2019 Dubai World Cup Past Performances
- 2019 Dubai World Cup Past Performances
- Dubai World Cup Past Performances
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The fifth annual Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Saturday at Gulfstream Park is the first marquee race of the 2021 calendar, bringing together 12 veteran horses to compete for a total purse of $3 million. Formerly known as the Donn Handicap, the Grade 1, 1 1/8-mile Pegasus World Cup Invitational was rebranded in 2017 and has since been won by a quartet of highly accomplished runners: Arrogate (2017), Gun Runner (2018), City of Light (2019), and Mucho Gusto (2020).
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Pegasus World Cup Past Performances
The GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational, run on the dirt at 1 1/8 miles, offers a $3-million total purse. The GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational, run on the turf at 1 3/16 miles, offers a $1-million purse. 1/ST entirely provides the $4-million total purse contribution.
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This year’s event will provide opportunities in North American Thoroughbred racing for horse owners by showcasing their equine athletes competing free of medications on race day while providing the winner of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational with an automatic entry into the 2021 $20-million Saudi Cup.
In 2019, the purse was cut to $7 million and the field lost depth. It was very strong at the top with a pair of Breeders’ Cup winners, Accelerate and City of Light, but the full field had 17 fewer graded-stakes victories than the year before.
Last year, the purse was cut to $3 million and the quality of the field diminished. It already was not quite as strong as years past before the late scratches of Omaha Beach and Spun to Run, which devastated the field. Higher Power and Seeking the Soul were the only Grade 1 winners in the field, and the winner of the race, Mucho Gusto, had not won a race at the Grade 1 or 2 level heading into the Pegasus.
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The 2021 Pegasus has followed a similar pattern to last year. The prospective field initially looked strong with Tiz the Law, Charlatan, Maxfield and Mucho Gusto under consideration. They all have defected, leaving this year’s Pegasus as a solid but unspectacular group.
Pegasus Entries Past Performances
Knicks Go
He will attempt to follow in the footsteps of 2019 Pegasus World Cup winner City of Light, as this son of Paynter comes out of a win in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (Grade 1) in November. He was unbeaten in three starts in 2020, and was also a Grade 1 winner as a juvenile, proving his class was always there. This will be his first start at Gulfstream Park, but the $1.3 million earner should find the racing surface and style ideal.
Tax
A top sophomore of 2019, Tax was off from May until December, when he scored in the local prep race for the Pegasus World Cup, the Harlan’s Holiday. The son of Arch won by over four lengths, defeating several other Pegasus contenders. He has just under $1 million in earnings.
True Timber
True Timber is coming off an upset win in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. He had been knocking on the door, with multiple Grade 1 placings before his big win. He tried the Pegasus World Cup in 2019 – seventh – and 2020 – eighth – but is doing far better now than he ever was before. The son of Mineshaft has already earned $1.2 million, and has been top three in 19 of 29 starts lifetime.
Mucho Gusto
Mucho Gusto is the defending champion of the Pegasus World Cup. The son of Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man has won six of 13 lifetime starts and has earnings of just under $4 million to his name. He was the second choice last year when he won under jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., strolling away 4 1/2 lengths in front. He finished fourth in his comeback race, the Grade 2 San Antonio on December 26.
Jesus’ Team
This horse went from a $32,000 claimer to Grade 1 placed in just seven months. The son of Tapiture broke his maiden on this Gulfstream Park track, which he loves, and went on to run fourth in the TVG.com Haskell (Grade 1) and second in the TVG.com Pegasus at Monmouth Park. He was third in the Preakness Stakes (Grade 1), beaten by top horses Swiss Skydiver and Authentic. He ran second in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) before scoring in the Claiming Crown Jewel over this course on December 5.
Code of Honor
A Grade 2 winner over this track as a three-year-old, Code of Honor went on to be placed second in the Kentucky Derby and won the Jockey Club Gold Cup (Grade 1). He struggled last year with just one Grade 3 victory, but should rebound over this track.
Kiss Today Goodbye
He was the surprise winner of the Grade 2 San Antonio at Santa Anita Park over Pegasus World Cup defending champion Mucho Gusto. That was his second win in a row; he has always been quick but improved coming off the grass last fall.
Mr Freeze
A Grade 2 winner at Keeneland in the fall, Mr Freeze was second in this race last year, and went on to be an impressive Grade 2 winner here. He likes the course and the distance.
Sharp Samurai
A former turf star, this guy has found new life on the dirt. He was third in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (Grade 1) and second in the TVG Pacific Classic (G1). He rarely wins – he hasn’t since 2018 – but has only run worse than third once in well over a year.
Sleepy Eyes Todd
This popular gray runner has been impressive of late, winning two in a row including a big race on the Breeders’ Cup undercard. He took the Grade 2 Charles Town Classic in August over this same distance.
Harper’s First Ride
The Maryland-based runner has won two listed stakes races in a row, and four of his last five starts. His speed figures contend with this group.
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First held back in 2017 when the previous year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and subsequent Dubai World Cup winner Arrogate triumphed in the mile-and-one-eighth, the 2021 renewal of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational takes place at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.
With a role of honour that has since resulted in Gun Runner, City of Light and in 2020 Mucho Gusto registering victories in the race, this year’s has a lot to live up to.
The field is certainly a quality one, with the likes of Knicks Go, Code of Honor and Tax in the field it looks likely to be a cracker with television coverage offered by NBC starting at 4:30pm ET with the big race itself due off at 5:44pm ET.
2019 Dubai World Cup Past Performances
With seven of the runners heading into the contest on the back of victories (including four in Graded company) the 2021 renewal looks set to be the most competitive yet.
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Pegasus World Cup Handicapping: Knicks Go to continue winning run
Unbeaten in three starts since joining the Brad Cox barn at the back end of 2019, our main selection Knicks Go delivered a highly impressive seven-and-a-half length triumph in an allowance optional claimer over a mile-and-one-sixteenth at Oaklawn Park when making his debut for the handler 11 months.
An even more impressive victory followed with a ten-and-a-quarter length gap back to the second in a six runner contest over the same distance at Keeneland. That was a race in which a big speed figure saw him attract plenty of attention in the lead up to the Breeders’ Cup meet the following meet.
The result in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile was never in too much doubt with Joel Rosario’s mount delivering a maiden Grade 1 victory in scoring by three-and-half lengths having made all the running.
Recent works suggest that the son of Paynter has returned as good as ever in 2020, with a 1:00.60 five-furlong breeze a week ago seeing the grey/roan horse complete his prep for the race.
Dubai World Cup Past Performances
With a good draw in gate four, he looks likely to prove very hard to beat with the step up in distance unlikely to pose any issues for a horse who’s regularly looked as if a step up in distance would suit.
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Pegasus World Cup Past Performances: Closer favored for second
One of the more interesting runners in the field is the five-year-old Sleepy Eyes Todd with connections employing different tactics in recent starts. That included when the son of Paddy O’Prado raced from off the pace prior to winning the seven-furlong Lafayette Stakes at Keeneland by one-and-a-half lengths in early November.
Miguel Angel Silva’s charge followed up with a half-length triumph in the Grade 3 Mr Prospector Stakes over the same distance here the following month but Jose Ortiz’s horse has demonstrated strong form over further in the past including when taking a Grade 2 over a mile-and-one-sixteenth at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races last August.
In the context of this race it was pleasing to see Sleepy Eyes Todd race behind the pace here on his most recent start and with our chief selection Knicks Go, the fancied Tax, Harpers First Ride and Last Judgement all likely to want to race close to or on the speed the race, at least in terms of the places may be set up for a closer and in that regard, Sleepy Eyes Todd is one of two who look capable of picking up the pieces.
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Pegasus World Cup Betting: Consistent Honor to round out Trifecta
Proven Grade 1 performer Code of Honor is our third selection for the trifecta bet. That’s down to the Noble Mission five-year-old regularly staying on well to claim place prize money at the highest level including when a length second in the Clark Stakes over this distance at Churchill Downs at the end of November.
Trained by Hall of Fame handler Shug McGaughey III Code of Honor has demonstrated good form at this track in the past with his Derby campaign back in 2019 having seen him take the Grade 2 Fountain Of Youth prior to a third place finish to subsequent Derby winner Maximum Security in the Florida Derby in March of that year.
2019 Dubai World Cup Past Performances Schedule
Code of Honor is a consistent sort having won or placed in four of his five starts since finishing seventh in the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita and he looks up to registering another significant effort at the highest level with Tyler Gaffalione taking the ride for the first time.
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