Online Racebooks to Bet Florida Horse Racing Other well-known tracks are Calder Race Course in Miami, Pampano Park in Pampano and Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar. Today, Hialeah hosts quarterhorse meets in the winter and contains a casino.
Hialeah Park officially reopened in 1932 it originally premiered in 1922 as a dog track and added thoroughbreds three years later, but a hurricane in 1926 severely damaged the facility. Beginning in 2017 Gulfstream will host the Pegasus World Cup, billed as the 'richest horse race in the world' with a projected purse of $12 million. It is the home of two Grade I races: the Florida Derby, one of the main prep meets for the Kentucky Derby, and the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap. Opened initially in 1939 and reopened in 1944, Gulfstream conducts racing from December through April. Two places are prominent in Florida's horse-racing universe: Gulfstream and Hialeah.
