HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Trainer Mark Casse has wanted to get Golden Glider on the grass for a long time and he felt Monday’s $100,000 Tropical Park Derby at Gulfstream Park was the perfect opportunity. Unfortunately, Golden Glider’s turf debut will have to wait for another day. But Casse won’t complain, not after Golden Glider weaved his way through a full field, then won a nose bob from pacesetting Steady On to upset the Tropical Park Derby, a race moved to the Tapeta course due to early morning showers. Golden Glider, who had been gelded since his previous start in the Curlin at Saratoga on July 29, broke a step slow, then settled in near the rear of the 12-horse field. With jockey Jose Morelos aboard for the first time, Golden Glider began to advance on the second time, fanned well wide continuing his rally turning for home and then finished resolutely to stick his nose in front in the final stride. Steady On, runner-up in Aqueduct’s Gio Ponti in his previous start, controlled the pace under careful rating, edged clear briefly near midstretch, then dug in gamely in the face of late challenges from the winner and rail-skimming Dakota Gold but just failed to last. Dakota Gold loomed up boldly inside Steady On in late stretch but hung a bit at the end, finishing on even terms for third with Fort Washington, who broke slowest but finished fastest of all. :: Get Gulfstream Park Clocker Reports from Mike Welsch and the Clocker Team. Available every race day.  Golden Glider was on the Derby trail last winter after fourth-place finishes in the Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby and Grade 1 Blue Grass. He had won his maiden in his 2-year-old finale when rallying from last to first over the synthetic strip at Woodbine. In the Tropical Park Derby, Golden Glider negotiated a mile and one-sixteenth in 1:40.44 seconds and paid $22.80. “That was a close one,” Casse said by phone from Ocala immediately after the race. “My wife never misses when calling a photo and she originally said he won. Then we watched the replay and she said ‘maybe not’ and I told her ‘don’t do that to me.’ ” Casse was quick to praise Morelos for his winning ride. “He got away a little slow, which he’s done before, but the boy rode him great,” said Casse. “He got through in a couple of spots. I was worried because he hadn’t run in so long. I thought he might get a little short.” Tropical Park Oaks Candy Light used similar tactics as Golden Glider, rallying from near the rear of the field for a one-length triumph over Surprisingly in the $100,000 Tropical Park Oaks. Personal Best finished third as the 8-5 favorite in a field that scratched down from 10 3-year-old fillies to eight starters after the race was switched from to the Tapeta course. :: Get ready for Gulfstream Park racing with DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports.  Candy Light, runner-up in the grassy Winter Memories in her last start at Aqueduct, finished best of all down the center of the course under Jose Ortiz to register her third win from eight starts during a 3-year-old campaign in which she banked nearly $245,000 for her owner, Fortune Racing LLC, and trainer Graham Motion. Surprisingly chased the winner home, proving no match at the end while holding a three-quarter-length advantage over Personal Best, who had taken the lead in early stretch before succumbing grudgingly through the final furlong.  Candy Light, a daughter of Candy Ride, paid $8.80 after completing a mile and one-sixteenth in 1:40.59.   “Last year, I thought some of my horses didn’t handle it like I thought they would,” winning trainer Graham Motion said of the synthetic surface. “Obviously, we train on it at Fair Hill. But it’s a different type, so there’s always a question. “I think she’s a superior turf horse. She’s strung together three pretty good races now, so we’re going to give her a break on the farm.” :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.