HALLANDALE BEACH Fla. – Anyone who wasn’t actually here to see Tululo’s career debut last spring might want to watch the replay before handicapping Friday’s $54,000 main event at Gulfstream Park. The first-level allowance race is restricted to 3-year-old Florida-bred fillies and will be run at 5 1/2 furlongs over the Tapeta course. Racing against open maiden special weight competition going five furlongs on the grass on May 22, Tululo registered one of the more improbable victories seen around these parts in some time. Not even in the picture until midstretch, Tululo rallied from out of the clouds down the center of the track to nail the odds-on favorite Emerald Ember in the final stride under jockey Emisael Jaramillo as a 13-1 outsider. “We weren’t surprise she won, we actually bet a little on her, but we were certainly surprised the way she did it,” said Jose Gallego, who trains the homebred daughter of Girvin for owner Dennis Amaty. “I thought she was a little green and the rider wasn’t riding her very aggressively down the backstretch. He tapped her once on the shoulder on the turn to see what he had, she responded, he tapped her again, and she really took off. “In fact, watching the replay, I think he was as surprised as anybody that she won.” :: Get Gulfstream Park Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  Although no Beyer Speed Figure was assigned to the race, Gallegos is convinced her performance was a good one by virtue of who she defeated that day. “I know they loved the horse who finished second. You can see that by the money she took,” said Gallego, referring to Emerald Ember, who was backed to 4-5 in her first start. “I think her connections were also surprised that she got beat.” Gallegos said he was forced to give Tululo some time off due to a minor injury coming out of her debut, but is excited about the prospect of ringing her back locally off a strong series of works that include a pair of bullet half-miles at Tampa Bay Downs earlier this month. Irad Ortiz Jr. has been named to ride. “She’s pretty fit, and while I wish this race was on grass, I don’t think she’ll mind the Tapeta. I feel like she’ll run on anything,” Gallegos noted. “My main concern is breaking from the one-hole, but hopefully Irad will be able to get her out away from the rail at some point.” Tululo will face six rivals with Muffin Music, Golden Beach, and Drama all expected to attract considerable support. Trained by Wesley Ward, Muffin Music has been freshened since rallying to a 2 1/2-length maiden win when racing on dirt for the first time at Keeneland on Oct. 25. Her performance was flattered after two of her victims returned to win their next starts at Turfway Park. Like Tululo, Muffin’s Music will also be trying the Tapeta surface for the first time while coming in off a bullet work of her own, five furlongs in 1:00.60 seconds at Payson Park on Jan. 16. Golden Beach owns far and away the highest last-out Beyer Figure in the lineup, a 75 earned for a fourth-place finish against open allowance and optional-claiming company on turf four weeks earlier. It was a strong effort considering she was knocked around at the break and forced to rally very wide coming off the final turn. Drama is the only two-time winner in the field, having closed out her juvenile campaign with a gate-to-wire, nine-length victory while racing against males under starter-allowance conditions over the main track on Nov. 16. She looms the one to catch and is yet another member of the field testing the synthetic surface for the first time. Alvarado has big Pegasus Day Among the most notable achievements on Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup program was the performance by jockey Junior Alvarado, who won four races on the undercard, including three graded stakes. Alvarado won the Fred Hooper with Knightsbridge, the Inside Information aboard Grand Job, and the Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf on the 15-1 Destino d’Oro. Three of his victories came for his main man, trainer Bill Mott, who sent out Knightsbridge, Grand Job, and maiden winner Swing Vote. :: Play Gulfstream Park with confidence! DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports are available now.  “Junior has done a great job for us the last few years,” Mott said. “He’s always been a little underrated, but that being said, he’s really developed as a rider and over time has really morphed into a top-class jockey. There are a lot of great riders here and in New York. There were times we didn’t have them, and Junior stepped in and proved time and again he’s able to succeed in that kind of spot.” Alvarado, who is the regular rider for Horse of the Year Sovereignty among a number of other stars in Mott’s potent arsenal, enters Thursday’s program tied for fourth in the standings at the Championship meet with 24 victories. He is coming off his best year from an earnings standpoint, with his mounts banking over $18 million in 2025. He achieved a career milestone when named the Male Venezuelan Athlete of the Year for 2025, the first time a jockey has earned that prestigious honor in his native country. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.