The Sunshine Millions Sprint is a

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for

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horses held in January at

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in Arcadia, California or at

Gulfstream Park Gulfstream Park, owned by The Stronach Group, is a Thoroughbred race track, casino and outdoor entertainment and shopping destination in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Thoroughbred horse racing occurs year-round, defined by three distinct race meets ...

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. Half the eight races of the Sunshine Millions are run at one track and half at the other. Open to four-year-olds and older willing to race six

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s on the dirt, the Sunshine Millions Sprint is an ungraded stakes event but currently carries a purse of $150,000. This race is also known as the Padua Stables Sprint (in 2006) as part of the eight-race

Sunshine Millions The Sunshine Millions is a series of American thoroughbred horse race, races for thoroughbred race horse, horses held in January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California or at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The brainchild of promi ...

series. In its 17th running in 2017, the series of races called the Sunshine Millions are restricted to horses bred either in

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or in

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and is the brainchild of the Thoroughbred Owners of California, the

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, the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association, Inc., Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park, and Magna Entertainment Corporation.

Past winners

* 2016 - X Y Jet ( Emisael Jaramillo) * 2015 - Weekend Hideaway (

Javier Castellano Javier Castellano (born October 23, 1977, in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Castellano began his riding career in 1996 at Santa Rita and La Rinconada racecourses in Venezuela. In June 1997 ...

) * 2014 - Ribo Bobo ( Paco Lopez) * 2013 - Off the Jak (Fla-bred) * 2012 - Soaring Stocks (Fla-bred) (

John Velazquez John R. Velazquez (born November 24, 1971) is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He began his career in Puerto Rico and moved to New York in 1990. In 2004 and 2005 he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and both ye ...

) * 2011 - Amazombie (Cal-bred) (

Mike E. Smith Michael Earl Smith (born August 10, 1965) is an American jockey who has been one of the leading riders in U.S. Thoroughbred racing since the early 1990s, was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2003, and has won the ...

) * 2010 - This Ones for Phil (Fla-bred) (

) * 2009 - Georgie Boy (Cal-bred) (

Garrett Gomez Garrett Keith Gomez (January 1, 1972 – December 14, 2016) was an American Thoroughbred jockey who won two Eclipse Awards and thirteen Breeders' Cup races during his career. Racing career Early career Gomez learned to ride by watching his fathe ...

) * 2008 -

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(Fla-bred) (

Edgar Prado Edgar S. Prado (Lima, June 12, 1967) is a Peruvian-born American jockey, a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. His big break came in 1997 when he won 536 races, making him the fourth rider in history to win 500 races ...

) (

Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. Richard E. "Rick" Dutrow Jr. (born August 5, 1959, in Hagerstown, Maryland) is an American thoroughbred horse trainer, racehorse trainer. A winner of multiple stakes races including three victories in the Breeders' Cup, Dutrow campaigned Big Brown ...

) * 2007 - Smokey Stover (Fla-bred) (

Aaron Gryder Aaron Tod Gryder (born June 5, 1970, in West Covina, California) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Career At age 16 in 1986, Gryder began his career as a professional jockey in Tijuana, Mexico at Agua Caliente Racetrack. His fi ...

) * 2006 - Bordonaro (Cal-bred) (

Pat Valenzuela Patrick Angel Valenzuela (born October 17, 1962, in Montrose, Colorado) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles, including Ismael Valenzuela, were jockeys. He rode his first ...

) * 2005 - Red Warrior (Cal-bred) (

) * 2004 - Shake You Down (Fla-bred) ( Mike Luzzi) * 2003 - Captain Squire (Fla-bred) ( Alex Solis)

External links

Official site of the Sunshine Millions
Restricted stakes races in the United States Horse races in Florida Triple Crown Prep Races Open sprint category horse races Horse races in the United States Horse races in California