![]() 6 in a Gulfstream allowance for trainer Ian Wilkes.ģ:36 p.m. Four Graces (9-2) won a pair of Grade 3 races in 2020 but is 0-for-4 since, with her most recent result a runner-up finish Jan. Michael Trombetta trains Jakarta (4-1), who also enters off a stakes win in Pennsylvania, with hers coming Dec. 22 for her previous trainer, Michael Salvaggio Jr. Jockey Joel Rosario rides the 4-year-old Not This Time filly, last-out winner of Penn National’s New Start Stakes on Oct. Just One Time (7-2) brings a 4-for-5 record into her graded-stakes debut for trainer Brad Cox. – $200,000 Inside Information Stakes (G2), 4-and-up, seven furlongs, Gulfstream, TVG McKnight for Maker and aims for a first graded score here.ģ:03 p.m. Temple (4-1) was runner-up in the 2021 W.L. 22 at Keeneland in the Sycamore Stakes (G3). Mike Maker trains Glynn County (3-1), a Churchill Downs and Keeneland allowance winner who settled for ninth Oct. Jockey Luis Saez will ride the 5-year-old Will Take Charge gelding. ![]() Allen Jerkens Stakes on Christmas Eve at Gulfstream. McKnight Stakes (G3), 4-and-up, 1 ½ miles (turf), Gulfstream, TVGĪbaan (2-1) makes his graded stakes debut for Pletcher off a win in the H. Sorrel (6-1) finished seventh in the Via Borghese and looks for a first North American win in her fourth start for Clement.Ģ:31 p.m. Christophe Clement trains Beautiful Lover (7-2), who was third last out in the Via Borghese. Todd Pletcher trains the 6-year-old Awesome Again mare, local winner of the Via Borghese Stakes on New Year’s Eve, who will have jockey Tyler Gaffalione up. – $150,000 La Prevoyante Stakes (G3), 4-and-up fillies and mares, 1½ miles (turf), Gulfstream, TVGĪlways Shopping (7-5) returns to Gulfstream to defend her 2021 victory in the La Prevoyante. Related: Saturday plays: Clear single in Pegasus World Cup Pick 4ġ:27 p.m. All times are EST.Ĭlick here for a look at Saturday’s Road to the 2022 Kentucky Derby prep, the $750,000 Southwest Stakes, and other Oaklawn Park’s stakes. Here is a look at other graded stakes races taking place Saturday at Gulfstream and Santa Anita. This week on HorseCenter, hosts Shifman and Brian Zipse make their picks for Gulfstream’s three Pegasus races.Ĭox joins the Ron Flatter Racing Pod to preview Knicks Go’s final race, while Super Screener creator Mike Shutty handicaps the $3 million race and some of the undercard. Jockey Jose Ortiz will assume the mount Saturday aboard Stilleto Boy after jockey Kent Desormeaux was arrested for domestic abuse. Long shot Stilleto Boy has owner Steve Moger and trainer Ed Moger Jr. Mark Casse talked about why he chose this challenging spot for the 6-year-old. The matchup between Knicks Go and Life Is Good has overshadowed the entry of 2019 Belmont Stakes hero Sir Winston. ![]() said his colt is “just one of those kinds you don’t see every day.” Ortiz won the 2020 Pegasus with Mucho Gusto. Pletcher says that, after the Pegasus, Life Is Good may run in the $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1). Is Knicks Go a future Hall of Famer? Cox thinks the son of Paynter has already done enough to earn induction, but a second Pegasus win would surely help his case. ![]() Neither Knicks Go trainer Brad Cox nor Life Is Good trainer Todd Pletcher say their runners will back down from a speed showdown. Looking for a horse to bet beyond Knicks Go and Life Is Good? Reinier Macatangay writes why Stilleto Boy offers value underneath on vertical tickets. Matt Shifman offers full-field analysis for the Pegasus, identifying contenders beyond the obvious two. HRN staffers and contributors make expert picks for the 2022 Pegasus World Cup Invitational. Visit Horse Racing Nation’s free past performances page for more information on the Pegasus, plus some of the weekend’s other big races. Long shot Empty Tomb is projected to lead the chase behind the two favorites. TimeformUS’ pace projections predict Life Is Good and Ortiz to get the early lead on Knicks Go and Rosario. Todd Pletcher trains the 4-year-old Into Mischief colt, who made his first three starts for trainer Bob Baffert before being moved east. He is otherwise unbeaten, including a gate-to-wire romp in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes (G1) last August at Saratoga. Life Is Good sports a 5-for-6 career record, his lone defeat a runner-up finish in the H. Jockey Joel Rosario gets the call once again. Now 6, Knicks Go is off to stud after racing Saturday for the sixth Grade 1 win of his career. The son of Paynter went on to Grade 1 victories in the Whitney Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup Classic, among other events. Both runners boast excellent speed out of the gate and seem primed for a pace showdown.īrad Cox trains Knicks Go, whose 2021 season included a geared-down victory in this event. The 2022 Pegasus features a showdown between Knicks Go, the soon-to-be 2021 Horse of the Year, and dominant Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Life Is Good (7-5). Click here for Gulfstream Park entries and results.
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