No one at the race track had any idea if the mare’s mother was a mudder and there wasn’t a betting slip in sight. Instead, a mix of millennials and Gen Zers, all racing newbies placing bets from their mobiles, packed out Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach just north of Miami in January for the Pegasus World Cup.

But thoroughbred racing was just one of the attractions. Ja Rule and Lil’ Kim performed with DJ Cassidy.

A “Carousel Club” with a merry-go-round bar created Instagramable backdrops. Above the track’s casino, another social media spectacular occurred in the all-pink “Flamingo Room” where performers from the Faena Theater showed off their acrobatics.