MIAMI – The annual eight-mile trek across town during the fall begins for a fourth time on Wednesday when racing on the south Florida circuit shifts from Gulfstream Park to Gulfstream Park West for an eight-week meeting that runs through Nov. 26. Post time daily is 1:15 p.m. Eastern. Gulfstream Park West is located on the grounds of the former Calder Race Course, where the old grandstand has been demolished and racing is conducted in front of ground-level tents to accommodate horsemen and the scattering of patrons who attend the races live. There also is a temporary stand housing the stewards and other racing officials. Gulfstream Park leases the facility from its owner, Churchill Downs Inc., in an agreement signed in 2014 to end head-to-head conflicts in racing dates on the local circuit. Despite a lack of amenities on site, business has boomed at Gulfstream Park West, where the average all-sources handle has been more than $3.5 million daily in each of the last two seasons. And there is reason to believe those numbers will increase this fall, with purses raised 30 percent for the upcoming meet over the corresponding dates in 2016. The daily racing fare should have a familiar look to it, at least during the early stages of the session, with the fields made up primarily of horses who competed at Gulfstream Park’s summer session. But, as has always been the case with south Florida racing as summer turns to fall, the entries will gradually begin to have a new look as more and more Northern-based horsemen begin their yearly trek south for the winter. “We’re expecting the quality of racing to be very good during the Gulfstream Park West meet,” said Bill Badgett, general manager of Gulfstream Park and Gulfstream Park West. “Stables from the North and Midwest started shipping in weeks ago to Gulfstream Park and Palm Meadows. And we expect many more in the coming weeks.” Antonio Sano has won the first three Gulfstream Park West training titles. But he figures to have his hands full defending that crown with keen competition expected again from Todd Pletcher, who already has sent the first wave of his potent stable to his winter headquarters at Palm Beach Downs, and Victor Barboza Jr., who has emerged a major force on the local circuit after wrapping up his first U.S. training title this past weekend at Gulfstream. Edgard Zayas has been king of the hill atop the jockey standings during the first three Gulfstream Park West meets, but will have to battle both Tyler Gaffalione and Emisael Jaramillo, who finished first and second during the Gulfstream summer meet, to defend those titles. Wednesday’s opening-day program consists of just eight races, with the main event a $37,000 optional-claiming dash on the turf for statebred fillies and mares. April Rose and Heart Astray are likely to vie for favoritism. Barboza, like Sano a native of Venezuela, broke a three-way tie atop the standings with two weeks left in the Gulfstream summer meet to win the training crown with a furious late rush that included an impressive victory on closing day by Dreaming of Gold in the Bull and Whistle starter stakes. Barboza finished the meet with a five-win cushion over both Sano and Ralph Nicks. “Today is very special for me to win a training title in the United States,” Barboza said in winner’s circle ceremonies on Sunday. Gaffalione, who also captured the Gulfstream spring jockey title, won the summer title by a slim 76-74 margin over Jaramillo, coming out on top despite making numerous trips out of town to ride during the meet. Gaffalione, 23, leads the nation in victories with 235 through Sunday. The highlight of the meet for Gaffalione came on July 4 when he won seven races at Gulfstream, tying a track mark set by Hall of Famer Jerry Bailey in 1995. Alan Cohen’s Ocala-based Arindel ended the summer meet as leading owner with 13 wins, two more than Frank Calabrese and three better than Midwest Thoroughbreds. Arindel, which also led all owners with nearly $700,000 in purse earnings, won the $75,000 Our Dear Peggy with Blonde Bomber on Saturday. Stanley Gold is the principal trainer for Arindel’s south Florida-based stable.