The Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes is a Listed

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Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and older at a distance of six furlongs on the dirt run annually in early mid-February at

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. The event currently offers a purse of $150,000.

History

Inaugurated as the Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship, from 2003–2009 the race was run as the Richter Scale Sprint Handicap in honor of Richter Scale, who won the race in 2000. It reverted to the original name in 2010 for several years before it was renamed in 2020 as the World of Trouble Sprint Stakes. World of Trouble was a Grade I winner in 2019 on both turf and dirt. The race has been run at a variety of distances: * 6 furlongs – 1987, 1990, 2019 to present * furlongs – 2015–2018 * 7 furlongs – 1972–1986, 1988–1989, 1991–2014 There was no race run in 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978–1980, and 1982. For the 2020 the event was known as the World of Trouble Sprint Stakes.

Records

Speed record: * 6 furlongs – 1:08.88 – Miles Ahead (2022) * 7 furlongs – 1:20.65 – Falling Sky (2014) Most wins: * No horse has won this race more than once Most wins by a

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: * 4 – Luis Saez (2014, 2018, 2019, 2020) Most wins by a trainer: * 4 –

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(1998, 2004, 2007, 2010)

Winners

* † In 1990, Pentelicus won but was disqualified for interference and set back to second.

References

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