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RISING FROM THE ASHES “This used to be the top place for racing, but A FOUNTAIN SHOW — WITH FIRE! — now the money’s being put into something IS SET TO DEBUT AT GULFSTREAM ridiculous.” She swept her hand behind her, browardpalmbeach.com browardpalmbeach.com PARK’S INFAMOUS SCULPTURE. gesturing at the shopping center. “This place BY JERRY IANNELLI used to be all about horseracing. Now it’s he first Thursday of 2016, a shrill about something else. It’s a shame all that TS | TS screech, like a buzz saw cutting into money’s gone into something like that.” N metal, screamed through the Gulf- Scott Kirkpatrick, 46, of Hollywood, TE Tstream Park parking lot every few minutes. was winding his way through the park- N Gulfstream’s patrons seemed to have dif- ing lot when New Times asked him what O C ficulty tracing the source of the noise. They he thought of the sculpture. He too said he squinted until some noticed that the massive, hadn’t even noticed the statue — again, it’s 110-foot-tall sculpture in front of them — 110 feet tall — until it was pointed out to which depicts Pegasus stomping a winged him. “I really didn’t even see it there. It looks | PULP dragon to death — was actually spitting fire. pretty cool! It’s a little Gothic. I like that.” Steven Hneidziejko, 60, in Hallandale But Amanda Perdomo, a former school- EWS EWS while on vacation from Alabama, walked teacher from Pompano Beach sitting on a N up to the fence surrounding Pegasus and bench, said she had no idea who, exactly, would Y | snapped photos of it with his phone. have been motivated to build a statue that large. DA “I think it’s a good landmark for the ca- When told about the owner — and the cost sino, I guess,” he said. A grin then stretched — her eyes widened to the size of grapefruits. across his face. But, he said, “it’s definitely “Thirty million dollars?” she whispered. “Why a little corny. I guess I can tell why they’re Photo by Jerry Iannelli couldn’t they have built something smaller and doing it — so you can see the casino from ordeal.) Surely, this will be one of the most no- Millions” racing series, which has, in recent used the rest of that money to donate to charity the road. But maybe it’s sending the idea table landmarks in Broward County — and the years, become one of the park’s largest events. or something? That should have been put into GE | NIGHT+ A that it’s OK to gamble, because the horse best backdrop for a selfie — for years to come. But a park spokesperson confirmed, however, the community — there are a lot of poor people T S is stepping on the serpent and all.” The statue was the idea of park owner that the fountain’s construction is still ongo- who come here to gamble their money away. The statue, which reportedly cost $30 Frank Stronach (who also owns Baltimore’s ing. Last week, a team of workers was busy They could have paid some real sculptor to cre- million to complete, is part of a massive list Pimlico Downs, where the Preakness Stakes testing the cannon that will spew a 20-foot ate art.