Aventura Stakes
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The Aventura Stakes is a race for Thoroughbred
horses raced at Gulfstream Park
at the start of the year. The Aventura is open to three year olds willing to race one mile on the dirt and carries a purse of $125,000.
It is a prep to the Kentucky Derby
Holy Bull Stakes
, Hutcheson Stakes
, the Fountain of Youth Stakes
and the Florida Derby
.
The Aventura is not listed as running in 2009 at Gulfstream Park.
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
horses raced at Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino is a racetrack and county-approved racino in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in the United States. During its annual meet, which spans December through April, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in America....
at the start of the year. The Aventura is open to three year olds willing to race one mile on the dirt and carries a purse of $125,000.
It is a prep to the Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
Holy Bull Stakes
Holy Bull Stakes
The Holy Bull Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Run in mid April, it is open to three-year-olds over a distance of one mile and three sixteenths...
, Hutcheson Stakes
Hutcheson Stakes
The Hutcheson Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. A Grade II event raced on dirt, it is open to three-year-old horses. Run over a distance of seven and a half furlongs, it currently offers a purse of $150,000.Inaugurated on...
, the Fountain of Youth Stakes
Fountain of Youth Stakes
The Fountain of Youth Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida at the beginning of March. A Grade II event open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt, it offers a purse of $400,000...
and the Florida Derby
Florida Derby
The Florida Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida on the Saturday closest to the end of March or the first of April. Added to the racing schedule in 1952, the Grade 1 race is run at 1⅛ miles on the dirt...
.
The Aventura is not listed as running in 2009 at Gulfstream Park.
Past winners
- 2008 - Not Run?
- 2007 - Street Magician (Rafael Bejarano)
- 2006 - Doctor DecherdDoctor DecherdDoctor Decherd is a thoroughbred horse. A foal of 2003, he was a contender for the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 2006.Doctor Decherd was on the Derby trail in 2006, and , won the ridden by Jockey Shaun Bridgmohan and had dropped down into the 4K claiming ranks in the spring of 2008...
(Shaun BridgmohanShaun BridgmohanShaun X. Bridgmohan is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.At age thirteen, Bridgmohan's family emigrated to the United States, settling in South Florida where he developed an interest in horse racing...
) - 2005 - High Fly
- 2004 - Kaufy Mate
- 2003 - Dynever
- 2002 - Marasca