Entrants for Saturday's Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. I) won't have to worry about the now retired Behrens, the winner of the last two renewals of the 1 1/4-mile event, but they will likely have to face his former stablemate, Pleasant Breeze, who was assigned 115 pounds for the race.
Pleasant Breeze last win came in the 1 1/4-mile Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) in August, after which he was vanned off the track. X-rays taken showed nothing broken, but the then 5-year-old was given time off to recuperate.
The son of Pleasant Tap returned to the races at Gulfstream Park in January, finishing third in the Skip Away Handicap (gr. III). When next out, he finished a well-beaten fourth in the Donn Handicap (gr. I).
Eight-year-old Sir Bear, third to Behrens in the 1999 renewal of the race, was assigned highweight of 116 pounds by David Bailey, the track's director of racing.
In all, 17 horses were weighted with Ciro and Gander both assigned 115 pounds. The remaining weight assignments are:
Broken Vow 114
Duckhorn, 114
High Security, 114
Tarquinius, 114
Vision and Verse, 114
With Anticipation, 114
Cat's at Home, 113
Noble Ruler, 112
Salty Note, 112
Kombat Kat, 111
Le Beaucet, 111
Perfect Cat, 111
Traditionally, 111
