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Saturday, Jan. 27

One of many standout days of racing and wagering on the winter Thoroughbred calendar is that this Saturday at Gulfstream Park. Pegasus World Cup day will likely be a 13-race card containing seven graded stakes headlined by the eighth working of the $3 million, Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Introduced by Baccarat. The undercard is highlighted by the day’s turf characteristic, the Grade 1 1/ST BET Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes. These two extremely anticipated occasions have drawn full fields and can go as the ultimate two races of the afternoon. For this weekend’s winners, let’s give attention to January’s two largest races in horse racing, the Pegasus World Cup Turf and the Pegasus World Cup. Good luck and luxuriate in an incredible day of racing and wagering at Gulfstream this Saturday.

Gulfstream Park, Race 12, $1 million 1/ST Guess Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational Stakes, 4:55 p.m. ET

The Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf has drawn a full and aggressive area of 12 with two also-eligible contenders set to go 1 1/8 miles on the grass. The morning-line favourite within the race is the 4-year-old filly #9 Heat Coronary heart who hails from the worldwide powerhouse Coolmore connections, with jockey Ryan Moore driving for coach Aidan O’Brien, who’re unimaginable to disregard. She simply barely missed by a neck within the Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf and is clearly gifted, however that doesn’t imply that she will likely be a great guess within the Pegasus Turf at low odds at a distance that’s shorter than her wheelhouse distances of 1 ¼ miles and 1 ½ miles. Plus, she’s coming back from a December journey midway all over the world to Hong Kong and once more going through high-quality male competitors. She must be used in your tickets, however not on high. The horse that deserves the win bets on this race is #3 Integration, a frivolously raced new 4-year-old who has impressed thus far with wins in all three races so far, together with stakes wins within the Grade 3 New Kent County Virginia Derby and the Grade 2 Hill Prince Stakes, which each had been at right this moment’s 1 1/8-mile distance. He isn’t solely profitable, he is doing so impressively, and the sky appears just like the restrict for Integration beginning together with his first Grade 1 win this Saturday at Gulfstream. Talking of Grade 1 wins, that distinction has by some means managed to elude #5 Webslinger thus far regardless of an excellent 12 months of stakes racing in 2023 that ended when he simply missed by a neck of profitable the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby at Del Mar to accept second on Dec. 2. Don’t let the ridiculous 15-1 Pegasus Turf morning-line odds idiot you, he has a significant shot to recover from the hump versus this area and submit an upset. Lastly, from a tempo perspective, #11 Principal Occasion is a severe menace to go all the way in which on this race if he’s not challenged for the lead up entrance. Principal Occasion went wire-to-wire within the native Pegasus Turf prep race to lift his grass document at Gulfstream to 3 wins and a second in 4 races on this course.

The Play: Guess to win on #3 Integration (3-1) and play him in a three-horse exacta field with #5 Webslinger (15-1) and #9 Heat Coronary heart (9-5). Trifecta gamers can add #11 Principal Occasion (10-1) to the others and guess a four-horse exacta field, or can play a extra economical ticket keying #3 Integration on high of #5 Webslinger, #9 Heat Coronary heart, and #11 Principal Occasion.

Gulfstream Park, Race 13, $3,000,000 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes Introduced by Baccarat, 5:40 p.m. ET

The race we’re all ready for is the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at 1 1/8 miles on the principle observe which has drawn a full area of 12 horses plus one also-eligible entrant. It’s a heavyweight match-up of profitable horses from across the nation which might be attempting to ascertain themselves atop the handicap division in 2024. The horse that’s sitting on a breakout efficiency in that regard is #8 First Mission, a horse that regarded primed to hitch the cream of the crop in final 12 months’s 3year-old division when he received the Grade 3 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes on the Keeneland spring meet however then missed a lot of the remainder of the season when sidelined till October. He received his return race and served discover final day trip when he simply missed by a nostril within the Grade 2 Clark Stakes Introduced by Norton Healthcare at Churchill Downs. He’ll be sitting proper off the lead and would profit from one other horse within the race doing the tempo soiled work and urgent the speedy #7 Nationwide Treasure for the lead. Primarily based on his Grade 2 Cigar Mile Handicap win final time, that horse might be #4 Hoist the Gold, who benefitted from that new front-running type in keeping with post-race feedback by jockey John Velazquez. If Hoist the Gold doesn’t problem, that would go away Nationwide Treasure free on the lead, and Nationwide Treasure has already proven how harmful he will be in that situation together with his win within the 2023 Preakness Stakes and in his near-miss final day trip a nostril behind Horse of the 12 months candidate Cody’s Want within the Huge Ass Followers Breeders’ Cup Dust Mile. The late runner within the race that would finest make the most of some dwell tempo at this distance could be #2 O’Connor, who enters the Pegasus in his finest type off back-to-back graded stakes wins in his final two begins, together with Harlan’s Vacation Stakes proper right here at Gulfstream Park. Lastly, only a reminder that outdoors posts have at all times been a drawback at this distance on the Gulfstream foremost observe, particularly horses drawn wider than submit 8.

The Play:  Guess #8 First Mission (7-2) to win and field him within the exactas and trifectas with #2 O’Connor (8-1) and #7 Nationwide Treasure (9-5).