Meet the Contenders: Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup Day at Gulfstream Park

The stars will be out Saturday afternoon at Gulfstream Park when the 10th edition of the Pegasus World Cup anchors a 13-race program featuring 8 major stakes. From turf sprinters and routers to high-class distaffers and the cast for the $3 million headline attraction, there’s something for everyone.

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Let’s meet the contenders for the Pegasus World Cup Day:

Race 5: Grade 3 $175,000 Christophe Clement Stakes

#5-FIONN: Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational winner scored 4 stakes during a nearly $2 million campaign in 2025 for trainer Brad Cox. It’s the first of 2 key pairings on the program between Cox and jockey Flavien Prat, culminating with the Pegasus World Cup favorite Disco Time.


Race 7: $175,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint Stakes

#2-KHAADEM: Royal Ascot Group 1 winner and Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint third-place finisher returns to the US after contesting the prestigious Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint. British trainer Charlie Hills looks for a second American score with this 10-year-old who captured Keeneland’s Grade 2 Woodford Stakes in October.


Race 8: Grade 3 $175,000 Fred W. Hooper Stakes

#1-LIFE AND TIMES: Potential rising star owns a pair of romping victories with big speed figures to open his career. This Todd Pletcher-trained 5-year-old was late to the party, but the son of Triple Crown winner Justify makes his stakes debut.

#6-KNIGHTSBRIDGE: Trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado are back in the Gulfstream spotlight a season after Sovereignty launched an expected Horse of the Year campaign locally. This Nyquist colt won Gulfstream’s Mr. Prospector on Dec. 23 to improve to 5-for-7 lifetime with an average win margin of nearly 7 lengths.


Race 9: Grade 3 $225,000 Willam L. McKnight Stakes

#3-OHANA HONOR: Last out winner of Aqueduct’s Knickerbocker Stakes is Grade 1-placed for trainer Shug McGaughey. He’s part of a stacked hand jockey Flavien Prat will play on Saturday, and that rider has been aboard in each of this 6-year-olds’s most recent wins.


Race 10: Grade 2 $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly & Mare Turf

#7-WHISKEY DECISION: Morning line favorite has won 2 of 3 since coming to trainer Chad Brown, Monmouth’s Eatontown and Aqueduct’s Athenia Stakes. Jockey Flavien Prat has been named to ride all 3 favorites in the Pegasus World Cup series of races Saturday.

#8-PROCTOR STREET: Cardinal Handicap winner at Churchill has scored 3 of her last 4 starts and is 5-for-8 overall. Brendan Walsh-trained daughter of Street Sense makes her graded-stakes debut.

#11-IN OUR TIME: Nearly wired this race last year for trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. and will be expected on the front end looking to snap a length run over second and third-place stakes results.


Race 11: Grade 2 $225,000 Inside Information Stakes

#8-STERLING SILVER: 7-year-old mare won the Rampart Stakes here Dec. 26 in her first Gulfstream start, notching an 11th career victory and upping her bankroll to more than $1.3 million. Javier Castellano riders here in the rematch between the 1-2-3 Rampart finishers.


Race 12: Grade 1 $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf

#1-TEST SCORE: Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational winner has earned just under $1.5 million for trainer Graham Motion. Well-traveled sort makes his second Gulfstream appearance, third in last year’s Kitten’s Joy, and will take on elder horses for the first time.

#2-PROGRAM TRADING: Morning line favorite for Chad Brown and Flavien Prat, this 6-year-old has made only 10 starts. Half of those have been wins, including the Grade1 Hollywood Derby and Grade 1 Turf Classic at Churchill Downs. He looks to bounce back from a troubled trip in the Breeders’ Cup Mile.

#4-ONE STRIPE: Star South African jockey Gavin Lerena makes a notable appearance on this multiple Group 1-winning export. Dec. 26 allowance winner over the course at Gulfstream Park readies him after dueling and tiring in the Breeders’ Cup Mile. Graham Motion trains.


Race 13: Grade 1 $3 million Pegasus World Cup

#1-DISCO TIME: Undefeated 8-5 morning line favorite looks to run his perfect record to 6-for-6. Brad Cox and Flavien Prat team up with the Lecomte, St. Louis Derby and Dwyer winner who makes his first Grade 1 and longest career attempt.

#3-FULL SERRANO: The 2024 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner exits a fifth-place finish in his title defense at Del Mar. Trainer John Sadler has seen the Argentine export bag more than $900,000 since arriving in the US. Joel Rosario rides.

#7-TAPPAN STREET (pictured): The 2025 Florida Derby winner has made all 4 career starts at Gulfstream Park, winning 3, including a memorable defeat of Sovereignty over this same 1-1/8 miles trip. The $1 million yearling buy by Into Mischief won his local return prep Dec. 19 and will partner with Luis Saez for Brad Cox.

#11-WHITE ABARRIO: Legendary, 8-for-10 Gulfstream Park resume includes wins in the 2022 Holy Bull and Florida Derby as well as the 2025 Pegasus World Cup. He’ll try to become this race’s first 2-time winner. Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. teams with Irad Ortiz Jr., who has ridden 3 Pegasus World Cup winners in the past 6 years. White Abarrio's 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic score has helped him rack up more than $7 million lifetime.

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