Pegasus draw: Fields, posts, odds for all 3 World Cup races
Photo:
Carlos Calo / Eclipse Sportswire
Despite drawing post 11 in the 12-horse field, two-time
graded-stakes winner Locked was declared the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the
Grade 1, $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational on Saturday at Gulfstream
Park.
The draws for next weekend’s feature as well as the Pegasus
World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) and the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf
Invitational (G2) were done Sunday.
Click here for Gulfstream Park entries and results.
A 4-year-old Gun Runner colt owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred
Partners and Walmac Farm, Locked won his last two starts in 2024, including the
Cigar Mile (G2) on Dec. 7 at Aqueduct. Also the winner of the 2023 Breeders’
Futurity (G1), he will be making the seventh start of his career for trainer
Todd Pletcher. John Velázquez will keep the ride.
Three-time Grade 1 winner White Abarrio, who was eighth in
the 2023 Pegasus, drew more favorably in post 4 and was made the 3-1 second
choice with Irad Ortiz Jr. riding for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr.
Grade 1 victor Saudi Crown (9-2) got post 2 and 2024 Kentucky Derby winner
Mystik Dan (8-1) post 9 in the two-turn, 1 1/8-mile race.
Señor Buscador and Imagination, both of whom had been in the
final list of 12 invitations to the main field, will not run in the Pegasus.
Owner Joey Peacock Jr. said in an X post Sunday that “our
team was not happy with the way Señor Buscador came out of his work (Sunday)
morning,” so the 7-year-old has been retired to begin his breeding career.
Imagination is expected to be entered by trainer Bob Baffert
into Saturday’s San Pasqual (G2) at Santa Anita.
The Pegasus World Cup is scheduled to start Saturday at 5:40
p.m. EST.
| Post | Silks | Horse / Sire | Rating | Trainer / Jockey | Last start / Next start | Morn. line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Mixto Good Magic |
7.35 | 10-1 | ||
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| 2 |
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Saudi Crown Always Dreaming |
7.09 | 9-2 | ||
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| 3 |
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Newgrange Violence |
6.76 | 20-1 | ||
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| 4 |
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White Abarrio Race Day |
7.80 | 3-1 | ||
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| 5 |
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Crupi Curlin |
7.17 | 15-1 | ||
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| 6 |
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Stronghold Ghostzapper |
7.51 | 10-1 | ||
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| 7 |
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Steal Sunshine Constitution |
6.62 | 30-1 | ||
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| 8 |
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Vitality Street Boss |
0.00 | 50-1 | ||
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| 9 |
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Mystik Dan Goldencents |
7.80 | 8-1 | ||
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| 10 |
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Skippylongstocking Exaggerator |
7.44 | 10-1 | ||
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| 11 |
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Locked Gun Runner |
7.33 | 5-2 | ||
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| 12 |
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Power Squeeze Union Rags |
7.10 | 30-1 | ||
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Six-year-old
Godolphin homebred Nations Pride, a three-time Grade 1 winner in North America, drew post 7 and was installed as the 2-1 program favorite for the 1 1/8-mile, $1
million Pegasus Turf (G1).
| Post | Silks | Horse / Sire | Rating | Trainer / Jockey | Last start / Next start | Morn. line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Siege of Boston War Front |
6.22 | 20-1 | ||
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| 2 |
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Formidable Man City of Light |
7.61 | 15-1 | ||
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| 3 |
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Mi Hermano Ramon Creative Cause |
6.77 | 8-1 | ||
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| 4 |
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Win For The Money Mohaymen |
6.85 | 12-1 | ||
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| 5 |
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Integration Quality Road |
6.80 | Shug McGaughey Frankie Dettori |
3-1 | |
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| 6 |
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Major Dude Bolt d’Oro |
6.85 | 6-1 | ||
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| 7 |
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Nations Pride Teofilo |
7.76 | 2-1 | ||
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| 8 |
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Spirit of St Louis Medaglia d’Oro |
6.23 |
1st, Mohawk |
20-1 | |
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1st, Mohawk |
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| 9 |
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Balnikhov Adaay |
6.61 | 15-1 | ||
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| 10 |
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Battle of Normandy City of Light |
6.70 | Shug McGaughey Jose Ortiz |
20-1 | |
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| 11 |
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Grand Sonata Medaglia d’Oro |
7.07 | 20-1 | ||
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| 12 |
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Chasing The Crown Skipshot |
6.05 |
1st, CD Alw OC (11/7/2024-R5) |
20-1 | |
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1st, CD Alw OC (11/7/2024-R5) |
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13 ae |
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Fort Washington War Front |
6.49 | 20-1 | ||
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14 ae |
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Paros Cairo Prince |
5.34 |
1st, 2024 Prairie Bayou |
30-1 | |
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1st, 2024 Prairie Bayou |
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Raqiya, who won the Goldikova
(G3) on the Breeders’ Cup undercard at Del Mar in her U.S. debut, was made the 4-1 favorite after drawing the rail for the 1 1/16-mile, $500,000 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf.
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