The 2026-27 Championship Meet at Gulfstream Park will offer a winter schedule of 66 Stakes – 27 Graded.
The meet is highlighted by the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational and Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) on January 30th as well as the 76th running of the Florida Derby (G1) on March 27th.
The Championship Meet will begin Thanksgiving Day, November. 26th, and run through March 28th.
Prep races for Pegasus Day will take place December 26th with the $200,000 Fort Lauderdale (G3), $150,000 Harlan’s Holiday (G3) and $150,000 Suwannee River. The $150,000 Mucho Macho Man for 2-year-olds and the $150,000 Ginger Bew for 2-year-old fillies also will be featured.
The million-dollar Florida Derby, which has produced four of the last 11 Kentucky Derby winners and a total of 26 overall winners, will be part of the 3-year-old series at Gulfstream that includes the January 23rd Holy Bull (G3) and the February 27th Fountain of Youth (G2).
Holy Bull Day will offer five Stakes, two Graded, with purses totaling $850,000. Fountain of Youth Day will offer nine Stakes, eight Graded, with total purses of $1.8 million, and the Florida Derby will be one of 10 Stakes, five Graded, with total purses of $2.45 million.
Gulfstream will also offer 3-year-old fillies a road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) with the Forward Gal (G3) on January 23rd, Davona Dale (G2) on February 27th, and Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) on March 27th.
Among turf Stakes, other turf races on Pegasus Day include the W.L. McKnight (G3), Christophe Clement (G3), and Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint.
There will be six turf Stakes – five Graded – on Fountain of Youth Day. They are the Mac Diarmida (G2), Canadian Turf (G3), Honey Fox (G3), The Very One (G3), Herecomesthebride (G3) and Colonel Liam.
Florida Derby Day will also feature six turf Stakes. They are the Pan American (G3), Orchid (G3), Appleton, Sand Springs, Sanibel Island and Cutler Bay.
Opening day of the Championship Meet will also feature two turf Stakes for juveniles – the $100,000 Wait a While for fillies and the $100,000 Pulpit. Both will be run at 7 1/2 furlongs.
So, after the Turkey’s done basting on Thanksgiving get ready to begin building that Christmas bankroll with a big day at Gulfstream Park.
