Virginia-bred Valid will try to become a millionaire this Saturday when the 6 year old Medaglia d’Oro gelding squares off against six other foes in the Grade 2, $500,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap.
Ned Evans-bred Valid (Medaglia d’Oro) winning the Grade III Fred Hooper Stakes on February 7, 2015 at Gulfstream. Photo courtesy Adam Coglianese.
Valid enters the big race with $960,577 in earnings and is fresh off a pair of 2016 runner up finishes in the Grade I Donn Handicap and the Grade 3 Hal’s Hope Stakes, both of which were contested at Gulfstream.
Valid with Nik Juarez riding won the $150,000 Grade III Philip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey on Sunday August 30, 2015. Photo By Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO
The Edward Evans bred Valid, who was third in this stakes last year, is second early favorite at 5-2. Todd Pletcher’s Itsaknockout is morning line favorite at 2-1 and his Stanford is the early third pick at 7/2. Post time for the race is 4:58 PM and it is the 10th on Gulfstream’s card. Bet the action with any of our three on line wagering partners — TVG, XPressBet and Twin Spires.