# Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes

The Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes is a Listed American 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 Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. 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
* 6+1⁄2 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 jockey:
* 4 – Luis Saez (2014, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Most wins by a trainer:
* 4 – Todd Pletcher (1998, 2004, 2007, 2010)

## Winners

| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Distance | Time | Grade |
| 2020 | Jackson | 4 | Luis Saez | Jose Pinchin | Tracy Pinchin | 6 fur. | 1:09.55 | III |
| 2019 | Recruiting Ready | 5 | Luis Saez | Stanley Hough | Sagamore Farm | 6 fur. | 1:09.53 | III |
| 2018 | Classic Rock | 4 | Luis Saez | Katherine Ritvo | Reeves Thoroughbred Racing | 6 1/2 fur. | 1:18.32 | III |
| 2017 | Unified | 4 | José Ortiz | James Jerkens | Centennial Farms | 6 1/2 fur. | 1:15.30 | III |
| 2016 | X Y Jet | 4 | Emisael Jaramillo | Jorge Navarro | Rockingham Ranch/Gelfenstein Farm | 6 1/2 fur. | 1:15.95 | III |
| 2015 | C Zee | 4 | Edgard J. Zayas | Stanley I. Gold | Jacks or Better Farm | 6 1/2 fur. | 1:17.84 | III |
| 2014 | Falling Sky | 4 | Luis Saez | George Weaver | Newtown Anner Stud/Bulger | 7-fur. | 1:20.65 | III |
| 2013 | Fort Loudon | 4 | Jose Lezcano | Nicholas Zito | Jacks or Better Farm | 7-fur. | 1:21.84 | III |
| 2012 | Force Freeze | 7 | Paco Lopez | Peter Walder | Saeed Naser Al Romaithi | 7-fur. | 1:20.71 | II |
| 2011 | Tackleberry | 4 | Javier Santiago | Luis Olivares | Luis Olivares | 7-fur. | 1:22.84 | II |
| 2010 | Munnings | 4 | Javier Castellano | Todd Pletcher | Magnier/Tabor/Smith | 7-fur. | 1:22.49 | II |
| 2009 | How's Your Halo | 6 | Juan Levya | Brian Prichard | Brian Prichard | 7-fur. | 1:23.16 | II |
| 2008 | Commentator | 7 | John Velazquez | Nick Zito | Tracy Farmer | 7-fur. | 1:23.23 | II |
| 2007 | Half Ours | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Aaron & Marie Jones | 7-fur. | 1:22.21 | II |
| 2006 | Mister Fotis | 5 | Rafael Bejarano | Martin D. Wolfson | Alago, Inc. | 7-fur. | 1:21.73 | II |
| 2005 | Sir Shackleton | 4 | Javier Castellano | Nick Zito | Tracy Farmer | 7-fur. | 1:21.64 | II |
| 2004 | Lion Tamer | 4 | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher | Michael Tabor | 7-fur. | 1:21.52 | II |
| 2003 | Tour of the Cat | 5 | Abad Cabassa Jr. | Myra Mora | Double G Stable | 7-fur. | 1:21.15 | II |
| 2002 | Dream Run | 3 | Pat Day | Paul J. McGee | John P. Murphy Jr. | 7-fur. | 1:22.30 | II |
| 2001 | Hook and Ladder | 4 | Richard Migliore | John C. Kimmel | Chester & Mary Broman | 7-fur. | 1:21.85 | II |
| 2000 | Richter Scale | 6 | Richard Migliore | Mary Jo Lohmeier | Richard & Nancy Kaster | 7-fur. | 1:23.30 | II |
| 1999 | Frisk Me Now | 5 | Eddie L. King Jr. | Robert J. Durso | Carol R. Dender | 7-fur. | 1:22.86 | II |
| 1998 | Rare Rock | 5 | Pat Day | Todd Pletcher | Betty Massey/Jacob Pletcher | 7-fur. | 1:22.00 | III |
| 1997 | Frisco View | 4 | Jerry Bailey | Frank L. Brothers | Lazy Lane Farm | 7-fur. | 1:23.14 | III |
| 1996 | Patton | 6 | Robbie Davis | Sonny Hine | Marilyn Rothstein & Carolyn Hine | 7-fur. | 1:21.81 | III |
| 1995 | Cherokee Run | 5 | Mike E. Smith | Frank A. Alexander | Jill E. Robinson | 7-fur. | 1:21.70 | |
| 1994 | I Can't Believe | 6 | Eddie Maple | Frank A. Passero Jr. | John Brnjas | 7-fur. | 1:22.55 | |
| 1993 | Binalong | 4 | Jerry Bailey | Carl Nafzger | James B. Tafel | 7-fur. | 1:22.35 | |
| 1992 | Groomstick | 6 | Wigberto Ramos | Luis Olivares | Cobbleview Farms (Gardner F. Landon) | 7-fur. | 1:23.98 | |
| 1991 | Gervazy | 4 | Wigberto Ramos | François Parisel | Buckram Oak Farm | 7-fur. | 1:21.40 | |
| 1990 | Dancing Spree † | 5 | Ángel Cordero Jr. | Shug McGaughey | Ogden Phipps | 7-fur. | 1:10.00 | |
| 1989 | Claim | 4 | Craig Perret | Shug McGaughey | Claiborne Farm | 7-fur. | 1:23.40 | |
| 1988 | Royal Pennant | 5 | José A. Santos | Angel Penna Jr. | Lazy F Ranch | 7-fur. | 1:23.20 | |
| 1987 | Dwight D. | 5 | Robert Lester | Thomas W. Kelley | Clarence B. Benjamin | 6-fur. | 1:10.80 | |
| 1986 | Hot Cop | 4 | Jean-Luc Samyn | Scotty Schulhofer | Dr. D. J. DeLuke | 7-fur. | 1:22.80 | |
| 1985 | Key To The Moon | 4 | Robin Platts | Gil Rowntree | B.K.Y. Stable | 7-fur. | 1:22.60 | |
| 1984 | Number One Special | 4 | Earlie Fires | Warren A. Croll Jr. | Blanche Levy | 7-fur. | 1:21.20 | |
| 1983 | Deputy Minister | 4 | Don MacBeth | Reynaldo H. Nobles | Due Process Stable et al. | 7-fur. | 1:22.80 | |
| 1982 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1981 | King's Fashion | - | Jean-Luc Samyn | Allen Jerkens | Bohemia Stable | 7-fur. | 1:22.60 | |
| 1978 | – 1980 No Races | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1977 | Yamanin | 5 | William Gavidia | | | 7-fur. | 1:22.80 | |
| 1975 | – 1976 No Races | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1974 | Cheriepe | 4 | Jorge Velásquez | | | 7-fur. | 1:22.40 | |
| 1973 | No Race | - | No Race | No Race | No Race | no race | 0:00.00 | |
| 1972 | Close Decision | 5 | | | | 7-fur. | 1:22.80 | |