US EditionMassive Racing Weekend Features Dubai, Hong Kong, Pegasus World Cup
- At 21-1 odds, Skippylongstocking rallied in the stretch to win Gulfstream Park's $3 million Pegasus World Cup, returning $45.20, $14.20, and $7.20 to bettors.
- As the 10th running, the meeting at Gulfstream Park, Hallandale Beach, Fla., featured 10 stakes races, seven graded, with $5.675 million in purses and a 5:39 p.m. ET post time for the $3 million Pegasus World Cup.
- Tyler Gaffalione, jockey, recorded his first Pegasus victory after running in all 10 editions, while trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. said the result went to plan and praised Joseph's stable for their late stretch charge.
- Graham Motion's Test Score won the $1 million Turf with Manuel Franco riding, paying $17.20, $7.40 and $5.40, while Destino d'Oro won the $500,000 Filly & Mare Turf and the Destino d'Oro–Crevalle d'Oro exacta paid $281.80 on $1 wagers.
- The Pegasus sits amid a concentrated international racing calendar, with Dubai's Fashion Friday helping to prepare contenders for World Cup night March 28, and the Triple Crown moving to the Group 1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup at 2,000 meters on March 1.
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Horse racing: Skippylongstocking wins Pegasus World Cup in upset
Skippylongstocking and jockey Tyler Gaffalione rallied on the outside for a $45.20 upset in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational on Saturday, denying his Saffie Joseph Jr. barnmate White Abarrio a repeat in the $3 million race for older horses at Gulfstream Park in Florida. Seven-year-old Skippylongstocking regained the form of his win in the Hollywood Gold Cup at Santa Anita last spring. Test Score ($17.20), set up by a strong autumn in Californi…
Post Time: 10th anniversary of Pegasus draws full field
The Pegasus has produced some terrific winners including Hall of Famer Gun Runner (2018), BC Classic winners Knicks Go (2021) and White Abarrio (2025) and BC Dirt Mile winners City of Light (2019) and Life Is Good (2022).
FROM OFF THE PACE: Pegasus draws full field of 12
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – With a purse of $3 million, the richest in American racing outside the Breeders’ Cup, the Kentucky Derby, and the Nashville Derby (at Kentucky Downs), one would think the Pegasus World Cup would have no trouble attracting the best U.S. horses. A check of recent rankings at Daily Racing Form, however, finds that only one of the top 10 older dirt males will be in the starting gate Saturday at Gulfstream Park. One explanati…
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