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This Saturday at Gulfstream Park, there are seven major graded events. The featured races include the $500,000 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf Invitational, the $1 Million World Cup Turf Invitational and the $3 Million World Cup Invitational.
The Grade 3 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf Invitational covers 1 1/16 miles on turf. There are 11 entries in the race with Wakanaka, Shantisara, and Artie’s Princess as favorites. Trained by William Mott, Wakanaka is my winning mare after taking first place in the one-mile Fall Harvest Stakes on Nov. 11 at Keeneland.
The Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational is a Grade 1 race. Covering 1 1/8 miles on turf, there are 14 horses entered in the event. Ivar is the favorite after finished fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile on Nov. 5 at Keeneland. He is trained by Paulo Lobo and ridden by jockey Javier Castellano.
2023 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Predictions
When: Saturday, January 28th 2023
Where: Gulfstream Park
The highlight of the day is the Pegasus World Cup Invitational. Open to Thoroughbreds four and older, 14 entries are in this race. Covering 1 1/8 miles on dirt, Cyberknife is the favorite in my book with a rating of 8.06 by Horse Racing Nation. Proxy should place second and White Abarrio should finish third.
Win: Cyberknife
This four-year colt is trained by Brad Cox and he is ridden by jockey Florent Geroux. Cyberknife is starting from the No. 10 post in this race after placing second in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Keeneland on Nov. 5. He finished first, second or third in seven of the nine races last year.
As a son of Gun Runner, he was bred to go farther than a mile on dirt. Cyberknife could be the best four-year old in this race. He won at Monmouth in the Haskell Stakes last July and placed second in the Travers Stakes on Aug. 27 at Saratoga.
Place: Proxy
Trained by Michael Stidham, this Kentucky-bred five-year old is racing for Godolphin, LLC. Breaking from the No. 4 gate in this race, he has Joel Rosario as his jockey. Proxy has six finishes in the money last year. He ended the 2022 season with a victory in the Grade 1 Clark Stakes over West Will Power and Fulsome.
As a sire of Tapit, Proxy has races 1 1/8 miles on dirt in his last five events at Fair Grounds, Keeneland and Churchill Downs. He has the speed and power to make it a tight race for first place in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational this Saturday.
Show: White Abarrio
Starting at the No. 4 post, White Abarrio has Saffie Joseph Jr. as his trainer and Tyler Gaffalione as his jockey. The four-year colt was bred in Kentucky and he has raced for Clap Embroidery. His 2022 victories include the Grade 1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Parks in April. He ran this race in 1:50.64 over Charge It and Simplification.
White Abarrio is a son of Race Day. His best race on dirt is one mile and he finished third in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct on Dec. 3 of last year.
