HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Older filly and mare turf specialists will take center stage Friday at Gulfstream Park, where a pair of top-level allowance and optional claiming events for the division highlight the afternoon’s 10-race program. In the sixth race, former stablemates Sweet Rebecca and Child of the Moon will compete for the first time while facing five rivals going 1 1/16 miles for an $88,000 purse. About an hour later, a wide-open field of 11 topped by the Mark Casse-trained duo of Abientot and Karaya will square off at five furlongs on the grass, weather permitting, for an $87,000 pot. Sweet Rebecca has come full circle since launching her career for trainer Brendan Walsh with a one-length maiden special weight victory here nearly two years ago. A full sister to the multiple graded stakes winner Sweet Melania, Sweet Rebecca was purchased privately by Resolute Racing and transferred to trainer Chad Brown after that race. She subsequently won 2 of 5 starts with Brown before rejoining Walsh’s barn once again during the fall of 2025. Child of the Moon began her career in Europe, then spent her 2024 campaign with Brown, winning two of her outings, including Aqueduct’s 1 1/8-mile Athenia Stakes, during the fall of the year. She has started only once since and enters Friday’s main event idle since a sixth-place finish in the Grade 1 Matriarch at Del Mar 14 months ago. :: Play Gulfstream Park with confidence! DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports are available now.  The remainder of the lineup includes stakes winner Spirited Boss, the graded stakes-placed Macanga, Belle of Rights, Design, and Lady Firefoot. Abientot and Karaya are the class of the field in the co-featured eighth race, although both will have obstacles to overcome if they are to get back to the winner’s circle Friday following prolonged absences. Abientot is winless in seven starts since capturing the Grade 3 Matron going six furlongs at Aqueduct during the fall of 2024. She will be shortening up to five furlongs for the first time in her career in her local bow. Karaya was stakes-placed twice over this course last winter but has not started since finishing third in the Ladies’ Turf Sprint Stakes in February 2025. “Abientot’s a really nice filly and has been running against much better, but she drew the one-hole and really wants six furlongs on turf,” said Casse. “Karaya needed some time off after injuring herself behind last year but has been working pretty well and does really like this course.” Those looking to side against the Casse duo will have plenty of legitimate contenders to choose from. That group includes Coco Abarrio, Breezero, and Vindicate Cha Cha, who finished second, third, and fifth, respectively, chasing home tepid favorite Le Amazonia under similar conditions on Jan. 10. Another threat is Greenfield Cougar, whose three-race winning streak was snapped when finishing a troubled fourth against this same kind over the Tapeta course in her 2025 finale. :: Get Gulfstream Park Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  Casse ready for Ladies’ Turf There is obviously no shortage of top-caliber filly and mare turf sprinters in the Casse barn, which will also be represented by Without Cause in Saturday’s $125,000 Ladies’ Turf Sprint. Without Cause comes into her stakes debut with the second-highest last-out Beyer Speed Figure in the field behind likely favorite Moon Spun. Without Cause earned an 89 Beyer for her frustratingly close second-place finish behind the multiple Grade 3-placed Danse Macabre when competing under allowance conditions last July at Woodbine. “Like Abientot, she’s another one that probably wants a little more ground, although she’s fast and this race could set up for her,” Casse offered. “She’s training really well, and I decided to bring her back off the layoff in this race rather than another allowance because I thought it might be a good spot for her to pick up some black type.” Moon Spun, winner of the Abundantia Stakes as the 9-5 favorite on Dec. 27, tops a field of eight older fillies and mares in the five-furlong Ladies’ Turf Sprint. Contenders includes the multiple stakes winner Twirling Queen and recently stakes-placed Cart Girl Sam. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.