HALLANDALE BEACH - Mrs. Candace O, a 4-year-old Daredevil filly making her third career start, came with a late run down the center of the track to catch fellow longshot Loyalist in mid-stretch and draw off to win Race 5 Sunday at Gulfstream Park, giving Jose Alvarado his first career training victory.

    Sent off at 13-1 under jockey Heriberto Figueroa, Mrs. Candace O ($28.40) covered a mile and 70 yards on the all-weather Tapeta course in 1:43.42 to win the maiden claimer for fillies and mares 3 and up by 1 ¾ lengths.

    “It’s exciting,” Alvarado said. “We needed it. It came at a good time for us, so it’s good.”

    Mrs. Candace O was the eighth starter for Alvarado, 39, a native of the Dominican Republic whose father, Juan, formerly trained for Ocala - based Arindel and won Gr. III stakes with Clapton, Key Biscayne and millionaire Octane.

    “I came here young with my dad back in the Calder days,” Alvarado said. “I’ve always been involved with my dad’s training. I worked for Fred Warren, the late David Brownlee, and I worked for Arindel. We’ve been around.”

    Alvarado’s first starter came April 19, 2025 when In the Blue ran eighth at Tampa Bay Downs. He ran two more horses last year and has five starters this year, the last three with Ms. Candace O at Gulfstream.

    Bred in Florida by Bridlewood Farm, which co-owns the filly with Alvarado, Ms. Candace O ran sixth in her debut sprinting 5 ½ furlongs on the Tapeta May 31 and was last of five in a 6 ½-furlong maiden special weight June 27 over the main track. She broke from the rail Sunday and was unhurried early but closed to within a head at the top of the stretch until soaring past in the lane.

    “I thought she had a good shot,” Alvarado said. “The distance, the stretching out was going to help her a lot. She kind of doesn’t like to be rushed, and I thought the dropdown would hopefully wake her up today.”

    Alvarado is based at the Ocala Horse Farm Complex where he said he currently has two horses and a mare in foal.

    “A friend of mine introduced me to the guys at Bridlewood and they gave me an opportunity to train their horses,” he said. “I’m very grateful."

    HALLANDALE BEACH - A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot yielded multiple $5,084.66 payoffs on the second of eight consecutive Monday programs at Gulfstream Park.

    TCC Stables’ Jayhawk ($2.60), favored at 1-5, captured the Race 9 finale, a one-mile claiming event for older horses on the grass, to complete the winning 2-3-1-13-7-1 combination. There were 88 tickets sold.

    Other winners in the sequence were Always True ($26.80) in Race 4, Sum of Success ($4.80) in Race 5, Ironsides ($10.20) in Race 6, Sweet Agenda ($7.80) in Race 7 and Brother Brad ($7.80) in Race 8.

    A total of $527,621 was bet into the Rainbow 6 Monday on top of an $26,025.31 carryover from Sunday’s program, for a grand total of $553,646.

    The Rainbow 6 produced multiple mandatory payouts of $48,609.94 July 13. There will be a mandatory payout every Monday at Gulfstream through the conclusion of the Royal Palm Meet Aug. 31.

    Monday’s 50-cent Late Pick 5 (Races 7-11) returned $419.55. There were payouts of $1,397.40 in the $1 Players Place Pick 8 (Races 2-9), $137.70 in the $3 Late Pick 3 (Races 7-9), $42 in the $5 Late Double (Races 8-9), and $291.70 in the $1 Summer Sweep Pick 5 featuring Races 6, 8 and 9 from Gulfstream and Races 7-8 from Parx.

    Notes: Jockey Diego Herrera swept Monday’s late daily double with Brother Brad ($7.80) in Race 8 and Jayhawk ($2.60) in Race 9 to move into a tie with Samy Camacho atop the Royal Palm Meet leaderboard at 71 wins apiece … Both Jayhawk and Sum of Success ($4.80) in Race 5 are trained by Bobby Dibona.

    HALLANDALE BEACH - A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot yielded multiple $48,609 payoffs on the first of eight consecutive Monday programs at Gulfstream Park.

    Curly Sue ($7.60), a 3-year-old daughter of Hall of Famer Curlin making her third career start, captured the Race 9 finale, a maiden special weight for fillies and mares 3 and up going a two-turn mile on the turf, to complete the winning 1-1-7-11-1-3 combination. There were 18 winning tickets sold.

    Other winners in the sequence were Bayou Brigid ($6.40) in Race 4, Titan ($30) in Race 5, Road to Midnight ($9.20) in Race 6, Saratoga Flash ($5.80) in Race 7 and He Be Hoppin ($59.40) in Race 8.

    A total of $985,355 was bet into the Rainbow 6 Monday on top of an $86,734 carryover from Sunday’s program, for a grand total of $1,072,090.

    The Rainbow 6 last produced multiple mandatory payouts of $5,172 June 28. There will be a mandatory payout every Monday at Gulfstream through the conclusion of the Royal Palm Meet on Aug. 31.

    Live racing resumes Saturday, when the Rainbow 6 begins anew, spanning Races 6-11. Leading off the sequence is a maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies sprinting six furlongs on the main track that includes Girvy Girl, a $475,000 daughter of Girvin making her debut for meet-leading trainer Saffie Joseph Jr., and the $70,000 Lady’s Island overnight handicap in Race 8, a five-furlong turf dash for fillies and mares 3 and up where trainer Victor Barboza Jr. sends out the talented trio of Great Venezuela, Tiffany Gold and Le Amazonia, winners of 17 combined races.

    The introduction of three player-friendly multi-race wagers also highlighted the first Monday live-racing program of the summer season.

    The $1 Players Place Pick 8 (Races 2-9), the $3 Players Late Pick 3 (Races 7-9), and the $5 Players Late Double (Races 8-9), all low 15-percent takeout bets, were added to Gulfstream Park’s daily wagering menu Monday. The $1 Players Place Pick 8, which requires bettors to build a ticket with the winner or second-place finish in all of the last eight races, returned $5,038.10. The $3 Players Late Pick 3 returned $2,069.10.

    The $3 Players Pick 3 paid $829.20 while the $5 Players Late Double paid $961.00 to close out a day of healthy payoffs.

    Notes: Trainer David Braddy saddled Road to Midnight ($9.20) for an eye-catching 6 ½-length victory in Monday’s Race 6, a five-furlong maiden special weight dash for juveniles on turf. Road to Midnight, who was purchased for $100,000 at the OBS April 2-year-olds in training sale by Champion Equine, is another impressive juvenile winner from the first crop of Florida stallion Roadster, the 2019 Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner …. Diego Herrera, who rode Road to Midnight to his second-out victory, also scored aboard Saratoga Flash ($5.80) in Race 7 to build a three-win lead over idle Samy Camacho at the top of the Royal Palm Meet jockey standings.

    Leonel Reyes, who won five races on July 11, scored on Bayou Brigid ($6.40) in Race 4 and Curly Sue ($7.60) in Race 9 … Seven-pound apprentice Pedro Pena also doubled with Titan ($30) in Race 5 and He Be Hoppin ($59.40) in Race 8 … Facet ($3.40) in Race 3 and Bayou Brigid are both trained by Heather Smullen.