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When is the Pegasus World Cup?

The Pegasus World Cup is on Saturday, January 26, 2019.

Where is the Pegasus World Cup?

The Pegasus World Cup is raced at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

2019 Pegasus World Cup To Become Championship Invitational Series

The Stronach Group, owners of the Pegasus World Cup, announced an exciting new element to what has become, in just two short years, one of the premier events on the Thoroughbred racing calendar. The Pegasus World Cup 2019, to be held on January 26, will be adding a Grade 1 turf stakes to this year's race-day festivities at Gulfstream Park.

The addition of the turf race, which will be run at 1 3/16 miles, aims to attract and showcase twelve of the best older turf horses from around the world turning the $16 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational into a Championship Invitational Series. The total purse for the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational will sit at $7 million with $3 million awarded to the winner. The Pegasus World Cup Invitational, to be contested on the dirt at 1 1/8 miles, will offer a $9 million purse with a $4 million prize waiting for the winner of the twelve-horse field.

"The appetite for a turf race is strong and the decision to include a premier turf race is part of the ongoing evolution of the Pegasus World Cup," said Belinda Stronach, Chairman and President, The Stronach Group. "We are excited to expand this event for both horse owners and fans, adding to what is already an incredible day of entertainment and world-class racing at Gulfstream Park."

Any horse owner who purchases a spot in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational will be given preference to purchase a spot in the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational. The cost to secure an entry spot and enter a horse is $500,000 per race.

"As an international owner I am thrilled that the Pegasus World Cup will include a turf race," said John Magnier, Founder, Coolmore. "Coolmore, like The Stronach Group, believes in growing our sport and there is no better way to do that than to provide a new platform to showcase the world's best Thoroughbreds."

As an added incentive and as part of the commitment to provide new, lucrative opportunities for horse owners, The Stronach Group will offer a $1 million bonus to the owner who wins both the Pegasus World Cup Invitational and the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational.

The Stronach Group will also introduce a new wager, the Pegasus Pick 24. The Pegasus Pick 24 will offer up the chance to bet on the exact finish order for both the Pegasus World Cup Invitational and the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, adding another layer to the race-day excitement. A whopping $5 million bonus awaits the lucky fan who hits on the Pegasus Pick 24.

2024 PEGASUS WORLD CUP RACE DAY SCHEDULE

Pegasus World Cup Card Offers Multi-Race Pool Guarantees

Saturday's 12-race program at Gulfstream Park, highlighted by the $16 million Pegasus World Cup Championship Invitational Series, will offer guaranteed pools for the Late Pick 4, the Late Pick 5 and the Rainbow 6.

The pool for the Late Pick 4 (Races 9-12) will be guaranteed at $1 million, while the Late Pick 5 (Races 8-12) and the 20-cent Rainbow 6 (Races 7-12) will offer guaranteed pools of $750,000. The Rainbow 6 pool will be guaranteed as long as the popular multi-race wager isn't solved before Saturday.

The multi-race sequences for all three wagers will include the $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), North America's richest race; and the $7 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1), North America's richest turf race.

The third running of the Pegasus World Cup field will be headlined by $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner and 2018 Horse of the Year finalist Accelerate. The Pegasus World Cup Turf will feature an international field of grass stars, including Yoshida, a Grade 1 winner on turf and dirt, and Aerolithe, a multiple graded stakes-winning mare in Japan making her first start in the U.S.

Should the Rainbow 6 go unsolved through Saturday's program, there will be a mandatory payout of the entire pool of the popular multi-race wager Sunday.

Saturday's card will offer seven other stakes, including four additional graded stakes: $200,000 W. L. McKnight (G3); $200,000 La Prevoyante (G3); $150,000 Fred Hooper (G3); $150,000 Fasig-Tipton Hurricane Bertie (G3), $150,000 Gulfstream Turf Sprint; $150,000 Ladies Turf Sprint, $125,000 South Beach.

Accelerate 9-5 favorite for Saturday's $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1)

Accelerate, the 9-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday's $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), got acquainted with Gulfstream Park during a morning gallop Wednesday.

John Sadler-trained Accelerate arrived at Gulfstream Park Tuesday evening, along with stablemate Catapult, who will compete in Saturday's $7 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1).

"Accelerate's doing fine. They were delayed. They got in a little bit late last night. They had a good night," Santa Anita-based Sadler said. "He went out and galloped a mile and a quarter, so everything looks good."

Exercise rider Javier Meza was aboard Accelerate in his first visit to the Gulfstream Park racetrack, where the 6-year-old son of Lookin At Lucky will conclude his racing career before embarking on a career as a stallion at Lane's End in Versailles, KY.

"He said he was looking around a bit. That would be expected the first day," Sadler said. "He said he handled the track well, so he's pretty happy."

Accelerate, who enters the Pegasus on a four-race win streak in Grade 1 stakes, is a finalist for the 2018 Horse of the Year title, which will be announced at the Eclipse Awards dinner in Gulfstream Park's Sport of Kings Thursday evening. Although undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify may stand in his way for racing's most prestigious title, Accelerate is a cinch to walk off with the award for outstanding older dirt horse.

Accelerate's neighbor in Barn 16, City of Light, arrived at Gulfstream from Southern California Jan. 16 and continued to please trainer Michael McCarthy Wednesday morning.

"He's settled in nicely. We're sticking to the same type of routine we'd have in California," McCarthy said. "The horse seems to be enjoying himself."

Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren Jr.'s City of Light, who will also be retired to Lane's End Farm following the Pegasus World Cup, was the only horse to beat Accelerate in 2018. The 5-year-old son of Quality Road prevailed by a neck over Accelerate in the Oaklawn Park Handicap (G2) before finishing third behind the Horse of the Year finalist in the Santa Anita Gold Cup (G1). City of Light is a finalist for the older dirt male Eclipse Award, along with Accelerate and Gun Runner, who captured the 2018 Pegasus World Cup before retiring to stud.

Charles Fipke's Seeking the Soul and G M B Racing's Tom's d'Etat arrived from Fair Grounds, along with Accelerate and Catapult, Tuesday evening.

Seeking the Soul, a Grade 1-stakes winner who finished fifth in last year's Pegasus World Cup, reacquainted himself with the Gulfstream oval Wednesday morning.

"Everything's fine. The horse is in great shape. I'm very happy," trainer Dallas Stewart said.

Gunnevera Will Race In 2019 Pegasus World Cup Invitational

December 9, 2018 - Salomon Del Valle's Margoth purchased a spot in the $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1), confirming multiple graded-stakes winner Gunnevera for North America's richest race Jan. 26 at Gulfstream Park.

Gunnevera, who finished third in last year's Pegasus World Cup, most recently ran second in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) Nov. 3.

"I'm paying all the money myself," said Del Valle, a Venezuelan businessman who entered Gunnevera in a partnership in last year's Pegasus. "I'm happy to be in the race."

The Pegasus World Cup will be accompanied by the inaugural running of $7 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) on the Jan. 26 program in the newly created $16 million Pegasus World Cup Championship Invitational Series. Owners can secure a spot in the starting gate for the Pegasus World Cup for a $500,000 fee and will be given preference in purchasing a spot in the Pegasus World Cup Turf for $500,000. A $1 million bonus is being offered if an owner should win both races.

Gunnevera, who has $4.1 million in career earnings, captured the 2017 Fountain of Youth (G2) at Gulfstream. The Antonio Sano-trained 4-year-old son of Dialed In has also won the 2016 Saratoga Special (G2) and the $1 million Delta Jackpot (G3) and has been Grade 1 stakes-placed in the 2017 Travers (G1) and the 2018 Woodward (G1) at Saratoga.

"I have a good chance. He just got beat by a length in the Breeders' Cup," Sano said. "Maybe, there will be more speed in the Pegasus. One more chance. It's in my house."

In addition to Gunnevera, Hronis Racing's Breeders' Cup Classic winner Accelerate, Charles Fipke's Seeking the Soul, and Calumet Farm's Bravazo and True Timber are confirmed for the Pegasus World Cup. Tabor, Magnier and Smith's Coolmore has also purchased a spot for a horse to be determined.

Audible, the 2018 Florida Derby (G1) winner, is also being pointed to the Pegasus World Cup and is scheduled to be entered in next Saturday's $100,000 Harlan's Holiday Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream to prep for the 1 1/8-mile Pegasus. Owned by China Horse Club International, WinStar Farm, Starlight Racing, and Head of Plains Partners, Todd Pletcher-trained Audible finished third in this year's Kentucky Derby (G1).

Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence's Patternrecognition, who defeated True Timber by three-quarters of a length in the Cigar Mile (G1) at Aqueduct last time out, is also under consideration for the Pegasus.

The Stronach Group, currently negotiating with other groups, has only a few open spots remaining.

Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner Something Awesome Possible for Pegasus

Multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Something Awesome and stablemate Unbridled Juan, determined winner of the Richard W. Small Stakes last time out, are both under consideration for the $9 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 26 at Gulfstream Park.

Ex-jockey Jose Corrales trains both Stronach Stable homebreds at his base of Laurel Park in Maryland.

"Something Awesome is training really well. I've got him back the way I expected him to come back. He's gone through a lot of things, but he's ready," Corrales said. "I don't call those shots, but I'd love to run him in the Pegasus and I think he's ready for that competition."

A 7-year-old son of Awesome Again, a multiple Grade 1 winner of more than $4 million for Stronach in 1997-98, Something Awesome won five of his first six starts after moving from Woodbine to join Corrales' string last fall.

During that stretch Something Awesome won the General George (G3) in February and Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Stakes in March at Laurel, and the $1.2 million Charles Town Classic (G2) in April. He bled while finishing last as the favorite in the historic Pimlico Special (G3) May 18 at legendary Pimlico Race Course, returning to run second in an open seven-furlong allowance Nov. 16 at Laurel.

Something Awesome - who won the Harrison Johnson and Charles Town Classic at the Pegasus distance of 1 1/8 miles - has worked three times at Laurel since his latest effort, most recently going a mile in 1:42 Dec. 8, fastest of three horses at the distance. He has nine wins and $1.093 million in purse earnings from 26 career starts.

"I think he doesn't really need another race before [the Pegasus]. If there's a race that comes up somewhere we can go for it, if there's an allowance or a little stake around, but I don't plan to travel too far with him before that," Corrales said.

"It's something that everybody wishes for. If there's any race you want to be in, this is it," he added. "Especially coming from Maryland, like he did to win the Classic, because all the horses from everywhere come in for a race like that. If he can get a chance to run in a race like the Pegasus I think it would be something special."

Unbridled Juan is a 6-year-old son of 1995 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Unbridled's Song, who also captured the 1996 Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream. Placed in four stakes, including the 2017 Eclipse (G2) at Woodbine and an off-the-turf Dixie (G3) May 19 at Pimlico in May, Unbridled Juan earned his first stakes win in the 1 1/16-mile Grover `Buddy' Delp Memorial Oct. 17 at Delaware Park.

He followed up taking the 1 1/8-mile Richard Small Nov. 10, besting a field of nine that included graded-stakes winners Dalmore and Doctor Mounty; stakes winners Fellowship, third in the 2016 Florida Derby, Small Bear and Zanotti; and Papa Zulu, fourth in the 2017 Poseidon Handicap, companion race to the inaugural Pegasus.

Corrales is pointing Unbridled Juan to the 1 1/8-mile Queens County for 3-year-olds and up Dec. 22 at Aqueduct as a prep for the Pegasus. He has finished in the top three in 23 of 26 lifetime starts with seven wins and $505,323 in purse earnings.

"I think Unbridled Juan will be a tough horse in the [Pegasus]. I'm thinking about it. I think that horse, the more distance he gets the better he is," he said. "He's doing really good. We're going to run him in the race on the 22nd in New York and see what happens after that."