online voting begins February 17. The FHBPA Board consists of 15 Directors and each year 5 of those Directors’ positions are up for election to three-year terms. Ballots will be sent out,...
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The FHBPA held its Nominating Meeting for its 2018 Board of Directors election at Adena Grill at Gulfstream Park last Sunday. Thirteen nominees have been confirmed by the FHBPA Nominating Committee for five available positions. The nominees, who must still sign an affidavit confirming their intent to run, are incumbent owners Adam Lazarus and Stephen...
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