HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A familiar face around these parts, multiple stakes winner Sr. Quisqueyano will have a new trainer, Jose Jimenez, when he drops back into allowance company in Thursday’s $40,000 feature at Gulfstream Park. Sr. Quisqueyano has not won since last October, when he captured the Quality Road overnight stakes here for trainer Luis Olivares. Sr. Quisqueyano was turned over to Jimenez by his owner, DDRD Racing Inc., earlier this month. Jimenez, who does not speak English, has been among the leading trainers in Puerto Rico for many years, said his son, Al. According to Equibase, Jose Jimenez leads all trainers in earnings this year at Camarero Race Track near San Juan with $406,119, and he’s eighth in wins there, with 37 from 138 starters. Jimenez has won 900 races, and his horses have earned more than $8.4 million, according to Equibase. “We decided to come to the U.S. because the economy in Puerto Rico is not doing well at the present time, and the horse-racing industry is in a bit of a decline right now,” said Al Jimenez. “We’ve currently got four horses at Calder, including Sr. Quisqueyano, who came to us because the agent for the owner was familiar with my father’s reputation in Puerto Rico. The horse came to us in good health, and he’s responded well to my dad’s system. He’s been running steadily against stakes company and hasn’t won in a while, so we decided to put him in an allowance race to try to get his confidence back.” Edgard Zayas, the leading rider at Gulfstream, will be aboard Sr. Quisqueyano for the first time Thursday. Al Jimenez said his father knows Zayas well and rode him many times when he was an apprentice in Puerto Rico. “Edgard came around the same time as the Ortiz brothers, who are now doing so well in New York, and my father helped all of them after they graduated from the jockeys’ school in Puerto Rico,” said Al Jimenez. The field in Thursday’s one-mile allowance also includes Palatine Hill and Midnight Cello. Palatine Hill finished in front of Sr. Quisqueyano when third in the Skip Trial Stakes here July 19 before returning to register a seven-length win against starter-allowance opposition five weeks later. Midnight Cello finished second behind Grand Tito under allowance conditions going a mile on turf here in his most recent start.