Giant Expectations pointing to Pegasus World Cup

ARCADIA, Calif. – Trainer Peter Eurton said that Giant Expectations, the upset winner of the San Antonio on opening day Dec. 26, would make his next start in the $16 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 27 after securing a spot in that field. He will use one of the three spots the Stronach Group, the owner of Gulfstream Park, purchased to fill out the 12=horse starting gate.

“When he gets his trip, he’s plenty good,” Eurton said Sunday.

The Pegasus will be topped by Gun Runner, the odds-on favorite to be named Horse of the Year for 2017, as well as Collected and West Coast. Those were the first three across the wire in the Breeders’ Cup Classic two months ago at Del Mar.

Collected was among the horses Giant Expectations defeated in the San Antonio.