Premier Pegasus
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| Shigeki Kikkawa |
| Date | Track | Race | Chart | Distance | Time | BSF | Video |
| 3/12/11 | SA | San Felipe |  |
1 1/16 mile | 1:41.20 | 96 |  |
| 2/20/11 | SA | San Vicente | |
7 Furlongs | 1:20.20 | 96 | |
| 11/20/10 | HOL | Hollywood Prevue | |
7 Furlongs | 1:22.60 | 84 | |
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Premier Pegasus Auction: Homebred |
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PEDIGREE ANALYSIS
by Dan Illman
Sire:
Fusaichi Pegasus, a $4,000,000 yearling by the great stallion Mr. Prospector, achieved racing immortality by grabbing the Kentucky Derby in 2000. A winner at distances ranging from 6 furlongs to 1 1/4 miles, Fusaichi Pegasus received a career-high 115 Beyer Speed Figure when taking the Grade 2 Jerome Handicap at a mile. At stud, Fusaichi Pegasus' top performers have done well at nine furlongs and above. Roman Ruler won the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational at 1 1/8 miles with a 108 Beyer while a fellow 3-year-old of 2005, Bandini, scored the Grade 1 Blue Grass at nine furlongs. Champ Pegasus, a long-winded turf runner, prevailed in the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch at 1 1/4 miles and was able to successfully stretch out to 12 furlongs in this year's Grade 2 San Luis Obispo Stakes.
Dam:
Premier Pegasus is a half-brother to Street Hero, who won the Grade 1 Norfolk Stakes over Pro-Ride at 1 1/16 miles. The dam, Squall Linda (by Preakness winner Summer Squall), earned all three of her lifetime wins at six furlongs on dirt and she finished third in the Grade 3 Monrovia Handicap at 6 1/2 furlongs on turf. This is the female family of Trojan Bronze, who took the Grade 1 San Luis Rey at 1 1/2 miles on turf in 1975, and the influential stallion Turn-To.
Outlook:
The sire and broodmare sire combined for a pair of classic victories and Premier Pegasus relished his first start around two turns. Nine furlongs seems well within his range with the 1 1/4-mile distance of the Derby a strong possibility.