Gulfstream Park

Gulfstream Park: Palace Malice among eight for Gulfstream Handicap

Mike Welsch|Mar 05, 2014

Barbara D. Livingston Palace Malice, training at Palm Meadows in mid-February, could run at Fair Grounds or Oaklawn in the spring.

A field of eight older runners, led by 2013 Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice and Preakness runner-up Itsmyluckyday, was drawn Wednesday for Saturday’s Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Handicap. Both horses will be making their 4-year-old debuts in the one-mile fixture.

Palace Malice will be ridden by Velazquez, while Paco Lopez, who won the Gulfstream Park Derby aboard Itsmyluckyday last winter, has the mount back Saturday.

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The remainder of the lineup is Uncaptured (Luis Contreras), Falling Sky (Elvis Trujillo), Golden Ticket (Manny Cruz), Brujo de Olleros (Corey Lanerie), Sr. Quisqueyano (Carlos Oliver), and Narvaez (Abdiel Jaen).

[Clocker Reports: Get Mike Welsch’s clocker reports from Gulfstream Park and Palm Meadows]

Golden Ticket, the runner-up in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, also launches his 2014 campaign in the Gulfstream Park Handicap. Golden Ticket has not started since finishing eighth in the Grade 1 Clark Handicap in November.

“I don’t know if I can say he’s 110 percent fit, but I can say he’s not far off,” trainer Ken McPeek said.

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