Private purchase moved this winter from Penn National-based trainer Bruce Kravets and will make first start for new connections. Stellar 15-for-21 record lifetime in the exacta while facing regional stakes horses in the Mid-Atlantic.
Chilean-bred has transferred his star South American form to the US, winning Keeneland's Fayette and Gulfstream's Harlan's Holiday in back-to-back starts. Last year's Charles Town Classic runner-up had an 11th-place effort in the '23 PWC.
2021 Kentucky Derby alumnus made only 1 start in 2023 after missing nearly 15 months of action. Best known for his 2022 Grade 2 Suburban victory at Belmont Park.
Top-class sprinter / miler extends his trip a furlong farther than his Cigar Mile victory and a quarter-mile farther than his win in the Phoenix. He aims for back-to-back victories for the first time in his career.
13-1 upset winner of the Clark Handicap at Churchill, a victory that put him in millionaire status for career earnings. This will be his first start at Gulfstream and his first in a Grade 1 since a 5th-place effort in the 2022 Blue Grass at Keeneland.
New Mexico-based colt has been a road warrior in recent years, notably winning Del Mar's San Diego in 2023 and finishing second in the Cigar Mile. He was a respectable 7th in the Breeders' Cup Classic after finishing 8th in '22 BC Dirt Mile.
The 2023 Preakness winner concluded his 3YO campaign with a nose runner-up in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile vs. defending champion Cody's Wish. His freshman season saw him run third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile of 2022.
All 5 races came in a start-and-stop 3YO season in 2023, winning April's Lexington at Keeneland before going to the sidelines with injury. Fall return included a nose runner-up in the Clark at Churchill Downs.
Three-quarters of a length away from 5 straight wins, he missed by a neck when runner-up in Gulfstream's local prep, the Harlan's Holiday, his first career stakes bid. Vastly improved in 2023 after poor career start in 2022.
Last year's Florida Derby and Belmont Stakes alumnus won the Grade 3 Smarty Jones at Parx. Consistent late season saw placings in major stakes like the Pennsylvania Derby, Fayette and Clark.
After starting his career 0-7, he comes into the Pegasus as one of the field's hottest horses, winning 4 of his last 5. Captured Aqueduct's Discovery and Queen's County at the PWC distance in his last 2 for renowned connections.
Last year's PWC 7th-place finisher went on to win the Charles Town Classic and finish third in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile a season ago. The 2022 Belmont Stakes third-place finisher is a Gulfstream stakes winner as well.
(Also-eligible will need at least one scratch in order to compete.) Cigar Mile third-place finisher is a relative newcomer to the stakes scene, but outran expectations that day at 32-1 odds against Pegasus contenders Hoist the Gold and Senor Buscador.