For a while, the Gulfstream Park Handicap clearly wasn't working, and that's why it is now being tried at a mile. But I had forgotten that as late as 1996, Gulfstream was still thinking of the prestigious Donn as a prep for the Gulfstream Park Handicap. The Donn had a purse of $300,000, and the Gulfstream Park Handicap, $500,000. In fact, that purse for the Gulfstream Park Handicap was the same as for the Florida Derby.
The GP H. didn't have Cigar in 1996, as he would start weeks later in the inaugural Dubai World Cup. But it did have Wekiva Springs, Star Standard, L'Carriere, and Mecke, so wasn't fully in descent. Those horses ran 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th, and were the four favorites.
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