HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A pair of Grade 1-tested turf sprinters idle since the fall, Intricate Spirit and Casson, will launch their 3-year-old campaigns against seven rivals Saturday at Gulfstream Park in an intriguing renewal of the $125,000 Texas Glitter Stakes. The Texas Glitter is carded at five furlongs on turf, weather permitting. Grass racing was canceled here Thursday after several days of steady rain, although the forecast is calling for just a minimal chance of precipitation over the local area on Saturday. Intricate Spirit has not started since finishing ninth, beaten six lengths by Cy Fair, in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint on Oct. 31 at Del Mar. The effort came four weeks after the son of Complexity withstood a race-long pace duel to register a 1 3/4-length decision over Longshoreman to capture the Grade 3 Futurity on turf at Aqueduct. The performance was flattered when third-place finisher Attfield returned to win the Central Park Stakes in his next start. “He’s training forwardly, I’m very happy with him coming into the race,” said Miguel Clement, who trains Intricate Spirit for the partnership of West Point Thoroughbreds and Madaket Stables. “He broke a step slow [in the Breeders’ Cup] and going five-eighths in California, that might be insurmountable.” :: Get Gulfstream Park Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  Casson opened his career with a pair of relatively easy front-running victories over the synthetic track at Woodbine, including the Victoria Stakes in his second start. He switched to grass for his final three tries at 2, closing the campaign with a second-place finish to Cy Fair in the Algonquin Stakes on Oct. 5 at Woodbine. Cy Fair used the race as a stepping-stone to her impressive victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint less than four weeks later. Casson is trained by Mark Casse for owners Manfred and Penny Conrad. “I thought his last race was very good, and of course when the filly who beat him came back to win the Breeders’ Cup, it flattered him even more,” Casse said. “He ran a fair amount of times at 2, so I wanted to give him some time. “This is a pretty fast field, and he’ll probably be playing catch-up. I’m hoping eventually he’ll go a little farther, and this is a good place to get him started.” Casse also entered I C Light in the Texas Glitter. I C Light was a gate-to-wire winner of back-to-back starts going five furlongs on turf here earlier in the meet. I C Light finished seventh after setting the pace for nearly the first seven furlongs when stretching to a mile for the first time in the Colonel Liam Stakes on Feb. 28. “I thought it was best to find out sooner rather than later whether he was just one-dimensional speed or not,” Casse said. “He didn’t run badly, although it appears he’s going to be more of a sprinter type.” The pace promises to be lively in the Texas Glitter, which also lured speedsters Arbiter, Shipmate, Throckmorton, and Monster, each of whom have been on or with the lead in nearly all their previous starts. Expressway, whose late-running style should serve him quite well in this spot, completes the lineup. Trainer Wesley Ward entered and scratched the undefeated Arbiter after his horse drew the rail for last Saturday’s Hutcheson Stakes at six furlongs on the main track. Arbiter led throughout to capture his only two previous starts, showing his versatility by posting victories on the turf at Churchill Downs and the synthetic strip at Turfway Park. :: Play Gulfstream Park with confidence! DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports are available now.  Shipmate and Expressway will renew acquaintances after finishing first and second, respectively, over the Tapeta track under first-level allowance and optional-claiming conditions here last month. Shipmate earned a career-best 85 Beyer Speed Figure, which is the highest of any member of the Texas Glitter lineup, for his front-running victory, although he does not figure to see the lead as readily in the rematch. Expressway may prove the major beneficiary of the projected pace of this race, having shown the ability to rally from off the pace in all three of his previous sprint starts, including both his maiden win and subsequent fourth-place finish behind Intricate Spirit in the Futurity at Aqueduct. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.