HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Spirit of St Louis and Carson’s Run are both multiple Grade 1 winners entered in Saturday’s $175,000 Appleton Stakes at Gulfstream Park, but they’ve both been away a while and the one-mile distance seems shorter than their best distance. Conversely, Quatrocento is 3 for 4 at one mile, and he looks to build upon his terrific seasonal debut when he won the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Stakes handily Jan. 31. Quatrocento was the lone speed that day and while that may not be the case in the Appleton with Prevent in the race, trainer Fausto Guttierez still has confidence in his 5-year-old son of War Front. “I understand it’s a different race, but we got our best distance, the mile, this makes me feel comfortable,” Guttierez said. “I understand Prevent is a horse that has speed, but the good part is he’s inside of us.” Prior to his victory in Tampa, Quatrocento ran in some extremely fast races. In the Grade 3 Fort Lauderdale, he was sixth to Wolfie’s Dynaghost the day he ran the fastest 1 1/8-mile turf race recorded in North America. He also was sixth to Wolfie’s Dynaghost in the Grade 3 River City when that horse missed the course record by .07 of a second. Guttierez is hoping for success in this race as he enters closing weekend having gone 0 for 30 at the meet. :: Play Gulfstream Park with confidence! DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports are available now.  Spirit of St Louis, trained by Chad Brown, won the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf here in January 2025 and two starts later took the Grade 1 Turf Classic at Churchill Downs. Both of those races were at 1 1/8 miles. He ran poorly twice at Saratoga before finishing 12th of 13 in the Mint Millions at Kentucky Downs last September. Spirit of St Louis is a three-time winner at a mile, those wins, however, came against New York-bred company. As a 2-year-old, Carson’s Run won the Grade 1 Summer at Woodbine going a mile. At 3, he won the Grade 1 Saratoga Derby at 1 3/16 miles. Carson’s Run was limited to just two starts last year, owing mostly to lingering foot issues that forced him to the sidelines following a seventh-place finish in the Grade 1 Manhattan in June. Sand Springs Silver Moonlight has been in terrific form since last fall and if she continues that way, she could win her first stakes in Saturday’s $175,000 Sand Springs at 1 1/16 miles. Silver Moonlight, who is 5 for 7 in her career over Gulfstream’s turf, won two allowance races here and one at Tampa before finishing third, beaten just one length by Lush Lips, in the Grade 3 Honey Fox going one mile on Feb. 28. “Silver Moonlight ran well last time. It’s coming back a little quick for her, but if she can duplicate last time, obviously she can be very competitive,” trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said. “She likes this course, she’s just in great form right now.” Joseph also sends out Hang the Moon, who in her first start for him won an allowance by 3 3/4 lengths on Feb. 14. “Hang the Moon won visually well last time, the number was slow, but I think there’s more improvement to come,” Joseph said. Trainer Brendan Walsh won’t send out Honey Fox winner Lush Lips in this spot, but he does have Sweet Rebecca, a mare who is 2 for 2 at Gulfstream including a third-level allowance win here in her first start for him. “I thought she ran a good race, she relaxed pretty good, which was great. She sat off the pace and was there when we needed her,” Walsh said. “She’s done very well since and she obviously likes Gulfstream.” Candy Quest, beaten just a half-length in this race last year, shortens up in distance after getting beat two lengths as the favorite in the Grade 3 The Very One on Feb. 28. Cutler Bay Walsh has been on quite a run with his 3-year-old turf horses recently, having won two stakes with males and two with females since Feb. 28. Walsh, who won the Colonel Liam for males with Vasy here, sends out the pair of Immortalised and Learntodiscover in Saturday’s $150,000 Cutler Bay Stakes going 7 1/2 furlongs. Immortialised, a French-bred son of Romanised, is 2 for 2 at Gulfstream, including a victory at this distance Feb. 12. Fulmine, who finished sixth, came out of that race to win two dirt sprints, including the Hutcheson Stakes. “Immortalised had a very good winter, I expect him to run very well,” Walsh said. “He seems like he’s improved and improved, his works have been good.” Learntodiscover, a gelding by Havana Grey, is making his first start for Walsh and first in this country. He did beat the highly regarded Pueto Rico in a maiden race at The Curragh last June. “He was third in a Group 3, he’s obviously got talent, obviously this is his first run in the States, we’ll see how it goes,” Walsh said. Walsh said Learntodiscover ran with cheek pieces in Europe, but he will put a small set of blinkers on him Saturday. Knoty Knicks, third in the Columbia at Tampa last out, and Sheriff Bart, a maiden winner going 7 1/2 furlongs here Feb. 22, also are contenders in this eight-horse field. Sanibel Island Laigina, fourth in the Grade 3 Florida Oaks at Tampa last out, returns to a course and distance at which she’s already won twice and could offer value in the $175,000 Sanibel Island for 3-year-old fillies at 7 1/2 furlongs on turf. In three turf starts at Gulfstream, Laigina, trained by Patrick Biancone, has two wins and a second. One of those wins came at the Sanibel Island distance. Her lone defeat here was a second to the streaking Sister Troienne in the one-mile Ginger Brew Stakes. In the Florida Oaks, Laigina was fourth, beaten four lengths, but had a wide trip from post 11. Walsh, who won the Herecomesthebride here with Lion Lake and the LaCombe Memorial at Fair Grounds with Indigo Woods, has two European imports for the Sanibel Island. Secret Hideaway, an Irish-bred daughter of Starspangledbanner, went 1 for 5 in Europe but did run in three group races without success in France and Great Britain. Smexy, an Irish-bred daughter of Mehmas, went 1 for 4, finishing sixth in the Group 3 Weld Park Stakes at The Curragh last September. “Secret Hideaway won a listed stakes in York, she’s been doing really well since she came over,” Walsh said. “Smexy won a nice maiden in Leopardstown, and she’s also been doing well.” Tam Tam and Vekoma View are both coming off maiden wins over this course. Mark Casse sends out the trio of Bossy Candy, Souper Landslide, and Connect the Stars in this 10-horse field. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.