HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Sometimes it’s hard to say which coast of Florida you might find John Vinson on. Vinson has been a mainstay on Florida’s Atlantic Coast since moving from his native New England nearly 10 years ago – except for the winter months, when he moves his stable over to Tampa Bay Downs when the heavy-hitting trainers migrate south from New York and other colder climates. On Friday, Vinson will make the four-hour-plus drive across Alligator Alley to run Adios Baby in the $54,000 feature at Gulfstream Park. Vinson will be in very familiar territory, having operated off-and-on out of Gulfstream and the Palm Meadows training center since he resumed training in 2013 following an 18-year gap. His first winner came at the old Rockingham Park in New Hampshire in June 1992. :: Get ready for Gulfstream Park racing with DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports.  “I usually van the horses over myself,” said Vinson, 64, “but for this race, I’ve got a van coming from Ocala to pick up Adios Baby at midnight to take her to Gulfstream. I’ll leave sometime in the morning and be there to saddle her.” Vinson is hoping all the time and effort will be well spent. Adios Baby, with Luis Saez riding from post 4, figures squarely in the mix in the first-level allowance, carded as the seventh of nine Friday races. A field of eight Florida fillies and mares will go 6 1/2 furlongs on a main track that once again should be fast, given a continuing local weather pattern of warm and dry conditions. “She’s been right there for this same Florida-bred condition a few times now,” Vinson said in referring to how Adios Baby has been second twice and third once in her three attempts at this same level since winning a maiden-optional race here in October. “She had some traffic problems in the last one [Jan. 19], which didn’t help, but she does always give her best. Hopefully, Friday will be our day.” Vinson, whose stable star 9-year-old Red Crescent remains active with a career bankroll of $469,410, said he has fully recovered from the triple-bypass surgery he underwent after suffering a heart attack in July 2021. “My dad died the following July, so it was a pretty rough patch,” he said. Adios Baby will have some familiar opposition. To a T (post 8, Jose Ortiz) finished three-quarters of a length ahead of Adios Baby in the common Jan. 19 race, and they could vie for favoritism in what shapes up as another close matchup. Another top consideration is Gitana (post 6, Junior Alvarado), claimed by Armando De La Cerda from a fourth-place finish out of the same race. First post Friday is 12:10 p.m. Eastern, with the nominal feature going at 3:07 as part of a 20-cent Rainbow 6 sequence that spans races 4 through 9. The five-day race week began Wednesday with a Rainbow 6 carryover of $403,863. Midnight Stroll ships in Midnight Stroll, another Tampa shipper, will be in for the weekend highlight at Gulfstream, the Grade 3 Royal Delta on Saturday. “She’ll ship over Friday,” said John Terranova, whose stable is split this time of year between New York and Tampa. “We gave her a little freshening after she was a good third in the Raven Run in October and she’s come back great. We thought this was the right spot to get her started on the year. Midnight Stroll, with Edgard Zayas riding from post 3, is one of seven fillies and mares in the $150,000 Royal Delta at 1 1/16 miles. She figures among a core of favorites led by Kathleen O., whose runner-up finish in the Nov. 25 Comely at Aqueduct has been her only race since she was fifth in the Kentucky Oaks in May. She is trained by Shug McGaughey. From the rail, this is the field for the Royal Delta (race 11 of 12): Don’t Get Khozy, Kathleen O., Midnight Stroll, Jungle Juice, Classy Edition, Soul of an Angel, and Tap Dance Fever. :: Get Gulfstream Park Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  Sibelius waits on the mail Trainer Gerry O’Dwyer is still reveling in another big effort from his stable star Sibelius as he awaits word as to whether the 5-year-old gelding will receive an invitation to the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen on March 25. “We’re like 90 percent certain we’ll be invited, and in fact we’re expecting to hear soon,” O’Dwyer said this week from his Palm Meadows base. “I was so proud of the way the horse fought Saturday.” Sibelius (pronounced suh-BAY-luss) earned a 100 Beyer Speed Figure in winning the six-furlong Pelican Stakes in a stakes-record 1:08.75 on Saturday at Tampa. It was the third time in his last six starts the son of Not This Time has gotten a triple-digit Beyer, with a 106 in a September stakes at Pimlico being the highest. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.