Thursday, February 16 2012

Animal Kingdom to Make 2012 Debut Saturday at Gulfstream

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Animal Kingdom, the 2011 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, will make his first start of 2012 at Gulfstream Park on Saturday afternoon.

Trainer Graham Motion entered last year’s Eclipse Award champion 3-year-old in a $60,000 turf allowance, carded as the fifth race on an 11-race program. Owned by Team Valor International, Animal Kingdom has been training strongly at Palm Meadows, Gulfstream’s state-of-the-art training center in Boynton Beach, for his 2012 debut.