.-   Gulfstream Park officials are on the verge of finalizing plans to install a Tapeta racetrack in the area that is now the  outer section of the turf course, giving the track the option at some point later this season to begin running races over three different surfaces. No time frame for the project, which would take approximately 60 days to complete, has been set. The track is implementing the plan primarily to offset the loss of field size when races locally must be moved from the turf to the dirt due to inclement weather. Track officials said over 100 races were taken off the turf here last season. The Tapeta surface could also be used in the morning for training as well as to write races for some of the cheaper claiming horses who now compete on the grass.

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