Optional-claiming co-features on Sunday card

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – After a sustained period of wet weather in South Florida, there’s been nothing but blue skies here recently – and so it goes for the foreseeable future. Turf races will remain on turf, and that’s good news for the Sunday co-features, a pair of $52,000 dashes with virtually identical conditions.

Both are second-level allowances with a $62,500 claiming option, with the only difference being that race 7 is for older males and race 9 for older females. Both are part of the Rainbow 6, which spans races 5-10 on a card that starts at 12:35 p.m. Eastern.

After Sunday, Gulfstream goes dark for two days before a five-day week resumes Wednesday. A pair of Grade 3 turf races for older horses, the $150,000 Marshua’s River and $100,000 Tropical Turf, will highlight the coming week Saturday.

Ensuing Saturdays will showcase the Sunshine Millions (Jan. 18), the Pegasus World Cup (Jan. 25), and the Holy Bull (Feb. 1).